Grace Magliola Class: Junior Hometown: Downers Grove, Ill. High School: Downers Grove South Experience: FR

BIG EAST Championship (6k) Appearances
2011 - N/A
2010 - 70th(23:32.2; fourth on MU)

NCAA Regional (6k) Appearances
2011 - N/A
2010 - 93rd (23:16.1; seventh on MU)

2011:Competed in five 2011 cross country meets, with one top-seven finish ... Notched her best team finish of the season and top 5k time of 18:57 to place 61st overall and seventh on Marquette at the National Catholic Invitational (Sept. 16) ... Recorded a time of 19:16.0 in the 5k at the Wisconsin Badger Opener (Sept. 9) to place 22nd overall ... Finished her lone 6k meet of the season in 23:02.46 at the Bradley Classic (Oct. 14) to place 78th overall (ninth on MU) ...2011 XC Performance List.

2010: BIG EAST Academic All-Star ...In her first collegiate race at the Wisconsin Badger Classic Magliola finished 27th overall with a 4K time of 15:20.1 ... Placed 70th overall at the BIG EAST Championships finishing in 23:32.2 as MU's fourth finisher ... Ran a season-best 6K time of 23:16.1 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional to place 137th ...2010 XC Performance List.

Prior to Marquette: Magliola was a four-year letter winner in both cross country and track and field at Downers Grove South H.S. and was named the most valuable athlete twice on her cross country team and once in track and field. During her senior season she served as co-capatin of both squads and helped the teams to conference championships in each of her four seasons with cross country and track and field. As a senior, she helped her 4x400-meter relay squad to a third-place finish at the Illinois State Track meet with a time of 3:52.29. Magliola holds personal-best times of 1:43.5 in the indoor 600-meter run and 11:25 in the indoor 3,200-meter run, both of which are also school records. She was also honored as South's Wendy's High School Heisman award winner.