Career-Best Outdoor Times
100-meter dash: 11.62 (3/19/16)
200-meter dash: 22.61 (4/18/15)
400-meter dash: 49.51 (5/6/16)
Career-Best Indoor Times
200-meter dash: 23.11 (2/7/15)
300-meter dash: 36.33 (1/23/16)
400-meter dash: 50.71 (2/13/16)
600-meter run: 1:29.77 (1/23/16)
Grider Records
2017 Outdoor: Placed ninth in the 200 meters with a season-best time of 23.36 at the Edmonds Invitational...finished in the top 10 in the 400 at the Benedictine Relays, clocking a season best time of 51.18...was on two top-10 4x400 relay teams, including the second place finisher at the Edmonds Invitational.
2017 Indoor: Ran the 4x400 relay at the Phoenix Invitational, helping UIC finish in second place...was third in the 400 meters at the Panther Tuneup...achieved a season-low time of 52.40 in the 400 at the Horizon League Indoor Championships.
2016 Outdoor: Finished second in the 400m dash (50.75) and fifth in the 200m dash (23.17) at the Chicagoland Championships … notched eighth place in the 400m dash at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 49.51.
2016 Indoor: Placed third in the 200m dash with a time of 23.37 at the Illiana Invite … clocked in with a time of 50.71 in the 400m dash for sixth place at the Chicagoland Championships.
2015 Outdoor: Recorded a career best in the 200m run with a time of 22.61 at the Illinois Twilight ... Competed at the Benedictine Twilight coming in fourth-place with a time of 49.86 seconds in the 400m for a career best time.
2015 Indoor: Competed at the Lewis Open in the 200m run finishing with a time of 36.59 ... He also recorded his best time in the 600m run at the John Tierney Triangular tallying a time of 1:32.13 ... Finished in second-place in the 400m at the Lewis Open crossing the finish line in 52.43 seconds.
PREP AND PERSONAL: Three-time letterwinner for track as a sprinter and jumper at Lyons Township High School (Ill.) ... two-time all-conference honoree in high jump and 200m ... member of 4x200m and 4x100m relay teams, which both earned all-conference ... member of a 4x400m relay teamthat earned all-state honors ... Conference Champion for indoor track ... member of the record setting 4x100m and 4x400m teams ... nicknamed "Grinder" in high school ... son of Matthew and Faith Grider ... one sibling, Timothy ... currently enrolled as a Computer Science major.
