Grant Holloway makes his latest The Bowerman appearance following a 28-point performance at SEC Indoors.
Holloway Makes 11th Consecutive The Bowerman Watch List
Thursday, February 28, 2019 | Track and Field
NEW ORLEANS – Florida junior Grant Holloway made his 11th consecutive appearance on The Bowerman Men's Watch List, as the U.S Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association released the pre-NCAA Indoor Championships list for collegiate track and field's highest individual honor.
Holloway's streak of appearances dates back to 2018's preseason listing, and does not include his being a semifinalist and finalist last year.
Holloway was the brightest star of the SEC Indoor Championships, as he set the meet's individual scoring record with 28 points and helped the Gators capture the team title. Prior to last weekend, no man had scored more than 22.5 points at SEC Indoors.
The Chesapeake, Va., native also joined South Carolina's Terrence Trammell (1999-2000) as the only other man in history to win the 60 meters and 60-meter hurdles titles at SEC Indoors. The night prior to his sprints-hurdles sweep, Holloway finished second in the long jump, missing gold by just two centimeters.
As if Holloway's points total wasn't impressive enough, Holloway broke the four-year-old 60 hurdles meet record twice, running 7.48 second in the preliminaries and 7.44 in the final, with the latter also being the third-fastest time in collegiate history. Holloway now own the three fastest times in collegiate history, as well as five of the seven fastest times in the world this year.
Fastest 60-meter Hurdles Times in the World (2019)
In the open 60, Holloway topped teammate Hakim Sani Brown by six hundredths of a second and tied the 10th-fastest time in the world (6.54). Holloway already holds the NCAA lead and third-fastest time in the world (6.51), which he ran last month at the Razorback Invitational. That time broke Olympian and five-time national champion Jeff Demps' school record of 6.52 seconds.
Fastest 60 meters Times in the World (2019)
Next Friday and Saturday, Holloway will compete in the 60, 60 hurdles, and long jump, in addition to being in Florida's 4x400 relay pool. The Gators' relay team boasts the nation's third-fastest time. No man or woman has ever won three individual titles at NCAA Indoors.
Historical Perspective
According to athlete bios maintained by the IAAF, Holloway is the only man in indoor track and field history to break 7.50 seconds in the 60 hurdles, 21 seconds in the 200 meters, and 8.00 meters in the long jump—all marks which Holloway posted in the span of a week.
Of the 80 men in history to run 6.51 or faster in the 60 meters, according to the all-time list and athlete bios maintained by the IAAF, only Holloway, Leroy Burrell, and Dwight Phillips also long jumped over 8.00 meters.
One major difference: Burrell did not reach both marks until he was 25 years old, and Phillips did not reach both until he was 27. Holloway turned 21 this past November and hit both in less than 21 hours.
Burrell went on to hold the 100 meters world record and won 1992 Olympic gold, along with World Championships gold medals in 1991 and 1993 with the United States' 4x100 relay team. Phillips won 2004 Olympic gold and four World Championships gold medals in the long jump.
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Holloway's streak of appearances dates back to 2018's preseason listing, and does not include his being a semifinalist and finalist last year.
Holloway was the brightest star of the SEC Indoor Championships, as he set the meet's individual scoring record with 28 points and helped the Gators capture the team title. Prior to last weekend, no man had scored more than 22.5 points at SEC Indoors.
Set the SEC Indoors scoring record ✅
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) February 24, 2019
Break the SEC Indoors 60m hurdle record ✅
Become the 2nd man in history to sweep the 60m AND 60m hurdles ✅
What can't @Flaamingoo_ do? pic.twitter.com/49jXOemnCC
Within 2.5 hours Friday, @Flaamingoo_:
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) February 23, 2019
▪️Ran the fastest 60m prelim (6.57)
▪️Broke the 60 Hurdles #SECTF Indoors record (7.48)
▪️Took 🥈 in the long jump (7.84m)
What's he have in store for us today? 👀👀#LessSaid pic.twitter.com/aKFUYeBCxC
The Chesapeake, Va., native also joined South Carolina's Terrence Trammell (1999-2000) as the only other man in history to win the 60 meters and 60-meter hurdles titles at SEC Indoors. The night prior to his sprints-hurdles sweep, Holloway finished second in the long jump, missing gold by just two centimeters.
As if Holloway's points total wasn't impressive enough, Holloway broke the four-year-old 60 hurdles meet record twice, running 7.48 second in the preliminaries and 7.44 in the final, with the latter also being the third-fastest time in collegiate history. Holloway now own the three fastest times in collegiate history, as well as five of the seven fastest times in the world this year.
Fastest 60-meter Hurdles Times in the World (2019)
- Holloway – 7.43 (Feb. 8 – Tyson Invitational)
- Holloway – 7.44 (Feb. 23 – SEC Indoor Championships)
- Holloway – 7.48 (Feb. 22 – SEC Indoor Championships)
- Daniel Roberts, Kentucky – 7.48 (Feb. 23 – SEC Indoor Championships)
- Holloway – 7.49 (Jan. 18 – Clemson Invitational)
- Holloway – 7.49 (Jan. 18 – Clemson Invitational)
- Orlando Ortega, Spain – 7.49 (Feb. 6 – Copernicus Cup)
7⃣.4⃣3⃣ 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥@Flaamingoo_ misses his own collegiate record by 0.01 seconds 😅
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) February 9, 2019
He now owns 3⃣ of the 5 fastest times in collegiate history #LessSaid
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In the open 60, Holloway topped teammate Hakim Sani Brown by six hundredths of a second and tied the 10th-fastest time in the world (6.54). Holloway already holds the NCAA lead and third-fastest time in the world (6.51), which he ran last month at the Razorback Invitational. That time broke Olympian and five-time national champion Jeff Demps' school record of 6.52 seconds.
6⃣.5⃣1⃣ 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) January 26, 2019
🌎 Lead; School Record; Tied No. 9⃣ Collegian in HISTORY.
Say less, @Flaamingoo_. Say less. #LessSaid
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Fastest 60 meters Times in the World (2019)
- Bingtian Su, China – 6.47
- Su – 6.49
- Holloway – 6.51 (t-No. 9 performance in collegiate history)
- Su – 6.52
- Divine Oduduru, Texas Tech – 6.52
Next Friday and Saturday, Holloway will compete in the 60, 60 hurdles, and long jump, in addition to being in Florida's 4x400 relay pool. The Gators' relay team boasts the nation's third-fastest time. No man or woman has ever won three individual titles at NCAA Indoors.
Historical Perspective
According to athlete bios maintained by the IAAF, Holloway is the only man in indoor track and field history to break 7.50 seconds in the 60 hurdles, 21 seconds in the 200 meters, and 8.00 meters in the long jump—all marks which Holloway posted in the span of a week.
Of the 80 men in history to run 6.51 or faster in the 60 meters, according to the all-time list and athlete bios maintained by the IAAF, only Holloway, Leroy Burrell, and Dwight Phillips also long jumped over 8.00 meters.
One major difference: Burrell did not reach both marks until he was 25 years old, and Phillips did not reach both until he was 27. Holloway turned 21 this past November and hit both in less than 21 hours.
Burrell went on to hold the 100 meters world record and won 1992 Olympic gold, along with World Championships gold medals in 1991 and 1993 with the United States' 4x100 relay team. Phillips won 2004 Olympic gold and four World Championships gold medals in the long jump.
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