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2023-24 Track and Field Roster

Joseph Holthusen

  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Wichita, Kan.
  • Highschool Bishop Carrol HS

Biography

Season and Career Results
Second Team All-American
2021 Indoor 60m Hurdles (15th; 8.31)
All-Conference
2020 Indoor 60m Hurdles (2nd; 7.84)
2x NCAA Outdoor West Preliminaries Qualifier
2024 110m Hurdles (31st; 13.95)
2019 110m Hurdles (35th; 14.32)
Academic Honors
4x Academic All-Conference - 2019, '20, '23, '24
5x AD Honor Roll - Fall 2018, Fall/Spring '19, Fall '22, Spring/Fall '23, Spring '24
2023-24 (Senior): Indoor – Had exhausted indoor eligibility but competed unattached in four meets, winning three 60-meter hurdles races…Ran a season-best 7.81 in the hurdles to win the Wilson Invitational…Took second in the 60 meters at the Wilson Invitational in a season-best 6.80. Outdoor – Competed in eight meets, claiming two 110-meter hurdles wins and recording six individual top-three finishes…Ran a wind-aided time of 13.84 to win the hurdles at the KT Woodman Classic…Won the hurdles at the Shocker Open in 14.04…Took second in the hurdles at both the Shocker Spring Invitational and the Friends Spring Open and finished third in the 100 meters at the Shocker Spring Invitational…Ran a wind-aided 10.52 in the 100 meters at the KT Woodman Classic…Ran on two winning 4x100-meter relays…Ran a personal-best 13.91 to finish fourth in the 110-meter hurdles at the AAC Championships and ran on the fourth-place 4x100-meter relays, helping the team score 10 points…Qualified to the NCAA West Preliminaries where he finished 31st with a time of 13.95.

2022-23 (Redshirt-Junior): Indoor – Competed in eight meets…Won the 60-meter hurdles three times, running a season-best 7.90 in his win at the USD Alumni Meet…Ran sub-8 seconds in the hurdles twice…Clocked a season-best 6.95 in the 60 meters at both Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge and the AAC Indoor Championships where he finished 12th…Ran the fourth-fastest 60-meter hurdles time in the prelims at the AAC Indoor Championships before a heartbreaking false start in the final. Outdoor – Competed in seven meets…Won three 110-meter hurdles races…Recorded the sixth-fastest 110-meter hurdles time in school history in 14.01…Clocked a season-best 10.62 in the 100 meters at the Shocker Open…Scored 6.25 points at the AAC Outdoor Championships, placing fourth in both the 110-meter hurdles and the 4x100-meter relay, and finished 13th in the 100 meters.

2021-22 (Junior II): Indoor – Competed in seven meets…Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Shocker Prelude with a season-best time of 8.34…Placed 10th in the 60-meter hurdles at the AAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor – Competed in two meets before taking the rest of the season to rehab an injury.

2020-21 (Junior): Indoor – Had one of the best hurdling seasons in Shocker history … Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 60-meter hurdles and earned Second Team All-America honors … Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Triangular, Jayhawk Classic and Herm Wilson Invitational … Ran a season-best time of 7.74 in the 60-meter hurdles to take third at the Championship at The Peak … Had top-10 finishes in 16 races … Ran a season-best time of 22.83 in the 200 meters at the Herm Wilson Invitational … Ran the 60 meters once and ran a time of 6.97. Outdoor – Ran at seven meets … Took sixth in the 110-meter hurdles at the AAC Championships … Had 10 top-10 finishes … Won the 110-meter hurdles at the Shocker Spring Invitational … Had his season-best time in the 110-meter hurdles at the Rock Chalk Classic with a time of 14.02 … Ran twice in the 400-meter hurdles … Ran his season-best in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 59.29 at he Wichita State Open.

2019-20 (Sophomore): Indoor - Had a phenomenal season for the Shockers, running in seven meets … Finished as the conference’s runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles, earning all-conference honors … Put up a season-best time that also ranked second in school history at the conference championships with a time of 7.84 in the 60-meter hurdles … Won six races, all in the 60-meter hurdles (prelims at the Shocker Prelude and Air Force Team Challenge; finals at the Shocker Prelude, Triangular, Jayhawk Classic and Air Force Team Challenge) … Finished as the runner-up in the prelims and final at the Arkansas Qualifier in the 60-meter hurdles … Ran his lone 200 meters race at the Air Force Team Challenge and finished sixth. Outdoor - 2020 season canceled.

2018-19 (Freshman): Indoor - Established himself as the top hurdler for the Shockers early in the season after winning the KU/KSU/WSU Triangular with a time of 8.08...Won the Shocker Prelude with a finals time of 8.10...Ran the eighth fastest 60m hurdles time in Shocker history placing third at the Air Force Invitational with a time of 8.04...Placed second in the 60m hurdles (8.10) at the Fourth Annual Gorilla Classic...Ran the fifth fastest time (8.16) in the 60m hurdles prelims at the American Athletic Conference Championships, before finishing sixth in the finals with a time of 8.12. Outdoor - Continued to prove himself as the top hurdler for the Shockers while competing in nine meets totaling 21 races...Finished second in the 110m hurdles in 14.61 at the season opener Herm Wilson Invitational, also competed in the 400m hurdles finishing sixth in 59.77...Ran 14.47 to finish sixth in the 110m hurdles at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational, was also a member of the 4x100m that clocked in at 43.34...Won the K.T. Woodman Classic 110m hurdles in 14.52, while recording a personal best 400m hurdles time of 56.75 to finish sixth...Recorded two top-5 finishes at the 92nd Kansas Relays finishing fourth in the 110m hurdles (14.36) and fifth as a member of the 4x100m (42.27)...Ran a personal best 110m hurdles time of 14.19 on April 26 at the Texas Tech Corky/Crofoot Shootout, also the seventh fastest time in Shocker history...Scored three points for Wichita State at the American Athletic Conference Championships finishing sixth in the finals of the 110m hurdles in 14.19, equaling his personal best...Was an NCAA West Regional qualifier in the 110m hurdles finishing 35th in 14.32.
High School: Lettered four years in football and track and field…Helped lead his football team and track teams to state titles his senior year…Was a KSHSAA 5A state champion in the 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles as a senior…Personal bests – 7.10 in the 60m, 8.36 in the 60m hurdles, 14.23 in the 110m hurdles and 38.42 in the 300m hurdles.
 
Personal: Son of Sarah and Josh Holthusen…Has four younger brothers, Mathew, Luke, Noah and Elijah…Father Josh was a student-athlete at Benedictine…Majoring in engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Hurdles
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Hurdles
  • 2020-21Junior

    Hurdles
  • 2021-22Junior

    Hurdles
  • 2022-23Redshirt Junior

    Hurdles
  • 2023-24Redshirt Senior

    Hurdles