Grace Stark

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Grace Stark
2018-10-14 Heat 3 (Girls 100 metre hurdles Stage 2) at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics by Sandro Halank-026.jpg
Stark at the 2018 Youth Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (2001-05-06) May 6, 2001 (age 23)
Home town White Lake, Michigan, U.S.
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m hurdles: 7.73 (Nanjing, 2025)
100m hurdles: 12.31 (Eugene, 2024)

Grace Stark (born May 6, 2001) is an American hurdler. She was fifth in the 100m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [1]

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Early life

From White Lake, Michigan, she attended Lakeland High School. As a junior in 2018, she won MHSAA Division 1 state championship titles over 100 metres and 100 metres hurdles. In the hurdles she ran the fastest time ever recorded by a Michigan high school athlete. [2] [3] She attended the University of Florida. [4]

Career

Stark won the NCAA Indoor 60m hurdles title in 2022, having run a personal best 7.83 seconds in the heats and lowering it to 7.78 in the final. [5] This time equalled the collegiate record set by Brianna Rollins in 2013. [6] She missed competition time due to a broken leg sustained at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 2022. [7]

Stark went undefeated competing outdoors in the college season in 2024, [8] culminating with the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor 100m hurdles title in June 2024. [9] That month, she qualified for the final of the US Olympic Trials. [10] In the final, she finished third in a personal best time of 12.31 seconds to earn a place on the US team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [11]

She competed in the 100m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, reaching the finals, where she placed fifth overall. [12]

She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where she qualified for the semi-finals with a personal best 7.73 seconds. In the final she placed fifth in 7.74 seconds, in a race in which the top six were only separated by 0.04 seconds. [13] [14] [15]

Competition results

International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
2024 Olympic Games [16] Paris, France5th 100 m hurdles 12.43
2025 World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 5th 60 m hurdles 7.74

References

  1. ↑ "Grace Stark". World Athletics. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Lakeland's Grace Stark on winning 100 hurdles, 100 dash". Detroit News. June 3, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Grace Stark is state's best 100m hurdler ever, a 'once in a lifetime' talent". mlive. April 26, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  4. ↑ "10 way-too-early women's Bowerman frontrunners for the 2024 track and field season". ncaa.com. January 23, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ross attacks world record, Steiner and Stark secure NCAA indoor success". World Athletics. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  6. ↑ Becton, Stan (March 12, 2022). "Watch: Florida's Grace Stark ties NCAA women's 60 meter hurdle record". NCAA.COM. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  7. ↑ Mull, Cory (May 12, 2024). "It's Grace Stark Season. The Florida Gator Re-Sets NCAA Lead At SECs". Flotrack. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  8. ↑ "2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS — TRACK & FIELD EVENT-BY-EVENT PREVIEW". usatf. June 21, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Valby, Stark-led Florida 2nd At NCAA Women Outdoor Track & Field Championships". wruf. June 9, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  10. ↑ "U.S. Olympic Track And Field Trials Results Day 7". Flotrack. June 29, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  11. ↑ Mowery, Matthew (June 30, 2024). "Lakeland grad Grace Stark earns Olympic berth with third-place finish in 100 hurdles" . Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Women's 100m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. August 10, 2024. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  13. ↑ Hall, Dan (March 14, 2025). "USATF Announces 56 Athletes For Team USA At 2025 World Indoor Championships". Flotrack. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Defending champ Charlton, Nugent sparkle as five Caribbean women through to 60m hurdles semis". SportsMax. March 22, 2025. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Charlton retains 60m hurdles title in race of record depth in Nanjing". World Athletics. March 23, 2025. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Women's 100m Hurdles - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. August 10, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
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