Grace Stark

Grace Stark (born May 6, 2001) is an American hurdler.

Early life
From White Lake, Michigan, she attended Lakeland High School. As a junior in 2018, she won MHSAA Division 1 state championship titles over 100 metres and 100 metres hurdles. In the hurdles she ran the fastest time ever recorded by a Michigan high school athlete. She attended the University of Florida.

Career
Stark won the NCAA Indoor 60m hurdles title in 2022, having run a personal best 7.83 seconds in the heats and lowering it to 7.78 in the final. This time equalled the collegiate record set by Brianna Rollins in 2013. She missed competition time due to a broken leg sustained at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 2022.

Stark went undefeated competing outdoors in the college season in 2024, culminating with the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor 100m hurdles title in June 2024. That month, she qualified for the final of the US Olympic Trials. In the final, she finished third in a personal best time of 12.31 seconds to earn a place on the US team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.