Florida State University Athletics
2017-18 Men's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Keniel Grant
- Year:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Brampton, Ontario Canada
- High School:
- Kingston College
BIO:
Entering final season of outdoor eligibility at Florida State…still hunting elusive trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the long jump…has scored in the long jump at each of the past four ACC Championships…since transferring from Texas Tech has also been a valuable member of the 4×100 relay pool.
2017:
Indoor – Finished in the top-10 in all the events he competed in…won the long jump at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a mark of 7.61m (24-11.75)…placed third at the ACC Championships with an indoor season-best 7.58m (24-10.5). Outdoor – Won long jump at the Stanford Cardinal Classic with a season-best leap of 7.55 meters (25-5.25)…member of the winning 4×100 relay at Seminole Twilight that earned Noles a spot in the NCAA East Preliminary (40.19)…part of the silver-winning 4×100 relay at the ACC Championships, while finishing sixth in the long jump…advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary in the long jump.
2016
Outdoor: Alternate on the NCAA Championship qualifying 4×100…posted NCAA East long jump best of 7.50m (24-7.25) in a three-way tie for 11th-place, but suffered cruel fate of placing 13th based on next-best attempt…finished fourth at the ACC Championships in the long jump in SB 7.69 (25-2.75)…stepped in for Darryl Haraway on the second leg of 4×100 to produce silver medal finish in 39.72…posted SB 10.55 in 100 at UNF Twilights…also ran on eighth-place Penn Relays and winning Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee 4×100 relays…limited by injury early, but debuted at Johnson/JJK with runner-up long jump finish (7.45m/24-5.50)…classified as redshirt sophomore outdoors. Indoor: Finished seventh in long jump at ACC Championships…SB long jump came at Tyson Invitational (7.41m/24-3.75) in fourth-place finish…ran SB 6.96 60m dash at Razorback Invitational…classified as junior indoors.
BEFORE FSU:
2015 NCAA Indoor Championships second-team All-American in long jump…owns long jump personal-best of 7.86 meters (25-9.50)…member of 2013 Penn Relays High School Championship and ISSA Boys Championship 4×100 (39.85)…2012 Carifta Games silver medalist in long jump and 4×100 relay…won 2012 ISSA Boys Championship long jump.
Personal:
Son of Kermit Grant and Doreen Morrison…majoring in social science…born September 13, 1993.
