2015 Track:
Indoor: Ran a career-best mile time of 4:20.75 at the Samford University Invitational. Outdoor: Part of the 4×400-meter relay team that placed eighth (3:40.70) at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Logged a career-best 1,500 meter time of 4:00.16 at the Georgia Tech Invite.
2014 Cross Country:
Recorded a career-best 8K time of 26:07 and finished 33rd overall at the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational … Competed in the UGA Invitational (28:02) and the Upstate Invitational (26:50).
2014 Track:
Indoor: Improved his mile time by two seconds (4:26.45) at the Vanderbilt Invite … Ran the 3,000 meters at the Samford Invite. Outdoor: Placed fifth in the mile with a time of 4:01.80 at the Tiger Classic … Finished ninth in the same event at the Georgia Invite.
High School:
Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track … Placed third in the 2013 Class A 1,600-meter GHSA state meet … Finished fourth in the 2013 Class A 800-meter GHSA state meet … Set the school record for the 800 meters (1:58.9) and the 1,600 meters (4:25) … Member of the National Honors Society.
Personal:
Full name is Grant Owen Hicks … Born on July 21, 1994 in Atlanta, Ga. … Parents are Curtis and Debbie Hicks … Brother to Katie and Eve … Chose Tech because of the value in a degree from Georgia Tech, its urban location and after being a fan since he was little … Majoring in business administration.
