2020-21 Women's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Forbes, Grace
Grace Forbes
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Strath Haven HS
- Hometown:
- Wallingford, Pa.
Bio
Forbes' TFRRS Results
SUPERLATIVES
2023 Joyce Pounds Hardy Award
2023 Stancliff-Duckett "R" Association Scholarship
2023 Stancliff-Sass "R" Association Scholarship
2023 Clanton/Winston Medical School Scholarship
2022 Michael L. Slive Conference USA Female Athlete of the Year
2022 C-USA Female Track Athlete of the Year
2022 C-USA Outdoor Female Track Athlete of the Week (5/3)
2021 C-USA XC Female Athlete of the Year
2021 USTFCCCA XC South Central Female Athlete of the Year
2021 C-USA XC Female Athlete of the Week (10/19)
2021 C-USA XC Female Athlete of the Week (9/28)
2021 C-USA XC Female Athlete of the Week (9/14)
2021 C-USA Female Track Athlete of the Year
2021 C-USA Outdoor Track Performer of the Meet
2021 C-USA Outdoor High Point Scorer
2021 C-USA Outdoor Female Track Athlete of the Week (4/7)
2021 C-USA Indoor Track Performer of the Meet
2021 C-USA Indoor High Point Scorer
2021 USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (2/23)
2021 C-USA Indoor Female Track Athlete of the Week (2/21)
2020-21 USTFCCCA XC South Central Athlete of the Year
2020 C-USA Indoor Track Performer of the Meet
2020 C-USA Indoor High Point Scorer of the Meet
2020 C-USA Indoor Freshman of the Meet
2020 C-USA Indoor Female Track Athlete of the Week (2/11)
2020 C-USA Indoor Female Track Athlete of the Week (2/4)
2019 C-USA Cross Country Freshman of the Meet
2019 C-USA XC Female Athlete of the Week (10/22)
ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
2022 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (Runner-up-10,000m)
2021 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (7th-10,000m)
2021 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (6th-5000m)
2020-21 NCAA Cross Country All-American (19th)
2020 NCAA Indoor All-American (3000m-meet canceled)
CONFERENCE TITLES
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 10,000m
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 5000m
2021 C-USA Cross Country Individual Champ
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1500m
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 5000m
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 10,000m
2021 C-USA Indoor Mile
2021 C-USA Indoor 3000m
2021 C-USA Indoor DMR
2021 C-USA Cross Country Individual Champ
2020 C-USA Indoor Mile
2020 C-USA Indoor 3000m
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 10,000m, 34:54.95
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 5000m, 16:28.92
2021 C-USA Cross Country - 1st, 6k, 20:37.2
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 1500m, 4:14.42
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 5000m, 16:19.82
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 10,000m, 33:50.06
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Mile, 4:37.53
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, 3000m, 9:18.76
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, DMR, 11:56.19
2020-21 C-USA Cross Country - 1st, 6k, 19:58.6
2020 C-USA Indoor Mile - 1st, Mile, 4:40.05
2020 C-USA Indoor - 1st, 3000m, 9:21.19
2019 C-USA Cross Country - 5th, 5k, 17:09.6
SCHOOL RECORDS
(Indoor)
Mile - 4:37.53, 2/20/21
3000m - 8:56.82, 2/28/20
5000m - 15:50.38, 2/6/21
(Outdoor)
1500m - 4:14.16, 4/24/21
10,000m - 32:24.38, 4/2/21
AT MAJOR MEETS
2022 NCAA Outdoor - 2nd, 10,000m, 32:48.07
2022 NCAA West Prelims - 1st, 10,000m, 33:35.30
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 10,000m, 34:54.95
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 5000m, 16:28.92
2021 NCAA Championships (XC) - 45th, 6k, 20:01.8
2021 NCAA South Central (XC) - 1st, 6k, 19:59.3
2021 C-USA Championships (XC) - 1st, 6k, 20:24
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials - 31st, 10,000m, 33:28.98
2021 NCAA Outdoor - 7th, 10,000m, 32:38.91
2021 NCAA West Prelims - 1st, 10,000m, 33:28.47
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 1500m, 4:14.42
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 5000m, 16:19.82
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 10,000m, 33:50.06
2021 NCAA Indoor - 6th, 5000m, 15:53.36
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Mile, 4:37.53
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, 3000m, 9:18.76
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, DMR, 11:56.19
2021 C-USA Championships (XC) - 1st, 6k, 19:58.6
2020 NCAA Indoor - 3000m (N/A-meet canceled)
2020 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Mile, 4:40.05
2020 C-USA Indoor - 1st, 3000m, 9:21.19
2019 NCAA Championships (XC) - 87th, 6k, 21:10
2019 NCAA South Central (XC) - 6th, 6k, 20:48
2019 C-USA Championships (XC) - 5th, 5k, 17:09
ACADEMIC HONORS
2022-23 C-USA Academic Medal
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (T&F)
2021-22 C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year (XC)
2021-22 USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC)
2021-22 C-USA All-Academic Team (XC)
2021-22 C-USA Academic Medal
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21 USTFCCCA All-Academic (T&F)
2020-21 C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year (T&F)
2020-21 C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year (XC)
2020-21 C-USA All-Academic Team (T&F)
2020-21 USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC)
2020-21 C-USA Cross Country All-Academic
2020-21 C-USA Academic Medal
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019-20 USTFCCCA All-Academic (T&F)
2019-20 USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC)
2019-20 C-USA Academic Medal
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
Mile - 4:37.53, C-USA Championships (2/21/21)
3000m - 8:56.82, Boston Last Chance Qualifier (2/28/20)
5000m - 15:50.38, Charlie Thomas Invitational (2/6/21)
Outdoor
1500m - 4:14.16, J. Fred Duckett Twilight (4/24/21)
5000m - 16:19.82, C-USA Championships (5/16/21)
10,000m - 32:24.38, Sound Running College Invite (4/2/21)
2022-23
XC: Ran in three races, winning the Rice Invitational and the Texas A&M Invitational...Set a personal best time in a 6k race with a ninth-place finish at the Lehigh Paul Short Run with a time of 19:45.2.
2021-22
Cross Country: Was named the USTFCCCA South Central Female Athlete of the Year...selected the C-USA Cross Country Female Athlete of the Year...was a three-time C-USA Female Athlete of the Week...qualified for her second straight NCAA Championships, placing 45th overall...won the NCAA South Central Regional individual title and helped the Owls qualify as a team for the NCAA Championships...won her second consecutive C-USA Championship individual crown...also won individual titles at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (Texas A&M), Texas A&M Invitational, and Rice Invitational while placing second at the Lehigh Paul Short Run. Outdoor: Named the Michael L. Slive Conference USA Female Athlete of the Year, honoring the top female athlete across all of Conference USA...earned her second-straight C-USA Female Track Athlete of the Year award...was the runner-up in the 10,000m at the NCAA Championships...won her second consecutive NCAA South Central individual crown in the 10,000m...captured the 10,000m and 5000m titles at the C-USA Championships.
2020-21
Cross Country: Earned All-American status with her 19th place finish at the Spring version of the NCAA Championships, finishing the 6k race in 20:37.2 just days after competing at the NCAA Indoor Championships...won the C-USA individual title with a finish of 19:58.6 in the 6k race, which took place in the Fall...was named the USTFCCCA South Central Athlete of the Year...selected to both the USTFCCCA and C-USA All-Academic Team. Indoor: Earned First Team All-American honors by placing 6th (15:53.36) in the 5000m...earned High Point and Track Performer of the Meet honors by sweeping the Mile (4:37.53-SCHOOL RECORD), 3000m (9:18.76), and DMR (11:56.19) titles at the C-USA Championships. Outdoor: Competed at five meets...began the season by breaking the school record with a time of 32:24.38 in the 10,000m at the Sound Running College Invite, meeting the Olympic Trials standard...also broke the school record in the 1500m at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight in her home debut with a time of 4:14.16...earned High Point and Track Performer of the Meet honors by winning the 1500m (4:14.42), 5000m (16:19.82), and 10,000m (33:50.06) at the C-USA Championships...won the 10,000m (33:28.47) individual title at the NCAA West Prelims...earned her third All-American honor of the semester by placing 7th in the 10,000m at the NCAA Championships...concluded the year by racing in the 10,000m at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
2019-20
Cross Country: Placed 87th overall at the NCAA Championships, the 10th-fastest time (21:10) as a freshman...qualified for the NCAA's by taking the first individual spot not associated with either of the top two qualifying teams at the NCAA South Central Regional, earning all-region honors with a sixth place finish (20:48)...joined Marissa Daniels (2004) as the only Owls to ever qualify for the NCAA Championships as freshmen...received Freshman of the Meet honors following her fifth place finish at the Conference USA Championships...placed third overall (20:26-6k) in her collegiate debut at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational...was named the C-USA Female Athlete of the Week (10/22). Indoor: Qualified for the NCAA Championships (which were canceled) by shattering the 3000m school record with a time of 8:56.82 (C-USA record) to place second at the Boston Last Chance Invitational...named the C-USA Track Performer of the Meet and Freshman of the Meet after garnering the most points (20) at the C-USA Championships, winning both the mile and 3000m...was twice selected the C-USA Female Track Athlete of the Week...won five races in total while competing at six meets.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Strath Haven HS (Wallingford, Pa.) where she competed for the Panthers under head coach Bill Coren...eight-time All-Delco Athlete...three-time Athlete of the Year (twice in T&F)...inducted into the Delaware County Hall of Fame...state champion in the 800m...two-time district champion in 800m...district champion in 1600m...three-time Delaware County champion in the 1600m (Delco record holder)...two-time Delaware County champion in the 800m...placed third at district in cross country...Delco and Central League champion in cross country...indoor school record holder in 800m, 1000m, 1200m, 1600m, mile, 3000m, and DMR...outdoor school record holder in 800m, 1600m, mile SMR, DMR...senior season bests of 56.9 (split) in 400m; 58.5 (open)...2:07 (split) in 800m; 2:08 (open)...3:33 (split) in 1200m...4:44 (mile)...10:03 (3000m)...10:48 (2 mile)...18:06 (5k)...also played three years of soccer for head coach Gino Miraglia...graduated with a 4.17 GPA...National Honors Society...AP Scholar Award recipient.
PERSONAL
Parents: Brian Forbes and Marianne McCormick...three brothers and two sisters, including sisters Maddie and Maggie, who also run for Rice...Rice College: Martel...Major: Kinesiology.

SUPERLATIVES
2023 Joyce Pounds Hardy Award
2023 Stancliff-Duckett "R" Association Scholarship
2023 Stancliff-Sass "R" Association Scholarship
2023 Clanton/Winston Medical School Scholarship
2022 Michael L. Slive Conference USA Female Athlete of the Year
2022 C-USA Female Track Athlete of the Year
2022 C-USA Outdoor Female Track Athlete of the Week (5/3)
2021 C-USA XC Female Athlete of the Year
2021 USTFCCCA XC South Central Female Athlete of the Year
2021 C-USA XC Female Athlete of the Week (10/19)
2021 C-USA XC Female Athlete of the Week (9/28)
2021 C-USA XC Female Athlete of the Week (9/14)
2021 C-USA Female Track Athlete of the Year
2021 C-USA Outdoor Track Performer of the Meet
2021 C-USA Outdoor High Point Scorer
2021 C-USA Outdoor Female Track Athlete of the Week (4/7)
2021 C-USA Indoor Track Performer of the Meet
2021 C-USA Indoor High Point Scorer
2021 USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (2/23)
2021 C-USA Indoor Female Track Athlete of the Week (2/21)
2020-21 USTFCCCA XC South Central Athlete of the Year
2020 C-USA Indoor Track Performer of the Meet
2020 C-USA Indoor High Point Scorer of the Meet
2020 C-USA Indoor Freshman of the Meet
2020 C-USA Indoor Female Track Athlete of the Week (2/11)
2020 C-USA Indoor Female Track Athlete of the Week (2/4)
2019 C-USA Cross Country Freshman of the Meet
2019 C-USA XC Female Athlete of the Week (10/22)
ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
2022 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (Runner-up-10,000m)
2021 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (7th-10,000m)
2021 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (6th-5000m)
2020-21 NCAA Cross Country All-American (19th)
2020 NCAA Indoor All-American (3000m-meet canceled)
CONFERENCE TITLES
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 10,000m
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 5000m
2021 C-USA Cross Country Individual Champ
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1500m
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 5000m
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 10,000m
2021 C-USA Indoor Mile
2021 C-USA Indoor 3000m
2021 C-USA Indoor DMR
2021 C-USA Cross Country Individual Champ
2020 C-USA Indoor Mile
2020 C-USA Indoor 3000m
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 10,000m, 34:54.95
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 5000m, 16:28.92
2021 C-USA Cross Country - 1st, 6k, 20:37.2
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 1500m, 4:14.42
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 5000m, 16:19.82
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 10,000m, 33:50.06
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Mile, 4:37.53
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, 3000m, 9:18.76
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, DMR, 11:56.19
2020-21 C-USA Cross Country - 1st, 6k, 19:58.6
2020 C-USA Indoor Mile - 1st, Mile, 4:40.05
2020 C-USA Indoor - 1st, 3000m, 9:21.19
2019 C-USA Cross Country - 5th, 5k, 17:09.6
SCHOOL RECORDS
(Indoor)
Mile - 4:37.53, 2/20/21
3000m - 8:56.82, 2/28/20
5000m - 15:50.38, 2/6/21
(Outdoor)
1500m - 4:14.16, 4/24/21
10,000m - 32:24.38, 4/2/21
AT MAJOR MEETS
2022 NCAA Outdoor - 2nd, 10,000m, 32:48.07
2022 NCAA West Prelims - 1st, 10,000m, 33:35.30
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 10,000m, 34:54.95
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 5000m, 16:28.92
2021 NCAA Championships (XC) - 45th, 6k, 20:01.8
2021 NCAA South Central (XC) - 1st, 6k, 19:59.3
2021 C-USA Championships (XC) - 1st, 6k, 20:24
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials - 31st, 10,000m, 33:28.98
2021 NCAA Outdoor - 7th, 10,000m, 32:38.91
2021 NCAA West Prelims - 1st, 10,000m, 33:28.47
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 1500m, 4:14.42
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 5000m, 16:19.82
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, 10,000m, 33:50.06
2021 NCAA Indoor - 6th, 5000m, 15:53.36
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Mile, 4:37.53
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, 3000m, 9:18.76
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, DMR, 11:56.19
2021 C-USA Championships (XC) - 1st, 6k, 19:58.6
2020 NCAA Indoor - 3000m (N/A-meet canceled)
2020 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Mile, 4:40.05
2020 C-USA Indoor - 1st, 3000m, 9:21.19
2019 NCAA Championships (XC) - 87th, 6k, 21:10
2019 NCAA South Central (XC) - 6th, 6k, 20:48
2019 C-USA Championships (XC) - 5th, 5k, 17:09
ACADEMIC HONORS
2022-23 C-USA Academic Medal
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (T&F)
2021-22 C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year (XC)
2021-22 USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC)
2021-22 C-USA All-Academic Team (XC)
2021-22 C-USA Academic Medal
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21 USTFCCCA All-Academic (T&F)
2020-21 C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year (T&F)
2020-21 C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year (XC)
2020-21 C-USA All-Academic Team (T&F)
2020-21 USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC)
2020-21 C-USA Cross Country All-Academic
2020-21 C-USA Academic Medal
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019-20 USTFCCCA All-Academic (T&F)
2019-20 USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC)
2019-20 C-USA Academic Medal
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
Mile - 4:37.53, C-USA Championships (2/21/21)
3000m - 8:56.82, Boston Last Chance Qualifier (2/28/20)
5000m - 15:50.38, Charlie Thomas Invitational (2/6/21)
Outdoor
1500m - 4:14.16, J. Fred Duckett Twilight (4/24/21)
5000m - 16:19.82, C-USA Championships (5/16/21)
10,000m - 32:24.38, Sound Running College Invite (4/2/21)
2022-23
XC: Ran in three races, winning the Rice Invitational and the Texas A&M Invitational...Set a personal best time in a 6k race with a ninth-place finish at the Lehigh Paul Short Run with a time of 19:45.2.
2021-22
Cross Country: Was named the USTFCCCA South Central Female Athlete of the Year...selected the C-USA Cross Country Female Athlete of the Year...was a three-time C-USA Female Athlete of the Week...qualified for her second straight NCAA Championships, placing 45th overall...won the NCAA South Central Regional individual title and helped the Owls qualify as a team for the NCAA Championships...won her second consecutive C-USA Championship individual crown...also won individual titles at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (Texas A&M), Texas A&M Invitational, and Rice Invitational while placing second at the Lehigh Paul Short Run. Outdoor: Named the Michael L. Slive Conference USA Female Athlete of the Year, honoring the top female athlete across all of Conference USA...earned her second-straight C-USA Female Track Athlete of the Year award...was the runner-up in the 10,000m at the NCAA Championships...won her second consecutive NCAA South Central individual crown in the 10,000m...captured the 10,000m and 5000m titles at the C-USA Championships.
2020-21
Cross Country: Earned All-American status with her 19th place finish at the Spring version of the NCAA Championships, finishing the 6k race in 20:37.2 just days after competing at the NCAA Indoor Championships...won the C-USA individual title with a finish of 19:58.6 in the 6k race, which took place in the Fall...was named the USTFCCCA South Central Athlete of the Year...selected to both the USTFCCCA and C-USA All-Academic Team. Indoor: Earned First Team All-American honors by placing 6th (15:53.36) in the 5000m...earned High Point and Track Performer of the Meet honors by sweeping the Mile (4:37.53-SCHOOL RECORD), 3000m (9:18.76), and DMR (11:56.19) titles at the C-USA Championships. Outdoor: Competed at five meets...began the season by breaking the school record with a time of 32:24.38 in the 10,000m at the Sound Running College Invite, meeting the Olympic Trials standard...also broke the school record in the 1500m at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight in her home debut with a time of 4:14.16...earned High Point and Track Performer of the Meet honors by winning the 1500m (4:14.42), 5000m (16:19.82), and 10,000m (33:50.06) at the C-USA Championships...won the 10,000m (33:28.47) individual title at the NCAA West Prelims...earned her third All-American honor of the semester by placing 7th in the 10,000m at the NCAA Championships...concluded the year by racing in the 10,000m at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
2019-20
Cross Country: Placed 87th overall at the NCAA Championships, the 10th-fastest time (21:10) as a freshman...qualified for the NCAA's by taking the first individual spot not associated with either of the top two qualifying teams at the NCAA South Central Regional, earning all-region honors with a sixth place finish (20:48)...joined Marissa Daniels (2004) as the only Owls to ever qualify for the NCAA Championships as freshmen...received Freshman of the Meet honors following her fifth place finish at the Conference USA Championships...placed third overall (20:26-6k) in her collegiate debut at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational...was named the C-USA Female Athlete of the Week (10/22). Indoor: Qualified for the NCAA Championships (which were canceled) by shattering the 3000m school record with a time of 8:56.82 (C-USA record) to place second at the Boston Last Chance Invitational...named the C-USA Track Performer of the Meet and Freshman of the Meet after garnering the most points (20) at the C-USA Championships, winning both the mile and 3000m...was twice selected the C-USA Female Track Athlete of the Week...won five races in total while competing at six meets.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Strath Haven HS (Wallingford, Pa.) where she competed for the Panthers under head coach Bill Coren...eight-time All-Delco Athlete...three-time Athlete of the Year (twice in T&F)...inducted into the Delaware County Hall of Fame...state champion in the 800m...two-time district champion in 800m...district champion in 1600m...three-time Delaware County champion in the 1600m (Delco record holder)...two-time Delaware County champion in the 800m...placed third at district in cross country...Delco and Central League champion in cross country...indoor school record holder in 800m, 1000m, 1200m, 1600m, mile, 3000m, and DMR...outdoor school record holder in 800m, 1600m, mile SMR, DMR...senior season bests of 56.9 (split) in 400m; 58.5 (open)...2:07 (split) in 800m; 2:08 (open)...3:33 (split) in 1200m...4:44 (mile)...10:03 (3000m)...10:48 (2 mile)...18:06 (5k)...also played three years of soccer for head coach Gino Miraglia...graduated with a 4.17 GPA...National Honors Society...AP Scholar Award recipient.
PERSONAL
Parents: Brian Forbes and Marianne McCormick...three brothers and two sisters, including sisters Maddie and Maggie, who also run for Rice...Rice College: Martel...Major: Kinesiology.

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