University of Miami Athletics

Sean Grossman

position

Distance

Class

Junior

Hometown

Dix Hills, N.Y.

High School

Half Hollow

Sean Grossman - Track & Field - University of Miami Athletics

2017 Outdoor: Won the men’s 5000m with a personal best time of 14:51.87, leading a quintet of Canes to finish in the top 10 of the race at the Hurricane Invitational… Finished third in the men’s 3000m with a time of 8:38.02 at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational…  Set a new school record, finishing 10th overall in the men’s college 5000 meter run with a personal-best time of 14:37.56 at the Florida Relays

2017 Indoor:  Placed second in the men’s 3000m with a time of 8:49.70 at the VT Invitational… Finished sixth in the men’s 5000m with a time of 15:15.89 at the McCravy Memorial Invitational…  Set a school record in the men’s 5000m, posting a personal-best time of 14:41.46 at the Meyo Invitational. Placed sixth in section 1 and was 20th overall while breaking Jon Scheiner’s UM record time of 14:52.13 from Feb. 27, 2007…  Had a great race in the men’s 3000m, setting a school record with a personal-best time of 8:25.56 at the ACC Championships… Grossman passed Chris Miller’s time of 8:27.81, set in 1998…

2016 Cross Country: Was the runner-up at the FAU Invitational, finishing with a time of 15:37.9 … Led the Hurricane men in the 6400m at Mountain to Sea Duals, finishing second with a time of 20:40.45 … Placed 13th at the Mountain Dew Invitational with a time of 26:12.75 …  Led the Hurricane men, placing fourth with a personal-best time of 25:48.70 at the USF Invitational … Won the men’s 5K at the Miami Duals with a time of 16:10.5 … Set a school record in the men’s 8K with a time of 24:35.4 at the ACC Championships … Placed 48th in the men’s 10K at the NCAA South Regional with a personal-best time of 31:53.6 that ranks 6th in the men’s 10K in Miami history.

2016 Indoor: Competed in the mile and 3000m at the Nittany Lion Challenge … Finished with personal-best a time of 15:07.51 in the men’s 5000m at the Armory Track Invitational, improving his 5000m personal-best by 29 seconds.

2015 Cross Country:Opened the season with a sixth place finish at the FAU Invitational, crossing the finish line in 16:02.0 … Finished Mountain Dew Invitational in 26:23.64 … Placed ninth with a season-best time of 26:22.80 at the FSU Invitational … Led Miami’s men with a time of 26:17.00, earning an eighth place finish at the USF Invitational … Led Miami’s men at the ACC Cross Country Championships, completing the 8K in 26:01.2 … Placed 109th at the NCAA South Regional men’s 10K, posting a time of 33:29.14.

2015 Outdoor: Competed in a variety of distance events for the Canes, ranging from the 800m to the 5000m … Ran a personal-best 2:00.82 in the 800m at the Tom Jones Memorial Meet … Ran a personal-best time of 3:59.24 in the 1500m at the ACC Championships … Also competed in the 5000m at the ACC Championships.

2015 Indoor: Ran a personal-best time of 4:25.66 in the men’s mile at the Nittany Lion Challenge … Competed in the men’s mile at the McCravy Memorial Meet … Competed in the mile run at the VT Elite Meet … Ran a personal-best time in the men’s mile, finishing in 4:21.60 at the ACC Indoor Championships

2014 Cross Country: Was one of four Miami men to finish in the top 5 and placed fifth with a time of 16:44.3 at FAU Invitational … Placed 15th in the men’s 8000m (27:34.56) at the USF Invitational … Posted a time of 27:09.41 at the Mountain Dew Invitational 8K … Completed The Paul Short 8K Run in 27:21 … Placed 11th in the men’s 5K (17:15.29) at the Westminster Academy Invitational … Ran in the ACC Championships and posted a time of 26:46.7.

High School:  Set three personal running records in a two day span at the state divisional championships (9:31 3200m, 4:32 1600m, 1:58.8 4×100) … His 9:31 3200m broke a 20 year old Half Hollow Hills High School record

Personal: Architectural Engineer major … Son of Bruce and Kari Grossman … Enjoys playing baseball … Was a honor roll student thoughout high school and a member of the National Honors Society.