Gracie Hyde
.jpg) Hyde in June 2025 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 December 1999 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Events | Middle-distance running, Cross country running, Steeplechase |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 1500m: 4:06.12 (2024) Mile 4:30.90 (2024) 5000m: 15:43.34 (2024) 3000m S'chase: 9:16.61 (2026) Indoor 800m: 2:13.50 (2023) 1500m: 4:17.87 (2025) Mile: 4:36.97 (2025) 3000m: 8:46.24 (2026) 5000m: 16:21.47 (2021) Road Mile: 4:25.64 (2026) 5k: 15:04 (2026) |
Gracie Hyde (born 12 December 1999) is an American middle-distance runner and steeplechaser.[1]
Biography
From Jonesboro, Arkansas, Hyde attended Brookland High School and Benton High School, winning a total of 10 state high school championships in the middle-distances.[2]
Hyde competed in NCAA Division 1 at the University of Arkansas. Later a graduate student at Adams State University, in February 2024, she recorded a 3000 meters indoors best to set a new NCAA DII record of 8:58.33, and set a new NCAA DII record in the mile run with 4:30.90. In March 2024, she won at the NCAA DII Championships, first by anchoring the distance medley relay team to a first-place finish, and then by winning in the mile run and the 3000 m.[3] In April 2024, she set a new NCAA DII record in the 3000 metres steeplechase with a time of 9:28.17 in finishing runner-up to Lexy Halladay-Lowry at the Bryan Clay Invitational, surpassing the previous best set by Eilish Flanagan.[4] That June, she became the NCAA Division II champion in the steeplechase and 1500 metres and competed at the 2024 US Olympic Team Trials, where she was a semi-finalist in the 1500 m and missed the final in the steeplechase as a time qualifier by a fraction of a second.[2]
In December 2025, Hyde placed fourth in the 2k run at the 2025 USA Cross Country Championships.[5] In 2026, Hyde was runner-up to Addy Wiley in the USATF 1 Mile Championships, and in May, placed third at the 2026 USATF 5 km Championships in Indianapolis. She was subsequently selected in the USA team for the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, for her international debut.[6][7][8] She set a new personal best of 9:16.61 in placing second in the 3000 m steeplechase at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland on 3 June.[9] On 7 June, she had top-ten finish at the 2026 Diamond League event in Stockholm.[10]
References
- ↑ "Gracie Hyde". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Former Brookland Lady Bearcat Gracie Hyde competed in U.S. Olympic Trials". Kait8.com. 24 Jun 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "Amazing Gracie". Alamosa Citizen. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ Mull, Cory (12 April 2024). "Gracie Hyde Breaks NCAA D2 Steeplechase Record, Grabs U.S. Trials Standard". Flotrack. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "USATF Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 6 Dec 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "USATF Announces Roster for World Road Running Championships - Copenhagen 26". Runnerspace. 26 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "USATF ANNOUNCES ROSTER FOR WORLD ROAD RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS - COPENHAGEN 26". USATF. 26 May 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "SCHWEIZER AND HUNTER CLAIM USATF 5KM TITLES". USATF. 4 May 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "Rogers throws beyond 80 metres in Turku". World Athletics. 3 June 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "Results - Stockholm Diamond League (BAUHAUS-Galan) 2026". Watch Athletics. 7 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.