Courtesy of NC A&T Athletics
GREENSBORO – Jason Holmes stepped into the consciousness of North Carolina A&T (NC A&T) Aggie nation within the winter of 2023 when he ranked as excessive as seventeenth nationally within the 60-meter hurdles, main him to win Coastal Athletic Affiliation (CAA) males’s rookie athlete of the 12 months. He didn’t take part throughout the 2023 outside season, solely to return for his sophomore indoor season and earn second-team All-American honors within the 60m, capturing the Coastal Athletic Affiliation title after ending third as a freshman. Now that his first official outside season is full, Holmes received one other rookie award from the convention. On Thursday, the CAA introduced him as its male rookie of the 12 months, finishing his long-awaited acceptance of the league’s indoor and outside rookie honors. “Hurdles are actually thrilling, particularly if you end up in a groove,” stated Holmes. “If you’re within the groove and if you’re within the entrance, it appears like no different. It appears like no one can contact me. I really like being in these moments.” Holmes took over the A&T report guide within the 110H throughout the 2024 season. Holmes’s first hurdle into A&T historical past was on April 27, when he completed second at Penn Relays by working a program report of 13.43. Two weeks later, he recorded the second-fastest 110H time in program historical past by successful the CAA outside title in 13.48 at Elon College.
He then toppled the varsity report once more by working a 13.40 within the quarterfinals of the NCAA East Regional on the College of Kentucky on Could 24. This propelled him to his first NCAA outside championship meet, however he was eradicated within the nationwide semifinals. Holmes additionally had an excellent outside season working sprints. A&T’s 4×100-meter relay crew, for which Holmes often ran the second leg, certified for the NCAA East Regional, working a 39.24 within the quarterfinal to qualify for NCAA nationals, the place Holmes, together with teammates Caleb Jackson, Aveon Reid, and Isaiah Thomas, garnered second-team All-American honors within the 4×100. As well as, Jason Holmes ran a private report 20.89 within the males’s 200 meters on the CAA outside championships to earn third-team All-CAA honors within the occasion. On the 2024 North Carolina A&T Aggie ESPY’s, Holmes was named the Tarik Cohen Male Athlete of the 12 months.
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