Clara Grandt
Biography
Doddridge
County High / West Virginia University
Prep:
Four-time
all-state cross country runner for coach Craig Kellar
at Doddridge County High ... three-time Little Kanawha Conference individual
cross country champion ... captained 2004 AA-A state champion cross country
team ... member of three-time state track champion team ... holds the state
single-A record in the 1600-meter and 3200-meter ... also ran on the
4x800-meter state champion team, which has the state single-A record ... placed
at the West Virginia state track meet all four years of high school.
College:
State native
who has improved every season as a Mountaineer … along with Marie-Louise Asselin and Keri Bland, gives WVU a solid trio at the top
of the lineup … tough, determined runner … has national running experience … a
leader on the team.
At West Virginia in 2008:
Placed 42nd
at NCAA Championship (20:44) to help team to fourth-place finish … finished
sixth at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional with a time of 21:35 ... second Mountaineer
to finish and led the team to a first-place finish ... named to USA Cross
Country Team and took first place at the NCAC … named to the NCAA Mid-Atlantic
all-Region team ... finished third at the BIG EAST Championships (20:29) ...
named to the all-BIG EAST women’s team ... third at the Penn State National
Invitational (20:17) on Oct. 17 ... finished fifth with a time of 20:09 at the
Paul Short Invitational … took eighth place with a time of 28:22 at the United
States World Cross Country Trials in February.
At West Virginia in 2007:
All-BIG EAST
and all-Mid-Atlantic Region as a sophomore … placed 52nd with a time of 21:23
at the NCAA Championship in Terre Haute, Ind. … was the second WVU finisher in
sixth place (20:20) at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional … helped WVU win BIG EAST
Championships by finishing in eighth with a time of 20:59 … finished in seventh
place at the Penn State National Open with a time of 21:17 … placed 15th at the
Paul Short Invitational (21:01) … won the Lock Haven Invitational with a time
of 20:34 … held out of the year’s first meet to rest … in the offseason, placed
32nd in the 8km run at the USA Cross Country Championships in San Diego.
At West Virginia in 2006:
Had a
fantastic freshman season … finished breakout year taking 28th at Mid-Atlantic
Regionals … finished 24th at BIG EAST Championship with sixth-best time for a
freshman … won WVU Open, which was her first race with squad … took ninth at
the Lock Haven Invitational … was the first Mountaineer and eighth overall at
the National Open … took third at the Golden Flash Invitational.
At West Virginia in 2005:
Received a
redshirt.
WVU Accomplishments:
All-American
Honors - 2009
NCAA
All-Mid-Atlantic Region - 2007, 2008, 2009
All-Big East
- 2007, 2008, 2009
Clara Grandt signed an endorsement deal with Mizuno USA in 2011.
Personal:
Daughter of
Thomas and Diana Grandt ... birthday is March 24th,
1987 ... born in Hinckley, Illinios ...one of six
children ... Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll … BIG EAST Academic
All-Star … majoring in exercise physiology.
Personal Bests:
1000m ind. 2:57.75
University Park (USA) 16.01.2010
Mile ind. 4:48.40 University
Park (USA) 30.01.2010
3000m 9:34.27 Princeton (USA) 17.05.2009
3000m ind. 9:27.34
New York (USA) 21.02.2010
5000m 16:01.18 Palo Alto (USA) 26.03.2010
5000m ind. 16:04.24
New York (USA) 20.02.2010
10,000m 33:16.96 Palo Alto (USA) 27.03.2009
5 km Road 16:29 Wheeling (USA) 07.08.2010
8 km Road 26:23 Philadelphia (USA) 20.11.2010
10 km Road 32:54 Pittsburgh (USA) 29.09.2013
15 km Road 50:34 Jacksonville (USA) 12.03.2011
10 Miles Road 56:40 Washington (USA)
07.04.2013
10 Miles Road 55:03 Philadelphia (USA)
05.05.2013
20 km Road 1:09:02 New Haven (USA) 06.09.2010
Half Marathon 1:12:21 København
(DEN) 29.03.2014
Marathon 2:30:46 Houston (USA) 14.01.2012
Marathon 2:29:54 Boston (USA) 18.04.2011