Gracie O'Connell
Gracie O'Connell
Height: 5-4
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Abington, Mass.
High School: Abington
Major: Radiation Science and Therapy

• Also a member of Suffolk's women's outdoor track & field team

CAREER HIGHS
Shot Put: 8.87m, at Panther Invitational I, Jan. 21, 2023
Weight Throw: 11.56m, at Frozen 8 Championships, Feb. 12, 2023

JUNIOR 2023-24
Captain.

SOPHOMORE 2022-23
All-Frozen 8 (Weight Throw) ... Took 10th in the weight throw (9.86) and 14th in the shot put (8.40) at the Suffolk Relays (Dec. 3) ... Competed in the shot put (8.06) and weight throw (10.21) a the Beacon Invitational (Dec. 10) ... Finished 23rd in both the shot put (8.76) and weight throw (9.76) at the Suffolk Ice Breaker Invitational (Jan. 14) ... Claimed 14th in the shot put (8.87) and 16th in the weight throw (7.94) at the Panther Invitational (Jan. 21) ... Placed fifth in the weight throw (10.84) and 18th in the shot put (7.94) at the Panther Invitational II (Feb. 4) ... Put together a third-place performance in the weight throw (11.56) and 11th-place effort in the shot put (8.54) at the Frozen 8 Championships (Feb. 12).

FRESHMAN 2021-22
Made her collegiate debut in the shot put (8.33) and weight throw (8.55) at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (Dec. 4) ... Took eighth in the weight throw (9.16) and ninth in the shot put (8.65) at the Joe Donahue Games (Dec. 11) ... Finished eighth in the shot put (8.43) and ninth in the weight throw (9.46) at the USM Covid Catch Up (Jan. 23) ... Claimed sixth in the weight throw (9.60) and 12th in the shot put (8.20) at the GNAC Championships (Feb. 13).

ACADEMICS
Two-time member of Suffolk's 4.0 Club (Fall 2021, Spring 2022) ... Four-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023).

BEFORE SUFFOLKABINGTON
Letterwinner at Abington and captained the team as a senior ... Helped Abington to the 2021 South Shore League Championship ... 2021 State Relay Javelin Champion ... Finished second at 2021 state relays in the discus ... Placed sixth in the shotput state relays in 2020 ... Took sixth at the MIAA State Divisional Meet ... 2019 South Shore Discus Champion ... South Shore League All-Star in 2019 ... Also lettered in basketball and captained the team as a senior ... South Shore League All-Star in 2021 ... Brockton Enterprise All-Scholastic in 2021 ... Two-year member of National Honor society and served as Vice President as a senior ... Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) President as a senior ... Two-term SAAC Treasurer ... Student Council Vice President as a senior ... Four-year member of Student Council ... MIAA ambassadro as a senior ... Four-year member of Peer leaders and Unified Sports.