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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Eric Holt
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Carmel, New York]], United States
| education = [[Binghamton University]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = [[1500 m]], [[Mile run|Mile]]
| universityteam = [[Binghamton Bearcats]]
| pb = {{ubl
|'''[[1500 m]]''': 3:34.50 (Los Angeles 2023)
|'''[[Mile run|Mile]]''': 3:51.46 (Philadelphia 2024)
|''Indoor''
|'''[[1000 m]]''': 2:17.25 (New York City 2024)
|'''[[1500 m]]''': 3:36.85 (Boston 2024)
|'''[[Mile run|Mile]]''': 3:52.35 (Boston 2024)
}}
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|[[Track and field|Men's track and field]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[NACAC Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2022 NACAC Championships|Freeport 2022]]|[[1500 m]]}}
}}{{Short description|American middle-distance runner (born 1995)}}
'''Eric Holt''' (born 12 May 1995) is an American [[Middle-distance running|middle-distance runner]] who specializes in the [[1500 metres|1500 metres.]] He is a member of the Empire Elite Track Club, a training group based in [[New York City]], and is the [[2022 NACAC Championships – Results|2022 NACAC 1500 m champion.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eric HOLT {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/eric-holt-14506158 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
== Athletics career ==
=== High School ===
In 2013, during his senior year of high school at [[Carmel High School (Carmel, New York)|Carmel High School]], Holt won the New York state title in the [[1600 meters|1600 m]] in 4:07.00 and ran a [[3200 metres|3200 m]] personal best of 9:00.20.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eric Holt - Stats |url=https://ny.milesplit.com/athletes/896391-eric-holt |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=MileSplit New York |language=en}}</ref>
=== Binghamton and Post-Collegiate ===
From 2013 to 2018, Holt competed for [[Binghamton University]] in cross country and track and field. He never qualified for the [[NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|NCAA Championships,]] but ran a mile personal best of 4:00.65 during his redshirted fourth year in 2017 and won 6 [[America East Conference]] titles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eric Holt - Men's Cross Country |url=https://bubearcats.com/sports/mens-cross-country/roster/eric-holt/10962 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Binghamton University Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
After graduating college, Holt received no interest from professional training groups but continued to train while working as a mental health worker at a psychiatric ward in [[Westchester County, New York]]. He often ran workouts at late hours of the night after long shifts, which he claimed made him "incredibly mentally tough". Under this unorthodox training regimen, Holt broke the [[Four-minute mile|four-minute barrier in the mile]] for the first time 2019, winning the Monmouth Mile in 3:58.88.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LetsRun.com |date=2023-06-29 |title=Meet Empire Elite's Eric Holt: The Dark-Horse Contender For the U.S. 1500m Team |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2023/0...-dark-horse-contender-for-the-u-s-1500m-team/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=LetsRun.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Holtamania Is Here! |url=https://www.fleetfeet.com/blog/holtamania-is-here |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Fleet Feet |language=en}}</ref>
=== Empire Elite ===
In 2021, he caught the attention of coaches [[Tom Nohilly]] and [[John Trautmann]], who invited him to join their newly formed Empire Empire Track Club, the successor to the former New Jersey New York Track Club. Later that year, Holt ran a 3:36.62 1500 m personal best at the Portland Track Festival and reached the semi-finals of the [[2020 United States Olympic trials (track and field)|2020 United States Olympic trials]], before being eliminated.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=Miler Eric Holt Doesn’t Want to Have Any Regrets |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a40849621/eric-holt-doesnt-want-to-have-any-regrets/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Runner's World |language=en-US}}</ref>
At the [[2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2022 US Championships]], Holt finished fourth, and later that summer, represented the United States at the [[2022 NACAC Championships|NACAC Championships]] in the Bahamas, where he won gold ahead of [[Josh Thompson (runner)|Josh Thompson]] and [[Charles Philibert-Thiboutot]] in a championship record of 3:37.62.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carmel’s Eric Holt wins 1500 gold at international championship in Bahamas |url=https://bringbackthemile.com/news/d...gold_at_international_championship_in_bahamas |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Bring Back the Mile}}</ref>
Ahead of the [[2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2023 US Championships]], Holt took first in the 1500 m at the [[NYC Grand Prix|USATF NYC Grand Prix]] in a seasons best of 3:37.07. At USAs in July, Holt qualified for the final, but finish last in 3:37.63. Later that month, Holt ran a 3:34.50 lifetime best to win the Under Armour Sunset Tour in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles.]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 July 2023 |title=Whittni Morgan and Eric Holt Rebound With Strong Efforts, Isaiah Harris Continues Impressive Run |url=https://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=14352&do=news&news_id=665809 |access-date=28 April 2024 |website=Runnerspace}}</ref>
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:1995 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:American track and field athletes]]
[[Category:Track and field athletes from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Binghamton University alumni]]
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Eric Holt
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Carmel, New York]], United States
| education = [[Binghamton University]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = [[1500 m]], [[Mile run|Mile]]
| universityteam = [[Binghamton Bearcats]]
| pb = {{ubl
|'''[[1500 m]]''': 3:34.50 (Los Angeles 2023)
|'''[[Mile run|Mile]]''': 3:51.46 (Philadelphia 2024)
|''Indoor''
|'''[[1000 m]]''': 2:17.25 (New York City 2024)
|'''[[1500 m]]''': 3:36.85 (Boston 2024)
|'''[[Mile run|Mile]]''': 3:52.35 (Boston 2024)
}}
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|[[Track and field|Men's track and field]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[NACAC Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2022 NACAC Championships|Freeport 2022]]|[[1500 m]]}}
}}{{Short description|American middle-distance runner (born 1995)}}
'''Eric Holt''' (born 12 May 1995) is an American [[Middle-distance running|middle-distance runner]] who specializes in the [[1500 metres|1500 metres.]] He is a member of the Empire Elite Track Club, a training group based in [[New York City]], and is the [[2022 NACAC Championships – Results|2022 NACAC 1500 m champion.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eric HOLT {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/eric-holt-14506158 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
== Athletics career ==
=== High School ===
In 2013, during his senior year of high school at [[Carmel High School (Carmel, New York)|Carmel High School]], Holt won the New York state title in the [[1600 meters|1600 m]] in 4:07.00 and ran a [[3200 metres|3200 m]] personal best of 9:00.20.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eric Holt - Stats |url=https://ny.milesplit.com/athletes/896391-eric-holt |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=MileSplit New York |language=en}}</ref>
=== Binghamton and Post-Collegiate ===
From 2013 to 2018, Holt competed for [[Binghamton University]] in cross country and track and field. He never qualified for the [[NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|NCAA Championships,]] but ran a mile personal best of 4:00.65 during his redshirted fourth year in 2017 and won 6 [[America East Conference]] titles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eric Holt - Men's Cross Country |url=https://bubearcats.com/sports/mens-cross-country/roster/eric-holt/10962 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Binghamton University Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
After graduating college, Holt received no interest from professional training groups but continued to train while working as a mental health worker at a psychiatric ward in [[Westchester County, New York]]. He often ran workouts at late hours of the night after long shifts, which he claimed made him "incredibly mentally tough". Under this unorthodox training regimen, Holt broke the [[Four-minute mile|four-minute barrier in the mile]] for the first time 2019, winning the Monmouth Mile in 3:58.88.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LetsRun.com |date=2023-06-29 |title=Meet Empire Elite's Eric Holt: The Dark-Horse Contender For the U.S. 1500m Team |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2023/0...-dark-horse-contender-for-the-u-s-1500m-team/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=LetsRun.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Holtamania Is Here! |url=https://www.fleetfeet.com/blog/holtamania-is-here |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Fleet Feet |language=en}}</ref>
=== Empire Elite ===
In 2021, he caught the attention of coaches [[Tom Nohilly]] and [[John Trautmann]], who invited him to join their newly formed Empire Empire Track Club, the successor to the former New Jersey New York Track Club. Later that year, Holt ran a 3:36.62 1500 m personal best at the Portland Track Festival and reached the semi-finals of the [[2020 United States Olympic trials (track and field)|2020 United States Olympic trials]], before being eliminated.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=Miler Eric Holt Doesn’t Want to Have Any Regrets |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a40849621/eric-holt-doesnt-want-to-have-any-regrets/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Runner's World |language=en-US}}</ref>
At the [[2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2022 US Championships]], Holt finished fourth, and later that summer, represented the United States at the [[2022 NACAC Championships|NACAC Championships]] in the Bahamas, where he won gold ahead of [[Josh Thompson (runner)|Josh Thompson]] and [[Charles Philibert-Thiboutot]] in a championship record of 3:37.62.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carmel’s Eric Holt wins 1500 gold at international championship in Bahamas |url=https://bringbackthemile.com/news/d...gold_at_international_championship_in_bahamas |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Bring Back the Mile}}</ref>
Ahead of the [[2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2023 US Championships]], Holt took first in the 1500 m at the [[NYC Grand Prix|USATF NYC Grand Prix]] in a seasons best of 3:37.07. At USAs in July, Holt qualified for the final, but finish last in 3:37.63. Later that month, Holt ran a 3:34.50 lifetime best to win the Under Armour Sunset Tour in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles.]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 July 2023 |title=Whittni Morgan and Eric Holt Rebound With Strong Efforts, Isaiah Harris Continues Impressive Run |url=https://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=14352&do=news&news_id=665809 |access-date=28 April 2024 |website=Runnerspace}}</ref>
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:1995 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:American track and field athletes]]
[[Category:Track and field athletes from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Binghamton University alumni]]
Okumaya devam et...