James Holt Season 2020

ClassSenior
HometownGlenmoore, Pa.
High SchoolDowningtown STEM Academy

2021 Outdoor: Won bronze in the decathlon with 6,132 points at the ACC Championships, setting personal bests in five of the 10 events ... Ran a PR time of 15.75 in the 110m hurdles at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial ... Delivered a decathlon point total of 5,159 at the Virginia Challenge to finish fifth.

2021 Indoor: Finished ninth at the ACC Championships in the heptathlon with a point total of 4,631 ... Set a personal record of 8.97 in the 60m hurdles at the Tiger Paw Invite ... Totaled 4,603 points in the heptathlon at the Hokie Invitational to finish eighth.

2020 Indoor: Finished third in the long jump with a mark of 6.92 meters (22 feet, 8.5 inches) at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Also placed fourth in the pole vault with a leap of 3.20 meters (10 feet, 6 inches) ... Turned in a time of 7.18 in the 60-metere dash at the Doc Hale Elite Meet ... Also competed in the shot put, recording a mark of 11.84 meters ( 38 feet, 10.25 inches) ... Recorded 4,662 points in the heptathlon at the Hokie Invitational ... Competed in three events at the Virginia Tech Invitational ... … Tallied a time of 7.25 seconds in the 60-meter dash and a time of 9.13 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles … Leaped 6.64 meters (21 feet, 9.5 inches) in the long jump.

2019 Outdoor: Leaped 6.81 meters (22 feet, 4.25 inches) at the LLCW Invitational to place sixth ... Leaped a distance of 6.95 meters (22 feet, 9.75 inches) to place seventh in the long jump at the War Eagle Invitational ... Posted  a mark of 6.70 meters (21 feet, 11.75 inches) at the Tennessee Relays ... Turned in a mark of 6.73 meters (22 feet, 1 inch) at the Raleigh Relays. 

2019 Indoor: Did not compete.

2018 Outdoor: Posted a personal-best mark of 6.99mw meters (22 feet, 11.25 inches) at the Liberty Twilight to place fourth ... Leaped a distance of 6.89 meters (22 feet, 7.25 inches) to place sixth in the long jump at the War Eagle Invitational.

2018 indoor: Placed second in the long jump with a jump of 6.79 meters (22 feet, 3.5 inches) at the Roanoke Tune Up … Leaped a distance of 6.36 meters (20 feet, 10.5 inches) to finish 24th at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational … Ran a time of 7.21 seconds in the 60-meter dash prelims and recorded a distance of 6.54 meters (21 feet, 5.5 inches) to finish 10th at the Akron Invitational … Leaped a personal-best distance of 6.90 meters (22 feet, 7.75 inches) in the long jump to place eighth at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational … Competed in the long jump at the Nittany Lion Challenge, leaping a distance of 6.75 meters (22 feet, 1.75 inches) for eighth place.

2017 Outdoor: Made his outdoor debut in the long jump at the Virginia Grand Prix, jumping a total of 6.87 meters (22 ft., 6.5 in.) for fifth place.

2017 Indoor: Competed as an unattached athlete in the long jump event at the Virginia Tech Challenge, leaping a total of 6.67 meters (21 ft., 10.75 in.) for ninth place.

High school: Won four letters in track and field at Downingtown West ... Medaled in the long jump at the Pennsylvania Indoor State Championships two years in a row (2015-16) ... Was named the team captain his junior and senior year ... Holds a personal-best long jump of 22’4” while at Downingtown West.

Personal: Born Aug. 28, 1997 ... Son of James and Deborah Holt … Has one younger brother, Evan ... Majoring in general engineering and aspires to work as a material science engineer in the aerospace industry.

Holt's Track and Field Career Bests

IndoorOutdoor

Heptathlon – 4,662 points, Hokie Invitational (2020)

Decathlon – 6,132 points, ACC Championships (2021)