- James
- Holt
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- Event
- Jumps
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- Class
- Sophomore
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- High School/Other
- Downingtown STEM Academy
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- Hometown
- Glenmoore, Pa.
Updated: May 19, 2018
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.
Indoor | Outdoor |
60m - 7.21, Akron Invitational (prelims, 2018) Long jump - 6.90m (22 feet, 7.75 inches), Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational (2018) |
Long jump - 6.99m (22 feet, 11.25 inches), Liberty Twilight (2018) |