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Graca Bila

  • Major Psychology
  • Height 5-6
  • Events Hurdles / Jumps / Sprints
  • Class 2028
  • Hometown Westbrook, Maine
  • High School North Yarmouth Academy

Biography

Results

2025

Outdoor Highlights:
Placed ninth in the 400-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 1:06.56 at The F.I.R.E. MEET at Williams (May 9-10).... Helped the Bates 4x100 relay place seventh in 49.12 seconds and the 4x400 relay also place seventh in 4:03.27 while taking 14th in the triple jump with a season-best leap of 36-4.75 (11.09m) at the New England Division III Outdoor Championships (May 2-3).... Scored points for Bates by placing seventh in the triple jump with a top leap of 35-10.5 (10.93m) at the NESCAC Championship (April 26).... Took second in the triple jump at 35-11.25 (10.95m), third in the 200-meter dash (27.11 seconds) and helped Bates place third in the 4x100 relay in 49.46 seconds at the Pine Tree Classic (April 18-19).... Helped Bates win the 4x400 relay in 4:12.34 and placed second in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:08.17 at the Carla Coffey Invitational (April 11-12).... Placed fifth in the triple jump at 33-11.5 (10.35m) and helped Bates finish fifth in the 4x100 relay in 50.44 seconds at the UMASS Flagship Opener (April 5).... Took second in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:07.99 at the Wesleyan Swanson Invitational (March 22).

Indoor Highlights: Helped Bates take second in the 4x400 relay in 4:10.89, took sixth individually in the 200 meters in a season-best time of 26.71 seconds, and grabbed seventh in the triple jump with a top effort of 33-11.5 (10.35m) at the Suffolk Relays (Jan. 11).... Helped Bates place fourth in the 4x400 relay in 4:13.83 at the TRACK at new balance Early Bird Invite (Dec. 7, 2024).

Minor: Education

Personal: 2024 graduate of North Yarmouth Academy where she competed in outdoor track & field, basketball, and soccer.

What does leadership mean to you?
Being a good role model and being able to put others before you at the right times.

What’s a failure or setback that taught you something valuable?
Losing my junior year basketball championship and getting injured during indoor season. It taught me not to dwell on loss or injury but to focus on getting back and better, which is a lesson I use outside of sports as well.

What’s a value or principle you try to live by?
Keep moving forward and look at the bigger picture.

What’s something about you that might surprise people?
I can tumble.