ORLANDO, Fla. - Florida Southern College women's cross country senior Grace Reed has been named the Sunshine State Conference Runner of the Year, as announced by the league office on Friday afternoon.
 
Reed becomes the seventh Moc all-time and the first since 2023 to be named SSC Runner of the Year.
 
Reed has competed in four meets for the Mocs this season, highlighted by a first-place finish at Uncle Nick's Swan City Bagel Run on Sept. 5. She was named SSC Runner of the Week for her performance, finishing the 4.2k race in 14:45.7 to help the Mocs take 23 points for team first-place honors. The win also marked the first individual top finish of her career.
 
The Florida native followed up with a seventh-place finish at the Florida State Pre-Regional Meet on Sept. 18, where she finished with a 21.38.0 time as the highest NCAA DII finisher. Her 6k time at FSU is among the top 10 finishes in program history and earned her a second SSC Runner of the Week honor.
 
Reed finished 21st overall at the Lewis Crossover in Illinois on Oct. 10, leading all Moc runners for the third time this season. She finished with a 22:28.9 time in the 6k to help the Mocs take home a top-10 finish in a field of several ranked teams.
 
In the Mocs' final regular-season meet of the season, Reed paced the Mocs once again with a time of 21:17.69 to finish 16th. Her time marked a personal best in the 6kand top-10 in program history to lead the Mocs to a seventh-place finish.
 
Over her career, Reed has earned USTFCCCA All-South Region honors, a CSC Academic All-District nod, and several other academic USTFCCCA, D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award, and SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll selections.
 
Reed and the Mocs will compete in the Sunshine State Conference Championship this weekend in Lakeland, Fla. The women's team is seeking their first team title and individual title since 2006. The men's race starts at 7:45 a.m., followed by the women's at 8:45 a.m., at Holloway Park on Saturday, Nov. 7.