Alexis Holmes
{{Short description|American athlete (born 2000)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Alexis Holmes
| image = Alexis Holmes (USA) 2024.jpg
| caption = Holmes in 2024
| full_name =
| country = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|1|28}}
| birth_place = Hamden, Connecticut, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 178 cm
| weight =
| sport = Athletics
| event = 400 m
| turnedpro = 2022
| club = Nike
| pb = 400 m: 49.77 (Saint-Denis, Paris 2024)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Paris|4 × 400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Budapest|4 × 400 m mixed}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2025 Nanjing|4 × 400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Silver|2024 Glasgow|4 × 400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Silver|2025 Nanjing|400 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Glasgow|400 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Relays}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Nassau|4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Junior Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2019 San Jose|4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 San Jose|400 m}}
}}
Alexis Holmes (born January 28, 2000) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres.Little timed 57.46 s in the semi-finals. It would have been third result in the final.
Early life
From Hamden, Connecticut,{{cite web |url=https://www.myrecordjournal.com/Sports/Cheshire-Sports/Around-the-Horn-for-Saturday-June-23.html |website=Myrecordjournal.com |accessdate=August 19, 2023 |title=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 |date=June 22, 2018}} Holmes attended Cheshire Academy.{{cite web |url=https://cheshireacademy.org/alexis-holmes-18-earns-all-american-honors/ |website=Cheshireacademy.org |accessdate=August 19, 2023 |title=Alexis Holmes '18 earns All-American honors |date=April 22, 2019}}
Career
=2023=
Holmes ran a personal best 400 m time of 50.32 in Memphis, Tennessee in August 2023.{{cite web |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/atl-murphey-classic-addy-wiley-impressive-over-800/ |website=Trackandfieldnews |accessdate=August 19, 2023 |title=ATL Murphey Classic — Wiley Impresses Over 800 |date=August 7, 2023 |first=Jeff |last=Hollobaugh}} She was selected for the American team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships and competed in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23/news/news/usa-team-budapest-23 |website=World Athletics |accessdate=August 19, 2023 |title=USA names team of 139 for WCH Budapest 23 |date=August 8, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2023/08/usatf-announces-2023-world-championship-roster/ |website=letsrun.com |title=USATF Announces 2023 World Championship Roster |accessdate=August 8, 2023 |date=August 7, 2023 |first=Jonathan |last=Gault}} She won a gold medal as the USA team set a new world record time of 3:08.80.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23/news/report/wch-budapest-23-report-mixed-4x400m |website=World Athletics |accessdate=August 20, 2023 |title=USA breaks mixed 4x400m world record in Budapest |date=August 19, 2023}} The world record time set by Holmes, Rosey Effiong, Matthew Boling and Justin Robinson was ratified by World Athletics in November 2023.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/ratified-usa-mixed-4x400m-record-budapest |website=World Athletics |accessdate=November 28, 2023 |date=November 28, 2023 |title=Ratified: USA's world mixed 4x400m record}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/awards/news/finalists-2023-photograph-year |website=World Athletics |accessdate=November 28, 2023 |title=Finalists announced for 2023 World Athletics Photograph of the Year |date=November 21, 2023}}
=2024=
In February 2024, she won the US national indoor title over 400 metres with a championship record time of 50.34 in New Mexico. {{cite web |accessdate=February 19, 2024 |date=February 18, 2024 |title=Lyles pips Coleman in 60m thriller at US Champs |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/lyles-pips-coleman-in-60m-thriller-at-us-champs-1039975479/ |website=Athletics Weekly}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5127/women-s-400m-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024 |website=Watch Athletics |accessdate=March 1, 2024 |title=Women's 400m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024}} She was part of the 4 × 400m relay team which won the silver medal in Glasgow.{{cite web |url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5149/women-s-4x400m-hurdles-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024 |website=Watch Athletics |accessdate=March 3, 2024 |title=Women's 4x400m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024 |date=March 3, 2024}}
In April 2024, she was selected as part of the American team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.{{cite web |website=USATF |title=USA TRACK & FIELD ANNOUNCES FULL TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS BAHAMAS 24 |url=https://www.usatf.org/news/2024/usa-track-field-announces-full-team-for-world-athl |date=April 17, 2024 |accessdate=April 18, 2024}} She won the 400 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on June 2, 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/06/2024-stockholm-diamond-league-results-2024-bauhaus-galan-results/ |website=Letsrun |accessdate=June 3, 2024 |title=2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results |first=Robert |last=Johnson |date=June 2, 2024}}
She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, running a personal best time of 49.77 seconds to place sixth in the final.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5840/women-s-400m-hurdles-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics#google_vignette|date=8 August 2024|accessdate=29 August 2024|website=Watch Athletics|title= Women's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics}} She also competed in the women's 4x400m relay at the Games, winning the gold medal with the American relay team.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5862/women-s-4x400m-relay-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Women's 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=10 August 2024}}
In December 2024, it was announced that she had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track.{{cite web|url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/13200196-nickisha-pryce-alexis-holmes-oblique-seville-more-join-grand-slam-track|title=Nickisha Pryce, Alexis Holmes, Oblique Seville, More Join Grand Slam Track|publisher=FloTrack|accessdate=20 December 2024}}
=2025=
In February 2025, she retained her title at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web|url= https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/02/2025-usa-indoors-womens-recap-nikki-hiltz-completes-1500-3000-sweep-resurgent-nia-akins-wins-800/|website=Lets Run|accessdate=24 Feb 2025|title= Nikki Hiltz Completes 1500/3000 Sweep, Resurgent Nia Akins Wins 800
|date=23 Feb 2025|first=Noah|last=Jampol}} She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where she won the silver medal in the final in 50.63 seconds, 0.03 seconds behind Great Britain's Amber Anning.{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Hall|url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/13923755-usatf-announces-56-athletes-for-team-usa-at-2025-world-indoor-championships|website=Flotrack|date=14 March 2025|title= USATF Announces 56 Athletes For Team USA At 2025 World Indoor Championships|accessdate=14 March 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/nanjing25/news/preview/five-things-look-forward-day-two-nanjing |website=World Athletics|date=21 March 2025|accessdate=21 March 2025|title= Five things to look forward to on day two in Nanjing}}{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/nanjing25/news/report/nanjing-25-women-400m-report |website=World Athletics|date=22 March 2025|accessdate=22 March 2025|title= Anning rebounds with 400m triumph in Nanjing}} She also won gold in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/nanjing25/news/report/nanjing-25-women-4x400m-report |website=World Athletics|accessdate=23 March 2025|date=23 March 2025|title= USA's women win 4x400m to claim final title of WIC Nanjing 25}} In April 2025, she competed at the inaugural Grand Slam Track event in Kingston, Jamaica in the Long Sprints category, placing fourth in the 400 metres in 50.12 seconds.{{cite web|date=5 April 2025|title= Salwa Eid Naser Blazes to World-Leading 48.67 at Grand Slam Track in Kingston|first= Leighton |last=Levy|url=https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/salwa-eid-naser-blazes-to-world-leading-48-67-at-grand-slam-track-in-kingston|website=SportsMax.tv|accessdate=7 April 2025}}
Statistics
= Circuit performances =
{{Grand Slam Track}}
= International competitions =
| {{AchievementTable|nation=USA|Event=yes|Time=yes}} | |
| rowspan=2|2019
|rowspan=2|Pan American U20 Championships |rowspan=2|San José, Costa Rica | bgcolor=silver |2nd | 52.59 | | |
| bgcolor=gold |1st
| 3:24.04 | {{AthAbbr|WU20R}} | |
| rowspan=2|2023
|rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Budapest, Hungary | bgcolor=gold |1st | 3:08.80 |{{AthAbbr|WR}} | |
| – (h)
| {{AthAbbr|DQ}} | {{AthAbbr|TR24.7}} | |
| rowspan=5|2024
|rowspan=2|World Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|Glasgow, United Kingdom |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |400 m {{AthAbbr|sh}} | 50.24 |{{AthAbbr|PB}} | |
| bgcolor=silver |2nd
|4 × 400 m relay {{AthAbbr|sh}} | 3:25.34 | | |
| World Relays
| bgcolor=gold |1st | 3:21.70 | | |
| rowspan=2|Olympic Games
|rowspan=2|Paris, France |6th | 49.77 |{{AthAbbr|PB}} | |
| bgcolor=gold |1st
| 3:15.27 |{{AthAbbr|AR}} | |
| rowspan=2|2025
|rowspan=2|World Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|Nanjing, China |bgcolor=silver | 2nd |50.63 | |
| bgcolor=gold|1st | 4 × 400 m relay
|3:27.45 |
=NCAA=
Holmes attended Penn State and was named Big Ten women's freshman of the year in 2019{{cite web |url=https://gopsusports.com/news/2019/3/12/track-field-alexis-holmes-name-b1g-ten-freshman-of-the-year |website=hopsusports |title=Alexis Holmes Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year |date=December 3, 2019}} before transferring and graduating from the University of Kentucky in 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/six-former-kentucky-tf-stars-set-compete-world-athletics-championships/ |website=on3.com |accessdate=August 19, 2023 |title=Six former Kentucky T&F stars set to compete at World Athletics Championships |first=Zack |last=Geoghegan |date=August 18, 2023}}
Running for the University of Kentucky, Holmes was part of a women's 4 × 400 m relay team that set a new college record time.{{cite web |url=https://www.nationofblue.com/kentucky-womens-4x400m-relay-team-breaks-collegiate-record/ |title=THEIR SPORTS Kentucky women's 4x400m relay team breaks collegiate record |first=Amthony |last=Wireman |date=May 15, 2022}} They also won the NCAA Division 1 title in 2022.{{cite web |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kentucky-track-star-abby-steiner-124013460.html |title=Kentucky track star Abby Steiner breaks collegiate record to win national title |first=Jon |last=Hale |website=Louisville Courier Journal |date=June 12, 2022}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center | ||||
| Year | Competition | Position | Event | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=6|2019
|rowspan=3|Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships |5th |200 m |23.74 | ||||
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|400 m |52.14 | ||||
| 5th
|4 × 400 m |3:41.39 | ||||
| NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
|4th |400 m |52.37 | ||||
| rowspan=2|Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships
|5th |200 m |23.83 | ||||
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|400 m |52.17 | ||||
| colspan="7" | Representing the Kentucky Wildcats (2020–2022) | ||||
| rowspan=4|2020
|rowspan=2|Southeastern Conference (SEC) Indoor Track and Field Championships |bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m |52.08 | ||||
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 400 m |3:35.52 | ||||
| rowspan=2|NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships[https://flashresults.com/2020_Meets/Indoor/NCAA/startlist.pdf 2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships start lists] NCAA
|400 m |rowspan=2|Cancelled by Covid-19 | ||||
| All-American
|4 × 400 m | ||||
| rowspan=8|2022
|rowspan=2|Southeastern Conference (SEC) Indoor Track and Field Championships |bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m |50.77 | ||||
| bgcolor=cc9900|3rd
|4 × 400 m |3:25.89 | ||||
| rowspan=2|NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
|4th |400 m |51.50 | ||||
| bgcolor=cc9900|3rd
|4 × 400 m |3:28.77 | ||||
| rowspan=2|Southeastern Conference (SEC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships
|bgcolor=cc9900|3rd |400 m |50.74 | ||||
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 400 m |3:21.93 | ||||
| rowspan=2|NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
|4th |400 m |50.71 | ||||
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 400 m |3:22.55 |
See also
References
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