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Grant is a swimmer from the United States, an Olympian and a distance freestyler, whose official competitive record spans 10 seasons, 16 years, 5 countries and 60 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2007 in Southern California 14&U Junior Olympic Championships, where he raced the 100 individual medley in 1:12.54.
His signature event is the 200 freestyle, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 400 freestyle and 200 butterfly. Freestyle is the backbone of the whole record: 50 meets and 104 recorded swims.
His fastest 200 freestyle stands at 1:47.86, set in long course (50 m) at US National Championships (50m).
He has raced at the Olympic Games level, in 2007 (Southern California 14&U Junior Olympic Championships). A representative mark at that level is 1:12.54 in the 100 individual medley, recorded in short course yards (25 yd). He also appears in world championships, national championships, collegiate championships and international meets.
After a 2-year break between 2019 and 2021, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2021. 2021 is the busiest season on record, with 28 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 5 countries (the United States, UNK, Japan, South Korea and Singapore), including 7 of 60 meets outside the United States.
Those meets span 23 different venues (Mission Viejo, Irvine, Austin and Stanford…). He has raced for 7 clubs, led by Stanford University, Southern California Swimming (LSC), NGSV Gator Aquatics and Alto Swim Club.
Latest competition: CA MVN Fran Crippen SMOC in Mission Viejo, on April 3, 2022, with 2 swims: 3:51.51 in the 400 freestyle and 3:59.02 in the 400 freestyle, all in long course (50 m). He closes this record with 25 current event personal bests and 44 all-time PB improvements, across 132 verified official swims in competitions governed by World Aquatics, USA Swimming and NCAA.