2021 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... USTFCCCA All-West Region indoor 200 (2018, 2019). ... USTFCCCA All-West Region outdoor 4x100 relay (2018, 2021) and 4x400 relay (2021). ... All-GNAC outdoor in 200 and 4x100 relay (2018, 2019, 2021), 4x400 relay (2021) and 100 (2019, 2021). ... All-GNAC indoor 200 (2018, 2019, 2020) and 4x400 relay (2020). ... USTFCCCA All-Academic (2019, 2020, 2021). ... GNAC All-Academic (2019, 2020 2021).
5th Year (2021): INDOOR – Eligibility complete. OUTDOOR – Won her third consecutive GNAC title in the 200-meter dash, coming from the third-seeded position and stopping the watch in 24.52 seconds. Also ran on the winning 4-by-100 and 4-by-400 relays. The 4-by-100 was her third straight crown in that one, as she ran the third leg on a team that included Jenna Boiuyer, Renick Meyer and anchor Julia Stepper for a time of 46.68 seconds. On the 4-by-400, Bley was the anchor leg, teaming with Bouyer, Ellie Rising, and Meyer for a winning mark of 3:52.23. ... Placed 2nd in the 100-meter dash at GNAC with a personal-best time of 12.00. .. Won the 100 and the 200 in the dual meet against Seattle University and at the Buc Scoring Invite in Spokane. Also anchored the winning 4-by-100 in the SU dual.
Senior (2020): INDOOR – Ran in five meets. … Placed 2nd in the 200 at the GNAC Championships with a personal-best and NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 24.65 seconds. The only one faster was Central Washington’s Erykah Weems in 24.56. That was Bley’s third NCAA provisional time of the season in that race. … Won her 200 prelim heat in 24.78. … Placed 6th in the 60-meter dash in 7.87. Set a PR of 7.82 in the prelims. … Ran the anchor leg on the 3rd-place 4-by-400 relay at GNAC, as the Falcons clocked 3:53.25. OUTDOOR – Won the 400 meters in a personal-best 57.90 seconds at the season-opening Ed Boitano / Puget Sound Invitational, breaking her previous of 58.09. … Also anchored the winning 4-by-400 relay, combining with Julia Stepper, Jenna Bouyer, and Renick Meyer for a time of 4 minutes, 3.72 seconds. … Rest of the season was canceled because of the coronavirus.
Junior (2019): INDOOR – Won the GNAC 200 in a personal-best and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 24.86, leading a 1-2-3 Falcon finish in that race. Ran in the second of the two finals heats, and needed every bit of that PR time as teammate Jenna Bouyer won the first heat in 24.91. ... Placed 5th in the GNAC 400 (58.21) and anchored the 5th-place 4-by-400 relay at GNAC. ... In the 400, posted a PR of 58.03 in the GNAC preliminaries. ... Ran a PR 7.92 in the 60-meter dash at the UW Invitational. ... Won her heat of the 400 at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview in 59.06. OUTDOOR – Repeated as GNAC champion in the 200 (24.56) and on the 4-by-100 relay, this time running the third leg, with Peace Igbonagwam, Jenna Bouyer, and Julia Stepper. Once again, it was a meet-record performance, clocking 46.32 to break the record of 46.61 set in 2018. ... Also placed 2nd in the 100-meter dash at GNAC (12.16) and ran the third leg on the 5th-place 4-by-400 relay. ... That same 4-by-100 foursome set a school record of 46.23 at the Aztec Open in San Diego on March 21, which also was an NCAA provisional qualifying time. It was the second straight year Bley was part of a school-record 4-by-1. ... In that same meet, set a PR of 12.16 in the 100 dash, which she then broke in the GNAC preliminaries with a 12.05. ... Ran a personal-best 58.09 in the 400 dash at the Stanford Invitational. ... Set a PR of 24.48 in the 200 at the Bryan Clay Invitational. ... Was a triple winner at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational in Bellingham, taking the 100, 200, and running the third leg on the 4-by-400. ... Won the 200 at the PLU Open in Tacoma. ...
Sophomore (2018): INDOOR – Placed 2nd in GNAC 200 in 25.08. That was fast enough to win her section of the two-section final, topped only by the 25.00 of Central Washington's Ali Anderson in the second section. ... Ran a PR of 25.07 in the GNAC preliminaries. ... Placed 9th in the 400 at GNAC in a PR of 58.25. That was her fourth PR in as many 400 races and her first time in the 58s. ... Led off 5th-place 4x400 relay at GNAC. OUTDOOR – Won GNAC championship, hitting the wire in 24.70 seconds, coming from her third-seeded position. ... Anchored the winning 4x100 relay at GNAC, following Renick Meyer, Julia Stepper, and Becca Houk to a meet-record time of 46.61 seconds. ... Placed 5th in the 100-meter dash at GNAC in 12.37. ... Just a week before the conference meet, that same 4x100 relay, with Bley again on the anchor spot, set a school record and NCAA provisional qualifying time of of 46.33 seconds at the Ken Shannon Invitational on May 5. The old mark had been 46.77. ... Later in that meet, set a PR of 12.19 in the 100-meter dash. ... Won the 200 at the PLU Open on March 10. ... Won the 400 dash at the Saint Martin's Jay Hammer meet on April 14 in a PR time of 58.27. ... Broke 25 seconds in the 200 for the first time with a 24.95 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif., on April 20. ... Ran on seven winning relays.
University of Portland (freshman, 2017): Ran in three indoor meets, all at the UW's Dempsey Indoor. ... Placed 40th in the 200-meter dash and 46th in the 400 at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships at Dempsey. ... Ran in seven outdoor meets, winning the 100-meter dash twice: in 12.57 at the Willamette Opener on March 4, and in 13.15 at the John Knight Twilight on April 7. ... Set PRs in both the 100 (12.40) and the 200 (25.84) at the Willamette Invitational on March 25.
Puyallup High School: Placed 8th in the 400-meter dash (59.11) at the Class 4A (large school) Washington state meet as a senior in 2016. That came after setting a personal-best of 58.69 in the previous day's preliminary heats. ... Also placed 15th in the 200 at state as a senior. ... Ran third leg on the 6th-place 4x200 relay at state as a junior in 2015. In addition, placed 10th in the 200 and ran the second leg on the 10th-place 4x100 relay. ... Named Puyallup High's Athlete of the Year by the Tacoma Athletic Commission.
Personal: Grace Ann Bley. ... Exercise science major.
Fun facts: Started doing track in the fourth grade. ... Also has played soccer and softball. ... Favorite moments as a track athlete were being part of the school-record 4x100 and 4x200 relays as a junior in 2015. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." ... Book she just couldn't put down was "Band of Brothers." ... Favorite sport to watch is soccer. ... Favorite junk food is ice cream. ... Favorite healthy food is apples. ... Favorite TV program is "The Goldbergs." ... Favorite sports team is the Seattle Mariners. ... Favorite athlete is U.S. women's soccer star Alex Morgan. ... Her dream car is a Tesla. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Queen Elizabeth "because I'm fascinated by the royal family." She would serve tea. ... If she could be any action hero, wold be Captain America "because I love red, white, and blue." ... Her friends call her Gracie. ... In 10 years, plans to be working with people to help them improve their lives by helping them to be strong and healthy. ... In 2017, got a chance to race against Jenna Prandini, a 2016 Olympian, in a race at Historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. "It gave me a close look at how incredible the athletes are who compete on the world stage."
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
60: 7.67 (2/21/2020)
200: 24.65 (2/22/202)
400: 58.03 (2/15/2019)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
100: 12.00 (5/15/2021)
200: 24.48 (4/19/2019)
400: 57.80 (4/24/2021)
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND CAREER RESULTS
SEATTLE PACIFIC CAREER RESULTS
