Athlete of the Week: Grace Galbraith (May 26, 2021)
Blair seniors Grace Galbraith, left, and Abby Osborn celebrate Saturday in Omaha.
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Blair's Grace Galbraith, left, and Erika Roehrs walk with their "State Meet Record" flag Saturday at Omaha Burke.
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The Blair 400-meter relay team — Reese Beemer, from left, Abby Osborn, Erika Roehrs and Grace Galbraith — set a Class B and state meet record Saturday at Omaha Burke Stadium.
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Blair's record-setting 400-meter relay team, middle, stands atop the NSAA Track and Field Championships podium Saturday at Omaha Burke Stadium. Team members were Abby Osborn, clockwise from top right middle, Resse Beemer, Erika Roehrs and Grace Galbraith.
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Blair senior Grace Galbraith grits her teeth to get over the bar Thursday at Krantz Field.
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Twenty-two Blair Bears qualified for the Class B State Track & Field Championships in Omaha. Front row: Hailey Baker. Second row, from left: Mason Bell, Sami Cemer, Reese Beemer, Grace Galbraith, Abby Osborn, Mary Roskens, Chloe Schrick and Dawson Fricke. Third row: Zach Keeling, Nick Wayman, Gage Casanova, Lance Hume, Schuyler Roewert, Tessa Villotta, Erika Roehrs, Nolan Slominski, Hailey Amandus, Makayla Baughman, Kaitlynn Amandus, Reece Ewoldt and Seagan Packett-Trisdale.
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Blair senior Grace Galbraith finished fifth in the pole vault Friday at Krantz Field.
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Blair sprinters Grace Galbraith, middle left, and Reese Beemer, middle right, finish out front during their preliminary race Friday at Krantz Field.
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The Blair 400-meter relay team of Greta Galbraith, clockwise from top right, Reese Beemer, Erika Roehrs and Grace Galbraith earned first Tuesday during the Nebraska Track & Field Festival in Papillion.
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Blair Bears Grace Galbraith, left, and Erika Roehrs execute their 400-meter relay handoff Saturday at Ralston High School.
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Blair runner Grace Galbraith runs Thursday at Elkhorn Mount Michael.
Blair senior Lily Johnson, left, conforts Grace Galbraith after Galbraith's leg of the 1,600-meter relay Friday at Krantz Field.
Blair's state track qualifiers pose for a photo Thursday at Albion Boone Central. Front row, from left: Abby Osborn, Grace Galbraith, Emma Osborn, Sophia Kirwan, Lily Johnson, Devon Zurek, Alli Nielsen, Alexandra Rand, Mary Roskens, Ally Garner. Second row, from left: Patrick Wolff, Ethan Rowe, Tanner Hipnar, Trenten Kantor, Adam Brehm, Zach Orton, Sam Lueders, Dalton Ryan, Evan Slominski. Third row, from left: Jarod Reed, Ryan Brunkhorst, Colton Anderson, Ethan Funk, Grant Lammers.
Blair's Grace Galbraith, right, competes Friday during the NSAA State Track and Field Championships at Omaha Burke Stadium.
Blair's Lily Johnson, from left, Sophia Kirwan, Grace Galbraith and Ally Garner celebrate finishing third in the 1,600-meter relay Saturday during the NSAA State Track and Field Championships at Omaha Burke High School.
Blair's Grace Galbraith clears the pole vault bar Friday at Elkhorn High School.
The Bears' Grace Galbraith, right, runs Thursday at Otte Blair Middle School.
Blair's Grace Galbraith, from left, Mary Roskens and Alli Nielsen run Thursday during the Plattsmouth Invite at Rhylander Park.
Blair's Grace Galbraith leads Sophia Baedke, left, and Mary Roskens, middle, down a hill Thursday at Boys Town.
Bears Grace Galbraith, from left, Mary Roskens and Sophia Baedke run Thursday during the EMC Meet at Otte Blair Middle School.
The 2019 Blair state track and field qualifiers. Front row, from left: Madyson Ray, Makayla Baughman, Grace Galbraith, Mary Roskens and Ally Garner. Back row: Sam Lueders, Ethan Funk, Alec Tapp, Tristan Jacobsen, Evan Slominski, Ethan Row, Holden Schrick and Adam Brehm. Not pictured: Hailey Baker and Ali Blum. Additional qualifiers could make state once all results are tabulated.
Blair's Sam Lueders, from left, Grace Galbraith, Jacob Rupp, Aiden Klanderud, Mary Roskens, Ethan Funk, Mason Bell, Sophia Baedke and Zac Boswell qualified for the state meet Thursday.
Blair cross-country runners Grace Galbraith, from left, Sophia Baedke and Mary Roskens are the Bears' top returners after state meet seasons last fall.
Athlete of the Week Grace Galbraith competed in three events at the state track meet, including the record-breaking Blair effort in the 400-meter relay. Here, the senior talks about her career in Bears purple. Galbraith was nominated alongside Arlington's Kailynn Gubbels and Fort Calhoun's Bria Bench.
