Molly Grabill (Oregon)

Molly Grabill
Position: Distance
Height: 5'5"
Year: Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown: Poway, Calif.
High School: Rancho Bernardo
Experience: High School


Pac-12 scorer in cross country put forth a solid freshman campaign. A World Junior Cross Country Championships competitor and a two-time Foot Locker nationals qualifier. A California state cross country champion and runner-up at 3,200 meters.

2012-13: Outdoors - Redshirt season. Indoors - Did not compete. Cross Country - Redshirt season.

2011-12: Outdoors - Pac-12 qualifier as a freshman. Ran the 1,500 meters at the Oregon Preview and John Knight Twilight before stepping up to 5,000 meters at the USC Invitational and the Oregon Relays. Timed a season-best 16:38.01 in a runner-up finish at the relays. Wrapped up season with an appearance in the 10,000 (17th, 36:30.17) and 5,000 at the Pac-12 Championships. Indoors - Redshirt season. Cross Country - Capped freshman season with her first NCAA Championships appearance. Scored as Oregon's No. 5 runner at the NCAA West Regional meet. Took 60th in 21:41 (6,000 meters). Successful debut at the conference meet as she was the Ducks' No. 5 scorer (32nd overall in 20:59/6,000 meters). Was the winner of the B section at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational. Covered the 6,000 meter course in 21:08.7 to win by nearly 14 seconds. Made Oregon debut at the Bill Dellinger Invitational, where she placed 16th in 17:09.85. Season Bests: 5,000 Meters - 16:38.01 (PR), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/20/12).

Prep: Finished second at the 2011 USA Junior Cross Country Championships to earn a spot on the squad that represented Team USA at the IAAF Junior World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria, Spain. Was a two-time Foot Locker nationals qualifier. Finished ninth as a senior in 2010 in 17:46 after placing 12th as a junior in 2009. Finished as the California state cross country champion in 2009 and was sixth as a senior in 2010. Garnered notice at the 2010 Nike Pre-Nationals in September by winning the 5,000 meter Jim Danner Championship in 17:42.84. Was also a four-time CIF San Diego Section cross country champion for Rancho Bernardo High School and holds the course record at Morley Field after posting 15:25 times in both the 2009 and 2010 section championships. On the track, as a senior at Rancho Bernardo High School, was the California state runner-up in the 3,200 meters in a personal-best 10:19.17. Won the 2011 CIF San Diego Section champion in the 3,200 meters to become a four-time sectional champion. Was the 3,200 meter state champion as a junior in 2010 and was the state runner-up at 3,200 meters in 2009. High School Bests: Outdoors - 1,600 Meters - 4:49.64, 2011; 3,200 Meters - 10:19.17, 2011.

Personal: Major is physics.

Personal Bests
5,000 Meters - 16:38.01,
Oregon Relays,
Eugene, Ore., 4/20/12

NCAA Cross Country Championships
2011 - 207th, 21:56.3

Pac-12 Track Championships
2012 - 10,000 Meters, 17th, 36:30.17
2012 - 5,000 Meters - DNF

Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
2011 - 32nd, 20:59

Courtesy Oregon