Alexis Holmes
Holmes at the 2023 World Championships
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (2000-01-28) 28 January 2000
Hamden, Connecticut
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400m
ClubNike
Turned pro2022
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 50.32 (Memphis, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Budapest4×400 m mixed
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 San Jose4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2019 San Jose400 m relay

Alexis Holmes (born 28 January 2000) is an American track and field athlete who competes over 400 metres.[1]

Early life

From Hamden, Connecticut,[2] Holmes attended Cheshire Academy.[3]

NCAA

Holmes then attended Penn State and was named Big Ten women's freshman of the year in 2019[4] before transferring and graduating from the University of Kentucky in 2022.[5]

Running for the University of Kentucky, Holmes was part of a women's 4x400m relay team that set a new college record time.[6] They also won the NCAA Division 1 title in 2022.[7]


Representing the Penn State Nittany Lions (2018–2019)
YearCompetitionPositionEventTime
2019 Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships 5th 200 m 23.74
1st 400 m 52.14
5th 4x400 m 3:41.39
NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships 4th 400 m 52.37
Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships 5th 200 m 23.83
1st 400 m 52.17
Representing the Kentucky Wildcats (2020–2022)
2020 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Indoor Track and Field Championships 1st 400 m 52.08
2nd 4x400 m 3:35.52
NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships[8] All-American 400 m Cancelled by Covid-19
All-American 4x400 m
2022 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Indoor Track and Field Championships 1st 400 m 50.77
3rd 4x400 m 3:25.89
NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships 4th 400 m 51.50
3rd 4x400 m 3:28.77
Southeastern Conference (SEC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships 3rd 400 m 50.74
1st 4x400 m 3:21.93
NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships 4th 400 m 50.71
1st 4x400 m 3:22.55

Career

Holmes ran a personal best 400m time of 50.32 in Memphis, Tennessee in August 2023.[9] She was selected for the American team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships and competed in the mixed 4x400 m relay.[10][11] She won a gold medal as the USA team set a new world record time of 3:08.80.[12] The world record time set by Holmes, Rosey Effiong, Matthew Boling and Justin Robinson was ratified by World Athletics in November 2023.[13] That month, a photograph taken of Holmes and Dutch athlete Femke Bol at the finish line taken by Sam Barnes was a finalist for the 2023 World Athletics Photograph of the Year award.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Alexis Holmes". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "AROUND THE HORN: CA's Holmes named CT's top female track athlete after record-breaking performance at New Balance Nationals; Hunter women top Stanley GC in match play". Myrecordjournal.com. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Alexis Holmes '18 earns All-American honors". Cheshireacademy.org. April 22, 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Alexis Holmes Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year". hopsusports. 3 December 2019.
  5. ↑ Geoghegan, Zack (18 August 2023). "Six former Kentucky T&F stars set to compete at World Athletics Championships". on3.com. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Wireman, Amthony (May 15, 2022). "THEIR SPORTS Kentucky women's 4x400m relay team breaks collegiate record".
  7. ↑ Hale, Jon (June 12, 2022). "Kentucky track star Abby Steiner breaks collegiate record to win national title". Louisville Courier Journal.
  8. ↑ 2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships start lists NCAA
  9. ↑ Hollobaugh, Jeff (August 7, 2023). "ATL Murphey Classic — Wiley Impresses Over 800". Trackandfieldnews. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "USA names team of 139 for WCH Budapest 23". World Athletics. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Gault, Jonathan (7 August 2023). "USATF Announces 2023 World Championship Roster". letsrun.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "USA breaks mixed 4x400m world record in Budapest". World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Ratified: USA's world mixed 4x400m record". World Athletics. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "Finalists announced for 2023 World Athletics Photograph of the Year". World Athletics. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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