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2021 Cross Country Roster

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  • Senior
    Class
  • Waco, Texas
    Hometown
  • 5'4
    Height
  • Live Oak Classical School
    High School
Celia Holmes
Celia Holmes
Senior
Class
Waco, Texas
Hometown

Summary

Biography

• 2020 All-Big 12 Indoors (Mile)
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (track)
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (cross country)

• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• 2019 All-Big 12 Indoors (DMR)

Cross Country PB: 4K - 14:09.2  | 5K - 17:15.8 | 6K - 21:29.2 | 3.12 MILE - 19:01.4
Indoor PB: 3,000m - 9:51.50 | MILE - 4:49.57
Outdoor PB: 1,500m - 4:38.25 | 5,000m - 17:47.04


2020 Cross Country: Scoring runner for Baylor in all four races... Took home the victory at the ACU Invitational to start the season with a personal-best 5K time of 17:15.8... Placed seventh at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree with a 6K time of 21:59.0... Recorded a personal-best 6K time of 21:29.2 to finish 15th at the Arturo Barrios Invitational... Finished 27th at the Big 12 Championship with a 6K time of 22:02.0.

2020 Indoor: All-Big 12 in the mile after running a personal-best time of 4:49.57 to place fifth at the Big 12 Indoor Championships... Finished 28th in the 3,000 meters at Big 12 Indoors with a time of 10:05.77... Placed sixth in the 3,000 meters at the Texas A&M Invitational with a time of 9:59.87... Ran a personal-best time of 9:51.50 in the 3,000 meters at the Tyson Invitational to finish as the runner-up... Won her first collegiate race in the mile at Tyson, recording a time of 4:51.99.

2019 Cross Country: Scoring runner for Baylor in all six races... Placed 13th in the season-opening Bear Twilight Invitational with a 4K time of 14:10.2... Finished ninth at the Texas A&M Invitational with a 5K time of 18:44.1... Broke out at the Chile Pepper Festival with a big-time personal best of 17:32.5 in the 5K, good for a 37th-place finish... Ran a personal-best 6K time of 21:50.5 to take 51st at the Arturo Barrios Invitational... Placed 42nd at the Big 12 Championship with a 6K time of 22:08.8... Finished 75th at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships with a 6K time of 23:07.2.

2019 Outdoor: Placed 11th in her outdoor debut at the USC Trojan Invitational, running a time of 4:38.86 in the 1,500 meters... Runner-up in the 1,500 meters at the Baylor Invitational, clocking in at 4:38.86... Finished 16th in her first 5K at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, recording a time of 17:47.04... Ran a personal-best time of 4:38.25 in the 1,500 meters at the Michael Johnson Invitational, good for a sixth-place finish... Competed in the prelims of the 1,500 meters at the Big 12 Championships, placing 15th with a time of 4:39.50. 

2019 Indoor: Earned All-Big 12 honors as a member of the distance medley relay team that placed eighth with a time of 12:18.81 at the Big 12 Championships... Made her indoor debut at the Texas Tech Classic, placing fifth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:21.23... Part of distance medley relay team that took third at the Texas Tech Classic (12:07.11)... Runner-up in the mile at the Tyson Invitational, running a personal-best time of 4:58.78... Also registered a personal best in the 3,000 meters at the Tyson Invitational, clocking in at 10:07.41... Placed 22nd in the 3,000 meters at the BIg 12 Championships with a time of 10:11.85.

2018 Cross Country: One of only three Bears to score at all six meets... Made her collegiate debut with an eighth-place finish at the Bear Twilight Invitational, recording a 4K time of 14:09.2... Placed fifth at the Gerald Richey UTA Invitational with a 5K time of 19:01.3... Ran her season-best 5K (18:29.1) at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, finishing 99th... Placed 180th at Wisconsin Pre-Nationals with a 6K time of 22:37.3... Finished 65th at the Big 12 Championships with a career-best 6K time of 22:35.8... Clocked a 6K time of 22:44.8 at the NCAA South Central Regional to place 72nd.     

High School: Four-year letterwinner for Live Oak Classical School in Waco…Three-time state champion in cross country and 12-time state champion in track in TAPPS 2A competition…Won cross country individual title in 2015, ’16 and ’17…Earned all-state cross country honors every year of her career…Won track titles in the 800m (2016-18), 1,600m (2015-18), and the 3,200m (2015-18)…Earned all-state track honors all four years…Named the TAPPS 2A Female Athlete of the Year in 2017…Was the TAPPS 2A high point scorer at the state championships her senior season…Helped team earn top-four finishes in every state track meet she competed in…Holds two TAPPS 2A state records in the 1,600m (5:06.20) and the 3,200m (10:56.25)…Academically, earned academic all-state recognition in cross country and track (2017-18)…Involved with National Honor Society, choir and drama club.
 
Personal: Daughter of Chris and Dawn Holmes…Both parents are Baylor grads…Has three siblings: Elise, Ridley and Clara…Elisa and Ridley are current Baylor students…plans to major in recreation and leisure studies.