Eric MF Holt!!! HOLTMANIA has officially started!

Super quick prelim for him, sets him up perfectly to run out of gas by the final this weekend!

You do what you gotta do. PR, great run.

Great run by him. Not a snowball’s chance in hell of making the team, but he could maybe be a reserve if he places fourth, gets the standard (does he have it now?), and if one of the top three gets injured.

I swear he’s gone 3:35 before but this was great

I do love that he learned from last year and came ready to run a PB in the prelims and seemingly got his peak right

everyone get in here!!!

WE ARE SO BACK

Awesome PR, as a huge Holt fan this makes me super happy for him, but it worries me for him in a round 1 performance

Let's go Eric. I want Eric, Gary, and Ethan to all make the time : }

I thought the same thing, but according to this is PR was 3.36.45:

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Eric HOLT | Profile | World Athletics

Eric HOLT, United States - 1500 Metres, 800 Metres, Mile, 1000 Metres, 1000 Metres Short Track, Mile Short Track, 1500 Metres Short Track, 3000 Metres

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Seem like World Athletics is not updated, weird?!

Still a huge PR!

Am I the only one or did Holts form look slightly less chaotic and frantic?

Shoutout Johnny T

Dude can be hazardous to run near. Just having him in the race could cause some havoc, and maybe he sneaks through in the carnage.

I love this guy! He is am amazing story of human potential!

This isn’t the 2000’s anymore. The whole final having 3:33 or faster guys is scary. This can turn into a physical/tactical affair guys this is a 1500. Eric Holt himself lost to a 4:05 mile underdog at his senior year conference meet. Very impressed by Martin yesterday as well.

I would like to see a 1500m run in the isles of a Walmart, doing a figure 8 pattern. I got my money on Holt.

He ran 3:34.05 last year when he beat Kessler/finished second to Wightman in the NYC Grand Prix. But he skipped over 3:33 entirely and broke the standard.

Awesome race! Could be cooked, but at least he’ll be cooked in another U.S. Final! Anyone think he’d get there this year?

I don't think he makes the team but he has certainly earned all the hype that surrounds him. If he misses the team I hope it will be because he broke 3:30 but it wasn't enough.