 Holmes at the 2023 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 January 2000 Hamden, Connecticut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 50.24 (Glasgow, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexis Holmes (born 28 January 2000) is an American track and field athlete who competes over 400 metres. [1]
From Hamden, Connecticut, [2] Holmes attended Cheshire Academy. [3]
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) | ||||||
| Year | Competition | Position | Event | Time | ||
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| 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 | ||||
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]
In February 2024, she won the US national indoor title over 400 metres with a championship record time of 50.34 in New Mexico. [15] She competed in the 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Championships in Glasgow and won the bronze medal in the final in a personal best time of 50.24 seconds. [16] She was part of the 4x400m relay team which won the silver medal in Glasgow. [17]
In April 2024, she was selected as part of the American team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. [18]
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