Hokie Club Buck GrantEvent: Distance
Class: Senior
High School: Centreville
Hometown: Centreville, Va.
Indoor School Record - 400m
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2002-03: Place fourth in the 400 meters at the indoor conference meet with a 48.14 finish and eighth in the 200 meters with a time of 22.74 ... Had a 400-meter season best of 48.02 at the Kroger Invitational ... Also ran a leg of the indoor 4x400-meter relay that finished sixth at the BIG EAST Championships (3:18.66) ... Outdoors, finished first in the 400-meter hurdles at the FAMU relays with a time of 53.48 ... Was 10th in the 400 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays in 47.72.2001-2002: Was redshirted.
2000-2001: Broke the school record in the indoor 400 with a time of 47.96 at the Last Chance Invitational ... A member of the DMR team that finished tenth at the NCAAs and broke the school record with a time of 9:37.98 ... Had the best time of the outdoor season in the 400 at 47.71 in the Gobbler Invitational ... Finished fourth in the 400 at the BIG EAST conference championships ... Took seventh in the 200 with a season-best time of 22.21 and second in the 400 at UNCC ... Won the 400 at Christopher Newport and finished fourth at Tennessee ... Had the best time of the season for the Hokies in the 500 with a 1:04.74 at the BIG EAST indoor preliminaries ... Key component of the 4x100, 4x200, 4x400 and distance medley relay teams.
1999-2000: Stepped right into action and was a top quarter-miler as a freshman ... Took fourth at the conference championships in the outdoor 400 with a time of 47.95 ... Earned top honors at the Spring Gobbler Invitational in the 400 ... A key contributor on the 4x400 relay team.
High School: An All-American as a member of the 4x400 relay team that took second place at the national championships ... Earned all-district, all-region and all-state honors ... Played soccer as well.
Personal: Born August 5, 1981, in Chantilly, Va. ... Son of Elige and Julie Grant ... Has two younger sisters, Haley, 18, and Jordan, 13 ... Enrolled in geophysics.