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Illinois State University Athletics

2020-21 Track & Field Roster

Grace Beattie

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Woodstock, Ill.
  • Highschool Woodstock HS

Biography

CAREER RESULTS
 
Career Highlights
Facility Record (1,500m) - Redbird Outdoor Track & Field Complex
Facility Record (3,000m Steeplechase) - Ole Miss Track
Facility Record (5,000m) - Redbird Outdoor Track & Field Complex
Meet Record (3,000m Steeplechase) - MVC Outdoor Championships
2021 MVC Women's Most Outstanding Track Athlete
2021 MVC Outdoor Champion (3,000m Steeplechase)
4/14/21 - MVC Female Track Athlete of the Week
4/7/21 - MVC Female Track Athlete of the Week
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021 MVC Scholar-Athlete
2020 MVC Indoor Champion (5,000m)
2/4/20 - MVC Female Track Athlete of the Week
2020 MVC Scholar-Athlete
2019 MVC Outdoor Champion (3,000m Steeplechase)
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019 MVC Scholar-Athlete
1/29/19 - MVC Female Track Athlete of the Week
2018 MVC Scholar-Athlete
12/11/18 - MVC Female Track Athlete of the Week
4/24/18 - MVC Female Track Athlete of the Week

2020-21 OUTDOOR (5th-Sr.): Broke three facility records in three different events and broke the MVC Championship meet record in the steeplechase with a time of 10:07.04 during her final Redbird track & field season...Named the MVC Women's Most Outstanding Track Athlete...Crowned the MVC Champion in the steeplechase for the second-straight year, running a time of 10:07.04...Also earned All-Valley honors in the 1,500m, taking second with a time of 4:25.11...Opened the season by running the No. 2 5,000m time in school history, winning with a personal-best time of 16:06.28 at the Redbird Invite and breaking the facility record...Won the steeplechase at the Joe Walker Invite, breaking the facility record at Ole Miss and running the No. 2 time in school history at a personal-best 10:02.73...Ran the anchor leg on the distance medley relay at the Drake Relays, placing fifth with a combined time of 11:23.52...Won the 1,500m and broke the facility record at the Illinois State Invite, running the No. 2 time in school history at a personal-best 4:23.32...Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in both the steeplechase and the 5,000-meter run.

2020-21 INDOOR (5th-Sr.): No remaining eligibility.

2019-20 OUTDOOR (Sr.): Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 INDOOR (Sr.): Ran at seven meets during her final indoor season as a Redbird...Placed first four times this season (EIU Early Bird, Coughlan-Malloy Cup, adidas Classic, MVC Championships)...Earned MVC Female Track Athlete of the Week honors (Feb. 4) after winning the mile at the adidas Classic with a season-best time of 4:52.32...Crowned MVC champion in the 5,000m, clocking in at 16:50.96...Also scored two points for the Redbirds in the mile, finishing seventh at the MVC championships.

2018-19 OUTDOOR (Jr.): Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the 3,000-meter steeplechase...Crowned the MVC champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing with a time of 10:21.17 and posted the fourth-fastest time in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:57.20...Notched a personal-best time of 16:48.85 to finish ninth in the 5,000-meter run at the Drake Relays (4/24-27)...Ran a personal-best time of 4:31.39 in the 1,500-meter run at the Tennessee Relays...Won the 1,500-meter run at the Redbird Invitational (4/6), clocking in with a time of 4:37.42.

2018-19 INDOOR (Jr.): Finished second in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:03.29 and third in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:53.29 at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/23-24)...Won the mile two out of the three times she ran it, running a season-best 4:51.04 at the Illini Invitational (1/25-26)...Posted a personal-best time of 16:35.07 in the 5,000-meter run to finish fifth at the Music City Challenge (2/8-9)...Finished first as a member of the DMR at the Meyo Invitational (2/1-2), clocking in with a combined time of 11:39.68...Notched a personal-best time of 9:40.55 to finish fourth in the 3,000-meter run at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/19)...Won the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:46.21 at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup (1/12).

2017-18 OUTDOOR (So.): Garnered All-Valley distinction in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the MVC Outdoor Championships, placing second in 10:33.63...also scored points at the MVC Championships in the 5,000-meter run, finishing fourth out of 42 runners with a personal-best time of 17:37.89...captured a personal-best 3,000-meter steeplechase time of 10:19.77 at the Virginia Challenge, finishing seventh among 26 competitors...mark ranks fifth on ISU's top-10 list...named the MVC Female Track Athlete of the Week on 4/24 for this performance...qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing 37th with a time of 10:28.22.

2017-18 INDOOR (So.): Earned All-Conference honors in the mile run at the MVC Indoor Championships, finishing second with a personal-best time of 4:50.53...the mark currently ranks seventh all-time in ISU history...finished 15th out of 59 runners in the mile run at the Meyo Invite, posting a time of 4:53.76...recorded personal-best 3,000-meter time of 9:51.76 at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing fourth.

2016-17 OUTDOOR (Fr.): Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Ole Miss/Joe Walker Invitational...posted personal-best 3,000-meter steeplechase time (10:40.52) at the Virginia Challenge...mark stands as eighth-fastest in Illinois State history...placed tenth in the 1,500-meter run at MVC Championships...recorded personal-best time of 4:33.55 in preliminary round of event...placed seventh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at MVC Championships.

2016-17 INDOOR (Fr.): Won the 800-meter run with a personal-record of 2:15.88 at the John Craft Invitational...captured personal-best mile time (4:55.98) at the GVSU Big Meet Invite...posted personal-record in the 3,000-meter run (9:56.75) at the Meyo Invitational...placed fourth in the mile run at MVC Championships...placed second and earned All-MVC honors in the distance medley relay at MVC Championships.

WOODSTOCK HIGH SCHOOL: four-year letterwinner in cross country and track…three-time state qualifier…broke school record in the 800-meter run her senior year and the 4x800-meter relay during her freshman year...county, conference and sectional champion in the 800 during her senior year…freshman and senior year she was the highest point scorer for Woodstock High School…two-time team captain.

PERSONAL: Born 2/12/1997…daughter of David and Debbie Beattie…siblings are Elise, Kayla, Maura and Luke…Sister Elise ran cross country and track and University of New Hampshire and sister Kayla ran at the University of Iowa and University of Arizona…plans to major in social work.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

  • 2017-18Sophomore

  • 2018-19Junior

  • 2019-20Senior

  • 2020-21Graduate Student