2009 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
Top Times:
4K: 12:31
6K: 20:00
8K: 25:53
2008 (R-Junior): Gracey competed in the first three meets of the season for Shippensburg, finishing as the team’s third-fastest runner in the 4K Dickinson Invitational with a personal-best time of 12:47. He also completed 6K and 8K competitions during the season.
2007 (Junior): Gracey completed a red-shirt season.
2006 (Sophomore): He continued his development and progres¬sion as a strong distance runner and was among Shippensburg’s best competitors all season long. Gracey twice earned the team’s top finish at a meet, running the 6K home course for the Alumni Meet in 20:00 while leading Red Raider runners at the SRU Invitational with a fifth-place time of 26:31 on an 8K course. He recorded two additional fifth-place finishes, running the 8K course at the Husky Invitational in 27:35 and the 4K course at the Dickinson Long/Short in 12:31.18, and both efforts were the second-best turned in by a Red Raider. Gracey delivered his fastest performance on an 8K course at the Paul Short Invitational, clocking in at 25:47 while earning a 21st-place finish at the NCAA East Regionals in Slippery Rock with a time of 34:03 on a 10K course.
2005 (Freshman): Gracey showed promise during his rookie season by delivering a pair of top 20 finishes. He missed the first two meets of the season, but ran in five of the last seven meets, including and 49th-place finish at the PSAC Championships. He placed 20th at the Slippery Rock Invitational and the Elizabethtown Invitational. His personal-best in the 8K still sits at 25:53.2 as recorded at the Paul Short Invitational. He placed ninth on the team and 49th overall at the PSAC Championships.
Personal: Dillon Scott Gracey was born on Dec. 3, 1986. He is the son of Greg Gracey and Jill Peck and is majoring in economics.
