Grant Fisher

Grant Fisher (born April 22, 1997) is a Canadian-born American professional middle- and long-distance runner.

He holds the American national records for the 5,000 (12:46.96) and 10,000 meters (26:33.84), both set in a 2022 breakthrough season outdoors, and the 3,000 meters (7:25.47) after a post-injury return late in the 2023 outdoor season.

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.

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.

Fisher now trains in Park City, Utah, under the guidance of Coach Mike Scannell.

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.

In 2011, Fisher qualified for the state cross country meet and ran a 16:14 to finish 28th.

In the spring of 2012, he qualified for the state meet in the 1600 meter run, he ran a 4:30.23.

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.

As a high-schooler, he was named Gatorade Player of the Year for cross country for the 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 seasons.

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.

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).

On June 4, 2015, he became the seventh American high school student to run a mile under four minutes.

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.

While competing for Stanford University from 2015 to 2019, Fisher was a 12-time All American.

He was sixth as a freshman in 13:30.13, a time that qualified the 19-year-old for the 2016 United States Olympic trials.

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.

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).

He competed four times in the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, improving from a 17th place finish his freshman year to second place his senior year.

Fisher also recorded top finishes in the 5000 m at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

As a sophomore in 2017, he won a national title in the event, becoming the first American underclassmen in 28 years to win the NCAA title for 5000 m. At subsequent championships, Fisher did not regain the title, finishing third as a junior and second as a senior.

Fisher also achieved runner up finishes at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships.

In 2019, he placed second in the 3000 m and was part of the distance medley relay team that also finished second.

During the 2019 indoor track season, Fisher recorded the fourth fastest time ever by a collegian for the indoor 3000 m at the Millrose Games, running 7:42.62 to beat rival Morgan McDonald by half a second.

After graduating from the university, the 22-year-old announced his decision to turn professional in June 2019 to compete for the Nike-sponsored Bowerman Track Club.

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.

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.

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.