Mary Grace Rodriguez

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Class:
Senior
High School:
Cypress Woods
Hometown:
Cypress, Texas

Season and Career Results
*Last Updated 11/16/22

Academic Honors
2022 SEC Spring Honor Roll
2021 SEC Fall Honor Roll
2021 SEC Spring Honor Roll
2020 SEC Fall Honor Roll

2022-23: Cross Country - Finished 25th at the OSU Cowboy Preview 3k with a 11:12.2... Competed at the Texas A&M Invitational 5k, finishing 21st with a time of 19:03.6... Clocked a 22:53.2 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational 6k... Registered a 21:38.92 to finish 81st at the SEC Championships 6k... Placed 49th at the South Central Regional 6k with a 21:49.5...

2021-22: Cross Country - Started her 2021-22 season competing in the Texas A&M Invitational 5k, finished 49th with a time of 20:14.0…Indoor - Competed in the mile at the Ted Nelson Invite, clocking 5:16.79 to finish third... Ran the mile at the Aggie Invite, finishing in 5:11.72... At the Charlie Thomas Invite, recorded a personal best of 5:07.48 in the mile... Outdoor - Competed in the 1500m at the Texas A&M vs Texas Dual meet, setting a personal best of 4:49.55.

2020-21: Cross Country - Competed in two meets...Opened her season at the Arturo Barrios Invitational 6k with a time of 22:39.4...Was on the SEC Championships team finishing the 6k course at a time of 23:10.1. Indoor - Ran the mile on three occasions, each time she bettered her personal best...Opened the indoor season at the Ted Nelson Invitational with a time of 5:17.80...Ran 5:16.26 at the Aggie Invitational and finished with a season best time of 5:14.54 at the Charlie Thomas Invitational. Outdoor - Competed in the 1500m twice, ran 4:57.82 at the Texas vs. Texas A&M dual meet and 4:53.30 at the Aggie Invitational.

2019-20: Cross Country - Entered the Gans Creek Classic before withdrawing. Indoor - Redshirted and competed unattached in the mile (5:22.21) at the Texas A&M Invitational. Outdoor - Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

High School: 2019 graduate of Cypress Woods High School in Cypress, Texas … Member of honor roll, earned Academic all-district and Academic all-state honors … Coached by Gregory Zarate, Lauren Hudson and Andre Crumedy … Produced personal best times of 2:21.74 (800), 5:11.75 (1600), 5:26.85 (mile) and 11:20.43 (3200) … In her senior season, placed 71^st in 2018 State 6A cross country meet after placing sixth in district and 25^th in Region II-6A … During senior track season, placed seventh in 1,600m and 11^th in 3,200 at 2019 Region meet … Set personal best of 5:11.75 as runner-up in 1,600m at district meet and finished fourth in Area meet … Ran best of 11:20.43 to win 3,200m at Golden Eagle Invitational … Finished second in district and fourth at Area in 3,200m … As a junior, placed 31^st in 2017 State 5A cross country following runner-up in district and 14^th in Region … During track season as a junior, placed fifth in 3,200m at 2018 Region meet after placing second in district and Area … Finished 13^th in 1,600m at Region meet after placing second in district and fourth in Area … Also competed in club soccer (Cy Fair Dynamos Select) and high school soccer team, playing on junior varsity and earning Hustle Award.

Personal: Mary Grace Rodriguez is the daughter of James and Nicole Rodriguez, born in Houston, Texas, on April 10, 2001 … Has two siblings, Emily and Olivia … Hometown is Cypress, Texas … Father, James, competed in track and field at UTSA … Relatives who attended Texas A&M include sister, Emily (’16), Andrew Hounsel (’16), and uncle Rob Koenig (’90) … Chose Texas A&M for its academic excellence, location, high level competition and return on investment … Started competing in track and field at age 12 … Community service projects include volunteering at Robinson Elementary in the PPCD and Speech classrooms along with helping with clothing drives and reconstruction of houses after Hurricane Harvey … Majoring in Allied Health.