The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2026-27 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Grace Kowalski
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- Spring, Texas
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Grand Oaks HS
- Major:
- Government
Results & Personal Bests via TFRRS
- 2026 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- 2x SEC Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2025, Spring 2026)
- 2024-25 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2026-27 (Junior)
Cross Country: Opened the season with a fifth-place finish at the Floyd Farms Invitational, running 19:54.1 on the 3.11-mile course.
2025-26 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Finished third in the 800 meters at the UTSA Invitational with a personal-best 2:08.19 … Placed fifth in the 800 meters at the Texas Relays in 2:09.07 and helped the Longhorns finish second in the 4x800-meter relay in 8:45.97 … Set personal bests in the 800 meters (2:06.38) and 1,500 meters (4:28.48) at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Finished second in the 800 meters at the Texas Invitational in 2:08.52 … Competed in the 800 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships, running 2:07.95.
Indoor: Won the 800 meters at the Leonard Hilton Memorial with an indoor personal-best 2:11.09 … Placed 12th in the 800 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships with a career-best 2:09.57 and helped Texas finish 12th in the DMR in 11:20.91.
Cross Country: Made her season debut at the Chile Pepper Invitational, running 18:35.3 … Served as the rabbit in the mile and ran a leg of the DMR at the Razorback Invitational … Helped Texas win the DMR at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in 11:32.09 and ran 2:13.14 in the 800 meters.
2024-25 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Ran a personal-best 2:12.88 in the 800 meters and helped the 4x800-meter relay finish third in 8:47.13 at the Texas Relays … Finished third in the 800 meters at the Tom Jones Invitational with a personal-best 2:10.62 … Placed seventh in the 800 meters at the Texas Invitational in 2:09.86 … Finished ninth in the 800 meters at the Cameron Burrell Invitational in 2:14.23.
Indoor: Made her collegiate debut at the Louisville Opener, finishing third in the 600 meters in 1:33.53 and running on the Texas B 4x400-meter relay … Ran a personal-best 2:13.87 in the 800 meters and competed on the Texas B 4x400-meter relay at the Arkansas Invitational … Set another personal best in the 800 meters in 2:13.66 and ran on the DMR at the Razorback Invitational … Ran 2:14.31 in the 800 meters at the Tiger Paw Invitational.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Lettered in track and field all four years of high school … Member of the National Honor Society … Named First Team All-District in 2022, 2023 and 2024 … Helped her team win the 4x800-meter relay at the 2022 USATF National Championships … 2024 6A District champion in the 400 and 800 meters … Finished as the 6A district runner-up in 2022 and 2023 … Entered Texas with personal bests of 55 seconds in the 400 meters and 2:10 in the 800 meters.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Matthew and Jennifer Kowalski … Sister of Austin, Ava and Sophia … Sister Sophia is a pole vaulter for Texas … Chose to attend Texas because of the environment of the track and field team.
