Honors & Awards:
2015 CoSIDA Haier Achievement Award
2016 Cross Country:
Raced in five meets … Finished seventh in the head-to-head meet with Kennesaw State with an 8k time of 26:30.4 … Recorded career bests in the 8k at the ACC Championships with a time of 24:24.1 and in the 10k at the NCAA South Regionals with a time of 31:40.4 … Also raced at the Roy Griak Invitational and the Crimson Classic … Was in the top seven of the Yellow Jackets in every race he competed in.
2016 Track: Indoor: Finished 21st in the 3000m at the Music City Challenge with a personal-best time of 8:30.33 … Finished seventh in the 5000m at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a personal-best time of 15:20.12. Outdoor: Finished 15th in the 1500m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a personal-best time of 4:00.28 … Finished 11th in the 3000m Steeplechase at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a personal-best time of 9:04.13 … Finished 15th in the 3000m Steeplechase at the Florida Relays with a time of 9:16.20.
2015 Cross Country: Finished eighth in the 5k at the JSU/Struts Invitational with a time of 15:23.1 … Finished 41st in the 8k at the Commodore Classic with a time of 25:51.8 … Recorded a personal-best time of 24:46.4 in the 8k at the Pre-Nationals Invitational … Finished 60th in the 8k at the ACC Championships with a time of 25:17.0 … Finished 75th in the 9.725k race at the NCAA South Regional with a time of 32:47.8.
2015 Track:
Indoor: Made his college debut in the mile with a time of 4:28.01 at the Auburn Invitational … Posted career bests in both the 3000 meters (8:53.53) and the 5000 meters (15:48.67) at the Samford University Invitational and the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational, respectively. Outdoor: Improved his 3,000m steeplechase time from 9:58.65 to 9:33.89 for third place at the Georgia Tech Invite.
2014 Cross Country:
Competed in all six season meets … Placed third for GT at the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational with a career-best 8K time of 25:07 … Finished 20th overall out of 160 runners at the Upstate Invitational with a time of 25:44 … Competed in the ACC Championships (25:21) … Finished fifth for Tech at the NCAA South Regional with a career-best 10K time of 32:31.
2014 Track:
Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Did not compete.
High School:
Ran three seasons of cross country and four years of track, earning a letter each season … Two-time region cross country champion in 2011 (Region 5A) and 2012 (Region 6A) … Two-time region champion I the 3200 meters (2012 and 2013), and the 2013 1600-meter region 6A champion … Named the Newton High School cross country MVP in 2011 and 2012, and the track MVP in 2012 … Selected to the GHSA cross country all-state team in 2011 … Set the high school record in the 1600 meters (4:21), 3200 meters (9:33) and the 5,000 meters (15:33) … Member of the National Honor Society and was Valedictorian.
Personal:
Full name is Alex Vaughn Grady … Born on Nov. 18, 1994 in Gulfport, Miss. … Parents are Lexiton and Heidi Grady … Brother to Louis … Chose Georgia Tech for its top engineering program, potential as a student-athlete and closeness to home … Majoring in mechanical engineering.
