2021 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
- 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
College Bests
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INDOOR |
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OUTDOOR |
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800 |
2:27.51 |
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3000S |
12:19.60 |
| 5K |
20:26.7 |
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| 6K |
24:31.8 |
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2022 Outdoor: Finished 11th at the RMAC Championships in just her third attempt at the 3000-meter steeplechase, clocking a seaosn-best 12 minutes, 19.60 seconds. ... Made a 39-second improvement in her second try at the 3000 steeplechase at the CU Invitational on April 9, finishing 12th in 12:33.32. ... Made her MSU Denver outdoor debut at the Spank Blasing Invitational on March 26 and finished eighth in 13:12.9.
2021-22 Indoor: At the RMAC Championships, ran a leg on the seventh-place distance medley relay team. ... Ran sixth in the 800 in 2:29.20 at the Air Force Collegiate Open on Feb. 18. ... Finished seventh in the 800 at the Mountain Lion Open on Jan. 29 in 2:28.15. ... Opened the season with what turned out to be her personal best in the 800, finishing third at the UCCS Invitational on Jan. 22.
2021 Cross Country: At the RMAC Championship on Oct. 23, ran 6K in 26:22.4 for 91st place. ... Placed 17th at the UCCS Open on Oct. 8 with a 6K time of 25:10.3 ... Ran a 6K personal-best of 24:31.8 to finish 47th at the Roadrunners Invitational on Sept. 17. ... Finished 33rd at the Ted Castaneda Classic on Sept. 11, running 6K in 25:56.6. ... Made her MSU Denver debut at the UCCS Rust Buster on Sept. 4 and finished the 5K race in 20:26.7, good for 45th place.
High School: In cross country, All-Longs Peak Conference 2019, and honorable mention in 2020 and 2018. ... State qualifier 2018. ... In track, ran on state-qualifying 4x400 relay in 2021. ... Academic all-state selection in 2020 and 2019 for cross country and in 2021 for track. ... Ranked fifth academically in class of 235. ... President of National Honor Society chapter.
Personal: Born Graciela Emma Leal in Aurora, Colo. ... Birthday is April 19. ... Majoring in social work with a minor in Spanish.
