Grant Fisher

Grant Fisher (born April 22, 1997)[1] is a Canadian-born American professional middle- and long-distance runner. He placed fifth in the 10,000 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and fourth at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Fisher holds North American records in the 3000 meters, 5000 m and 10,000 m, all set in 2022.

For the politician, see Grant U. Fisher.
Grant Fisher
Fisher running at the 2019 Millrose Games
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1997-04-22) April 22, 1997
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Alma materStanford University
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTrack, cross country
Event(s)Middle-, Long-distance running
College teamStanford Cardinal
ClubBowerman Track Club
Turned pro2019
Achievements and titles
World finals
  • 2022 Eugene
  • 5000 m, 6th
  • 10,000 m, 4th
Olympic finals
  • 2021 Tokyo
  • 5000 m, 9th
  • 10,000 m, 5th
Personal best(s)
Updated on September 2, 2022[1].

As a high-schooler, he was named Gatorade Player of the Year for cross country for the 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 seasons.[2] On June 4, 2015, he became the seventh American high school student to run a mile under four minutes. An eleven-time All-American, Fisher won the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field 5000 m championship (14:35.60), becoming the first American underclassman to do so in 28 years.[3] The following year, he placed third in the same event with a time of 13:55.04, just missing Syracuse's Justyn Knight (13:55.03) and his Stanford Cardinal teammate Sean McGorty (13:54.81).[4]

Personal life

Grant Fisher was born in Calgary, Alberta, on April 22, 1997, to Dan and Sonia Fisher. He has an older sister, Hailey, and a younger brother, Mark. He grew up in Grand Blanc, Michigan and attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.[5][6] In addition to running, Fisher was an avid soccer player. He began playing the sport when he was four years old and in high school was a member of the Michigan Wolves, an elite level club team.[5] Fisher now lives in Portland, Oregon, and trains with the Bowerman Track Club under the guidance of Coach Jerry Schumacher.

Early career

While living in Grand Blanc, Michigan, Fisher began running in the spring of his seventh grade year, after joining his middle school cross country team. When he became a freshman in high school, Fisher joined both the soccer and cross country teams, where he made varsity for both.[5]

In 2011, Fisher qualified for the state cross country meet and ran a 16:14 to finish 28th.[7] In the spring of 2012, he qualified for the state meet in the 1600 meter run,[8] he ran a 4:30.23.[9]

In the fall of his sophomore year (November 2012), he missed the Michigan state cross country meet because he had to play for his soccer team in the state finals game. In the spring of 2013, he ran personal bests of 3:50.30 at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics in the 1500 meter run, 4:11.27 in the 1600 meter at the KLAA Lakes Conference Meet, 4:12.74 in the mile run at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals meet, and 8:32.65 in the 3000 at the USATF World Youth Trials, and 9:04.33 in the 3200 at the Michigan state meet.

In the fall of his junior year (2013), he had personal bests of 15:02 at the Foot Locker Midwest Regional to win the event. Fisher then went on to the Foot Locker Nationals, which he won as well. In the spring of his junior year (2014), Fisher set personal bests of 1:55.76 in the 800 meter run, 3:49.62 in the 1500 meters at the World Junior Championships, 4:10.82 in the 1600 meter to win the division one state meet in Michigan, a 4:02.02 in the mile to win the event at the Adidas Grand Prix, 8:55.75 in the 3200 meter run to win JD's Invitational, and an 8:51.28 in the two mile run to win the event at the Brooks PR Invitational.

The fall of his senior year (2014), Fisher ran a 14:43.00 to win the Portage Invitational and a 15:03 to win 2014 Foot Locker Nationals.[6] This victory made Fisher one of only 5 boys to ever win two Foot Locker national titles (the others included Abdirizak Mohamud, Lukas Verzbicas, Edward Cheserek, and Dathan Ritzenhein).[10] In Spring of 2015, Grant Fisher became the 7th high school athlete to break 4 minutes in the mile, tying Matthew Maton's time of 3:59.38.[11][12][13]

Stanford University

Fisher committed to run at Stanford University on November 16, 2014.

At the end of his freshman year cross country season at Stanford, he placed 17th overall at the 2015 NCAA DI XC Championships in 30:07.9.[14] In the winter 2015-16 indoor season, Fisher won 3000 meters on February 13, 2016, in Seattle (2016 Husky Classic) with a personal best 7:50.06.[15]

At the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Fisher won the 5000 meters race.[16] The race was tactical and his time of 14:35.60 was the slowest winning mark in an NCAA final since 1995. It also made Fisher the first American underclassmen to win the NCAA title in 28 years.[17]

Fisher placed 5th at the 2017 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. At the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Fisher placed 3rd in the 5000m behind Stanford Cardinal men's track and field teammate and 2018 5000 meters champion Sean McGorty.

Fisher placed 2nd at 2018 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships leading Stanford Cardinals to a 5th-place team finish.

Fisher placed 2nd in DMR with Stanford Cardinal teammates (Alex Ostberg, Isaiah Brandt-Sims, Isaac Cortes, Grant Fisher) and 3000 meters at 2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.[18]

Fisher earned twelve NCAA Division I All-America awards from the USTFCCCA.

Professional career

2020

Fisher placed 4th in the 3000m at the Boston University Last Chance Invitational on February 27, 2020. His teammates Lopez Lomong, Ryan Hill, and Evan Jager finished ahead of him. Grant's time of 7:39.99 was a PR for the distance and his first time under 7:40.[19]

In the summer of 2020, Bowerman Track Club held several intrasquad meets in due to the lack of the races during the COVID-19 pandemic. During these races, Fisher set new PRs of 3:36.23 for 1500m and 13:11.68 for 5000m. He was also part of the 4 × 1500 m team who broke the American Record in 14:34.97. The meets were held in undisclosed locations around Portland, Oregon.

2021

Fisher opened up his 2021 season with a 3000m PR of 7:37.21, finishing second to teammate Marc Scott. Fisher ran this time at the Prickly Pear Invitational in Phoenix, AZ on February 6. He ran a new 10000m PR of 27:11.29 on February 20, at the TEN invitational meet in Los Angeles, CA. Again finishing second to Scott, the time made Fisher the fifth fastest American ever over the distance and met the Olympic qualifying standard. On March 6, Fisher won the men's 5000m at the Sound Running Invite in Southern California. His time of 13:02.53 was a personal record and the 13th fastest time ever run by an American. He went through 3000 meters in 7:55.20 and his last lap of 55.38 was the fastest in the field by over 2 seconds. Fisher finished 4th in the 1500m at the Track Meet in Irvine, California held on May 15 with a time of 3:36.52. His Bowerman teammate Matthew Centrowitz won the race. As a final tune-up for the Olympic trials, he won the second heat of the Portland Track Festival 5000m on May 29 in a meet record 13:19.52 over teammate Woody Kincaid. The meet record was formerly held by Dathan Ritzenhein from his 13:19.78 performance in the 2012 edition of the meet.[20]

Fisher finished 2nd in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials 10,000m to make his first Olympic team. The meet was held at the reconstructed Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. The 10,000m race took place on the first day of competition, June 18. Fisher's 2nd place time was 27:54.29, in a close race between Woody Kincaid in 1st place (27:53.62) and Joe Klecker in 3rd place (27:54.90). All three qualifiers ran their last lap in under 55 seconds.[21] Fisher doubled back in the 5000m on June 27 at the trials to take 2nd in 13:27.01 behind 2016 Olympic silver medalist Paul Chelimo and just ahead of teammate Kincaid. Just 0.31 seconds separated the top 3 finishers. All three qualifiers ran their last lap under 53 seconds. Fisher and Kincaid opted to run both the 5,000m and the 10,000m events in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.[22]

At the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Fisher finished the 10,000m event with a time of 27:46.39, placing 5th overall and the fastest American in the field.[23] He returned to the track to finish 9th in the 5000m event with a time of 13:08.40.[24]

2022

Fisher opened his 2022 season on February 12 at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational by setting a new North American indoor record in the 5000m with a time of 12:53.73, beating the previous record held by Galen Rupp of 13:01.26. On March 6, he won "The Ten" at the Sound Running Invite as his second race of the season. His time of 26:33.84 set a new North American Record in the 10,000m. This time made him seventh on the all-time list for the distance.

On May 27, Fisher got second in the USATF 10k Championships with a time of 28.28.81.[25] On June 26, he won the USATF 5k Championships with a time of 13:03.86.[26] He placed fourth in the 10,000m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships on July 17.[27]

Fisher set four North American records that year (also in the outdoor 3000m and 5000m), and became the first American to break 12:50 in the 5000m and 26:40 in the 10,000m.[28]

2023-present

Fisher competed in the 10,000m at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on July 6th in a bid to quality for the 2023 World Athletics Championships. He did not finish in the top three, as needed to qualify for Worlds, fading to fourth on the final lap.[29] An MRI after the race revealed an injury to his femur, and he scratched from contesting the 5000m.[30]

While recouping from his injury, Fisher engaged in cross-training to maintain his fitness.[31] He resumed his season on August 31st at the Zürich Diamond League, where he finished third in the 5000m in 12.54.49.[32] Fisher followed that performance with a first-place finish in the 3000m in 7:33.32 on September 6th at the Palio Città della Quercia in Rovereto, Italy.[33]

On September 17th, Fisher concluded his season by running the 3000m of the Diamond League Final, hosted by the Prefontaine Classic. He finished third in 7:25.47, behind Yomif Kejelcha and Jakob Ingebrigtsen.[34] Fisher’s time surpassed his own American record by three seconds and was the eighth fastest time ever run in the event.[35]

On October 19, 2023 Fisher announced on Instagram he was leaving Bowerman Track Club after 4 years (his entire professional career) with the program. He did not announce what club/coach he would training under going forward. [36]

Competition record

International competitions
Representing the  United States
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 9th 1500m 3:52.00[37]
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, OR, United States 20th 1500 m 3:49.62
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 9th 5000 m 13:08.40
5th 10,000 m 27:46.39
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 6th 5000 m 13:11.65
4th 10,000 m 27:28.14

National championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2013 2013 World Youth Track & Field Trials Hayward Field
Eugene, Oregon		 2nd 1500 m 4:00.95[38]
2nd 3000 m 8:32.65[39]
2014 US Junior Championships Hayward Field
Eugene, Oregon		 2nd 1500 m 3:50.51[40]
2016 US Olympic Trials Hayward Field
Eugene, Oregon		 18th 5000 m 13:53.27[41]
2021 US Olympic Trials Hayward Field
Eugene, Oregon		 2nd 10,000 m 27:54.29[21]
2nd 5000 m 13:26.82[22]
2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Hayward Field
Eugene, Oregon		 2nd 10,000 m 28:28.81
1st 5000 m 13:03.86
2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Hayward Field
Eugene, Oregon		 4th 10,000 m 28:25.61
DNS 5000 m

College
Representing Stanford University
YearPac-12
Cross Country
Championships		NCAA
Cross Country
Championships		MPSF
Indoor track and field
Championships		NCAA
Indoor track and field
Championships		Pac-12 Conference
Outdoor track and field
Championships		NCAA
Outdoor track and field
Championships
2018-1923:09.8
1st		29:08.9
2nd		Distance
Medley
Relay
9:31.39
1st		3000m
7:53.15
2nd

DMR
9:31.70
2nd		5000 m
2nd
13:50.30

1500 m
2nd
3:49.29		5000 m
14:06.63
2nd
2017-1823:44.9
1st		10,000m
29:12.1
5th		3000m
8:06.52
4th

DMR
9:31.95
4th		1500m
3:41.97
3rd

5000m
14:12.81
3rd
5000m
13:55.04
3rd
2016-1724:13.5
2nd		10,000m
29:57.9
5th		1500m
3:54.67
1st		5000m
14:35.60
1st
2015-1623:28.6
11th		10,000m
30:07.9
17th		1500m
3:48.40
17th		5000m
13:30.13
6th

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Personal bests

Information from World Athletics profile.[1]

High School
Event Time Date Location Notes
Outdoor 800 m1:58.0h22 April 2014Hartland, Michigan
1500 m3:42.891 May 2015Palo Alto, California
1600 m4:00.28
3:57.93+		30 May 2015
4 June 2015		Rockford, Michigan
St Louis, Missouri
Mile3:59.384 June 2015St Louis, Missouri
3200 m8:53.41
8:40.53+		30 May 2015
20 June 2015		Rockford, Michigan
Shoreline, Washington
2 miles8:43.5720 June 2015Shoreline, Washington
Indoor 800 m1:55.767 February 2014University Center, Michigan
1600 m4:04.46
4:02.13+		28 February 2015
1 March 2015		Ypsilanti, Michigan
Grand Blanc, Michigan
Mile4:03.541 March 2015Grand Blanc, Michigan
XC 5 km14:434 October 2014Portage, Michigan

College
Event Time Date Location Notes
Outdoor 800 m1:51.866 April 2019Palo Alto, California
1500 m3:39.602 May 2019Palo Alto, California
5000 m13:29.5219 April 2019Palo Alto, California
Indoor 3000 m7:42.629 February 2019New York City, New York
XC 8 km23:0926 October 2018Palo Alto, California
10 km29:0817 November 2018Madison, Wisconsin

Professional
Event Time Date Location Notes
Outdoor 1500 m3:35.5311 June 2022Portland, Oregon
3000 m7:25.4717 September 2023Eugene, OregonNorth American record
2 miles8:11.0921 August 2021Eugene, Oregon
5000 m12:46.962 September 2022Brussels, BelgiumNorth American record
10000 m26:33.846 March 2022San Juan Capistrano, CaliforniaNorth American record
Indoor 1500 m3:34.9922 February 2023Madrid, Spain
3000 m7:35.8215 February 2023Liévin, France
5000 m12:53.7312 February 2022Boston, Massachusetts
Road 5 km13:017 September 2022Zürich, Switzerland

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