Shippensburg University alumni Neely Spence Gracey ’12, Matt Gillette ’13/’16M and Katrina Spratford-Sterling ’13 participated in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials on Feb. 3 in Orlando, Florida.
Spence Gracey finished the 26.2 miles as 42nd out of 117 female starters with a time of 2:37.09.
Gillette crossed the finish line after 2:19.42 in 55th place out of the 150 male competitors.
Spratford-Sterling was unable to finish the marathon and ended her race after 17 miles.
Spence Gracey and Gillette were recently inducted into SU´s Athletic Hall of Fame in Nov. 2023.
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