On Friday 3/27 3rd year resident athlete Allison Grace kicked off the 2009 ZAP Fitness outdoor track campaign with a 5,000m personal best of 16:11.20 at the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, NC. Amidst torrential rains and a prerace tornado warning, Grace joined New Balance's Jen Donovan in a quick early tempo and held on for a 3 second best. Donovan won the race in 16:10. Grace was a 2008 Olympic Trials Finalist in the 10,000m. ZAP's Thomas Morgan also finished second in the men's invitational 5k race to open his 2009 season.