Gracie O'Connell
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- Height:
- 5-4
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- Hometown:
- Abington, Mass.
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- Year:
- Fr.
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- High School:
- Abington
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- Major:
- Radiation Science and Therapy
Bio
• Also a member of Suffolk's women's outdoor track & field team
CAREER HIGHS
Shot Put: 8.65m, at Joe Donahue Games, Dec. 11, 2021
Weight Throw: 9.60m, at GNAC Championships, Feb. 13, 2022
FRESHMAN • 2021-22
Made her collegiate debut in the shot put (8.33) and weight throw (8.55) at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (Dec. 4) ... Took eighth in the weight throw (9.16) and ninth in the shot put (8.65) at the Joe Donahue Games (Dec. 11) ... Finished eighth in the shot put (8.43) and ninth in the weight throw (9.46) at the USM Covid Catch Up (Jan. 23) ... Claimed sixth in the weight throw (9.60) and 12th in the shot put (8.20) at the GNAC Championships (Feb. 13).
ACADEMICS
Two-time member of Suffolk's 4.0 Club (Fall 2021, Spring 2022) ... Two-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2021, Spring 2022).
BEFORE SUFFOLK • ABINGTON
Letterwinner at Abington and captained the team as a senior ... Helped Abington to the 2021 South Shore League Championship ... 2021 State Relay Javelin Champion ... Finished second at 2021 state relays in the discus ... Placed sixth in the shotput state relays in 2020 ... Took sixth at the MIAA State Divisional Meet ... 2019 South Shore Discus Champion ... South Shore League All-Star in 2019 ... Also lettered in basketball and captained the team as a senior ... South Shore League All-Star in 2021 ... Brockton Enterprise All-Scholastic in 2021 ... Two-year member of National Honor society and served as Vice President as a senior ... Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) President as a senior ... Two-term SAAC Treasurer ... Student Council Vice President as a senior ... Four-year member of Student Council ... MIAA ambassadro as a senior ... Four-year member of Peer leaders and Unified Sports.
News mentions
Over the weekend, Suffolk women’s indoor track & field got back into action at the USM COVID Catch Up. Two Rams recorded personal records, one had a season-best and Catherine Madden made her collegiate debut.
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field took its talents to the Reggie Lewis Center over the weekend for Northeastern’s Joe Donahue Games. Seven different Rams produced personal-bests in the event with eight different student-athletes in blue-and-gold participating in events for the first time in their careers.
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field got its 2021-22 campaign underway Saturday, Dec. 4 at Boston University’s Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener. The Rams participated in a dozen event at the Terriers Track & Tennis Center.
Over the off-season, head coach Will Feldman has assembled a 21-member recruiting class to boost the Suffolk women’s indoor track & field roster for the 2021-22 campaign.
Suffolk men’s and women’s indoor track & field teams will begin its 2021-22 campaign across town to Boston University for the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener Saturday, Dec. 4.