2009-10 Track & Field Roster

Grant Scelzi

  • Position Combined Events
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Largo, Fla.
  • High School Largo HS

Biography

Grant Scelzi - Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
Event
Mark
Year
Event
Mark
Year
60m Hurdles 9.47 2009 100m 11.65 2007
      400m 54:30 2009
      1,500m 5:16.91 2009
      110m Hurdles 15.96 2009
      Long Jump 20-7 2009
      High Jump 6-4.25 2007
Pole Vault 16-1.75 2010  Pole Vault 16-7.25 2009
      Shot Put 42-11.75 2009
      Discus 123-7 2009
      Javelin 190-10 2007
      Decathlon 6,532 2009

2010
Indoor
• Qualified for but did not register a height at the BIG EAST Championships (2/20) in the pole vault
• Owned a height of 16-1.75 at the Minnesota Invitational (Jan. 23) to take fourth, the best of his indoor career
• Cleared 15-7 in the pole vault at the Akron Quad (Jan. 15)

2009
• Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team
• Earned team's Most Improved Male Athlete Award
• Tabbed Outstanding Academic Senior
Outdoor
• Finished 11th at the NCAA East Regional with a leap of 16-7.25 in the pole vault, the third-best mark in school history
• Finished sixth at the BIG EAST Championships in the decathlon with a score of 6,515
• Qualified for BIG EAST and NCAA competition in the pole vault and for BIG EAST competition in the decathlon
Set the school record in the decathlon with 6,532 total points at the Bulldog Decathlon (April 10-11)
• Won the decathlon event crown at the FSU Relays with 6,338 total points
• Recorded a personal-best 123-0 in discus competition at LSU Alumni Gold (April 18)
• Chalked up a personal-record 42-11.75 in the shot put at the BIG EAST Championships (May 1-3)
• Ran a personal-best 54:30 in the 400 at the BIG EAST Championships (May 1-3)
• Cleared the bar at a personal-best 16-6.75 in the pole vault at the Florida Relays (April 3-4) to post his first-ever NCAA Regional qualifying mark
• Leaped a personal-best 20-7 in the long jump at the BIG EAST Championships (May 1-3)
• Ran career-bests of 15.96 in the 110m hurdles, 5:16.91 in the 1,500m and 55.03 in the 400m dash at the Bulldog Decathlon (April 10-11)
Indoor
• Recorded a personal-best 9.47 in the 60m hurdles at the Indiana Invitational (Jan. 17)

2008
• Earned All-BIG EAST Academic Honors
Outdoor
• Qualified for the BIG EAST in both the javelin and pole vault
• Had a seasonal-best in the javelin of 183-7 at the UCLA Invitational (April 11-12)
• Recorded a season-high 15-1.75 in the pole vault at the LSU Invitational (April 19)

2007
• Won team award for the Most Improved Male Athlete at the first annual team awards banquet
Outdoor
• Qualified for the BIG EAST Championships (May 4-6) in four events: javelin , pole vault, high jump and decathlon
• Earned All-BIG EAST Conference honors in the javelin with a personal-best toss of 190-10 and in the pole vault with a 15-3 clearance
• Scored a personal-best in the decathlon of 6093 points at the FSU Relays (March 27-28)
• Moved into the number two spot all-time at USF in both the javelin and decathlon

2006
Outdoor
• Finished eighth at the BIG EAST Championships in the pole vault with a personal-best of 15-3
• Placed fourth at the FSU Relays in the decathlon

Largo High School
• Florida State Champion in the pole vault as a senior with a clearance of 15-0
• Three-time conference champion, four-time district champion and a two-time regional champion in the pole vault
• Four year letter winner in football, wrestling, track and basketball
• Earned all-district, regional and state honors in wrestling.

Personal
• Born February 15, 1987 in Tarpon Springs, Fla.
• Guardians are Robert and Taya Scelzi
• Has two brothers, Chris and Clay, and one sister, Crystal
• Enjoys jet skiing, wake boarding, poker, surfing, fishing and basketball
• Majoring in communication

Historical Player Information

  • 2005-06Freshman

  • 2006-07Sophomore

    Combined Events
  • 2007-08Junior

    Javelin/Pole Vault
  • 2008-09Senior

    Combined Events
  • 2009-10Senior

    Combined Events