2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Gilbreth, Grace

Grace Gilbreth
- Event(s):
- Distance
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bozeman, MT
- High School:
- Bozeman HS
- Major:
- Economics
Bio
Gilbreth's Performance History & Personal Bests
2023-24 Season:
Cross Country (Junior): Earned Big Sky All-Conference honors by placing tenth at the Big Sky Championships ... Got going during the latter half of the season, finishing as one of MSU's top-three runners in each of the final three meets of the fall ... Placed 62nd overall and was the third Bobcat across the finish line at the NCAA Mountain Regional meet in Lubbock, Texas ... Her tenth-place result at the conference championships helped the Bobcats finish runner-up for the first time since 2017 ... Was the No. 3 MSU runner and placed 67th overall at Pre-Nationals in Virginia ... Placed seventh and was the fourth Bobcat to finish at the Montana Invite
Indoor (Junior): Competed in six meets for the Cats ... Placed fifth in the 3,000 and seventh in the 5,000 at the Big Sky Indoor Championships to score six points for MSU, helping the women finish runner-up on the podium ... Won the mile at the Big Sky Tuner in an altitude-converted time of 4:44.00, the third-fastest mark in school history ... Won the 5,000 at the Bobat Preview in an altitude-converted time of 16:59.45, the tenth-fastest time in school history ... Placed third in the mile at the Spokane Sports Showcase
Outdoor (Junior): Placed 25th in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the NCAA West First Rounds ... Earned a bronze medal in the steeplechase and placed fifth in the 10,000 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in Bozeman, scoring ten points to help the Cats finish runner-up as a team ... Climbed to No. 2 all-time at MSU in the steeplechase with her altitude-converted mark of 10:13.33 in the conference championships, the fastest steeple race since 2015 ... Her altitude-converted time of 35:00.69 in the 10,000 at the conference championships was the seventh-fastest in school history ... Ran a blistering 16:29.44 to place 11th in the 5000 at the Bryan Clay Invite, the third-fastest time in school history ... Took third in both the 1500 and 5000 at the Cat-Griz Dual to help the women defeat the rival Grizzlies
2022-23 Season:
Cross Country (Sophomore): Competed in four races ... Finished in the top-five for Montana State on two occasions ... Placed fifth at the MSU Bobcat Twilight ... Set a personal best in the three-mile with a time of 17:51.3 at the MSU Cross Country Classic ... Finished 35th overall and seventh for the Bobcats at the Joe Piane Invite hosted by Notre Dame, setting a personal-best in the 5K with a time of 18:00.3 ... Made appearanced at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, finishing 106th overall and seventh for Montana State with a personal-best 6K time of 22:52.0 ... Earned Big Sky Fall All-Academic honors
Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in five indoor meets, including the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships ... Took 13th in the 800 meters (2:16.09) and 18th in the mile (5:08.86) at the conference championship meet ... Set a personal best in the mile a week earlier at the Big Sky Tuner, crossing the finish line in 5:01.50 to place fourth in the event ... Won the 3,000 meters at the Bobcat Performance with a personal-best time of 10:15.78 ... Took eighth at the WSU Open in the 800 meters with a personal-best of 2:15.99 ... Earned Big Sky Winter All-Academic honors
Outdoor (Sophomore): Opened outdoor season with a second place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and a fourth place result in the 5,000 meters at the Griz-Cat Duel ... Placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Big Sky Outdoor Track and Field Championships and placed 11th in the 5,000 meters ... Set a pair of personal bests at the Bryan Clay Invitational in both the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:30.75) and 5,000 meters (17:10.60) ... Her mark of 10:30.75 in the steeplechase ranked fifth in program history ... Won the steeplechase at the EKU Rick Erdmann Twilight ... Placed fifth in the 1,500 meters at the Tom Gage Classic ... Earned Big Sky Spring All-Academic honors
2021-22 Season:
Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in six cross country races ... Took 10th place in the Bobcat Time Trials with a 19:33.1 5K time ... Was MSU's eighth runner at the MSU Cross Country Classic with a 5K time of 18:25.0 ... Placed fourth overall and first for Montana State at the Montana Invitational with a time of 17:25.90 ... Finished in fifth for MSU at the FSU/Pre-Nationals Invite with a 23:07.1 6K time ... Was MSU's sixth runner at the Big Sky Championships with an 18:23.2 5K time ... Rounded out the Bobcats' squad as the seventh runner at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships ... Earned a spot on the Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team.
Indoor (Freshman): Competed in five indoor track meets, including the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships ... Specialized in the mile but also ran the 3,000 meters, plus legs on the 4x400 and distance medley relay teams once ... Took sixth in the mile at the Bobcat Performance meet with a 5:16.54 ... Smashed her personal-best indoor mile time with a 5:05.95 at the WSU Invitational ... Ran a personal-best 3,000 meter time of 10:17.80 at the WSU Open ... Helped MSU place third in the 4x400 meter relay and placed sixth in the mile at the Big Sky Preview ... Placed 17th in the mile and helped MSU place sixth in the distance medley relay at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships ... Earned a spot on the Big Sky Winter All-Academic Team.
Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in five outdoor track meets ... Placed sixth in the 1,500 meters with a 4:49.93 in her Bobcat debut at the Al Manuel Inviational ... Had two top-six finishes at the Cat/Griz Dual in the 1,500 (6th) and the 5K (5th) ... Placed fourth overall in the Open B section of the Bryan Clay Invitaitonal's 1,500 meters with a PR of 4:38.87 ... Also ran a personal best time of 17:42.02 in the 5K at the same meet ... Placed eighth in her 3,000 meter steeplechase debut with an 11:24.76 at the Bengal Invitational ... Was the runner-up in the steeplechase at the Tom Gage Classic with an 11:24.91 ... Earned a spot on the Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team.
Background: Graduated from Bozeman High School in 2021 … Completed three top-10 showings at the MHSA Class AA Cross Country State Championships … Finished as high sixth as a junior with a personal-best time in the 5K of 18:56.8 … Member of multiple team state champion teams … Advanced to the MHSA Class AA Track and Field Championships on multiple occasions … Took seventh in the 800, ninth in the 1600 as a senior … Placed 53rd at the NXR Northwest Regional Championships as a junior.
2023-24 Season:
Cross Country (Junior): Earned Big Sky All-Conference honors by placing tenth at the Big Sky Championships ... Got going during the latter half of the season, finishing as one of MSU's top-three runners in each of the final three meets of the fall ... Placed 62nd overall and was the third Bobcat across the finish line at the NCAA Mountain Regional meet in Lubbock, Texas ... Her tenth-place result at the conference championships helped the Bobcats finish runner-up for the first time since 2017 ... Was the No. 3 MSU runner and placed 67th overall at Pre-Nationals in Virginia ... Placed seventh and was the fourth Bobcat to finish at the Montana Invite
Indoor (Junior): Competed in six meets for the Cats ... Placed fifth in the 3,000 and seventh in the 5,000 at the Big Sky Indoor Championships to score six points for MSU, helping the women finish runner-up on the podium ... Won the mile at the Big Sky Tuner in an altitude-converted time of 4:44.00, the third-fastest mark in school history ... Won the 5,000 at the Bobat Preview in an altitude-converted time of 16:59.45, the tenth-fastest time in school history ... Placed third in the mile at the Spokane Sports Showcase
Outdoor (Junior): Placed 25th in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the NCAA West First Rounds ... Earned a bronze medal in the steeplechase and placed fifth in the 10,000 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in Bozeman, scoring ten points to help the Cats finish runner-up as a team ... Climbed to No. 2 all-time at MSU in the steeplechase with her altitude-converted mark of 10:13.33 in the conference championships, the fastest steeple race since 2015 ... Her altitude-converted time of 35:00.69 in the 10,000 at the conference championships was the seventh-fastest in school history ... Ran a blistering 16:29.44 to place 11th in the 5000 at the Bryan Clay Invite, the third-fastest time in school history ... Took third in both the 1500 and 5000 at the Cat-Griz Dual to help the women defeat the rival Grizzlies
2022-23 Season:
Cross Country (Sophomore): Competed in four races ... Finished in the top-five for Montana State on two occasions ... Placed fifth at the MSU Bobcat Twilight ... Set a personal best in the three-mile with a time of 17:51.3 at the MSU Cross Country Classic ... Finished 35th overall and seventh for the Bobcats at the Joe Piane Invite hosted by Notre Dame, setting a personal-best in the 5K with a time of 18:00.3 ... Made appearanced at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, finishing 106th overall and seventh for Montana State with a personal-best 6K time of 22:52.0 ... Earned Big Sky Fall All-Academic honors
Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in five indoor meets, including the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships ... Took 13th in the 800 meters (2:16.09) and 18th in the mile (5:08.86) at the conference championship meet ... Set a personal best in the mile a week earlier at the Big Sky Tuner, crossing the finish line in 5:01.50 to place fourth in the event ... Won the 3,000 meters at the Bobcat Performance with a personal-best time of 10:15.78 ... Took eighth at the WSU Open in the 800 meters with a personal-best of 2:15.99 ... Earned Big Sky Winter All-Academic honors
Outdoor (Sophomore): Opened outdoor season with a second place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and a fourth place result in the 5,000 meters at the Griz-Cat Duel ... Placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Big Sky Outdoor Track and Field Championships and placed 11th in the 5,000 meters ... Set a pair of personal bests at the Bryan Clay Invitational in both the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:30.75) and 5,000 meters (17:10.60) ... Her mark of 10:30.75 in the steeplechase ranked fifth in program history ... Won the steeplechase at the EKU Rick Erdmann Twilight ... Placed fifth in the 1,500 meters at the Tom Gage Classic ... Earned Big Sky Spring All-Academic honors
2021-22 Season:
Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in six cross country races ... Took 10th place in the Bobcat Time Trials with a 19:33.1 5K time ... Was MSU's eighth runner at the MSU Cross Country Classic with a 5K time of 18:25.0 ... Placed fourth overall and first for Montana State at the Montana Invitational with a time of 17:25.90 ... Finished in fifth for MSU at the FSU/Pre-Nationals Invite with a 23:07.1 6K time ... Was MSU's sixth runner at the Big Sky Championships with an 18:23.2 5K time ... Rounded out the Bobcats' squad as the seventh runner at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships ... Earned a spot on the Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team.
Indoor (Freshman): Competed in five indoor track meets, including the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships ... Specialized in the mile but also ran the 3,000 meters, plus legs on the 4x400 and distance medley relay teams once ... Took sixth in the mile at the Bobcat Performance meet with a 5:16.54 ... Smashed her personal-best indoor mile time with a 5:05.95 at the WSU Invitational ... Ran a personal-best 3,000 meter time of 10:17.80 at the WSU Open ... Helped MSU place third in the 4x400 meter relay and placed sixth in the mile at the Big Sky Preview ... Placed 17th in the mile and helped MSU place sixth in the distance medley relay at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships ... Earned a spot on the Big Sky Winter All-Academic Team.
Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in five outdoor track meets ... Placed sixth in the 1,500 meters with a 4:49.93 in her Bobcat debut at the Al Manuel Inviational ... Had two top-six finishes at the Cat/Griz Dual in the 1,500 (6th) and the 5K (5th) ... Placed fourth overall in the Open B section of the Bryan Clay Invitaitonal's 1,500 meters with a PR of 4:38.87 ... Also ran a personal best time of 17:42.02 in the 5K at the same meet ... Placed eighth in her 3,000 meter steeplechase debut with an 11:24.76 at the Bengal Invitational ... Was the runner-up in the steeplechase at the Tom Gage Classic with an 11:24.91 ... Earned a spot on the Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team.
Background: Graduated from Bozeman High School in 2021 … Completed three top-10 showings at the MHSA Class AA Cross Country State Championships … Finished as high sixth as a junior with a personal-best time in the 5K of 18:56.8 … Member of multiple team state champion teams … Advanced to the MHSA Class AA Track and Field Championships on multiple occasions … Took seventh in the 800, ninth in the 1600 as a senior … Placed 53rd at the NXR Northwest Regional Championships as a junior.
2022 Big Sky Outdoor Championships
Monday, May 16
Track and Field Big Sky Championships
Monday, February 18
Coach Kennedy - Feb. 11, 2013
Tuesday, February 12
Coach Kennedy - Feb. 4, 2013
Tuesday, February 05