Grace Zdankiewicz

Class:
Junior
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Sterling Heights, Mich.
High School:
Regina

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 All-BIG EAST Academic Team

INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
JUNIOR (2024-25)
Competed in four meets... finished third in the mile (5:00.38) at the PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic... finished 12th in the mile (4:57.13) at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite... recorded a personal best in the 3000-meter run (9:58.63) at the Music City Challenge... competed in three events at the BIG EAST Indoor Track and Field Championships... recorded a personal best in the mile (4:57.00)... finished sixth in the distance medley relay (11:53.87) and seventh in the 4x800 (9:02.46)... finished the year ranked 10th all-time at Xavier in the one-mile run (4:57.00)... finished the year ranked second all-time at Xavier in the 4x800-meter relay (9:02.46)... finished the year ranked third all-time at Xavier in the distance medley relay (11:52.52).

SOPHOMORE (2023-24)
Competed in one meet... finished 10th in the 3,000-meter run (10:01.77) at the Bellarmine Open.

FRESHMAN (2022-23)
Competed in four meets... finished 14th in the mile (5:13.55) at the 2023 Louisville Cardinal Classic Indoor... placed 18th in the 3,000-meter run (10:16.20) at the 2023 PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational Indoor... contended in the 600-meter dash (1:41.07) and in the mile (5:05.85) at the 2023 Hoosier Hills... competed in two events at the BIG EAST Indoor Track and Field Championships... finished 16th in the 3,000-meter run (10:05.46)... also placed seventh in the DMR (11:52.52).

OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
JUNIOR (2025)
Competed in five meets... placed sixth in the 1,500-meter run (4:37.98) at the EKU Spring Invitational on March 21... won the 5,000-meter run (17:28.91) at the Gibson Invitational on April 19... placed fourth in the 1,500-meter run (4:34.14) at the Jim Freeman / Clark Wood Open on April 26... placed 11th in the 5,000-meter run (17:07.33) at the Music City Challenge on May 3... placed 20th in the 800-meter run (2:14.48) at the Music City Challenge on May 3... placed 11th in the 5,000-meter run (17:20.25) at the BIG EAST Championships on May 17... finished the year ranked sixth all-time at Xavier in the 4x800-meter relay (9:09.53).

SOPHOMORE (2024)
Did not see action.

FRESHMAN (2023)
Competed in five meets... finished 11th in the 3,000-meter run (10:21.16) at the Blizzard Buster... placed seventh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:40.27) at the Tennessee Invite... posted a personal best in the 1,500-meter run (4:44.70) at the EKU Rick Erdmann Twilight... tallied a second place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:35.08) at the Clark Wood Open 2023... competed in two events at the BIG EAST Outdoor Track and Field Championships... finished sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:30.33)... also placed fourth in the 4x800-meter relay (8:54.64).

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year varsity letterwinner in cross country and track... also played basketball for two seasons... was a seven-time All-Catholic League honoree... was the All-Catholic League individual champion in 2019 and 2020 in cross country... was a six-time All-Macomb County honoree... was a three-time first-team all-county selection... was a four-time state qualifier... was a two-time Division 2 Region 17 Champion... was a four-time all-state honoree... was a two-time Catholic League Champion in the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter runs... was a two-time individual champion at the Division 2 Region 19 Championships... finished eighth in the 1,600-meter run at the Division 2 All-State Championships.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Steven Zdankiewicz... father, Steven, played basketball at Albion College... majoring in marketing.