2016 Cross Country Roster
Grace Tavani
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Centennial
- Hometown:
- Roswell, Ga.
2018 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic Team
2018 NCAA Cross Country All-Region
2019: Outdoor - Finished third in the 5000 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays after completing her laps in 17:06.57…Clocked the 10th-best 10,000m time in UGA history (34:56.08) to finish 24th at the Raleigh Relays…Did not finish in the 10,000m at the SEC Championships...Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring 2019, as well as the 2019 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - Completed her final indoor race as a Bulldog in the SEC Indoor Championships, clocking 17:05.58 for an 11th place finish.
2018: Cross Country - Scored in all five of her meets, including an All-Region showing at the 6k NCAA South Region to take 23rd with a 21:12.3…Was third at the 5.5k Bulldog Invitational thanks to a 20:42.9…Finished 27th (20:17.59) at the 6k SEC Championships.
Outdoor - Did not compete for the Bulldogs...Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring 2018...Earned SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - Finished 20th in the 5000 meters (17:24.22) at the SEC Indoor Championships...Ran a personal record in the 5000m (16:59.32) while finishing 11th at the Iowa State Classic...Opened the season with a second-place finish in the 5000m (17:03.78) at the Clemson Invite...Named to the SEC and J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Rolls for Fall 2017.
2017: Cross Country - Took third at the two-mile WCU Festival after registering a time of 10:51.83…Scored for Georgia at the 6k Bulldog SEC Preview thanks to a 22:07.0 for sixth…Was 43rd to score at the 6k Paul Short meet with a time of 20:45…Finished 73rd (20:57.0) at the 6k NCAA Pre-Nationals, recording a time of 20:57.0…Helped lead Georgia to a second-place finish at the 6k SEC Championships with an 18th-place finish (21:04.2)…Scored at the 6k NCAA Championships with a time of 21:19.74 for 179th.
Outdoor - Finished fifth in the 5000-meter run at the Yellow Jacket Invite with a time of 17:36.83.
Indoor - Had a 5000-meter run time of 17:36.16 for 18th place at the Music City Challenge.
2016: Cross Country - Opened her season with a 141st-place finish (19:06.3) at the 5K Commodore Classic...Was 96th at the 6K SEC Championship after running a 22:59.3.
Outdoor - Finished 15th in the 3000-meter run at the Spec Towns Invite with a time of 10:28.40...Was fourth in the 5000m (18:31.03) at the Georgia Invitational.
Indoor - Ran a season-best time of 10:23.90 to earn 9th in the 3,000-meters at the Virginia Tech Elite meet.
2015: Cross Country - Ran in the open 6k NCAA Pre-Nationals and was the third finisher at 22:55.0 for 57th place.
Outdoor - Had a season-best time of 5:05.42 for 23rd place in the 1500-meter run at the Georgia Invite.
Indoor - Redshirted for the Lady Bulldogs.
2014: Cross Country - Redshirted for the Lady Bulldogs.
High School: Helped lead her team to the 2012 and 2013 GHSA 6-AAAAAA cross country titles and the 2013 county championship...Team captain for cross country and track teams...Won the 2013 Longhorn Cross Country Invitational...Part of record-breaking 4x800 relay team in 2014...Named to 2013 All-Region First Team and named the August 2013 Athlete of the Month...Personal-best times of 19:11 (cross country 5000), 5:27 (mile) and 11:48 (3200)...Won Also played lacrosse at Centennial...Member of the National Honor's Society, student council, Beta Club and Spanish Club and vice president of National Spanish Honor Society.
Personal: Born February 24, 1996...Daughter of Mark and Sara Tavani...Majoring in Communication Studies and World Language Education.
