1. Kate Grace was born on October 24,1988 and is an American middle-distance runner.
37 Facts About Kate Grace
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Kate Grace was a multiple-league champion in high school for Marlborough School in Los Angeles.
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Kate Grace won 2005,2006 and 2007 CIF Southern Section Division IV 800 metres titles and placed 3rd at 800 meters in the CIF State Track and Field Championships in 2006.
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Kate Grace set a high school personal best of 2:10.31 at Cerritos College in 2006.
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Kate Grace graduated from Yale in 2011 with a degree in environmental studies, where she was a member of Skull and Bones.
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Kate Grace joined the New Jersey-New York Track Club in 2011, training under legendary coach Frank "Gags" Gagliano.
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In 2012, Kate Grace signed with Oiselle, a running apparel company based out of Seattle.
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Kate Grace was the first runner that Oiselle signed, preceding an eventual full roster of professional runners, including Kara Goucher and Lauren Fleshman.
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Kate Grace competed in the 800 and 1,500 meters at the 2012 Olympic Trials, but placed 20th in the 1500 and did not qualify for the final.
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Kate Grace won the 2013 USA 1 Mile Road Championship Grand Blue Mile.
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Kate Grace placed 4th in the 800 meters at the 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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Kate Grace placed 11th in the 1500 meters in the 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, California.
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In 2014, Kate Grace left New Jersey and Gagliano for Bend, Oregon where she began to train with Lauren Fleshman.
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In 2015, Kate Grace battled foot injuries that took her out of the racing season.
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Kate Grace moved to Sacramento, California in July 2015 to join the NorCal Distance Project.
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Kate Grace placed 5th in 4:22.7 at the 2016 Fifth Avenue Mile.
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Kate Grace improved her personal best to 1:58.28 at Weltklasse Zurich of 2016 IAAF Diamond League in a fifth-place finish.
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Kate Grace placed first in the 800 m at the 2016 United States Olympic Track and Field Trials, making her first Olympic team.
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Kate Grace competed for the US in Rio, where she set a personal best of 1:58.79 in the semifinal.
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In January 2017, Kate Grace moved to Nike as a sponsored athlete.
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Kate Grace wore the Nike kit for the first time in competition during the University of Washington Invitational.
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Kate Grace ran a personal best 4:22.93 mile on February 11,2017, at the Millrose Games.
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Kate Grace placed second in 1000 meters in 2:36.97 at 2017 Indoor muller Grand Prix at Birmingham behind Laura Muir.
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Kate Grace won the 800 meters in 2:01.25 at the 2017 Portland Twilight.
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Kate Grace placed third in 1500 meters in 4:16.62 at 2017 Drake Relays behind Jennifer Simpson and Brenda Martinez.
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Kate Grace placed 7th in the 1500 meters in 4:03.59 in Eugene at 2017 Prefontaine Classic on May 27.
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Kate Grace placed second in a time of 4:06.95 in the 1500 meters final at 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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Kate Grace placed 23rd in the 1500 semifinal in a time of 4:16.70 of the 2017 World Championships.
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In September 2017, Kate Grace joined Coach Jerry Schumacher and the Bowerman Track Club.
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In February 2018, Kate Grace placed second behind teammate Colleen Quigley in the Wanamaker Mile at Millrose Games.
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In July 2019, Kate Grace won The Match Europe v USA 1500 m in 4:02.49.
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Kate Grace scored nine points to help Team USA win in Minsk at Dinamo National Olympic Stadium.
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In early 2021, Kate Grace announced her departure from Bowerman Track Club on Instagram and soon after joined Team Boss, coached by Joe Bosshard.
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Kate Grace competed at the 2021 US Olympic Trials, but did not qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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Kate Grace placed 8th in the final of the 800m at the 2024 US Olympic Trials.
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Kate Grace is the daughter of fitness instructor and entrepreneur Kathy Smith.
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Kate Grace and her husband have one son, River, born in March 2023.