Gracie Morris

Gracie Morris (born 17 December 2001) is an American middle-distance and cross country runner. She won the 2 km race at the 2025 USA Cross Country Championships and was runner-up over 1500 metres at the 2026 USA Indoor Championships.

Biography Morris attended Aledo High School in Texas, University of Texas at Austin, and Texas Christian University, before turning professional with Puma Elite in North Carolina.

In April 2025, Morris placed third on the road at the 2025 USATF 1 Mile Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, running 4:24.73 finishing behind Krissy Gear who set a new Mariana record. Morris finished ninth in the 1500 metres at 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, before winning the Sir Walter Miler in Raleigh, North Carolina, in a personal best time of 4:23.74. Throughout the 2025 track season, Morris improved her personal best for the 1500 metres and the mile run by four seconds. In September 2025, Morris won the Fifth Avenue Mile race in New York City, defeating defending champion Karissa Schweizer to win with a time of 4:16.

Morris won the 2 km race ahead of Sage Hurta-Klecker at the 2025 USA Cross Country Championships to gain automatic selection for the mixed relay race at the upcoming World Cross Country Championships. It was her first cross country race since she competed but did not finish at the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships for TCU. On 24 January, Morris ran 4:02.12 for an indoors personal best over 1500 metres at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston.

On 1 March 2026, she was second behind Nikki Hiltz but ahead of Lindsey Butler in the 1500 metres at the 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in 4:11.39. She was selected to represent the United States at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, and in the heats of the 1500 metres ran 4:12.57 to advanced to her first global final, placing seventh overall in 4:03.75. Competing at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League, Morris set a personal best in the 1500 metres, running 4:00.29.

Personal life Her twin brother Graydon Morris also competes as a runner and was also a Texas high school champion.

International competitions

National championships