2019 Track and Field Roster

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Kevin Morris
Alex de la Osa
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Courtney Culbreath
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Zach Dirlam
Tim Casey
Tim Casey
Zach Dirlam

Grant Holloway

  • Prev School Grassfield
  • Twitter @Flaamingoo_
  • Instagram flaamingoo_
  • Class (I/O) JR/JR
  • Event Hurdles/Jumps/Sprints
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Va.
  • High School Grassfield

Biography

 
  • 2019 IAAF World Championships gold medalist (110-meter hurdles)
  • 110-meter Hurdles Collegiate Record Holder (12.98 - broke Renaldo Nehemiah's 40-year-old record)
  • 60-meter Hurdles American and Collegiate Record Holder (7.35 - No. 3 on world all-time list)
  • 4x100 Relay Collegiate Record Holder (37.97)
  • 2019 The Bowerman winner
  • 2018-19 SEC Male Athlete of the Year
  • 8-time NCAA Champion (school record)
  • 6-time SEC Champion
  • Two-time The Bowerman finalist (2018, 2019)
 
NCAA Championships (8)
  • 110-meter Hurdles - 2017, 2018, 2019
  • 60-meter Hurdles - 2017, 2018, 2019
  • 60 meters - 2019
  • 4x100 relay - 2019
  • Only man in collegiate history to win three consecutive indoor and outdoor high hurdles titles
  • Third man in collegiate history to complete the straightaway sweep (60-60H) at NCAA Indoor Championships (Willie Gault, 1983; Terrence Trammell, 2000)
  • Scored 27.5 points at 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships - second-highest total in meet history and 0.5 points off meet record
  • Only freshman in Division I history to sweep 60 hurdles and 110 hurdles NCAA titles (2017)
 
SEC Championships (6)
  • 110-meter Hurdles - 2018
  • 60-meter Hurdles - 2017, 2018, 2019
  • 60 meters - 2019
  • Outdoor Long Jump - 2018
  • Scored 28 points at 2019 SEC Indoor Championships, breaking previous meet record of 22.5
  • Second man in history (Terrence Trammell, 1999-00) to complete straightaway sweep (60-60H) at SEC Indoors
  • Second man in history (Keith Talley, Alabama, 1986-87) to win 110 hurdles and long jump titles at same SEC Outdoors
  • Third man in history to win three consecutive 60 hurdles titles (Terrence Trammell, 1998-00; Eddie Lovett, 2011-14)
 



Awards & Honors
  • 2019 USTFCCCA National Indoor and Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year
  • Two-time SEC Indoor Runner of the Year (2018-19)
  • 2018 SEC Outdoor Runner of the Year
  • 2017 The Bowerman Semifinalist (eighth freshman semifinalist in history)
  • 12-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (110mH; long jump; 4x100, 4x400 - 2017-19)
  • 10-time USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (60mH; long jump; 4x400 - 2017-19; 60m - 2019)
  • Two-time USTFCCCA South Region Indoor and Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year (2018-19)
  • 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships silver medalist (4x400)
  • 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships silver medalist (long jump)
  • 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships silver medalist (long jump)
  • 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships silver medalist (4x400)
  • Two-time 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships bronze medalist (long jump; 4x400)
  • 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships bronze medalist (4x400)
  • 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (4x100)
  • Two-time 2019 All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (110mH; 4x100 - silver medalist)
  • 2019 All-SEC Indoor Second Team (long jump - silver medalist)
  • 2018 All-SEC Indoor Second Team (4x400 - silver medalist)
  • Two-time 2018 All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (4x100, 4x400 - bronze medalist)
  • Three-time 2017 All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (110mH - silver medalist; long jump, 4x100 - bronze medalist)
  • 2017 SEC Indoor and Outdoor Freshman Runner of the Year

Notable Achievements / Accolades
  • Fourth 110 hurdler in history to break 13 seconds prior to turning 22 years old (Xiang Liu; Omar McLeod, Dayron Robles)
  • Second 60 hurdler in history to break 7.40 seconds prior to turning 22 (Robles)
  • Finished career with five of the 11 fastest 110 hurdles times in collegiate history (12.98 - CR / 13.07 / 13.10 / 13.12 / 13.16)
  • Finished career with four of the six fastest 60 hurdles times in collegiate history (7.35 - CR / 7.43 / 7.44 / 7.44)
  • Only man in outdoor track and field history to break 13.10 seconds and long jump 8.00-plus meters (both wind-legally) in a career
  • Joined 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
  • Joined Leroy Burrell and Dwight Phillips as the only men in indoor track and field history to run 6.51 or faster in the 60 and long jump 8.00-plus meters (accomplished in 21 hours at 2019 Razorback Invitational)
  • First man in Division I history to log top-2 finishes in both 110 hurdles and long jump at NCAA Outdoor Championships (2017)
  • First man in Division I history to log top-2 finishes in both 60 hurdles and long jump at NCAA Indoor Championships (2018)
  • Former American Junior record holder, No. 2 high schooler, No. 5 on World Junior All-Time list (60mH)

Gators All-Time Top 10 Rankings
  • School / Collegiate Record - 110 hurdles (12.98 - t-No. 18 on world all-time list)
  • School / Collegiate / American Record - 60 hurdles (7.35 - No. 3 on world all-time list)
  • School Record - 60 meters (7.50 - t-No. 8 on collegiate all-time list)
  • School / Collegiate Record - 4x100 relay (37.97)
  • School Record - Outdoor 4x400 relay (2:59.60 - t-No. 4 time in collegiate history; 43.75 anchor split)
  • School Record - Indoor 4x400 relay (3:01.43 - third-fastest time in indoor track and field history)
  • t-No. 2 - Indoor Long Jump (8.13m / 26-8.25)
  • No. 2, No. 3, No. 6 - Indoor 4x400 relay (3:02.73 OT / 3:03.17 / 3:03.52)
  • t-No. 4 - 4x100 relay (38.49)
  • No. 5 - Outdoor Long Jump (8.17m / 26-9.75)
  • No. 6 - Outdoor 4x400 relay (3:01.00)
  • t-No. 9 - Indoor 200 meters (20.69)
 
Collegiate PR | 60mH: 7.35; 110mH: 12.98; LJ: 8.17m (26-9.75); 60m: 6.50; 300m: 32.80
High School PR | 60mH: 7.53; 110mH: 13.37; LJ: 7.91m (25-11.5); 55m: 6.22; HJ: 2.16m (7-1); 300mH: 36.73

Grant Holloway's TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)

2019: Turned professional after collegiate season concluded ... Became fifth Gator in history to be named SEC Male Athlete of the Year (Caeleb Dressel, Tim Tebow, Ryan Lochte, Danny Wuerffel) ... Became fourth multi-time finalist for The Bowerman in the award's history ... Three-peated as 60 hurdles and 110 hurdles NCAA champion, becoming the first man in history to sweep those titles three consecutive years ... Third leg for Florida's NCAA title-winning and collegiate record-breaking 4x100 relay at NCAA Outdoors (37.97 seconds) ... Anchored Florida's 4x400 relay to silver medal and school record time of 2L59.60 (split 43.75 seconds) ... Scored 27.5 points at NCAA Indoor Championships, the second-highest total in meet history (won 60m and 60mH; third in long jump and 4x400) ... Scored 28 points at SEC Indoor Championships, breaking the meet record of 22.5 (won 60m and 60mH; silver medalist in long jump) ... Three-peated as SEC 60 hurdles champion (third man in history to do so) ... Totaled 14 points at SEC Outdoor Championships (110mH and 4x100 silver medalist; fifth in 4x400; sixth in long jump) ... First Gator to sweep the USTFCCCA National Indoor and Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year awards ... Four-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (110mH; long jump; 4x100; 4x400) ... Four-time USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (60m; 60mH; long jump; 4x400) ... SEC Indoor Runner of the Year ... USTFCCCA South Region Indoor and Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year.

2018: Silver medalist at USATF Outdoor Championships (missed gold by 0.003 seconds) ... The Bowerman Finalist ... Broke Omar McLeod's 60-meter hurdles collegiate record (beat him in the race he broke it in) at Tiger Paw Invitational Tied No. 20 all time and ranked No. 11 among Americans on the All-Time World 60 Hurdles List ... Defended his 60 hurdles NCAA title by equaling the third-fastest time in collegiate history (7.47) ... Defended his 110-meter hurdles NCAA title ... Won his first SEC 110 hurdles title with the second-fastest time in collegiate history (13.15) ... Tied the third-fastest time in collegiate history (13.16) at Tom Jones Memorial ... Tied the fifth-fastest 60 hurdles time in collegiate history (7.49) at Clemson Invitational ... Repeated as SEC 60 hurdles champion (third man in history to do so) ... Four-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (110mH; long jump; 4x100; 4x400) ... Three-time USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (60mH; long jump; 4x400) ... SEC Indoor and Outdoor Runner of the Year ... USTFCCCA South Region Indoor and Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year.







2017: Finished fourth at USATF Outdoor Championships, running a 110 hurdles SB of 13.39 and missing the World Championships team by 0.05 seconds ... The Bowerman Semifinalist (eighth freshman in history) ... Four-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (110mH; long jump; 4x100; 4x400) ... Three-time USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (60mH; long jump; 4x400) ... SEC Indoor and Outdoor Freshman Runner of the Year ... Two-time SEC Indoor All-Freshman (60mH; long jump) ... Third freshman in Division I history to win the 110 hurdles NCAA title (Devon Allen, 2014; Dedy Cooper, 1976) ... Second Division I freshman to win the 60 hurdles NCAA title (Omar McLeod, 2014) ... Fourth Division I freshman since 1986 with a top-2 long jump finish at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Split 43.89 seconds anchoring the 4x400 relay to a fourth-place finish at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Third Division I man since 1998 to qualify for NCAA Outdoor Championships in both 110 hurdles and long jump ... Second freshman since 2000 to win the SEC 60 hurdles title (Eddie Lovett, 2011) ... Tied the second-fastest 60 hurdles time by a Division I true freshman since 2002 (7.58--twice) ... First man since at least 2001 to score in both the 60 hurdles (champion) and long jump (5th) at SEC Indoor Championships ... First man since at least 2005 to score in both the 110 hurdles (2nd) and long jump (3rd) at SEC Outdoor Championships.



HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Competed in track and football for Grassfield High School in Chesapeake, Va. ... Two-time USTAF Outdoor Junior Championships bronze medalist (110mH -- 2016; long jump -- 2015) ... 2016 USA Today All-USA Boys Track & Field First Team (hurdles) ... 2016 New Balance Nationals Indoor gold medalist (pentathlon) ... 2015 & 2016 New Balance Nationals Indoor gold medalist (60mH) ... Silver medalist in the 60mH at 2014 New Balance Nationals Indoor ... 2016 New Balance Nationals Outdoor bronze medalist (110mH) ... Silver medalist in the high jump at 2015 New Balance Nationals Indoor ... Two-time (2015-16) Virgnia Gatorade Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year ... 16-time individual VHSL state champion ... Won 2016 VHSL Class 6A Outdoor State Championships in the high jump, long jump, and 110mH, along with a runner-up finish in the 200m ... Won 2016 VHSL Class 6A Indoor State Championships in the long jump, 55mH, amd 500m ... Claimed 2015 VHSL Class 6A Outdoor State Championships in the 110mH, 300mH, high jump, and long jump ... Captured 2015 VHSL Class 6A Indoor State Championships in the 55mH and long jump, along with a runner-up finish in the high jump ... Won 2014 VHSL Class 6A Outdoor State Championships in the 110mH and high jump ... Won 2014 VHSL Class 6A Indoor State Championships in the high jump and 55mH ... Gold medalist in the 60m and 400m at 2013 New Balance Nationals Indoor -- Freshman Division ... Long jump and 400m gold medalist at 2013 New Balance Nationals Outdoor -- Freshman Division ... Gold medalist in the 110mH representing the United States at the Caribbean Scholastic Invitational ...  Rated as a 4-star wide receiver prospect by ESPN.

MAJOR: Received bachelor's degree in Educational Sciences in May 2024.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    Hurdles/Jumps/Sprints
  • 2018Sophomore

    Hurdles/Jumps/Sprints
  • 2019Junior

    Hurdles/Jumps/Sprints