Welcome to episode number 11 of The Blue Water Running Podcast! This podcast features and celebrates the accomplishments of high school and collegiate cross country and track and field athletes from the Blue Water Area of Michigan.

In this episode, we will talk with senior Grace Clemens of North Branch High School. Grace is an incredibly accomplished sprinter. This spring, she was named the Blue Water Area Conference MVP, winning the 100, 200, 400, and the 4x100, making her a perfect four-for-four. She recently won the 100, 200, and 400, and was runner-up in the long jump at the Blue Water Meet of Champions, taking MVP honors there as well. She also broke the 60-second barrier in the 400 in that meet for the first time, running 59.96 seconds. She has a 100-meter best of 12.31, a 200-meter best of 25.54, and her 4x100 relay set the school record at the Davison Twilight Invitational, running 51.06. Grace has been undefeated in the 100 and 400-meter dash the entire outdoor season and only has one second-place finish in the 200: all the rest of her season results were first-place finishes. She’s never lost a 4x200 relay event and has finished first or second in every long jump competition she’s entered outdoors this year. Grace was regional champion in the 100, 200, and 4x100 relay, and runner-up in the long jump and will compete at the Division 2 finals in these four events.

Grace will head to Tennessee Wesleyan University this fall to continue her academic and athletic career. We’ll hear from Grace about her training, goals, reflections on her high school career, and what she is looking forward to after graduation and beyond.

Once again, thank you so much for tuning into today’s Blue Water Running podcast. I can’t wait to feature more cross country and track and field athletes from the Blue Water Area…stay tuned because it might just be YOU!

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Until next time, I’ll leave you with this quote by Simone Biles: “A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I'm doing. It's not always winning. People, I think, mistake that it's just winning. Sometimes it could be, but for me, it's hitting the best sets I can, gaining confidence, and having a good time and having fun.”

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