| Andrew Grant |
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 | Class: Junior
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 | Hometown: Athens, Ga.
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 | High School: Oconee County
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 | Height: 5-9
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Cantello on Grant:
"Andrew has the greatest tolerance for pain among any of his teammates. When you think he's ready to die, he will surge! He's the team's catalyst."
2006:
Raced in each of the team's final-seven meets of the year ... scored in five races and served as a displacing scorer in another ... registered four top 20 efforts ... placed 10th out of 180 runners at the Fordham Invitational (26:35) ... posted season-best seventh-place performance in the Navy Invitational (25:22.10) ... notched Navy's fourth-fastest time at the Roy Griak Invitational (26:36.05) ... rounded out the team's scoring-five at the Patriot League Championship, a 20th-place showing (26:58.3) ... fourth runner on the team to cross the finish line at the 10k NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Championship (32:10.3).
2005:
Only Midshipman to compete in all eight meets ... finished among the top-20 in three races ... in his first collegiate race, he won the Sea Gull Opener (25:44) ... registered a place holding time in five meets ... raced to a 31st-place finish at the Patriot League Championship (25:40) ... landed 76th out of 195 runners at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship (32:23.4).
At Navy:
Three-time letterwinner with the track & field team ... posted team's best time in the 3,000-meter run (8:23.32) last year ... competed at the IC4A Championship in that event ... also boasted an IC4A qualifying mark in the mile run (4:11.69) ... participated in the 1,500-meter, 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter events during the outdoor slate.
High School:
Went to Oconee High School ... attended Naval Academy Preparatory School last year ... while in high school, earned four letters in cross country and track ... named Northeast Georgia Runner of the Year ... set the school record in the two-mile run with a time of 9:36.
Personal:
Son of Jake and Marisa Grant ... born July 3, 1985, in Athens, Ga. ... majoring in political science.