2017 Outdoor: Threw the discus, hammer and javelin … Set a new PR in the hammer with a mark of 48.95m at the Adidas Winthrop Invitational (3/24) … Finished fourth in the discus (41.14m) and seventh (48.88m) in the javelin at the Northeast Conference Championships (5/6) … Recorded a season-best finish (3rd) and mark (44.74m) in the discus at the Towson Invitational (4/15) … Threw the javelin 53.11m for a season-best mark at High Point (3/17) …
2016-17 Indoor: Set a new PR in the weight throw at the Northeast Conference Championships (2/3) with a 15.03m mark and finished seventh … Was ninth at the Metropolitan Championships (2/3) in the weight throw (14.92m) … Also, recorded a fourth-place finish at the Fordham Season Opener with a mark of 13.92m … Finished fifth in the shot put at the FDU Knights Classic …
2016 Outdoor: Competed in eight meets in the discus, hammer, javelin, shot put … Score points at the Northeast Conference Championships (5/8) in the discus, hammer and javelin … Set new personal-bests in four disciplines … Recorded second win of the season in the discus at the US Merchant Marine Academy (4/17) in the discus with a PR of 44.80m — 3rd in the NEC … Set new PR in the hammer with 6th place finish at the NEC Championships at 48.32m — 7th in the NEC… Equaled 5th place finish at the NECs at High Point (4/2) with a PR of 57.85m — 4th best in the NEC … Set another PR in the shot put with a mark of 12.34m to finish 15th at the NEC Championships … Recorded 12 top 10 finishes on the season across the discus, hammer, javelin and shot put …
2015-16 Indoor: Participated in the shot put and weight throw at nine meets … Finished sixth and scored three points at the Northeast Conference Championships (2/20) in the weight throw, with a personal-best of 14.71m … Won the weight throw at Fordham (12/4) to open the season with a mark of 13.65m … Recorded three other top 10 finishes in the weight throw on the season; second at Sean Atkinson (1/15), third at Villanova (1/8) and ninth at NYC Metros (2/5) … Competed in the shot put at both Fordham and the FDU Knight Classic (12/6) and recorded fourth and sixth place finishes respectively …
2015 Outdoor: Threw the discus, hammer and javelin at five meets for the Knights … Opened the season by winning the javelin at Towson (3/29) with a distance of 51.14m—new career-best and finished second in the discus there with a 36.30m effort … Finished seventh in the discus at Ramapo after posting a 41.93m best … Won the hammer (44.43m) and finished second in the discus (40.84m) at NJIT (4/26) … Set new career-bests in the discus (44.09m) and the hammer (45.25m) at the Northeast Conference Championships (5/3) … Finished third in the discus and eighth in the hammer there to score points for the Knights.
2014-15 Indoor: Competed in the weight throw and shot put at six meets for the Knights … Opened the season with a second place finish in the Shot Put with an 11.87m throw at the Knight Indoor Classic … Earned a 4th place finish in the weight throw (12.65m) and a 7th in the shot put (11.81m) at the Knights Indoor Classic #2 (1/10/15) … Was 10th in the weight throw at the NYC Metro Championships (2/6/15) with a 12.89m effort.
2014 Outdoor: Competed in the Javelin, hammer and discus at six meets for the Knights … Recorded a 48.75m throw in the Javelin, 11.96m in the discus and a 41.16m throw in the discus at the Wake Forest Open (3/22/14) … Logged a fifth place finish in the discus (38.47m) and a pair of the seventh place finishes in the hammer (36.59m) and javelin (42.69m) at the FDU Knight Classic (3/29/14) … Picked up two more seventh place finishes, this time at the TCNJ Invitational (4/12/14) in the discus (41.39m) and the javelin (48.54m) and an 8th in the Hammer (38.12m) … Added two more Top 10 finishes at the Morgan State Legacy Track and Field Meet (4/19/14) in the hammer (41.10m) and the javelin (50.65m, new personal best) … Scored points for Fairleigh Dickinson at the NEC Championships (5/5/14) in the discus with his eighth place finish with a 42.38m throw
2013-14 Indoor: Competed at six meets for the Knights in the shot put and the weight throw … Opened the season with a fifth finish (11.23m) in the shot put and a fifth place finish (11.29) at the Fordham Season Opener (12/6/13) … Finished third with a personal-best 13.09m throw in the shot put at the Knight Indoor Classic (12/8/13) … Recorded another Top 10 in the weight throw at the NYC Gotham Cup (1/10/14) … Logged a season-best 12.99m toss in the weight throw at the NEC Championships (2/9/14)
Prior to Fairleigh Dickinson: Four years of varsity track experience under head coach Cornelius… Two-time All-County discus thrower… Holds discus record (177')… Four years of varsity soccer experience.
Personal: Son of Ellen and Hayward Graves… Born November 12… One brother, Jontae (17)… Communications Major.
Graves' Fairleigh Dickinson Career Bests
Indoor
Shot Put: 13.09m - Knight Indoor Classic (12/8/13)
Weight Throw: 15.03m - NEC Championships (3/17/16)
Outdoor
Discus: 44.80m - USMMA Invite (4/17/16)
Hammer: 48.95m - Winthrop Invitational (3/25/17)
Javelin: 57.85m - High Point (4/2/16)
Shot Put: 12.34m - NEC Championships (5/8/16)
