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2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Gracie Shannon

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rochester, Minn.
  • Highschool Century

Biography

Collegiate Cross Country Personal Bests/Results
Collegiate Track & Field Personal Bests/Results
 
2025 Outdoor: Took 15th at Jim Duncan Invitational with 800 tally of 2:19.17.

2025 Indoor: Posted 5:23.35 mile at Cyclone Open…best 800 time of 2:16.94 earned a top 25 finish at Arkansas’ Tyson Invitational…member of third place 4x400 relay team that ran 4:40.73 at Bill Bergan Open and fifth place distance medley relay squad that ran 11:44.79 at MVC Championships.

2024 Cross Country: Best 5k time of 19:47.9 came at Greeno/Dirksen Invitational…top 6k time of 22:15.3 earned her 52nd place at MVC Championships.

2024 Outdoor: Ran exclusively 800s during 2024 outdoor campaign with top time coming at Jim Duncan Invitational, a fourth-place pace of 2:18.21…member of seventh place 4x800 team that ran 9:07.13 at Drake Relays.

2024 Indoor: Finished fifth in Iowa Open 800m run with time of 2:18.81.

2023 Indoor: Won the ISU Holiday Invite in the 800m with a 2:23.86…Placed 2nd at the SDSU Indoor Invite in DMR with an 11:51.82…Set a PR in the 400m at the Iowa Open at 1:02.68…Set a PR in the 600m at the Husker Invitational with a 1:41.16…Set a PR in the 800m at the MVC Indoor Championships at 2:15.64.

2023 Outdoor: PR in 800 at MVC Outdoor Championships (2:15.64).

2022 Outdoor: Competed in the 800m four times including a PR of 2:21.95 at the Jim Duncan Invitational… Won the 800m at the Grand View Viking Relays with a time of 2:27.53.
 
2022 Indoor: Set a season-best 800m (2:29.06) at the Iowa State Holiday Invitational.
 
2021 Cross Country: Took ninth at the John Kurtt Invitational with a 5K time of 20:48.8.
 
Prior to Drake: Prepped at Century High School… All-State and All-Conference track & field and cross country athlete as a junior and senior including a third place 800m finish at the conference meet… National Honor Society member… All-State and All-Conference Scholar Athlete.

Personal: Daughter of Tom and Tracy Shannon… Business major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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