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2025 Track & Field Roster

Emilio Garcia

Grace Pendarvis

  • Class Senior
  • Height
  • Hometown East Oklahoma City, Okla.
  • High School Midwest City HS
  • Position Sprints

Biography

Career Records

Indoor
Accolades
  • First Team All-WAC (2022)
  • Second Team All-WAC (2023, 2022)
School Records
  • 4th in the 200m dash (23.94; 2022)
  • T-7th in the 60m dash (7.55; 2022)
2025 (Senior): Competed in a trio of meets for NM State... opened with times of 7.93 in the 60m dash and 25.20 in the 200m at the Corky Classic (Jan. 17-18)... recorded a season-best time of 7.90 in the 60m while helping the 4x400 team to a mark of 3:52.09 at the New Mexico Team Open (Jan. 31-Feb. 1)... added times of 7.91 (60m) and 25.33 (200m) at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational (Feb. 14-15) to close her season 

2024 (Junior): Suited up in five meets for the Crimson & White... posted a time of 24.86 to take seventh at the season-opening Stan Scott Memorial (Jan.13), while helping the 4x400 team take fifth (3:56.78)... made her event debut in the 300m (40.11), adding a time of 7.75 in the 60m at the MLK Invitational (Jan. 20)... tallied a season-best 200m time of 24.40, while helping the 4x400 team to a time of 3:47.30 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational (Feb. 9-10)... closed the year with times of 7.75 in the 60m and 24.79 in the 200m at the 2024 CUSA Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 23-24).

Sophomore (2023): Competed in four meets for the Aggies… Began the year with a mark of 7.73 in the 60m dash at the TTU Corky Classic (Jan. 13-14)… Ran a season-best time of 24.20 to take fourth at the 2023 WAC Indoor Track & Field Championship (Feb. 24-25) in the 200m; also ran a season-best time of 7.63 in the 60m dash.

Freshman (2022): Helped the 4x400 relay team secure an eighth place finish at the Corky Classic (Jan. 15) with a time of 3:53.12... ran a 24.67 in the 200m finals at the New Mexico Team Open (Jan. 29)... made an appearance in the 200m finals at the New Mexico Classic (Feb. 5), running a 24.96...took sixth in the 60m finals with a time of 7.79... recorded multiple top-ten finishes at the 2022 WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb.19), including the 4x400 (3:46.26, second place), 60m (7.55, sixth)...set a personal best in the 60m prelims with a time of 7.55... winner of the 200m, setting a personal best with a time of 23.94.

Outdoor
Accolades
  • Second Team All-WAC (2023)
 
School Records
  • T-6th in the 100m (11.67; 2022)
  • 9th in the 200m dash (23.86; 2022)
  • 1st, 4th in the 4x100m relay (44.64, 44.85; 2024, 2023)
2025 (Senior): Did not compete during the 2025 season.

2024 (Junior): Helped the 4x100 team to a first-place finish and a school record with a time of 44.64 at the Willie Williams Classic (Mar. 21-22), adding a time of 11.85 (+2.6 m/s) in the 100m... helped the 4x100 team to a fifth-place finish at the prestigious Texas Relays (Mar. 27-30)... recorded a third-place finish in the 100m at the Cerritos Invitational (Apr. 12), posting a time of 11.91 (+2.6 m/s)... recorded a season-best time of 11.83 (100m) at the Desert Heat Classic (Apr. 27)... tallied marks of 11.75 (+2.9 m/s, 100m) and 24.59 to close her season at the 2024 CUSA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 10-12). 

Sophomore (2023): Competed in seven meets during her second season with NM State… Helped the 4x100 team (45.62) to a third-place finish and the 4x400 team (3:55.98) to a seventh-place finish at the Willie Williams Classic (Mar. 24-25)… Played a role in the 4x100 teams fifth-place result (45.88) at the Beach Invitational (Apr. 14-15)… competed in the 400m at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open (Apr. 20), finishing with a time of 1:00.94 to take 14th… Finished with season-best times in the 100m (11.87) and the 200m (24.56), while earning a Second Team All-WAC selection with the 4x100 team, taking second with a time of 44.85.

Freshman (2022): Competed in seven meets during the outdoor season, primarily in sprints and relays… Helped the 4x100 team take first (45.31) and the 4x400 team take fifth (3:53.76), while capturing a silver medal in the 100m dash with a wind-adjusted time of 11.88 (+0.4 m/s) at the Willie Williams Classic (March 19th)… Finished ninth in the 200m dash with a wind-adjusted time of 24.01 (+2.8 m/s) while taking 11th in the 100m dash (11.92, -0.2 m/s)… Recorded a first-place result in the 100m dash at the UNM Spring Invitational (April 7th), posting a wind-adjusted tie of 11.70 (+2.3 m/s)… Took second in her heat and 18th overall in the 100m dash at the Beach Invitational (April 15th)… Set personal bests in the 100m dash (11.67, +0.4 m/s) and the 200m dash (23.86, +0.2 m/s), while helping the 4x100 team post a time of 44.85, good for second best in the NM State All-Time Record Book at the Desert Heat Classic (April 30th)… Closed the season with fourth-place finishes in the 100m (11.67, +2.1 m/s) and 200m (24.20, +1.7 m/s), while helping the 4x100 team take second with a time of 45.83 at the 2022 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 14th).

High School: Competed for four season at Midwest City High School... Set the facility record at Oklahoma Baptist University in the 100m (11.78 seconds)... Helped set the state record in the 4x200 with a combined time of 1:38.36 (2021)... Two time state champion in the 4x100 and 4x200, with runner-up finishes in the 100 and 200m (2021)... Regional and Conference Champion in the 100, 200, 4x100, 4x200 (2021)... Set facility record at Oklahoma Baptist University in the 4x200 (1:43.0)...Team won the 5A State Championship, Conference champion in the 4x100 and 4x200, Regional Champion in the 4x100, 4x200, 4x400 (2019)... Conference champ in the 4x100 and 4x200 (2018)...personal record of 11.65 in the 100m and 24.45 in the 200m.

Personal:
Daughter of Gregory Pendarvis and Tiffany Danna... Has three younger siblings, Charis, Carianna and Melody... Majoring in Kinesiology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    Sprints
    5'5" 130 lbs
  • 2023Sophomore

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  • 2024Junior

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  • 2025Senior

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