2018 Outdoor: Competed in two meets…Notched distances of 31-11.25 (9.73m, 15th) in shot put and 77-4 (23.57m, 20th) in discus throw at the 2018 Drury Hotels Joey Haines Invite (3/30-31)…Finished fourth in the decathlon with a personal-best total of 5436 at the Ohio Valley Conference Track & Field Championship (5/10-12)…Placed second in the 1500m (4:53.91), third in 100m (11.60) and long jump (19-8, 5.99m), fourth in high jump (5-10, 1.78m), 400m (53.97), 110m hurdles (17.30), pole vault (10-6, 3.20m), javelin throw (134-11, 41.13m) and fifth in shot put (31-9.25, 9.68m) and discus throw (79-1, 24.10m).
2018 Indoor:Appeared in six meets…Was third (55m hurdles, 9.19), fourth (high jump, 5-8.75, 1.75m) and fifth in both the long jump (18-4.25, 5.59m) and shot put (31-2.5, 9.51m) at the SEMO vs. SIUE Dual Meet (12/8)…Posted a personal-best height of 5-10.75 (1.80m, 11th) in the high jump at the Illinois Open (1/13)…Recorded 4001 points for sixth in the heptathlon at the 2018 Indiana University Relays (1/26-27)…Notched a personal-best time of 8.78 in the 55m hurdles (fourth, prelims) at the 2018 Redhawks Open (2/16)…Also was third in the long jump (19-0.75, 5.81m)…Totaled a personal best of 4139 in the heptathlon at the Ohio Valley Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/23-24) for fifth…Was second in the 1000m (2:57.10), fourth in high jump (5-10.5, 1.79m), fifth in 60m (7.46), sixth in long jump (18-8, 5.69m), 60m hurdles (9.52) and pole vault (11-3.5, 3.44m) and seventh in shot put (32-5, 9.88m).
2017 Outdoor: Competed in five meets...Had 13 top-10 finishes...Set a personal-best of 17.37 (19th) in the 110m hurdles at the Ole Miss/ Joe Walker Invitational (3/24)...Added career bests in shot put (30’ 8.5”, 27th) and discus (83’ 11”, 33rd) at the 2017 Drury Hotels Joey Haines Invite (3/31)...Took fifth in the decathlon at the OVC Championship (5/11) with 4969 points...Set personal-bests in the 100m (11.59, fourth), 400m (52.81, third), 1500m (4:57.79, first), pole vault (9’ 10”, fifth), javelin (111’ 6”, fifth)...Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2017 Indoor: Appeared in six meets...Had 20 top-10 finishes...Took fifth in 55m hurdles at the SEMO vs. SIU-Edwardsville Dual (12/9) on a personal-best 8.99...Added a PR in the 200m (25.29, 35th) at the Missouri Invitational (1/20)...Won the 1000m at the Don DeNoon Invite in 2:52.35...Set a personal-best in long jump (18’ 9”, fourth) at the 2017 Redhawks Invite (2/17)...Finished eighth in the heptathlon with 3985 points at the OVC Championship (2/24)...Set personal-bests in high jump (5’ 8.75”, seventh), 60m hurdles (9.33, sixth), 1000m (2:49.84, first) and 60m (7.41, sixth).
2016 Outdoor: Ran 400m hurdles in five meets…Recorded three top-10 finishes…Came in third (58:05) at the SIUE Gateway Invite (4/16)…Took fifth at the Rhodes College Invitational (3/19) with a time of 58:54…Placed eighth at the Joey Haines Invite (4/2) with a mark of 1:00.37…Season-best time of 57:89 landed him in 13th place at the OVC Championship (5/14)…Earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor for a perfect 4.0 GPA…Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2016 Indoor: Did not compete.
Prep: 2015 graduate of Jackson High School...Lettered four years while participating in hurdles and 4x400...Academic top 10 percent of class.
Personal: Born January 2, 1997...Son of Nate and Christi Growden...Studies Secondary Education at Southeast Missouri.
