Nathan Grace Class: Junior Hometown: Knoxville, Tenn. High School: Bearden Height / Weight: 5-11 / 165 Event: 200/400

Major-Exercise Science.

2008 Outdoor-Finished eighth with a 21.89 run in his only 200 of the season and led off Tennessee's second-place 4x400 relay team at the season-opening Baldy Castillo Invitational (March 22) ... Finished 10th in a personal-best time of 47.95 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational in his first 400 of the season (March 29) ... Ran the second leg on Tennessee's sixth-place 4x400 relay team and finished 19th in the 400 at the Tiger Track Classic (April 5) ... Clocked a time of 48.82 in the 400 at the Sea Ray Relays (April 11) ... Finished fourth in the 400 in front of the home crowd at the Smoky Mountain Twilight (May 6) ... Placed 14th in the 400 at the Vanderbilt Invitational (April 19) ... Stopped the clock in 48.24 during the preliminary round of the 400 at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 17) ... Ran the second leg on Tennessee's seventh-place 4x400 relay team at the conference championships (May 18) ... Took the baton for the second leg on Tennessee's eighth-place 4x400 relay team at the NCAA Mideast Region Championships (May 31).

2008 Indoor-Ran a season-best time of 48.96 in his first 400 of the season, finishing sixth at the Big Ten-SEC Challenge (Jan. 19) ... Recorded his personal-best time of 21.86 while placing ninth in the 200 at the Rod McCravy Memorial (Feb. 2) ... Took the baton for the third leg on Tennessee's victorious 4x400 relay at the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 12) ... Ran the second leg on Tennessee's third-place distance medley relay at the Penn State National Invitational one day before placing 12th in the 400 (Jan. 25) ... Also ran the second leg on the Vols' third-place 4x400 relay at the SEC Indoor Championships (March 2) ... Recorded a time of 22.08 in the 200 at the Virginia Tech Challenge (Feb. 22) ... Ran to a time of 49.09 in the 400 at the New Balance Invitational at the historic Armory in New York City (Feb. 8).

2007 Outdoor-Named to SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll ... Led off Tennessee's second-place 4x400 relay and anchored the Vols' seventh-place 4x100 relay at the season-opening Hurricane Invitational (March 17) ... Lowered his personal-best time in the 400 twice in back-to-back meets as he raced to a time of 48.64 at the Vanderbilt Invitational (April 21) before running to a third-place, 48.11 finish at the Smoky Mountain Twilight (May 1) ... Ran the second leg on Tennessee's victorious distance medley relay at the Sea Ray Relays (April 14) ... Finished 12th in the 400 with a time of 49.05 at the Alabama Relays, his first 400 of the season (March 24) ... Placed 18th in the 400 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational in 49.12 (March 31) ... Was one of three freshmen running on Tennessee's fourth-place 4x400 relay that advanced to the national championship meet with a time of 3:07.15 as he carried the baton for the third leg at the NCAA Mideast Regional ... Ran the third leg on UT's 4x400 relay team that finished 16th in the semifinals at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 7).

2007 Indoor-Led off Tennessee's victorious 4x400 relay at the Indiana Open in his first collegiate meet (Jan. 6) ... Also at the Indiana Open, finished sixth in the 400 with a time of 49.89 ... Finished 14th in the 400 with a season-best time of 49.04 at the McCravy Memorial (Jan. 20) ... Also at the McCravy Memorial, ran the third leg on Tennessee's fourth-place 4x400 relay ... Anchored Tennessee's fifth-place 4x400 relay team in the championship section at the New Balance Invitational (Feb. 3) ... Finished 16th in the 400 at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Ran the first leg of UT's sixth-place 4x400 relay at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25).

High School-Was a member of four-straight regional championship teams ... Ran on the state champion 4x400 relay team in 2006 ... His flat-track time of 22.12 in the 200 ranked fourth on Jim Spier's top five high school performances for the 2006 indoor season, while Grace's oversized-track time of 22.07 also ranked fourth ... Competed in the 200 and 400 at the 2006 USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Personal-Full name is Nathan Daniel Grace ... Born June 4, 1988 in Knoxville ... Parents are Deborah Freeney and Thaddeus Grace ... Has an older brother, Thaddeus.