2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Holden, Simon
Simon Holden
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Baylor School (Tenn.)
- Hometown:
- Lookout Mountain, Ga.
Bio
Career Results
Career Honors
- 2016 All-ACC Second Team (Indoor 800m)
- 2016Â All-ACC Academic Indoor Team
- 2015Â All-ACC Academic Outdoor Team
- 2015Â USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- 2015 All-ACC Second Team (Outdoor 800m)
- 2015 All-ACC Second Team (Indoor 800m)
Outdoor Personal Bests
800m -- 1:48.04Â -- 2016 Florida Relays
1,500m -- 3:41.92 --Â 2015 Virginia Challenge
Indoor Personal Bests
800m -- 1:48.77 --Â 2016 ACC Championships
1,000m -- 2:25.09 --Â 2015 Hokie Invitational
Mile -- 4:04.77 -- 2014 Hilton Garden Invitational
2017 Outdoor
Did not compete.
2016-17 Indoor
Saw action at five meets..Finished seventh at the ACC Championships in the 800m...Finished in the top-10 in all eight races on the season...Won the mile at the UNCG Early Bird Duals.
2016 Outdoor
Appeared at six meets, competing in the 800m and 1,500m ... Finished 15th in both events at the ACC Championships ... Came in 19th in the 800m final at the NCAA East Prelims ... Set a personal record of 1:48.04 in the 800m to take eighth place at the Florida Relays ... Finished third at the NC State Wolfpack Last Chance Meet.
2015-16 Indoor
Earned Second Team All-ACC honors after placing fifth in the conference meet ... Was Wake Forest's lone All-ACC Academic Indoor Team ... Competed in six meets, winning titles in the 800m at the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite Meet at in the mile at the Chipotle Marshall Invitational ... Also helped the Deacs win a 4x800m title at the Virginia Tech Doc Hale Elite Meet and a DMR title at the UNCG Spartan Team Challenge ... Part of the fourth-place Demon Deacon DMR squad at the ACC Championships ... Set an indoor PR in the 800m at the ACC Prelims when he ran for a third-place time of 1:48.77.
2015 Outdoor
Named to the All-ACC Academic Outdoor Team and the USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams as a sophomore ... NCAA East Regional qualifier in the 1,500m ... Set a school record in the 1,500m with a time of 3:41.92 at the Virginia Challenge ... Tabbed a new personal best in the 800m with a time of 1:48.36, the second-best time in school history for the event ... Also competed with the 4x400m relay team.
2014-15 Indoor
Got off to a great start, finishing first in five events and setting a school record as part of the distance medley relay team ... Set a personal best at the Hokie Invitational in the 1,000m en route to finishing first in the competition ... Finished first in the 800m and the mile at the Hilton Garden Invitational ... Finished first in the mile and as part of the 4x800m relay team at the Doca Hale VT Elite, setting a personal indoor record ... Came in second in the 800m at the ACC Indoor Championships to earn second-team all-conference honors.
2014 Outdoor
Finished second in the 800m at the Wake Forest Open to open the outdoor season ... Also had a top five finish in the 1,500m at the Wake Forest Open ... Finished second in the 800m at the Joe Hilton Outdoor Invitational ... Medaled a total of four times during the outdoor season.
2013-14 Indoor
Finished first with the distance medley relay team at the Wake Forest Invitational ... Finished second with the distance medley relay team at the Kentucky Track and Field Invitational ... Set a personal best in the Doc Hale VT Elite in the 800m ... Medaled a total of four times during the indoor season.
High School
A 2013 graduate of Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn. ... One of the top prep distance runners in the country ... Seven-time Tennessee state champion in track ... Tennessee state champion and national Foot Locker finalist in cross country in 2012 ... Won three Tennessee state titles in the 1,600m (2011, 2012 and 2013), two in the 3,200m (2012 and 2013) and two in the 800m (2012 and 2013) ... Earned a total of eight varsity letters.Â
Personal
Full name is Simon Howard Holden ... Son of Alisa and Horace Holden ... Born Dec. 24, 1994 ... Father competed at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta in the C-2 slalom kayak event ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Received the Herbert Parks Jr. Spirit Award for leadership as voted on by the Baylor faculty and the Obi Andrews Award voted on by his fellow classmates for the best all-around senior student.
Career Honors
- 2016 All-ACC Second Team (Indoor 800m)
- 2016Â All-ACC Academic Indoor Team
- 2015Â All-ACC Academic Outdoor Team
- 2015Â USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- 2015 All-ACC Second Team (Outdoor 800m)
- 2015 All-ACC Second Team (Indoor 800m)
Outdoor Personal Bests
800m -- 1:48.04Â -- 2016 Florida Relays
1,500m -- 3:41.92 --Â 2015 Virginia Challenge
Indoor Personal Bests
800m -- 1:48.77 --Â 2016 ACC Championships
1,000m -- 2:25.09 --Â 2015 Hokie Invitational
Mile -- 4:04.77 -- 2014 Hilton Garden Invitational
2017 Outdoor
Did not compete.
2016-17 Indoor
Saw action at five meets..Finished seventh at the ACC Championships in the 800m...Finished in the top-10 in all eight races on the season...Won the mile at the UNCG Early Bird Duals.
2016 Outdoor
Appeared at six meets, competing in the 800m and 1,500m ... Finished 15th in both events at the ACC Championships ... Came in 19th in the 800m final at the NCAA East Prelims ... Set a personal record of 1:48.04 in the 800m to take eighth place at the Florida Relays ... Finished third at the NC State Wolfpack Last Chance Meet.
2015-16 Indoor
Earned Second Team All-ACC honors after placing fifth in the conference meet ... Was Wake Forest's lone All-ACC Academic Indoor Team ... Competed in six meets, winning titles in the 800m at the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite Meet at in the mile at the Chipotle Marshall Invitational ... Also helped the Deacs win a 4x800m title at the Virginia Tech Doc Hale Elite Meet and a DMR title at the UNCG Spartan Team Challenge ... Part of the fourth-place Demon Deacon DMR squad at the ACC Championships ... Set an indoor PR in the 800m at the ACC Prelims when he ran for a third-place time of 1:48.77.
2015 Outdoor
Named to the All-ACC Academic Outdoor Team and the USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams as a sophomore ... NCAA East Regional qualifier in the 1,500m ... Set a school record in the 1,500m with a time of 3:41.92 at the Virginia Challenge ... Tabbed a new personal best in the 800m with a time of 1:48.36, the second-best time in school history for the event ... Also competed with the 4x400m relay team.
2014-15 Indoor
Got off to a great start, finishing first in five events and setting a school record as part of the distance medley relay team ... Set a personal best at the Hokie Invitational in the 1,000m en route to finishing first in the competition ... Finished first in the 800m and the mile at the Hilton Garden Invitational ... Finished first in the mile and as part of the 4x800m relay team at the Doca Hale VT Elite, setting a personal indoor record ... Came in second in the 800m at the ACC Indoor Championships to earn second-team all-conference honors.
2014 Outdoor
Finished second in the 800m at the Wake Forest Open to open the outdoor season ... Also had a top five finish in the 1,500m at the Wake Forest Open ... Finished second in the 800m at the Joe Hilton Outdoor Invitational ... Medaled a total of four times during the outdoor season.
2013-14 Indoor
Finished first with the distance medley relay team at the Wake Forest Invitational ... Finished second with the distance medley relay team at the Kentucky Track and Field Invitational ... Set a personal best in the Doc Hale VT Elite in the 800m ... Medaled a total of four times during the indoor season.
High School
A 2013 graduate of Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn. ... One of the top prep distance runners in the country ... Seven-time Tennessee state champion in track ... Tennessee state champion and national Foot Locker finalist in cross country in 2012 ... Won three Tennessee state titles in the 1,600m (2011, 2012 and 2013), two in the 3,200m (2012 and 2013) and two in the 800m (2012 and 2013) ... Earned a total of eight varsity letters.Â
Personal
Full name is Simon Howard Holden ... Son of Alisa and Horace Holden ... Born Dec. 24, 1994 ... Father competed at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta in the C-2 slalom kayak event ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Received the Herbert Parks Jr. Spirit Award for leadership as voted on by the Baylor faculty and the Obi Andrews Award voted on by his fellow classmates for the best all-around senior student.
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