University of Massachusets Athletics
2021-22 Women's Track & Field Roster
Grace Phair
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Westfield State
- Hometown:
- Stockbridge, Mass.
2022-23: Indoor: Competed in the 3,000-meter run at A-10 Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/25-26) … Won the 1 mile run in 5:11.13 at URI Coaches Invitational (2/11) … Competed in the 3,000-meter run at the New England Championships (2/2-2/3) … Placed fourth in the 3,000-meter run in 10:14.66 at the Battle of Beantown (1/21) … Captured fourth place in the 1 mile run running 5:11.05 at the Flagship Indoor Invitational (1/15)
2021-22: Outdoor: Competed in the 5,000-meter run at the A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet (5/07-08) … Took third place in the 1,500-meter run in 4:50.11 at the UMass Invitational (4/16). Indoor: Competed in four meets for the Minutewomen ... Set a personal best in the mile with a time of 5:06.77 at New England Championships (2/4-5) ... Set a personal best in the 3,000-meter with a time of 10:03.53 at the Battle in Beantown (1/22).2020-21: Outdoor: Took eighth in the 5K with a time of 17:30.26 at the A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/01-02) … Runner-up in the 5K at quad-meet against BC, BU, and Quinnipiac (4/09).
Before UMass: Competed at Westfield State University in Westfield, Massachusetts prior to transferring … Member of the 2019 MASCAC Cross Country Championship team at Westfield State … Member of the 2020 MASCAC Indoor Track and Field Championship team at Westfield State … Named the 2019 MASCAC Women’s Cross Country Rookie of the Year … Named the 2019 MASCAC Women’s Cross Country Woman of the Year … Championed the 2020 MASCAC Indoor Track and Field 3000-meter and 1 mile … Competed in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field at Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts … Earned 10 total letters … Won the 2017 MSTCA Western Massachusetts Heptathlon … All-State Cross Country Championship Qualifier in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 … Earned All-Berkshire County League Honors in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 … Named Spartan Cross Country MVP in 2016, 2017, and 2018 … Named the 2017 Berkshire All Stars Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Year … Named the 2017 All-Berkshire League Cross Country MVP … Named the 2018 Berkshire Eagle Runner of the Year … Captained the Spartan Cross Country Team in 2018 and 2019 … Earned the 2019 Berkshire Eagle Track All-Star Award … Earned the 2019 Spartan Track High Point Scorer … Named the 2019 Spartan Track and Field MVP … Captained the 2019 Spartan Track and Field team … Championed the 2019 Individual MASCAC Cross Country Championship Meet … Set the school record in the 3200-meter run with a time of 11:33 … Also played lacrosse, swim, and alpine race … Two-time All-Berkshire County League Honors in swim in 2016 and 2017 … Received the Alpine Race Coaches Award in 2019 … Named to the 2019 Division III All-Academic Women’s Cross Country Team … Named to the Spring 2020 Westfield State University Dean’s List
Personal: Born Grace Celia Phair … From Stockbridge, Massachusetts … Daughter of Jamie Minacci and William Phair … Sister of Meryl and Ian … Mother was a three-sport athlete at Mount Holyoke College in cross country, indoor track and field, and lacrosse … Intends to major in Sustainable Community Development and Building and Construction Technology
