Joe Holvey

Position:
Distance
Height:
5-6
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Eugene, Ore.
High School:
South Eugene/Oregon

PERSONAL BESTS
OUTDOOR
1,500-Meters: 3:58.53 (2012)
3,000-Meter Steeplechase: 9:30.00 (2015)

ACADEMIC HONORS
Academic All-MPSF (2015)
Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team (2015, 16)

2016: Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Holvey ran a pair of steeplechase races as a sophomore. His season best time of 9:42.45 came at the Bryan Clay Invite.

2015: Indoor: Holvey raced twice for the Buffs during the indoor season, a mile at the Potts Invite (1/23) in 4:38.93 and a 3,000 at the Air Force Invite (1/24).
Outdoor: Holvey mainly raced the 3,000-meter steeplechase. He improved in each race and in his last meet of the season, the Bryan Clay Invite (4/17), Holvey recorded a personal record of 9:30.00.

2014: Indoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.
Outdoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.

CROSS COUNTRY: (2015) Did not compete. (2014) Holvey ran one race for the Buffs, placing 19^th in the open race at NCAA Pre-Nationals.

AT OREGON: Holvey competed one season for the Ducks. During the cross country season, he competed in two meets, finishing 24^th at the Pier Park Invitational with a time of 19:21.31 and crossing the line in 26:49.00 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational to place 95^th. On the track, Holvey focused on the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the 1,500. His best performance in the 1,500 was at the OSU High Performance Meet when he ran a time of 4:01.46.

HIGH SCHOOL: Holvey competed in cross country and in track and field for the Axemen and earned three letters. In 2011, he helped his team to the Oregon State Championships in cross country. Individually, he finished second in the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Border Duel Track Classic (6:01). Holvey placed fourth at the Oregon State Athletic Association Outdoor 6A State Championships in the 1,500, finishing with a time of 3:58.53.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 1,500-meter: 3:58.53; 2,000-meter steeplechase: 6:01.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Holvey is majoring in ecology and evolutionary biology and has a GPA greater than 3.50.

PERSONAL: Joseph Mark Jerome Holvey was born February 28, 1994 in Eugene, Ore. He is the son of Joe, who played baseball at San Diego State, and Kathi Holvey and has one younger sister, Annie. Holvey enjoys playing basketball and swimming. He has also volunteered for Food for Lane County and the Oregon Track Club All-Comer’s Meets.