Grant Fisher Season 2017-18

TFRRS Performance Profile

• 2017 NCAA outdoor 5,000-meter champion
• 12-time All-American
• 2017 USTFCCCA Men's Track Scholar Athlete of the Year
• Two-time USTFCCCA Men's Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year
• 2018 Pac-12 Men's Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year
• Three-time Pac-12 champion
• Broke U.S. collegiate indoor 3,000 record

Personal Records (thru 2019):
1,500: 3:39.60
Mile: 3:59.38
3,000: 7:42.62i
5,000: 13:29.52

As a senior (2018-19):
Outdoors

• Second in NCAA 5,000.
• First-team All-America (5,000).
• Moved to No. 8 on Stanford all-time 5,000 list.
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
• Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Week (April 23).
• Big Meet 800 winner.
• Big Meet 1,500 winner.
• Stanford Athletics Board Biff Hoffman Award.
• Captain.
• USTFCCCA All-Academic.

Indoors

• Second in NCAA 3,000.
• First-team All-America (3,000).
• Anchor leg on NCAA second-place distance medley relay.
• First-team All-America (DMR).
• USTFCCCA Men's West Region Track Athlete of the Year.
• Broke school record in the 3,000 (7:42.62).
• Anchor leg on MPSF-winning distance medley relay.
• Moved to No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in the distance medley relay.
• MPSF All-Academic.
• USTFCCCA National Division I Women's Athlete of the Week (Feb. 12).
• Broke American collegiate record in the 3,000 (7:42.62) to win Millrose Games.
• The time was No. 4 in collegiate indoor history.

Cross country

• Second at NCAA Championships, tying highest-ever Stanford finish.
• Earned fourth XC All-America honor, one of four individuals to accomplish the feat in Stanford history.
• Third top-5 finish, one of two to do so in Stanford history.
• Four All-America honors and top-5 team finishes, one of two to accomplish that in Stanford history.
• All-West Region.
• Pac-12 champion for second consecutive year.
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
• Pac-12 Athlete of the Year.
• All-Pac-12 first team.
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
• USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (Oct. 15).
• Won Pre-Nationals Cardinal Race.

As a junior (2017-18):
Outdoors

• First-team All-America (5,000).
• Third in NCAA 5,000.
• Sixth in U.S. Championships 5,000, in 13:32.00.
• Third in 1,500 and 5,000 at Pac-12 Championships.
• Won NCAA West Prelims 5,000 in 13:47.22.
• Broke Cardinal Classic 5,000 record.
• Big Meet 1,500 winner.
• USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
• Stanford Athletic Board Block 'S' Outstanding Junior.
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team.

Indoors

• First-team All-America (3,000).
• First-team All-America (DMR).
• Fourth in NCAA 3,000.
• Fourth in NCAA distance medley relay, running anchor.
• Broke school distance medley relay record, running 3:55.8 over 1,600 anchor leg.
• Moved to No. 2 on Stanford's all-time list in the 3,000, at 7:48.56 for second at Iowa State Classic.
• MPSF All-Academic.

Cross country

• Won Pac-12 title with late kick in Seattle, leading Cardinal to first team title in seven years.
• Pac-12 Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year.
• All-Pac-12 first-team selection.
• Matched 2016 NCAA finish with fifth place in Louisville.
• Time of 29:12.1 was a Stanford record for Louisville's NCAA championship course.
• All-West Region selection.
• Second to Justyn Knight of Syracuse at Wisconsin Invitational.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
• USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (Oct. 30).

As a sophomore (2016-17):
Outdoors

• NCAA 5,000 meter champion.
• Pac-12 1,500 champion.
• All-America first team (5,000).
• USTFCCCA Men's Track Scholar Athlete of the Year.
• USTFCCCA All-Academic selection.
• CoSIDA Academic All-District team.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
• Stanford's first male individual outdoor champion in five years.
• First American underclassman to win the NCAA men's 5,000 title in 28 years.
• First American to win the NCAA men's 5,000 since 2009.
• Fourth Stanford NCAA outdoor 5,000 winner.
• First Stanford conference 1,500 champ since 2008.
• Pac-12 Track Athlete of the Week (April 26).
• Undefeated in finals during the season.
• Big Meet 1,500 winner.

Indoors

• Did not compete.

Cross country

• Placed fifth at NCAA Championships.
• 16th top-five finish ever for a Stanford male.
• Led Stanford to runner-up finish.
• Second American in NCAA race.
• All-West Region selection.
• All-Pac-12 first team.
• Pac-12 runner-up to Oregon's Edward Cheserek.
• Stanford's No. 1 at Wisconsin Invite (fourth overall) and Pac-12 Championships.

As a freshman (2015-16):
Outdoors

• First-team All-America (5,000)
• Placed sixth in the NCAA outdoor 5,000 and was the top American freshman.
• Ran best time of 13:30.13 at NCAA Championships, placing him No. 3 on the all-time U.S. under-20 5,000 performers' list.
• Clocked 13:39.42 in track 5,000 debut, at Payton Jordan Invitatational.
• USTFCCC All-Academic team.

Indoors

• Redshirted, but won Husky Classic 3,000 against a strong field (including Izaic Yorks, Chad Noelle, and Dorian Ulrey) while running unattached in 7:50.06.

Cross country

• 17th at NCAA Championships in first race at 10K distance.
• First American freshman at NCAA Championships.
• All-Pac-12 second team.
• USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
• Second at Stanford Invitational while running unattached (8K, 23:33.9).
• Made collegiate debut at Pac-12 Championships.
• Placed 11th at Pac-12's as Stanford's No. 3 (8K, 23:28.6).
• NCAA's was his second collegiate race, running No. 3 on team (30:07.9).

National/International:

• Qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 5,000, but did not advance to final.
• Placed 18th overall in 13:53.27.
• Sixth at 2018 U.S. Championships 5,000 in 13:32.00.

High School:

• The seventh U.S. high school runner to break 4:00 in the mile.
• Ran 3:59.38 at the Nike Festival of Miles in St. Louis on June 4, 2015.
• Two-time Foot Locker national cross country champion.
• First back-to-back boys’ Foot Locker national champion from Michigan since Dathan Ritzenheim, and fifth overall.
• Two-time Gatorade National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year.
• 10th repeat Gatorade national winner in any sport.
• Won 2014 Foot Locker nationals in San Diego, clocking 15:00 for 5K.
• Won the 2013 Foot Locker nationals in 15:07.
• Won second consecutive Michigan Division I cross country championship in 14:52.5.
• Repeated as New York Grand Prix Dream Mile champion in 2014, running 4:01.73.
• Second second at the 2015 Brooks PR meet in Shoreline, Wash., running the two mile in 8:43.57.
• Won the 2015 Michigan 1A 1,600 title in 4:00.28, breaking the state interscholastic record by more than seven seconds.
• Ran 3:42.89 in the 1,500 at the 2015 Payton Jordan Invitational.
• In 2014, posted times of 4:02.02 at the Dream Mile and 8:51.28 at the Brooks PR Invitational two mile.
• Won seven state championships, including three at 3,200 meters and two at 1,600.
• In soccer, was selected for Olympic Development Program.

Personal:

• Born in Calgary, Canada, but is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada.
• Majoring in electrical engineering.

Career results: