Graham Blanks (NCAA Individual Champion) -

Graham Blanks is a Junior at Harvard and has earned NCAA All-American Status in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field.

2022-23
Placed 6th at NCAA Championship Cross Country Meet... NCAA Cross Country Northeast Regional Champion... Ivy League Cross Country Runner Up... Ivy League Champion in the 3000m and 5000m indoor races... Second Team All-American at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 3000m and 5000m... Ivy League Champion in the outdoor 5000m and 10,000m races... NCAA East Champion in the 5000m run... First-Team All-American in the 5000m and 10000m races at the NCAA Championship, where he finished as the NCAA Runner-up in the 5000m and finished 6th in the 10000m... USTFCCCA Northeast Region Indoor and Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year... USTFCCCA Third Team Academic All-American

2021-22 (First-Year)
(Outdoor) Participated in three meets for the Crimson...Began the season by place 7th in the 5000m with a time of 14:10.36 at the Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships…Then moved on to compete in the IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, posting a career-best and 1st place finish in the 5000m with a time of 13:51.65…Finished the season at the NCAA East Preliminary Round with a 20th place finish and a time of 13:52.81 in the 5000m.

Before Harvard:
Mile: 4:15.69
3200m: 9:04.92

Letterwinner in soccer, track and field and cross country at Athens Academy… Captain of both the track and field team and the cross country team junior and senior year… 2019 Georgia Gatorade Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year, GATFXCCA Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year…All Southeast Cross Country in 2019…4x cross country All-State honoree, 3x track and field All-State honoree… 3x cross country team MVP, 2x track and field team distance MVP… 2x GHSA cross country state champion…2019 GHSA 3200 state champion… GHSA cross country state course record holder, 1A Private state 3200m record holder… 2019 Nike Cross Regionals Southeast Boys Championship Champion… Great American Cross Country Festival Boys Race of Champions winner.

“Graham had a huge senior fall in XC as he won both Great American and NXN Southeast. That combined with his track PRs indicates he can be a player when he arrives on campus.” – Coach Gibby