Gracie O'Connell
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- Height:
- 5-4
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- Hometown:
- Abington, Mass.
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- Year:
- Sr.
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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
PERSONAL RECORDS
Shot Put: 9.05m, at Crimson Open, Feb. 8, 2025
Weight Throw: 12.03m, at the Beacon Invitational, Dec. 10, 2023
SENIOR • 2024-25
Captain ... Finished fifth in weight throw (11.08m) at the Beacon Invitational (Dec. 8) ... Competed in the weight throw (9.99m) at the Suffolk Relays (Jan. 11) ... Participated in shot put (8.63m) and weight throw (11.34m) at the Husky Invitational (Jan. 25) ... Heaved the weight throw 10.70 meters at the Harvard Invitational (Jan. 31-Feb. 1) ... Logged a 9.05-meter throw in the shot put and 10.18-meter toss in the weight throw at the Crimson Open (Feb. 8) ... Competed in the shot put (8.54m) and weight throw (11.48m) at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (Feb. 15) ... Claimed 11th in the shot put (8.41m) and weight throw (10.42m) at the USATF New England Indoor Championship (Feb. 23).
JUNIOR • 2023-24
Captain ... Heaved the weight throw 11.30 meters at the Suffolk Relays (Dec. 2) ... Took fourth in the weight throw (12.03m) at the Beacon Invitational (Dec. 10) ... Competed in the weight throw (10.10m) at the Suffolk Ice Breaker (Jan. 13) ... Finished 15th in the weight throw (10.96m) at the Branwen Smith-King Invitational (Jan. 20) ... Claimed 12th in the weight throw (10.96m) at the Husky Invitational (Jan. 27) ... Secured ninth in the weight throw (10.20m) at the USATF New England Indoor Championship (Feb. 18).
SOPHOMORE • 2022-23
All-Frozen 8 (Weight Throw) ... Took 10th in the weight throw (9.86) and 14th in the shot put (8.40) at the Suffolk Relays (Dec. 3) ... Competed in the shot put (8.06) and weight throw (10.21) a the Beacon Invitational (Dec. 10) ... Finished 23rd in both the shot put (8.76) and weight throw (9.76) at the Suffolk Ice Breaker Invitational (Jan. 14) ... Claimed 14th in the shot put (8.87) and 16th in the weight throw (7.94) at the Panther Invitational (Jan. 21) ... Placed fifth in the weight throw (10.84) and 18th in the shot put (7.94) at the Panther Invitational II (Feb. 4) ... Put together a third-place performance in the weight throw (11.56) and 11th-place effort in the shot put (8.54) at the Frozen 8 Championships (Feb. 12).
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
Three-time CNE Winter/Spring All-Academic (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) ... Three-time member of Suffolk's 4.0 Club (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2025) ... Eight-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025).
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 shot put 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 ambassador as a senior ... Four-year member of Peer leaders and Unified Sports.
News mentions
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field had one last chance to earn a spot at the upcoming 2025 New England Indoor Championships over the weekend as the Rams took their talents across the bridge to Harvard’s Gordon Indoor Track for the USAATF New England Indoor Championships.
Suffolk men’s and women’s indoor track & field gets its postseason, award-season underway this Sunday, Feb. 23 at the USATF New England Indoor Track & Field Championships at Harvard’s Gordon Indoor Track.
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field had four Rams produce personal-best at MIT’s Gordon Kelly Invitational Saturday at the Johnson Athletic Center Track.
Suffolk men’s and women’s indoor track & field has two events on its weekend calendar in Boston University’s David Hemery Valentine Invitational and the Gordon Kelly Invitational at MIT.
One Ram qualified for New England’s and four rewrote personal records as Suffolk women’s indoor track & field compete at the Crimson Open Saturday at Harvard’s Gordon Indoor Track.
Suffolk men’s and women’s indoor track & field splits up for a pair of meets this weekend in the two-day Tufts’ Cupid Challenge and Harvard’s Crimson Open Saturday, Feb. 8.
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field took its talent to Cambridge, Massachusetts, Saturday to compete at the Harvard Invitational at the Gordon Indoor Track.
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field took 12th at the Husky Invitational Saturday at Southern Maine’s USM Field House.
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field had three student-athletes earn their spot at New Englands Saturday as the Rams competed at the New Balance Collegiate Showdown at the Track at New Balance.