Grant Buckmiller’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)
1x USTFCCCA First Team All-American
2x USTFCCCA Second Team All-American
1x SEC Champion
1x First Team All-SEC
1x Third Team All-SEC
2026 SEC Outdoor Champion (4x400-Meter Relay)
2025-26 LSWA Men’s Newcomer of the Year
LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 1: Outdoor 4x400-Meter Relay (2:57.96, 2026 NCAA Championships)
No. 1: Indoor 4x400-Meter Relay (3:03.05, 2026 Tyson Invitational)
No. 6: Indoor 4x400-Meter Relay (3:04.60, 2026 SEC Championships)
T-No. 7: Outdoor 400 Meter (44.87, 2026 NCAA East First Round)
No. 9: Indoor 400 Meter (45.96, 2026 Tyson Invitational)
No. 10: Outdoor 4x400-Meter Relay (3:01.43, 2026 LSU Battle on the Bayou)
Collegiate All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 4: Outdoor 4x400-Meter Relay (2:57.96, 2026 NCAA Championships)
2026 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
Closed his first season with LSU earning two All-American nods at the NCAA Outdoor Championships while competing in the 400m and 4x400… helped the LSU 4x400 to a program record and No. 4 time in collegiate history of 2:57.96, finishing second at the NCAA Outdoor Championships… finished 14th at the NCAA meet with a time of 45.70 seconds in the 400m… qualified for the NCAA East First Round in the 400m and 4x400… clocked a personal-best time of 44.87 seconds in the 400m at the first-round meet, which ranks No. 7 in LSU performance-list history… earned SEC First Team honors and gold at the SEC Outdoor Championships as he helped LSU to a 4x400 win in 2:58.47… finished seventh in the 400m at the SEC Championships with 45.66 seconds… clocked a wind-aided best of 20.69 seconds in the 200 meter to finish fourth at the LSU Invitational… opened the year taking first in the 4x400 at the LSU Opener… finished first in the 4x400 and second in the 200m at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational… finished first in the 4x400 with a time of 3:01.43 at the LSU Battle on the Bayou, which ranks No. 10 in LSU performance-list history… also finished fourth at the meet with 45.45 seconds in the 400m… took second in the 4x400 at the Tom Jones Memorial… LSWA Men’s Newcomer of the Year… USTFCCCA First Team All-American (4x400)… USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (400m)… SEC Champion (4x400)… First Team All-SEC.
2026 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
Finished ninth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 4×400-meter relay with a time of 3:05.28, earning Second Team All-American honors… helped the 4×400 to a third-place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships with the No. 6 time in LSU performance-list history of 3:04.60, earning Third Team All-SEC honors… took 10th at the SEC Championships in the 400 meter with a time of 45.98 seconds… at the Tyson Invitational he helped the men’s 4×400 to an LSU record of 3:03.05, the No. 7 time in the NCAA for 2026… he clocked a personal-best time of 45.96 seconds in the 400m to finish fifth at the same meet… clocked 20.92a in his lone 200 meter of the season to finish second at the UNM Collegiate Classic… at the same meet, finished seventh in the 400m with a time of 46.18a… clocked a PR of 1:19.42 in the 600 meter to finish first at the LSU Bayou Bengal… opened the season taking first in the 600m at the LSU Purple Tiger with a time of 1:20.59… ran a PR of 1:05.88 in the 500 meter at the LSU Twilight to finish first… 1x USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (4×400)… 1x Third Team All-SEC (4×400).
2025 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE AT WASHINGTON STATE)
Qualified for the 400 meter at the NCAA West First Round… took first in the Pac-12 Open with a time of 39.59 seconds in the 4×100-meter relay… second in the 400m at the Whitworth Last Chance with a time of 46.65 seconds… took first in the 400m with a time of 46.10 seconds and second in the 200 meter with a time of 21.26 seconds at the WSU Cougar Classic… took first in the 200m at the Whitworth Jeffrahn Classic… opened the season taking first in the 4×100-meter relay at the Aztec Invitational.
2025 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE AT WASHINGTON STATE)
Took first in the 200 meter and the 4×400-meter relay at the MPSF Indoor Championships… at the meet, clocked a 200m personal-best time of 20.72 seconds… opened the year clocking a 60-meter PR of 6.69 seconds and a 300-meter PR of 32.73 seconds at the Spokane Indoor Invitational to finish top three in both events… took first in the 400 meter at the Riverfront Invitational with a time of 46.22 seconds… finished first in the 4×400 and second in the 200m at the Spokane Sports Showcase… finished second in the 4×400 at the UNM Team Open.
2024 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN AT WASHINGTON STATE)
A qualifier in the 400 meter and the 4×400-meter relay at the NCAA West First Round… clocked a personal-best time of 45.87 seconds in the 400m at the Pac-12 Outdoor Championships to finish seventh… at the conference meet, took third in the 4×400 and fourth in the 4×100-meter relay… took first in the 100 meter, 200m and 4×100 at the Cougar Classic Invitational… finished first in the 200m and 4×100 at the Oregon State High Performance meet… clocked a 100m personal-best time of 10.71 seconds at the Stanford Invitational, also finished first in the 4×100 at the meet… opened the year taking second in the 400m at the Arizona Spring Break Fiesta… took first in the 400m, second in the 4×400 and third in the 4×100 at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
2024 INDOOR (FRESHMAN AT WASHINGTON STATE)
Competed in six meets during his freshman indoor campaign… opened the season taking first in the 4×400-meter relay and third in the 300 meter at the Spokane Sports Showcase… took first in the 400 meter at the Whitworth University Invitational with a personal-best time of 46.45 seconds… finished second in the 60 meter at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial with a personal-best time of 6.79 seconds… finished first in the 4×400 at the Arkansas Qualifier with their time of 3:06.40… took first in the 4×400 and second in the 200 meter at the Riverfront Invitational.
PRIOR TO COLLEGE – Lake Stevens HS
Captured bronze at the 2023 Pan American U20 Championships in the men’s 400m… finished sixth in the 2023 USATF U20 Championships at Hayward Field… finished runner-up in the 2022 USATF National Junior Olympics in the boys 400m (47.65)… was the Washington 4A State Champion in both the 200m (21.34) and 400m (46.62) as a senior at Lake Stevens High School in Washington… was also a leader on the Lake Stevens HS 4X100m relay team that finished runner-up, and a 4X400m relay team that won the state title in 2023… graduated high school as the Lake Stevens program record holder in the 100m, 200m, and 400m.
PERSONAL
Born on April 15, 2005, in Layton, Utah… son of Gina and Jacob Buckmiller… has four siblings… plans to pursue a degree in film and television at LSU.