Grace Bender

Grace Bender
Grace Bender
  • Hometown:
    Conway Springs, KS
  • Year:
    Sophomore
  • High School:
    Conway Springs
  • Events:
    Pole Vault
News mentions
Deisheline Mayer Scott qualifies for the NJCAA outdoor championships with a personal record of 163 feet, 8 inches in the hammer throw of the ESU Relays on Thursday in Emporia. (Sydney Holzrichter/Blue Dragon Sports Information)
Hurdler Valentine Titren posted the fifth-best time in Blue Dragon women's track and field history in the 100-meter hurdles on Saturday at the Tabor College Invitational in Hillsboro. (Sydney Holzrichter/Blue Dragon Sports Information)
Xylavene Beale won the 2026 NJCAA Indoor shot put national championship with a school-record attempt of 52-3.75 inches on Friday in Topeka.
The Blue Dragon women's indoor track and field team celebrates its first-ever Region 6 championship at the Plaster Center at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. (Photo courtesy: Ed Bailey)
Blue Dragon freshman Mildred Rono posted the NJCAA's top 3,000-meter time on Saturday winning the Ichabod Invitational with a Blue Dragon, meet and facility record time of 9:26.89.