2024-2025 Women's Track & Field Roster

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Katie Stevens
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Erin Farina
Megan May

Grace Damewood

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Culpeper County
  • Hometown Culpeper, Va.

Biography

2024-25 - Senior Season: Scored in three different events during the C2C Outdoor Championships ... Finished fourth in the league in both the 4x100-relay (49.13) and long jump (5.32 meters) ... Also set a new PR while placing fifth in the triple jump with a 10.83-meter effort ... Added a top-10 mark during the winter championships as well after coming in 10th in the long jump with a 4.82-meter leap ... Established a new personal-best in the long jump with a 5.41-meter showcase at the New Captains Classic in April ... Finished second in the triple jump during that competition as well ... Had her finest indoor triple jump effort of the year at the Betty S. Rogers Invitational after landing a distance of 9.85 meters ... Kicked off the season with a 4.83-meter performance in the long jump at the CNU Holiday Open, which was her top indoor mark of the year ... Chipped in with eight total top-five finishes during her senior campaign, including fourth-place efforts in the long jump and triple jump at the Blue & Silver Challenge in March.
 
2023-24 - Junior Season: Excelled in the long jump throughout the year, including a second-place effort at the Captains Invitational ... Kicked off the year with a season-best mark of 4.83 meters at the CNU Holiday Open ... Added a 4.82-meter showcase at the Oceanfront Invitational while also completing the 60 in 8.78 ... Continued the year with a 4.65-meter performance at the Richard Drake Invitational and a 4.52-meter leap during the New Captains Classic ... Finished in the top-10 in four of her five outings in the long jump during the year.

2022-23 - Sophomore Season: Did not see action in the winter or spring during her second year in Newport News.

2021-22 - Freshman Season: Pieced together a breakout campaign in the jumps and relays during her first year with the Captains … Hauled in second-team All-League nods as a member of the 4x100-relay after guiding the foursome to a second-place showing at the Coast-to-Coast Conference Outdoor Championships … Also finished third in the league in both the outdoor long jump (4.77 meters) and triple jump (10.19 meters) … Added three top-10 efforts at the indoor conference meet as well … Placed third in the long jump (4.93 meters), sixth in the triple jump (9.76 meters), and eighth in the 60 (8.78) … Established a pair of PRs at the Keydet Invitational in January … Landed a 5.05-meter distance in the long jump and a 10.26-meter effort in the triple jump … Had a personal-best in the 200 at the Holiday Open after clocking in at 28.38 … Completed the 100 in 13.47 at the New Captains Classic … Notched 12 top-five finishes during the year, including three at the Captains Invitational.

At Culpeper County - Pieced together a decorated tenure during her time with the Blue Devils ... Excelled in the long jump and triple jump as well as the sprints ... Was a perennial All-District and All-Region selection while earning accolades as a sophomore, junior, and senior ... Also was an All-State and All-Area performer in 2021 ... Helped lead the 4x200-relay to a second-place finish at the indoor state championships as a senior ... Served as a team captain.

Personal - Grace Danyelle Damewood is the daughter of Scott and Heather Damewood ... Has a younger brother, Garrett ... Brooke Stratton is her favorite athlete, and DaBaby is her favorite musician ... Ronald Reagan is the person in history she would most like to meet ... Her dream vacation would be a trip to Australia ... "Friends" is her favorite TV show ... Aspires to be a dietitian ... Majoring in communication.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-2022Freshman

    Jumps
    5'2"
  • 2022-2023Sophomore

    Jumps
    5'2"
  • 2023-2024Junior

    Jumps
    5'2"
  • 2024-2025Senior

    Jumps
    5'2"