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Personal bests (thru 2018)

  • 3,200: 9:13.97
  • 3,000: 8:22.57i
  • Mile: 4:17.57

As a senior (2017-18):
Outdoors

  • Pac-12 All-Academic first team.

Indoors

  • MPSF All-Academic.

Cross country

  • Made collegiate debut at the Doc Adams Open in Davis, placing second.
  • Was the top collegian in the race and No. 1 for first-place Stanford.

As a junior (2016-17):
Outdoors

  • Did not compete.

Indoors

  • Did not compete.

Cross country

  • Placed 15th at the Stanford Invitational while running unattached (22:52.3).
  • Joined the Stanford cross country team after that race, but did not compete.

As a freshman (2013-14) and sophomore (2014-15):

  • Not on roster.

High School:

  • Sac-Joaquin Section Masters runner-up in the 3,200 in 9:13.97.
  • Seven-time Sac-Joaquin Section division track and cross country champ.
  • Nine-time Valley Oak League track and cross country champ.
  • 2014 CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Scholar-Athlete.
  • Stanford Invitational 3,000 winner in 2014 (8:44.33).
  • At 2014 CIF State track championships, placed 23rd in 3,200.
  • Two-time top-10 State cross country division finisher.
  • At graduation, held six Sonora High track records.

Personal:

  • Father, Fred Grolle, was a long and triple jumper at Stanford.
  • Mother, the former Margaret Grove, played on the Stanford volleyball team.
  • Sister, Lizzie Grolle, competed on the track and cross country teams at Stanislaus State.
  • Uncle, Ken Grolle, pitched for Stanford and was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 1972.
  • Worked for a healthcare non-profit in Sonora, designing health literacy workshops for the students of Tuolumne County, grades 7-9.
  • Completed research in Craig Heller’s Human Physiology Lab at Stanford in the summer of 2016.
  • Member of Stanford Introductory Seminar Student Advisory Board.
  • Lists 'making waffle irons' as one of his hobbies.

Career results:

YearSeason (meets)EventSeason bestConf.RegionNCAA
2017-18Outdoors (4)steeple9:04.47------
Indoors3,0008:22.57------
Cross country (1)8K24:15.3------
2016-17Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (0)----------
Cross country (0)----------