| PERSONAL BESTS |
| 50 Free |
23.69 |
at West Virginia (1.22.2022) |
| 100 Free (Relay) |
49.39 |
WVU Invitational (11.19.2022) |
| 200 Free |
1:59.19 |
High School |
| 500 Free |
4:57.60 |
High School |
| 1000 Free |
9:55.75 |
High School |
| 1650 Free |
16:38.19 |
High School |
| 100 Back |
52.37 |
BIG EAST Championships (2.25.2022) |
| 200 Back |
1:56.93 |
High School |
| 100 Breast |
1:00.73 |
WVU Invitational (11.19.2021) |
| 100 Fly |
49.59 |
BIG EAST Championships (2.25.2022) |
| 200 Fly |
1:50.55 |
BIG EAST Championships (2.25.2023) |
| 200 IM |
1:59.30 |
High School |
| 400 IM |
4:08.59 |
High School |
| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| ACADEMIC HONORS |
| BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22) |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023) |
Villanova Career: Ten-time BIG EAST scorer in his time at Villanova… Has finished as high as ninth at the conference championships in the 200 yard butterfly … Top events are the 100 fly, the 200 fly and the 100 yard backstroke … Three-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and eight-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2022-23: Reset personal bests in the 100 Free (relay) (49.39) and 200 Fly (1:50.55) … Point-scorer at the BIG EAST Championships with Consolation Final showings in two races, finishing 10
th in the 200 Fly (1:50.55) and 13
th in the 100 Fly (49.94).
2021-22: Notched personal best times in the 100 Back, 100 Fly and 200 Fly at the BIG EAST Championships and in the 100 Breast and 50 Free in two separate trips to West Virginia;
BIG EAST Championships (2/23-26): Finished ninth in the Consolation Final of the 200 Fly, posting a personal best of 1:50.89 after landing 10
th in the prelims at 1:52.19 … Had a career-best swim of 49.59 in the 100 Fly for 11
th place in the Consolation Final after a 12
th-place showing in the prelims in 50.35 … Took 15
th in the 100 Back B-Final with a personal-best of 52.37, shaving time off of his 16
th-place prelim time of 52.83;
West Virginia (1/22): Finished seventh in the 50 Free at West Virginia with a career-best of 23.69;
La Salle (11/23): Finished as high as fourth in the 50 Breast (29.28) and landed fifth in the 100 Breast (1:04.92);
WVU Invitational (11/18-20): Reset his first PR of the season with a 1:00.73 in the 100 Breast that was good enough for 17
th overall and the top time in the C-Final … Swam in the B-Final of the 200 Fly, touching in 1:53.84 for 13
th;
Penn (11/10): Posted the second-fastest time among Villanova swimmers in the 100 Fly in the meet with the Quakers, posting a 54.55 time that landed him fifth;
NJIT (11/5): Was sixth (2:01.75) in the 200 Fly and eighth (2:05.46) in the 200 IM;
Georgetown (10/30): Finished as high as fourth thanks to a 2:02.94 in the 200 Fly.
2020-21: Recorded personal best times in the 100 yard backstroke, the 100 yard butterfly and the 200 yard butterfly at the BIG EAST Championships … Reached the consolation final in all three events and finished as high as 10
th in the final of the 200 yard fly … Also came in 13
th in the 100 fly and 15
th in the 100 back … Posted a personal best time of 1:51.30 in the final of the 200 fly and moved up a spot from the prelims when he was 11
th in 1:53.31 … Came in 13
th in the final of the 100 fly (50.91) after ranking 11
th in the prelims with a personal best mark of 50.61 … Recorded his current PR of 52.78 in the final of the 100 back to notch a 15
th place overall finish … Made his season debut against Drexel and finished sixth in the 100 yard individual medley (57.87) to go with a seventh place finish in the 100 back (57.10) … Came in sixth in the 100 back (56.42), seventh in the 100 fly (54.11) and swam the third leg of the 400 yard freestyle relay in the “B” lineup against Seton Hall … Finished seventh in both the 100 fly (55.04) and the 200 fly (2:01.59) in addition to swimming the second leg of the 400 free relay in the “B” lineup against Loyola (Md.).
2019-20: Scored team points in the 100 yard backstroke, the 100 yard butterfly and the 200 yard butterfly at the BIG EAST Championships … Recorded his top times of the season in each event during the preliminary heats at the conference meet … Those marks were 53.38 in the 100 back, 50.94 in the 100 fly and 1:52.06 in the 200 fly … Came in 14
th in the 200 fly, 15
th in the 100 back and 16
th in the 100 fly … His other top times during the year were 2:03.83 in the 200 yard backstroke at West Virginia 2:00.05 in the 200 yard individual medley at the WVU Invitational … Swam legs of the 200 yard freestyle relay and the 200 yard medley relay five times each during the season … Also swam the 400 yard medley relay twice and on the 400 yard freestyle relay once.
Club Swimming: Competed for Team Greenville.
Wade Hampton High School: Member of the swimming team throughout his scholastic career … Placed sixth in the 200 yard butterfly at the South Carolina Swimming Short Course State Championship as a senior and also notched a fourth place finish in the 100 fly at the SCHSL 5A State Championships.
Personal: Born 3/19/01 in Greenville, S.C. … One of two children and the only son of Stephen and Laure Griner … Has a sister, Beebe … Enjoys photography in his spare time … Chose to attend Villanova its academic and athletic reputations … Civil Engineering major.
