In addition to his individual success, Holloway helped the Gators post one of the top 4x400 relay times in the nation.
Holloway Earns Third Weekly SEC Award
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 | Track and Field
Grant Holloway was previously named SEC Men's Runner of the Week (Jan. 10) and SEC Men's Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 24)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Florida hurdler, jumper, and sprinter Grant Holloway earned his third weekly honor from the Southeastern Conference, this time nabbing SEC Men's Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday (Feb. 14) afternoon.
Holloway retook his 60-meter hurdles national lead at last Friday's (Feb. 10) Tyson Invitational with a time of 7.58 seconds, tying collegiate record holder Omar McLeod for the second-fastest time by a Division I freshman since 2002. McLeod's time of 7.57 in the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships preliminaries is the only one faster. McLeod won the national title that year with a 7.58.
Since 2002, only seven men (not including Holloway) broke 7.60 prior to NCAA Indoors, and five of them went on to win the national title. Gator Great and school record holder Eddie Lovett (2013) was one of the five national champions.
Holloway also took runner-up honors in the long jump with two of the top seven jumps (7.84 meters, 7.82 meters) in the nation last week. And for good measure, he ran the third-fastest 4x400 relay split of anyone in the invitational field (45.23), helping the Gators clock the fifth-fastest time in the nation (3:05.14) Saturday (Feb. 11) afternoon.
Here is a look at some of Holloway's other achievements that have him in the national spotlight this season:
The Gators, whose men have been ranked No. 1 in the USTFCCCA National Team Rankings all season long, will send a small group of sprinters and hurdlers to Friday's (Feb. 17) Tiger Tuneup in Clemson, S.C. Next week, Florida competes at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25) in Nashville.
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Holloway retook his 60-meter hurdles national lead at last Friday's (Feb. 10) Tyson Invitational with a time of 7.58 seconds, tying collegiate record holder Omar McLeod for the second-fastest time by a Division I freshman since 2002. McLeod's time of 7.57 in the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships preliminaries is the only one faster. McLeod won the national title that year with a 7.58.
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Since 2002, only seven men (not including Holloway) broke 7.60 prior to NCAA Indoors, and five of them went on to win the national title. Gator Great and school record holder Eddie Lovett (2013) was one of the five national champions.
Holloway also took runner-up honors in the long jump with two of the top seven jumps (7.84 meters, 7.82 meters) in the nation last week. And for good measure, he ran the third-fastest 4x400 relay split of anyone in the invitational field (45.23), helping the Gators clock the fifth-fastest time in the nation (3:05.14) Saturday (Feb. 11) afternoon.
Here is a look at some of Holloway's other achievements that have him in the national spotlight this season:
- One of seven men and one of two underclassmen (freshman teammate Clayton Brown) ranked in the top five nationally in multiple individual NCAA Championship events
- Ranked No. 2 nationally in the long jump (8.05 meters / 26 feet, 5 inches)
- Joined three-time world indoor heptathlon champion and two-time Olympic decathlon gold medalist Ashton Eaton as the only other man in the world since 1999 to indoor long jump 8.05-plus meters and break 7.75 seconds in the 60 hurdles
- Sixth Division I freshman (and fourth Gators freshman) since 2002 to indoor long jump farther than 8.00 meters—boasts the fourth-longest jump in that group
- First man in history to break 32.81 in the 300 meters and 7.65 in the 60 hurdles
- Ran the third-fastest 300 meters time (32.80) by any man in history prior to turning 20 years old (per AllTime-Athletics), and third-fastest time in collegiate history
- Three-time Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merritt (31.94 -- Feb. 10, 2006) and 2016 world junior 100 meters champion Noah Lyles (32.67 – Jan. 28, 2017) are the only others to run faster before turning 20
- No. 2-ranked 60 hurdles time on UF's all-time indoor top 10
- No. 3-ranked long jump mark on UF's all-time indoor top 10
- USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (Jan. 10)
- SEC Men's Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 24)
The Gators, whose men have been ranked No. 1 in the USTFCCCA National Team Rankings all season long, will send a small group of sprinters and hurdlers to Friday's (Feb. 17) Tiger Tuneup in Clemson, S.C. Next week, Florida competes at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25) in Nashville.
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