Holloway’s world record earns him USATF Athlete of the Week honors

INDIANAPOLIS -- In a week that saw a slew of stellar performances in college conference championships and a pair of race walk national titles, Grant Holloway (Gainesville, Florida) won the fan vote to earn the seventh USATF Athlete of the Week award for 2021 after breaking one of the oldest men’s indoor world records (pending ratification).
 
The reigning outdoor world Champion in the 110m hurdles, Holloway finally took down Colin Jackson’s 27-year-old world indoor mark in the 60m hurdles with a 7.29 at the Madrid World Indoor Tour meet in Spain. The win was his 10th in a row this season in all competitions and took .03 off his own American record that he set Feb. 9 at Liévin, France, and tied in the prelims at Madrid. 
 
Jackson’s 7.30 WR, set in 1994 at Sindelfingen, Germany, had withstood all challengers, with only Cuba’s Dayron Robles coming within .05 in almost three decades before Holloway burst onto the scene. Holloway averaged just over 7.37 in his 10 races this season, a time only nine other men have ever run even once.
 
More top performances from last week:

• Robyn Stevens won the USATF women’s 35K race walk championships in 3:01:08, a 35-39 U.S. record, also breaking 35-39 U.S. records at 25K and 30K along the way.*
• Nick Christie won the USATF men’s 50K race walk title by more than eight minutes in 4:10:53.
• Athing Mu of Texas A&M shattered the world U20 record in the women’s 800m with her 1:58.40 at the SEC Championships.*
• Terrance Laird of LSU ran a world-leading 20.28 to win the men’s 200m at the SEC Championships.
• Molly Seidel won the Atlanta Half Marathon in a lifetime best 68:29, chopping almost a minute off her previous PR to move to No. 8 on the all-time U.S. list.

 
*records pending ratification 
 
Now in its 20th year, USATF’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week when there are high-level competitions and features the athlete on USATF.org. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.
 
2021 Winners: January 21, KC Lightfoot; January 28, Ryan Crouser; February 4, Bryce Hoppel; February 11, Athing Mu; February 18, Elle Purrier; February 25, Jaylen Slade; March 4, Grant Holloway.
 
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To nominate an athlete for USATF Athlete of the Week, please send a detailed email about his/her performance to communications@usatf.org.
 
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