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Daniel Grandon Class: Junior Hometown: New Hartford, Iowa High School: Dike-New Hartford Event: Multi-Events/High Jump

Outdoor Bests: 100m 11.72, 110m Hurdles 16.75, Decathlon 6381 Indoor Bests: High Jump 6-6, Long Jump 21-5 1/2, Heptathlon 4699

2004: Outdoor - Finished eighth in the College Station Relays decathlon where he accumulated 6044 points... Finished ninth in the 110 meter hurdles, clocking in at 12.10, at the Central Invitational... Finished the 100 meter dash in 11.72 at the UNI Twilight, his best of the season... Just missed earning all-conference honors at the Missouri Valley Conference meet after placing fourth in the decathlon with 6381 points... Captured eighth place in the decathlon at the Drake Relays with 5964 points... Cleared 6-6 in the high jump at the MVC meet, placing ninth.

Indoor - Finished third in the heptathlon at the Panther Open with 4491 points... Recorded 4508 points in the heptathlon at the UNI-Dome Open where he placed eighth... Captured fourth place at the Missouri Valley Conference meet for his 4699 point performance in the hepthatlon.

2003: Outdoor - Cleared 6-6 at the Simpson Twilight, his top height of the season, to earn him a first-place finish... Finished fifth at the MVC Championships with a clearance of 6-6... Captured fifth place at the UNI Twilight... Earned sixth place at the John McDonnell Invitational when he cleared 6-5 1/2.

Indoor - Tied for second place with fellow UNI jumper, Rory Howell, at the UNI Invitational with a leap of 6-6... Cleared 6-8 at the MVC Championships for seventh place... Came in 10th at the Panther Classic in the high jump... Finished 12th at the Minnesota Invitational, leaping 6-6.

High School: Four-time conference champ ...Placed three times in the high jump at state and twice in the 4x400 ...Holds four school records -- high jump (6-8), 800 (1:59.5), 4x400 (3:25 and the medley relay (ran the 800 - 3:34) ...First team all-conference ...Cross country team won the conference title ...Named all-conference ...District champs and state runner-up as a team in 1999 ...First team all-conference in basketball ...Two-time conference champs ...Third at state in 2000 ...Member of the district champion and state runner-up football team ... .Also a member of the Student Council, and was a conflict manager and a DARE role model.

Personal: Majoring in physical education ...Son of David and Kim Grandon ...Born 5/29/83 ...Chose UNI because wanted to be a part of the track program's success.