Tracey became the first Athena All-American, when she captured AIAW All-America distinction as a senior on the women's cross country team in 1980. She was part of the first Athena SCIAC Championship team in 1978, when she finished second at the SCIAC meet to lead CMS to the league title. Tracey also became the first woman in the CMS Hall of Fame, when she was inducted into the second class in 1992. She kept competing after her 1981 graduation from Claremont McKenna, winning the Long Beach Marathon in 1986, representing the United States in Croatia at the World University Games in 1987, and qualifying for the United States Olympic Trials in the Marathon in 1988.