ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (2014-15)
CAREER BESTS
Event | Time | Date | Competition |
100 Breast | 56.84 | 2/27/15 | Big Ten Championships |
200 Breast | 2:03.46 | 2/28/15 | Ohio State Invitational |
200 IM | 1:54.91 | 2/26/15 | Big Ten Championships |
2014-15 (Sophomore Year)
Swam in nine meets, mostly in the 100 and 200 breaststroke…Notched a career-best in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the Big Ten Championships (2/28)…Posted a 56.84 in the 100 breaststroke and a 2:03.46 in the 200 breaststroke at the conference championships…Swam in the 200 individual medley on two occasions, touching in with a career-best time of 1:54.91 at the Big Ten Championships… Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
2013-14 (Redshirt Freshman Year)
Competed in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at Ohio State (2/7-8), against St. Bonaventure and Towson (2/1) and Villanova (1/17) ... Won the 100 breaststroke (57.73) and 200 breaststroke (2:03.87, a personal best) at the Ohio State Invitational ... Season best time set in the prelims (57.24) ... In the 100 breaststroke, clocked in a 59.72 in the 100 breaststroke against St. Bonaventure and Towson, and a 1:01.17 against Villanova ... 2:13.60 time in the 200 breaststroke against St. Bonaventure and Towson, and a 2:13.87 time versus Villanova.
2012-13 (Freshman Year)
Did not compete.
High School
Lettered for four years at Fairview High under head coach J.R. Jensen ... Named the team captain and MVP during senior year ... On the PIAA AA state championship team during senior season ... Claimed the state championship in the 200 freestyle, the 200 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay as a senior ... Also a state finalist in the 100 breaststroke finishing sixth ... Selected as first team All-Region 2 all four years ... Hit Junior Olympic qualifying standards in the 100 and 200 breaststroke ... Holds individual school record in the 100 breaststroke and 200 freestyle events ... Trained with the Nittany Lion Aquatic Club last season ... Graduated suma cum laude ... High school student council president ... Member of National Honors Society.
Personal
Harrison Michael Grimm was born March 31, 1994 in Erie, Pa. to Butch and Colleen Grimm ... Has two brothers, Justin and Brian, and three sisters, Brittany, Natalie and Mollie ... Mother, brothers Brian and Justin, and sister Mollie all graduated from Penn State. Majoring in industrial engineering.
Why Penn State?
"I choose Penn State because I have always bled blue and white; they offer me excellence in academics, athletics, and student life."