Career Notes: Competed in 22 career races...Graduated with UC Merced's all-time 8k record of 24:10.7... 2023 NAIA All-American...2X California Pacific Conference Runner of the Year & Individual Champion...4X NAIA National Championships Individual Qualifier...3X All-California Pacific Conference First Team selection...2020 All-Cal Pac Second Team selection...4X Cal Pac Runner of the Month...Has four career first place finishes and 14 Top 10 finishes...Hold's program record times at the Cal Pac Championship, Bronco Invitational, Great Lakes Challenge, Kim Duyst Invitational, Pacific Invitational, and The Master's Invitational...Hold's top five program times at the NAIA National Championship, Dominican Tri-Meet, PUC Pioneer Invitational, and the Warrior Invitational...2021 CSC Academic All-District Team...2022 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar...2020-21 Chancellor's List member.
2022: Won the individual title at the California Pacific Conference Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno, Calif., (11/4) with a personal best time of 25:25...Ran a time of 26:27 to cross the finish line 209th at the NAIA National Championships at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Fla. (11/18)...His 26:27 time was the fastest for UC Merced men's cross country at the national race since 2018 and the fourth fastest time on the top 10 list.
2021: All-California Pacific Conference First Team selection and NAIA National Championships Qualifier...Ran in five races overall...Was the Bobcats top scorer and finished eighth overall with a time of 21:26 on the Fresno Invitational 6K course (9/4)...Crossed the finish line 28th overall at the Master's XC Invitational (9/25) and his time of 25:51 was the second fastest in program history at the meet...Earned his first career runner-up finish after running a four-mile course in 20:34 at the Ryan Nunez Bobcat Invitational (10/16)...Placed seventh overall at the California Pacific Conference Championships (11/5) and ran the fourth fastest conference time in program history at 26:16 enabling him to qualify for the NAIA National Championships...Clocked a time of 28:40 to finish 292nd at the NAIA National Championships (11/18).
2020: Competed in four races as a freshman and placed Top 10 in each meet...Crossed the finish line fifth with a time of 30:42 in his collegiate debut at the Dominican Tri-Meet (2/13) and became the 17th runner in program history with a top five finish...Ran at the Dominican Tri-Meet one week later and was the Bobcats top finisher and placed third overall with a 5K time of 16:53...Finished fifth overall and ran the second fastest PUC Pioneer Invitational time in program history (28:10) on March 14...Qualified for NAIA National Championships and earned an All-California Pacific Conference Second Team award with an eighth place finish (27:50) in the Cal Pac Championship meet (3/22).
