Birthday: 04/22/97 Mile PR: 3:59.38 - 2015
Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:39.60 - 2019
High School: Grand Blanc HS
Hometown: Grand Blanc, MI
College: Stanford '19
Current Residence: Palo Alto, CA
Grant Fisher was the seventh U.S. prep to run a sub-4 minute Mile with a 3:59.38 clocking at the Nike Festival of Miles on June 4, 2015. He achieved the feat one month after fellow prep athlete Matthew Maton. Although Maton beat him to the punch, Fisher has been called the best high school Miler in years as he has more wins and was younger at 18 years, 44 days when he went sub-4 for the first time.
Fisher is also a two-time adidas Dream Mile champion, two-time Foot Locker Cross Country champion, two-time Gatorade Player of the year, two-time national Indoor Mile champion, and represented Team USA at the IAAF Junior Championships in 2014.
In June 2017, as a Stanford sophomore, Grant won the NCAA outdoor 5000m title in a tactical 14:35.60, blasting a sub-56 final lap for the win, and in November 2017, Fisher finished 5th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships and in November 2018, he was NCAA Cross Country Championships runner-up.
FUN FACT: Fisher was a tremendous HS student, earning a 4.05 grade-point average and a 34 on the ACT, just two points away from a perfect score!
Stanford senior & high school sub-4 Miler Grant Fisher has learned a lot on The Farm
By David Kiefer, Stanford Sports
STANFORD, Calif. – As the sun begins to warm the Palo Alto Baylands, the egrets stretch their wings while the crunch of footsteps disturbs the silence, but does not faze the...
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The latest HSer sub-4 does credit Maton and Fisher for lighting a fire: “It was really inspiring. After I saw that, I thought ‘OK. I’ve got one goal for next year and hopefully I can join the club.'”
By Parker West, Dyestat
In the span of 10 months, the number of all-time sub-4 high school...
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Fisher was an easy choice for the annual award given to someone connected to the world of high school athletics. Not just because of athletics, he is also a tremendous student.
By Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press
We have seen unforgettable high school performances before ...
Keith Appling...
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Records set by Aragon (4:37.91, meet and Montana state) and Ryen Frazier (4:38.59, North Carolina state)
By Jim Gerweck, Mile wire
NEW YORK – Ten days ago, teenager Grant Fisher would have been ecstatic to run a 4:01 Mile.
Then came the Nike Festival of Miles in St. Louis, where the...
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Villareal, Brannigan among top HS rivals set for adidas Grand Prix in NYC on Saturday, June 13
From adidas Grand Prix
Grant Fisher, who last week ran 3:59.38 to become just the seventh high school athlete in U.S. history to run a sub-4-minute Mile, will headline the adidas Boys’ Dream Mile at...
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It’s pretty important to have your tactics pretty straightforward because a lot of times the fastest guy in the field may not win. The smartest guy wins the race.
By Don Kopriva, Track & Field News
Grant Jackson Fisher was born April 22, 1997, in Calgary, Alberta, and lives in Grand Blanc,...
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Maton walks 'Track After Dark' through the race, talks about the events surrounding his departure from his high school team and prom with Alexa Efraimson.
By Lincoln Shryack, FloTrack
Brand-new sub-4 Miler Matthew Maton joins the podcast to discuss his historic performance over the weekend,...
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“That’s what everyone’s talking about right now. The 4 minute Mile. But I will set the goals for myself."
By Jeff Hollobaugh, The Mercury-Chronicle
He made it look so easy. That’s what has confounded the media about Grant Fisher.
Sometimes the running media takes on the echo chamber...
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“I never thought any of this would have been possible for me...To have things go well this quickly is mind boggling.”
By Marc Bloom, Running Times
Athlete: Grant Fisher
Year: Senior
School: Grand Blanc High School
Location: Grand Blanc, MI
Mile PR: 3:59.38
2-Mile PR: 8:51.28
Key...
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Grant Fisher will attempt to be the seventh prep in history to break four minutes in the Mile tonight; Nike Festival of Miles in St. Louis, Missouri, a 2015 BBTM Featured Event, will be broadcast live on Flotrack.com beginning at 7:00pm CST.
By Johanna Gretschel, MileSplit
Sorry, Fisher fans....
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Grand Blanc senior stumbles last 50 meters clocking a 4:03.54, showing a glimpse of potential sub-4 in future.
By Chris Lotsbom, Race Results Weekly
For roughly 1550 meters of the boys’ championship Mile at New Balance Indoor Nationals here today, Michigan’s Grant Fisher looked unstoppable....
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The junior at Grand Blanc High School mixes soccer and track and performs when it counts.
By Marc Bloom, Running Times
YEAR: Junior
SCHOOL: Grand Blanc High School
LOCATION: Grand Blanc, MI
Mile PR: 4:02.02
3200m PR: 8:55.75
With his 4:02.02 victory last Saturday in the adidas Grand...
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Audrey Belf top girls entrant for high school Mile at Grand Valley State University on Saturday, January 31
Gazelle Sports and adidas will be hosting the fourth Elite Mile race at GVSU in Allendale, Mich. at 5:00pm on Saturday, January 31. In 4 short years, this race has quickly become one of...
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In St. Louis on Thursday, June 4, Michigan high schooler could make history as 7th U.S. HS sub-4 Miler as he races against professionals including defending champion Jordan McNamara
From Festival of Miles Foundation
ST. LOUIS - The Festival of Miles Foundation has announced a late addition to...
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7th U.S. high school boy to join select club, ties as 3rd fastest HS Miler: "I don't really know what just happened..."
By Jeff Hollobaugh, Special to the Detroit Free Press
ST. LOUIS -- Running under the lights on a balmy Thursday evening more than 500 miles from his hometown of Grand Blanc,...
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