Episode 354: Grace Barnett; Breakthrough Year: 7th at the Olympic Trials & 2nd at the USATF 5k Champs

Jan 7, 2022

01:14:43

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Grace Barnett runs with the Mammoth Track Club and is coached by Andrew Kastor. She is also a STEM lab teacher for an elementary school. Grace was 7th place at the Olympic Trials this summer in the 1500m where she ran a 4:05 in the final!

Grace ended by being a three time All-American at Clemson University after initially being a walk-on for the team. In November, the weekend of the NYC Marathon, she placed 2nd at the USATF 5k Championships.

In this episode, we hear about what it is like to live in Mammoth and work with Andrew and Deena Kastor.

Grace is one to be watching in the coming year!

What we talked about:

4:15- Recapping her race at the USATF 5k Championships where she finished 2nd

5:55- Her work as a teacher and balancing that as a professional runner

8:10- Why she decided to move to Mammoth to train professionally and what it is like living there

14:35- Growing up on the beach in South Carolina

18:50- Walking onto the team at Clemson University

22:10- Living far away from home

24:00- How she met her fiance

29:30- Her fiance being deployed in the spring

31:10- Earning a scholarship