California Irvine Athletics

2019 (Junior)
• Finished 13th in the 1500m at the Big West Championships
• Clocked a season-best 3:53.44 to come in eighth out of 94 at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Placed sixth in the 800m at the Big West Challenge (1:57.31)
• Also competed in the mile (4:17.36), 3000m (8:48.20) and 5000m (15:34.01)
• Named to the Big West All-Academic Team

2018 (Sophomore)
• Ran both the 1500m and 5000m at the Big West Championships
• Came up just short of scoring in the 1500m with a ninth-place finish
• Took fourth with a personal-record 3:52.87 at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic
• Finished ninth in a field of 98 runners at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Established a lifetime-best 15:07.84 in the 5000m at the Ben Brown Invitational
• Competed in three 800m races, notching a season-best 1:54.90 at the Big West Challenge
• Earned Big West All-Academic honors

2017 (Freshman)
• Big West point scorer with a seventh-place finish in the 1500m at the conference championships
• Won the event at the Mondo Team Challenge (3:56.37)
• Established a season-best 3:56.15 to take 10th out of 79 at the Steve Scott Invitational
• That was the Anteaters’ top 1500m time of the season
• Finished third at the Big West Challenge, clocking in at 3:57.00
• Placed third in his only 3000m race of the season at the All-UC Challenge (8:37.97)
• Ran a season-best 4:18.05 in the mile at the Ben Brown Invitational
• Added a 5000m season-best 15:08.78 at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic

High School
• Prepped at John Marshall High School
• Led his track & field team to a Northern League title by winning the 800m, 1600m and 3200m as a senior
• Also claimed the 3200m individual title in 2015 and the 1600m championship in 2014
• Three-time CIF preliminary qualifier in the 1600m
• Advanced to the CIF State Championships in the 3200m from 2014-16
• Runner-up at the Los Angeles City Section Cross Country Championships
• Three-time Northern League champion
• Also a three-year CIF State qualifier, posting his best finish of ninth as a junior
• Graduated with High Honors and received the AP Scholar Award
• Co-founder of the Book Club and member of CSLA, a leadership development program

Personal
• Majoring in public health sciences
• Member of the UC Irvine cross country team
• Parents are Mary Posada and Hector Miguel Garcia
• Has two siblings, Wendy and Henry

TOP MARKS AT UCI
800m = 1:54.90 (2018 Big West Challenge)
1500m = 3:52.87 (2018 UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic)
Mile = 4:16.38 (2018 Bob Larsen Distance Carnival)
3000m = 8:37.97 (2017 All-UC Challenge)
5000m = 15:07.84 (2018 Ben Brown Invitational)
4x400 Relay = 3:26.97 (2018 Steve Scott Invitational)