Grace Dwyer

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Distance
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Mercerville, N.J.
Prev School:
Hamilton North-Nottingham High School (Furman)

TFRRS Profile (Liberty Track)

TFRRS Profile (Liberty XC)

TFRRS Profile (Furman)

All-ASUN Honors (3)

Spring 2021 Cross Country - 3rd

Fall 2021 Cross Country - 14th

2022 Outdoor 10K - 3rd

Fall 2021 Cross Country (R-Sr.)

• Wrapped up her collegiate cross country career by coming in 47^th at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship

• For the fifth time in her career, earned all-conference honors and helped her team win a conference cross country title. She served as the ASUN Champion Lady Flames’ No. 5 scorer, placing 14^th overall.

• Her fastest 6K as a Lady Flame (21:14.3) came at the FSU XC Invite/Pre-Nationals

• Opened her season with lofty finishes at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational (fifth) and Roy Griak Invitational (31^st)

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)

• Came in sixth in the ASUN 5K

• Lowered her 5K personal best twice during the season, with a 16:45.87 at the Sound Running College Invite and a 16:44.55 at the Virginia Challenge

• Raced to a 1,500 personal-best time of 4:35.63 at the Virginia Grand Prix

• ASUN All-Academic Team

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021 Indoor Track & Field

• Did not compete in any races for Liberty, as she is out of indoor eligibility

• Racing unattached, placed third in the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational 5K, dipping under 17:00 for the first time in her career at 16:53.74

Spring 2021 Cross Country (R-Sr.)

• Liberty's No. 4 finisher at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, placing 199^th overall

• Finished third at her first ASUN Championship, trailing only teammates Adelyn Ackley and Calli Doan as the Lady Flames captured their first ASUN team title

• Served as Liberty's No. 3 finisher in each of her first two races as a Lady Flame, placing third at the CSU Buccaneer Invitational (5K season-best 17:38.1) and 52^nd at the FSU Winter XC Classic (6K season-best 21:33.6)

• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

• ASUN All-Academic Team

Previous School

• Spent four years at Furman (2016-20)

• Top-five runner for a pair of teams which placed inside the top 10 at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. Furman came in seventh in 2017 and ninth in 2019.

• Three-time SoCon all-conference performer in cross country, placing ninth in 2016, seventh in 2017 and sixth in 2019

• 2019 SoCon 10K individual title headlined her five SoCon all-conference medals on the track

• Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll each year at Furman

• Top times included 4:39.65 (1,500), 9:52.28 (3K), 17:00.54 (5K), 36:40.53 (10K), 17:13.8 (cross country 5K) and 20:55.5 (cross country 6K)

Prep

• Graduated from Hamilton North-Nottingham High School

• As a junior, posted a personal-best time of 10:21.46 to win the New Jersey Meet of Champions 3,200 title after winning indoor and outdoor state titles in the event

• Qualified for the 2013 Nike Cross Nationals as an individual

• Set a New Jersey freshman record with a 10:28.05 3,200 at the 2013 New Jersey Meet of Champions

• Top times included 2:15.93 (800), 4:51.38 (1,600), 9:48.59 (3K), 10:21.46 (3,200) and 17:03.13 (5K)

Personal

• Daughter of Patrick and Marianne Dwyer

• Birthday is April 13

• Graduated from Furman in May 2020 with a bachelor's degree in communication studies and history

• Pursuing a master's degree in strategic communications at Liberty