Completed Event: Cross Country versus Cyclone Preview on August 29, 2025 , , Men: 1st, Women: 1st

Awards and Honors
All-Big 12 XC: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
All-Midwest Region XC: 2017, 2018, 2019
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (XC: 2018, 2019, 2020; T&F: 2019, 2020)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2018)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
Personal Records
800m | 1:53.68 | 2019 Outdoor |
1:53.75 | 2019 Indoor | |
1,000m | 2:27.23 | 2019 Indoor |
1,500m | 3:48.69 | 2019 Outdoor |
Mile | 4:05.74 | 2019 Indoor |
2020-21
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Indoor: Did not compete.
XC: Finished 146th at the NCAA Championships... finished 14th at the OSU Winter Open in a time of 25:13.3... took 38th individually at the FSU Winter XC Classic behind a time of 24:17.9... posted a 12th-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (23:45.4), becoming a four-time All-Big 12 performer … became ISU’s first-ever men’s four-time All-Big 12 cross country runner alongside teammate Thomas Pollard … First Team Academic All-Big 12… earned a top-10 finish at the Cowboy Jamboree (ninth) behind an 8k time of 24:29.2 … began the year with a third-place showing at the Bob Timmons Classic, crossing the finish line with a 6k time of 18:22.0.
2019-20
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 outbreak worldwide.
Indoor: Competed in three meets for Iowa State … scored a point for the Cyclones via eighth-place finish in the mile (4:20.27) at the Big 12 Championships, helping the ISU men secure the team title … finished third in the mile at the Cyclone Open in a season-best 4:14.03 … also ran the mile at the Wieczorek Invite.
XC: Helped Iowa State to a fourth-place showing at the NCAA Championship, the Cyclones’ best finish in the last 25 years, finishing 72nd individually with a time of 31:41.3… earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 recognition… raced to a 13th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship with a time of 31:13.5, earning All-Region honors… took ninth individually at the Big 12 Championship, aiding Iowa State to its third-straight Big 12 team championship… one of seven Cyclone runners to earn All-Big 12 recognition… finished 66th at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in 24:24.5… began the year at the John McNichols Invitational, finishing 21st with a time of 24:53.
2018-19
Outdoor: Competed in two meets for Iowa State … clocked outdoor personal bests at 800m (1:53.68) and 1,500m (3:48.69) at the Stanford Invitational … also ran the 1,500m at the Cardinal Classic.
Indoor: Competed in six meets for Iowa State … led off for silver-medal distance medley relay (9:57.95) and finished fourth in the mile (4:07.62) at the Big 12 Championships … notched personal best 4:05.74 in the mile at the Iowa State Classic … also ran mile at Razorback Invitational … ran to personal best 2:27.23 in 1,000-meter run at Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational, finishing sixth … finished fourth in the 1K at Hawkeye Invitational (2:28.62) … took second in the 800m (1:53.75) and fourth in the 1,000m (2:28.08) at the Wieczorek Invitational.
XC: Ran in four events for the Cyclones, including all three post season races… earned a top-100 finish at the NCAA, racing to an 84th-place finish… earned All-Region honors with a 13th-place finish at the Midwest Regional… took ninth at the Big 12 Championships to earn All-Big 12… competed at the Nuttycombe Invitational… earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 recognition.
2017-18
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Indoor: Did not compete.
XC: Came on strong for the Cyclones in the postseason … ran his first race of his college career at the Big 12 Championships, earning All-Big 12 honors with a 14th-place effort to join four other Cyclones in the top-15 … earned All-Region honors with a 24th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships … finished 147th with a time of 31:06.63 at the NCAA Championships.
High School
2017 Nebraska State Track and Field champion in the 1600, runner-up finisher in the 3200… finished runner-up at the 2016 and 2015 Nebraska State Cross Country meet… finished in the top-35 at 2016 Nike Cross Country Nationals… won both the 1600 and 3200 at the 2016 Nebraska State Track and Field Championship… competed for Omaha Westside High School.
Personal
Born on April 7, 1999... son of Gena and Mack Grader... Communications Studies major.