Stephanie Bruce smashed Katie Apenrodt's 10,000 meter UCSB school record by over a minute and a half in 2006 with her then 10 km PR of 33:27.85.

Bruce is an NCAA Division 1 All-American, Big West Conference cross country champion, and league title-holder in the 5k and the 10k.

[6] Bruce competed at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she finished 22nd - the highest place for a non-African-born runner.

[8] In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.

[9] In 2021, she finished 10th woman in the NY Marathon in a time of 2:31:05 Bruce gained fame for posting a photograph of her abdomen after giving birth that went viral.