Nick Holmes

Class: Junior Hometown: Peoria, Ill. High School: Limestone

Position: Distance

2012 -- Indoor - placed ninth in mile at Big Ten Championships (4:09.46), running a 4:07.95 in prelims... ran collegiate-best 4:07.77 mile at Alex Wilson Invite... placed second in two miles (9:07.31) at New Year's Classic and 17th in 3,000 meters (8:19.84) at Husky Invite... placed second in mile at Iowa Invite (4:12.86) and ninth at Razorback Invite (4:12.75).

2011 -- Track - did not compete... Cross Country - earned all-region honors, placing 18th at NCAA Midwest Regional with a collegiate-best 31:41 (10,000 meters)... that time ranks 10th all-time at Iowa... placed 43rd at Big Ten Championships (24:46-8,000 meters) and 38th at Chile Pepper Festival (30:43-10,000 meters)... Iowa's top finisher at Roy Griak Invite, placing 20th with a collegiate-best 24:36 (8,000 meters)... placed second at Iowa Invitational (25:31-8,000 meters) and third at Iowa Open (19:28-6,000 meters)... letterwinner.

2010 -- Indoor - ran collegiate-best 3,000 meters at 8:15.48, a time which ranks seventh all-time at Iowa... anchored team-leading distance medley relay, earning a season-best 9:51.05 at the ISU Classic, a time which ranks fifth all-time at Iowa... ran season-best mile at the ISU Classic (4:10.01)... placed fourth in mile at Last Chance Qualifier (4:10.14)... placed fourth in the 3,000 meters at Jack Johnson Invite (8:31.53)... Outdoor - led the team in the 10,000 meters, earning a collegiate-best 30:02.31 at Big Ten Championships, which ranks sixth all-time at Iowa... ran a collegiate-best 1,500 meters, placing second at 3:50.27... ran a collegiate-best 5,000 meters at Drake Relays (14:33.73)... letterwinner.

2009 -- Track - redshirted... Cross Country - placed 41st at Big Ten Championships (26:37) and 49th at NCAA Regional (32:28)... runner-up at Hawkeye Invite with collegiate-best 18:30 (6,000 meters), which ranks fifth in school history... also placed ninth at Iowa State Intercollegiate (26:26)... letterwinner.

2008 -- Cross Country - won Hawkeye Invite (18:33) in collegiate debut... team earned USTFCCCA all-academic honors.

High School -- won Class 2A state cross country title senior year (14:21)... placed fifth in 3,200 meters (9:13.12) at state track meet as a senior... named Athlete of the Meet at 2008 Illinois Prep Top Times Classic after winning indoor mile in a meet record-setting 4:13.72... placed 11th in 1,600 meters (4:13) at 2008 Nike Outdoor Nationals... four-time conference champion, winning two titles in cross country and two in track... four-time first team all-conference in cross country, earning all-state honors in cross country and track as a senior... track all-conference honoree senior year... two-time team captain... set school records in 1,600 meters (4:10), 3,200 meters (9:04), cross country three miles (14:21), and as part of 3,200-meter relay (8:04)... National Honor Society member... coached by Clint Lafary.

Personal -- born August 31, 1990... son of Tim and Janet Holmes... interdepartmental studies major.