Clara Grandt

Residence: Morgantown, WV
Hometown: West Union, WV
Age on race day: 24

Best Qualifying Performance: 2:29:54, Boston, 2011
PRs: Half-Marathon, 1:13:13 (2011); Marathon, 2:29:54 (2011)
Olympic Trials Marathon History: Debut

Career Highlights:

4^th – 2011 USA 15K Championships
16^th – 2011 Boston Marathon, 2:29:54 (PB)
2^nd – 2011 USA 20K Championships
4^th – 2010 NCAA Championships 10,000m

Additional Highlights:

2011

6^th – USA Half Marathon Championships (1:13:13)
4^th – USA 15K Championships
16^th – Boston Marathon (2:29:54)
10^th, Falmouth Road Race
2^nd – USA 20K Championships

2010

11^th – NCAA Indoor Championships 5000m
4^th – NCAA Championships 10,000m
9^th – USA Championships 10,000m
4^th – USA 20K Championships

2009

4^th – NCAA Championships 10,000m

Of Note:

The 2011 Boston Marathon was Grandt’s debut. She finished as third American … Told her University of West Virginia coach, Sean Cleary, early on that she wanted to be a marathoner. He is still coaching her … Grew up in tiny (pop: 806) West Union, WV … Majored in Aquatic Therapy and Exercise Physiology; took a temporary leave from her part-time job as an aquatics instructor to train full-time for Trials.

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