MARCH 20, 2000

(INDIANAPOLIS)-- Tyra Holt (Bloomington, Ind.) of the Indiana Invaders, finished eighth at the Nishida Cup held March 20 at Chukyo University in Toyota City, Nagoya, Japan with a vault of 3.62 meters.

The Men and Women's Invitational AKA Nishida Cup hosted athletes from Japan, Korea, China, the United States, and Taiwan. The hard-fought competition was won by Gashuei of China at 4.12 meters with Ono of Japan in second place based on misses at 4.12 meters.

Holt, the former American Recordholder while at Stanford (1995), is making a comeback of sorts having been out of serious training and competition for a couple of years. She is enrolled in Law School at Indiana University and training with Coach Dan Burton and Marshal Goss as a member of the Indiana Invaders.

" This was a great first international experience and as such highly motivating," said Holt. She added, " I really look forward to a return to heavy training as I'm determined to return to competition at the upper levels of vault competition. The Olympic Trials are just a few months away and I expect to improve on my Indoor Nationals showing."

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