William & Mary Athletics

2017-18
Led-off the Tribe's 800 free relay to gold at the CAA Championships ... Swam a lifetime-best 1:38.32 in the 200 free to lead the relay ... Also earned All-CAA honors after finishing third in the 500 free ... Took fourth in the 200 free ... Finished his week with a lifetime-best 45.19 to take ninth in the 100 free ... Swept the 200 free and the 500 free against Davidson in the regular season ... Also won the 500 free against UNCW ... At the Big Al Invitational, finished 18t in the 200 IM and 20th in the 200 free.

2016-17
CAA Champion on the 800 free relay ... Also made the championship finals in the 500 free, finishing seventh ... Consolation finalist in the 200 free and the 1,650 free, finishing 10th and 15th, respectively ... At the Hokie Fall Invitational, made the "C" finals of all three events ... Best finish was 18th in the 500 free, followed by 19th in the 200 free and 20th in the 1,650 free ... During the summer, finished third in the 400m free at the Virginia Long Course State Championships ... Also finished fifth in the 200m free, sixth in the 200m IM, and seventh in the 100m free.

2015-16
CAA Champion in the 500 free ... Won the title in 4:25.35, the sixth-fastest race ever ... Swam 4:25.11 in the prelims, the fifth-fastest race ever, and improved to second all-time among Tribe athletes ... Qualified for the championship finals of the 400 IM as the third-fastest prelim swimmer (3:54.40), but was disqualified in the finals ... Capped his week at the conference championships with a ninth-place finish in the 1650 free ... Timed 9:28.24 at the 1,000 split and 15:53.51 at the finish ... Also finished ninth in the mile at the Bucknell Invitational ... Made the consolation finals in both the 200 and 500 free ... Advanced the C finals of the 400 IM ... Scored 175.0 total points on the year, most among all Tribe freshmen ... Ranked fourth on the team overall with eight victories, six of them in dual-meet competition ... Made 17 podium finishes in total out of 34 races.

Prep
2014 Prep All-American ... Won all three of his events at the Kentucky SCM championships in 2015, winning the 500 free, 200 IM, and 400 IM ... Holds state records on all three SCM free relays ... Also state record-holder in the 400 medley, 400 free, and 800 free relays on the 50m LCM course ... Helped Manual win the combined state championships all four years ... Junior National Finalist in 2014 ... Won the 400 free at the Southern Zone Championship in 2013 ... Special Olympics Volunteer ... Member of the French Club and the French Honor Society.

Personal
Son of Steve and Laurie Grimes ... Brother, Ben, swam at Amherst ... Sister, Ellie, is a senior swimmer at Pennsylvania ... Cousin, William Nisbet, graduated the Public Policy program at W&M ... Enjoys running, triathlons, and archery.