Grant Fisher Announces He Is Leaving Bowerman Track Club
Grant Fisher Announces He Is Leaving Bowerman Track Club
Grant Fisher, the North American record holder at 3000m, 5000m, and 10,000m, announced on social media that he is departing the Bowerman Track Club.
Grant Fisher, the North American record holder at 3000m, 5000m, and 10,000m, announced on social media that he is departing the Bowerman Track Club.
Fisher posted on Instagram that while his time with the Nike-sponsored club has been “transformative,” he no longer sees his “best future with the club moving forward.”
It remains unclear where Fisher will choose to begin training in pursuit of a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team in 2024. Under the guidance of Bowerman coach Jerry Schumacher, Fisher finished fifth in the 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
Fisher, 26, joined Bowerman straight out of Stanford, where he earned 12 All-America honors including a victory as a sophomore in the 5000m at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships, where he became the first underclassman to win the event in 28 years.
In a statement on Instagram, Bowerman Track Club wrote that it was “honored to know a friend and teammate is inspiring, humble and genuine as Grant,” and wished him well in the future.
Born in Calgary and raised in Grand Blanc, Michigan, Fisher had his best year as a professional for Bowerman TC in 2022.
He opened the year at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational, where he set a a new North American indoor record in the 5000m with a time of 12:53.73, beating the previous record held by Galen Rupp of 13:01.26. He then won "The Ten" at the Sound Running Invite in a new continental record of 26:33.64. He followed that with a third-place finish in the 3000m at the Diamond League Herculis Meeting in Monaco in an area record 7:28.48 and capped the year with another North American record run, this time at 5000m with a runner-up finish in 12:46.96 at the Diamond League Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, making him the first American to ever run sub 12:50 in the event.
This past summer, Fisher failed to make the U.S. team for the World Championships in Budapest, finishing fourth in the 10,000m. After the race it was discovered that he suffered a femur injury that forced him to scratch from the 5000m. He rebounded to close out the season in style at the Diamond League final at the Prefontaine Classic, finishing third in the 3000m in 7:25.47 to lower his own American record.
“Thank you to everyone who continues to support me throughout my career,” Fisher wrote in his Instagram post. “This is a big change but one that I am excited about and ready for.”