Grace Ping, 7th Grader, Takes Down ENTIRE Roy Griak High School Field

Watch 12-year-old Grace Ping tear up the high school girl's 5K gold race in a winning time of 18:12. The Cotter standout beat high school senior Judy Pendergast for the individual win by four seconds. The impressive performance was just one of many for Ping, who holds six world records for her age group, including an 18:02 5K on the track which she ran last year at the St. Mary's University meet.

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[Kyrelel]

In case you missed it during commentary, she is in 7th grade.

[carolinec]

Some things you might have missed if u weren’t paying attention
1. Grace Ping is in Seventh Grade
2. From the time she starts to the time she finishes she is in Seventh Grade the whole time
3. The girl who won the race was in seventh grade
4. She beat girls who are older than 7th graders
5. And last BUT NOT least the announcer makes gReaT ciRCleS(oh and Grace Ping is in seventh grade)
You are welcome

[jhonisokayiguess]

Nobody:

Not a single person:

Announcer: that was a really good circle

[mitch]

I wish the commentators told us what grade she’s in

[esketitravioli]

Why is the announcer putting the 2nd place girl down she did great

[robinl.kintzle]

According to the announcers, only two people were running.

[alyg]

The course they are running looks like the Wii sports golf course

[avagarner]

if anyone is wondering, they announced that she was a seventh grader exactly 20 times- not including how many times they announced that she was 12 or 13.

[sophier]

There are other ways of highlighting Grace Ping’s talent than putting the high schooler down, because she is absolutely amazing too

[NotJamie]

you know you've reached peak cross country nerdiness when you watch running videos for fun...

[cheese]

At the start this is what I imagined 17 th century battles looked like

[ynegash]

I watched this race in person. I honestly couldn't believe what I was witnessing at the time. Grace Ping ran an awesome race.

[luca_sebastian]

Can we just appreciate how beautiful that course is

[BiggiemanMD]

Incredible performance but I found the announcer's repeated comments that the older girls were getting beaten by a 7th grader to be disparaging. The fact is, the top 3 ran a fast face, Grace is no everyday 7th grader, she is an exceptional, world class competitor.

[barfingonalls]

"It's still a warm day in Minneapolis." This was the most informative thing that the commentator could tell us for ten minutes during the race.

[pauloconnor]

(Grace moves forward a centimetre)
Nobody:

Literally nobody:

Commentators: a gap is forming

[genesiscedeno]

Why ya’ll gotta bring down the high schooler like that? Yes, Grace is exponentially good, but damn don’t bring down the senior just because Grace is talented.

[jackrobar]

6 years later " grace ping takes home a gold medal for teams USA"

[jaylyn]

I kinda hate how he keeps pointing out the fact that she got beat by a 7th grader

[smartbody]

I love going back to this video and watching Grace Ping 7th grader just smash this race! So Awesome Grace!, !