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Holly Van Grinsven Season 2013-14

PositionCombined Events
ClassSo.
HometownBrentwood, Tenn.
Previous SchoolBrentwood HS
Holly Van Grinsven

2013-14
2014 Indoors
: Competed at six meets … Placed 12th in the 60 hurdles at the Lobo Collegiate Invitational with a time of 8.83* … Ran a time of 8.76 in the pentathlon 60 hurdles at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, placing fourth … Won the 60 hurdles at both the New Mexico Classic (time of 8.80*) and Don Kirby Elite Invitational (8.72*) … Placed 15th in the 60 hurdles at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a time of 9.00* … Also ran with the Lobos’ 4×400 team a handful of times, including a fifth-place finish at the New Mexico Classic.
2014 Outdoors: Saw action at eight meets, almost exclusively in the hurdles … Opened with a 17th-place time of 14.69* in the 100 hurdles at the Texas Tech Open … Improved at the Jim Click Shootout, finishing sixth in the 100 hurdles (14.36) and debuting in the 400 hurdles to the tune of an eighth-place finish (1:04.36) … Placed sixth in the 400 hurdles at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge, finishing in 1:03.58 … Placed third in the 100 hurdles and second in the 400 hurdles at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational, with times of 14.13* and 1:05.31*, respectively … Despite not training the pentathlon for the majority of the season, scored in the event at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a sixth-place tally of 4,742 points buoyed by strong finishes in the 100 hurdles, 200 and 800 … Also scored at the conference meets with the Lobos’ 4×400 team, as the squad placed fifth.

2012-13
2013 Indoors
: Competed at six meets as one of the Lobos’ multi-athletes … Did find more success, however, as a hurdler, clocking a time of 8.79* in her first collegiate 60 hurdles at the Lumberjack Team Challenge … Took ninth in the 60 hurdles at the Cherry & Silver Invitational (8.78*), while also placing 12th in the long jump (18 1/4) … Runner up in the 60 hurdles at the New Mexico Invitational (8.62*) … Competed in the pentathlon at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational, but only go four events in (did place seventh in 60 hurdles, however) … Placed sixth in the pentathlon at the Mountain West Championships (3503 points), with strong finishes in the 60 hurdles (3rd, 8.84); long jump (5th, 18 1/4); and 800 (6th, 2:29.23).
2013 Outdoors: Saw action at five meets, continuing as one of UNM’s multi-athletes … Recorded three top-10 finishes at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational, placing 10th in the 100 hurdles (16.53*) and javelin (93-9) and seventh in the long jump (18-1) … At the Brutus Hamilton Invitational, finished fourth in the 100 hurdles (15.23) and third in the 400 hurdles (1:06.72) … Also took eighth in the long jump at Berkeley (17-11 1/2) … Placed seventh in the heptathlon at the MW Championships, scoring 4783 points by dint of strong finishes in the 100 (7th, 14.95); the 200 (5th, 25.59); the long jump (5th, 17-11 1/2); the javelin (6th, 99-3); and the 800 (5th, 2:23.57).

HIGH SCHOOL
A talented multi-event athlete out of Brentwood HS in Brentwood, Tenn … Claimed third in the pentathlon at the 2011 TSSAA State Track & Field Championships, scoring personal-record 3241 points … Took back-to-back victories in two meets prior, tallying 3209 points at the TSSAA AAA Region 3 Sectional and at the Section 3 AAA Pen/Dec … Competed more in the long jump her senior year, registering marks of 17-2.25 at the 2012 TSSAA State Track and Field Championships (7th); 16-10.5 at the TSSAA AAA Region 3 Sectional (third); and a PR of 17-4.25 at the New Balance Indoor Nationals (4th) … Also first in the shot put, second in the 800 and third in the 60 hurdles at the New Balance meet in New York City.

TRACK & FIELD HONORS

  • USTFCCCA Second-Team All-American, 2015 (DMR)
  • All-Mountain West Indoor Team, 2015 (60H, 400, 4×400)
  • All-Mountain West Outdoor Team, 2015 (100H, 400)
  • Academic All-Mountain West, 2013-14

PERSONAL BESTS

Indoor
800 meters: 2:29.24
60 hurdles: 8.62*
High Jump: 5-2 1/4 (1.58m)
Long Jump: 18 1/4 (5.49m)
Shot Put: 31-6 3/4 (9.62m)
Pentathlon: 3,503 points

Outdoor
200 meters: 25.59
400 meters: 1:00.74
800 meters: 2:23.57
100 hurdles: 14.13*
400 hurdles: 1:03.58
High Jump: 5-1 (1.55m)
Long Jump: 18-1 (5.51m)
Shot Put: 30 3/4 (9.16m)
Javelin: 99-3 (30.26m)
Heptathlon: 4,783 points

* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol

Holly Van Grinsven

Sr.
2015-16

Sprints/hurdles
Holly Van Grinsven

Jr.
2014-15

Sprints/hurdles
Holly Van Grinsven

Fr.
2012-13

Combined Events