Holmes Makes History For UNT

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1/29/2019 12:07:00 PM | Track & Field/XC

IRVING – Alia Holmes has earned the Mean Green's first Conference USA Female Indoor Track Athlete of the Week honor, the conference announced Tuesday.

Holmes, a sophomore transfer, set the UNT record in the 200-meter dash in 23.88 seconds at the Texas Tech Classic Jan. 26. The Cedar Hill native eclipsed the record of 24.01 set by Alysha Adams in 2010.

In just her second meet running the 200m for the Mean Green, Holmes improved upon her previous collegiate best of 24.65, set as a freshman at Ole Miss. Her time in the event ranks second in C-USA and is the 45th best in the nation.

Holmes becomes the second Mean Green to achieve a C-USA indoor weekly award, joining Dominique Drayden, who earned Male Indoor Field Athlete of the Week during the 2017 season.