Michael Granville

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Michael Granville
Personal information
Nationality	United States
Born	(1978-02-14) February 14, 1978 Bell Gardens, California
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	184 lb (83 kg)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	800 metres
College team	UCLA Bruins
Updated on 5 May 2012.

Michael Granville (born February 14, 1978) is a retired American 800 metres runner. He is known for being the National High School record holder in the race. Running for Bell Gardens High School set the record of 1:46.45 in the trial round of the 1996 CIF California State Meet at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California. He went on to win the state meet the following day, but after setting the record he claims he just "dogged it."^[1] He had won the race two years earlier and was upset into second by Aaron Richburg, in a major surprise the year before.^[2]^[3]

Granville also holds the indoor 800 metres record and set the class record at 800 metres at all four levels of high school; 1:51.03 as a freshman, 1:48.98 as a sophomore and 1:47.96 as a junior. He is reputed to have run the race around 1:56 in 8th grade. He also won the prestigious Arcadia Invitational multiple times.

Granville was trained by his father, on grass at nearby Bell Gardens Middle School, separate from the rest of his team. His father felt training on grass "makes you work harder."^[4]

The 1:46.45 qualified Granville to run in the United States Olympic Trials, skipping his high school graduation, a few weeks later where he advanced to the quarter finals behind the previous High School record holder George Kersh.^[5]

After high school, Granville went to UCLA where, without his father's coaching, his times did not improve. He did, however, win two national championships as a member of the school's 1999 4x400 metres relay and distance medley relay teams.

References

External links

Michael Granville profile at IAAF
UCLA Bruins bio

v t e Gatorade High School Track and Field Athlete of the Year

Boys	1986: Eric Mastalir 1987: Kamy Keshmiri 1988: Art Skipper 1989: Dion Bentley 1990: Brent Noon 1991: Bryan Bronson 1992: Sheddric Fields 1993: Charles Mitchell 1994: Andre Scott 1995: Michael Stember 1996: Michael Granville 1997: Sharif Karie 1998: Jon Stevens 1999: Jake Freeman 2000: Donald Sage 2001: Alan Webb 2002: Brendan Christian 2003: Kerron Clement 2004: Jason Richardson 2005: Ryan Whiting 2006: David Klech 2007: Bryshon Nellum 2008: German Fernandez 2009: Curtis Beach 2010: Sam Crouser 2011: Gunnar Nixon 2012: Abraham Hall

Girls	1986: Yolanda Johnson 1987: Janeene Vickers 1988: Chryste Gaines 1989: Angela Burnham 1990: Melisa Weis 1991: Marion Jones 1992: Marion Jones 1993: Marion Jones 1994: Suzy Powell 1995: Joanna Hayes 1996: Kim Mortensen 1997: Kinshasa Davis 1998: Angela Williams 1999: Stacy Martin 2000: Monique Henderson 2001: Ychlindria Spears 2002: Sanya Richards 2003: Allyson Felix 2004: Shalonda Solomon 2005: Brittany Daniels 2006: Bianca Knight 2007: Emily Pendleton 2008: Chanelle Price 2009: Anna Jelmini 2010: Ashton Purvis 2011: Amy Weissenbach 2012: Shelbi Vaughan

Persondata
Name	Granville, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	American middle distance runner
Date of birth	February 14, 1978
Place of birth	Bell Gardens, California
Date of death
Place of death

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