Grant Holloway posing on the medal podium following his second straight SEC 60 hurdles title.
Holloway Voted USTFCCCA South Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
Monday, March 5, 2018 | Track and Field
Holloway is the fourth Gator in the last six seasons to earn the award
NEW ORLEANS – Sophomore hurdler, jumper and sprinter Grant Holloway was voted United States Track and Field and Cross Country Association South Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year by the region's coaches, the USTFCCCA announced Monday morning.
Holloway is the fourth Gator in history to collect the regional award—which was first distributed in 2006. All four of Florida's winners have come in the last six seasons, with Najee Glass earning it in 2015, Arman Hall in 2014, and Eddie Lovett in 2013.
Holloway, who broke Omar McLeod's 60-meter hurdles collegiate record earlier this year, is the third hurdler to claim the honor, joining Lovett and Tennessee's Aries Merritt (2006).
With his winning time of 7.42 seconds, which shaved three hundredths of a second off McLeod's record, Holloway joined American record holder, 7-time world champion and 1996 Olympic gold medalist Allen Johnson as the only other man in indoor track and field history to break 7.45 seconds and long jump at least 8.00 meters. Though his best long jump mark this year is only 7.97 meters (26 feet, 1.75 inches), Holloway jumped 8.05 meters (26 feet, 4.75 inches) last season.
A 2017 semifinalist for The Bowerman, track and field's highest individual honor, Holloway is coming off his second consecutive SEC Indoor Championships 60 hurdles title. The Chesapeake, Va., native also anchored the Gators' 4x400 relay to a runner-up finish and fifth-fastest time in collegiate history, and he took fourth in the long jump.
The two-time NCAA champion is the third man in history to win consecutive SEC 60 hurdles titles. Holloway is also the only man since at least 2001 to score in both the 60 hurdles and long jump at SEC Indoor Championships, doing so this year and last season.
Holloway enters Friday's NCAA Indoor Championships as the defending 60 hurdles champion, tied for fifth nationally in the long jump, and as a member of the second-fastest 4x400 relay team in collegiate history.
Here is a closer look at the feats Holloway's achieved this season:
And here is a closer look at some of Holloway's other achievements from a year ago:
Holloway and the Gators wrap up their indoor season at this weekend's NCAA Championships, which will be held in College Station, Texas. For more details on Florida's 15 entries, follow this link.
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Holloway is the fourth Gator in history to collect the regional award—which was first distributed in 2006. All four of Florida's winners have come in the last six seasons, with Najee Glass earning it in 2015, Arman Hall in 2014, and Eddie Lovett in 2013.
Holloway, who broke Omar McLeod's 60-meter hurdles collegiate record earlier this year, is the third hurdler to claim the honor, joining Lovett and Tennessee's Aries Merritt (2006).
With his winning time of 7.42 seconds, which shaved three hundredths of a second off McLeod's record, Holloway joined American record holder, 7-time world champion and 1996 Olympic gold medalist Allen Johnson as the only other man in indoor track and field history to break 7.45 seconds and long jump at least 8.00 meters. Though his best long jump mark this year is only 7.97 meters (26 feet, 1.75 inches), Holloway jumped 8.05 meters (26 feet, 4.75 inches) last season.
A 2017 semifinalist for The Bowerman, track and field's highest individual honor, Holloway is coming off his second consecutive SEC Indoor Championships 60 hurdles title. The Chesapeake, Va., native also anchored the Gators' 4x400 relay to a runner-up finish and fifth-fastest time in collegiate history, and he took fourth in the long jump.
The two-time NCAA champion is the third man in history to win consecutive SEC 60 hurdles titles. Holloway is also the only man since at least 2001 to score in both the 60 hurdles and long jump at SEC Indoor Championships, doing so this year and last season.
Holloway enters Friday's NCAA Indoor Championships as the defending 60 hurdles champion, tied for fifth nationally in the long jump, and as a member of the second-fastest 4x400 relay team in collegiate history.
Here is a closer look at the feats Holloway's achieved this season:
- Broke Omar McLeod's collegiate record by 0.03 seconds (7.42 seconds) at Clemson's Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 9)
- That made him the No. 11-ranked American in history and tied him for No. 20 on the world all-time list
- Second man in history to run 7.42 or faster prior to turning 21 (Cuba's Dayron Robles)
- Only man currently on the collegiate all-time top 10 in the 60 hurdles and with a 4x400 relay team
- Split 45.12 seconds for Florida's 4x400 relay—which ran the second-fastest time in collegiate history and sixth-fastest time ever recorded (3:02.23)
- Became first 60 hurdler in collegiate history to break 7.60 seconds six times in a career (four this season)
- One of three men ranked fifth or higher in three events this season (Justyn Knight, Syracuse; Elijah Hall, Houston), and the only one ranked as such in three different disciplines (i.e. – hurdles, jumps, relays)
And here is a closer look at some of Holloway's other achievements from a year ago:
- NCAA Titles: 60-meter hurdles; 110-meter hurdles
- SEC Titles: 60-meter hurdles
- 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships runner-up (long jump)
- 2017 SEC Indoor and Outdoor Freshman Runner of the Year
- Joined Ashton Eaton and Damian Warner as the only other man in the world since 1999 to wind-legally break 13.50 seconds (110 hurdles) and long jump over 8.00 meters in an outdoor season
- First man in Division I history to log top-2 finishes in both 110 hurdles and long jump at NCAA Outdoor Championships
- First freshman in Division I history to sweep indoor 60 hurdles and outdoor 110 hurdles NCAA titles
- Third freshman in Division I history to win the 110 hurdles NCAA title (Devon Allen, Oregon, 2014; Dedy Cooper, 1976, San Jose State)
- Second Division I freshman since at least 1999 to win the 60 hurdles NCAA title (Omar McLeod, Arkansas, 2014)
- Split 43.89 seconds anchoring Florida's 4x400 relay to the No. 10-ranked time in school history (3:02.16) and a fourth-place finish at NCAA Outdoors
- Split 44.81 seconds running second and helping the Gators to what was then the 11th-fastest 4x400 relay time in collegiate history and a runner-up finish at NCAA Indoors
- 2017 SEC Outdoor Championships runner-up (110-meter hurdles)
- 2017 SEC Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (long jump)
Holloway and the Gators wrap up their indoor season at this weekend's NCAA Championships, which will be held in College Station, Texas. For more details on Florida's 15 entries, follow this link.
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