Carly E. Graytock Shea (2022) - Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame

Carly E. Graytock Shea

Induction:
2022
Class:
2000

CARLY GRAYTOCK SHEA ’00 was a three-time All-Patriot League honoree in cross country, and she led the Bison to their first two Patriot League titles in 1998 and 1999. Graytock captained the 1999 team that made history by becoming the first Bison women’s squad to qualify as a team for the NCAA Championship. The Bison went on to place 24th as a team at the national meet.

Graytock was also part of five Patriot League championship track and field teams. Outdoors, she was a three-time Patriot League champion in the 10,000-meter run, and she was named the 2000 Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Graytock’s top 10K time of 35:59.62 was second in school history at the time of her graduation, trailing only Hall-of-Famer Judy Perry.

The winner of the Margaret L. Bryan Award as the top multi-sport athlete in her class, Graytock later competed in the marathon at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2004 and 2008. She was named to the Patriot League All-Decade Team and 25th Anniversary Team in cross country. In 2017, the Forest City, Pa., native was inducted into the Northeast Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.