Hector Garcia

Photo by: John Fajardo

Height:
5-4
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.

2018 (Junior)
• Ended the year as UC Irvine’s top runner in five out of six races
• Started the season by placing 13th out of 138 at the Mark Covert Classic 8K (25:14.0)
• Ran an 8000m season-best 24:49.4 to come in 22nd overall at the UCR Invitational
• Also led the Anteaters with a 32nd-place showing at the Highlander Invitational (25:24.48)
• Took 16th at the Big West Championships with a time of 25:16.2
• Recorded a personal-best 31:06.3 in the 10K at the NCAA West Regional
• Earned Big West All-Academic honors

2017 (Sophomore)
• UC Irvine’s No. 1 runner in five of six races on the season
• Earned All-Big West honors with a sixth-place finish at the Big West Championships (25:30.2)
• Ran a then 10K personal-record 31:10.3 to come in 77th out of 207 competitors at the NCAA West Regional
• Picked up an individual victory at the season-opening Pepperdine Invitational, completing the 5000-meter course in 15:41.97
• Added a runner-up showing at The Master’s University XC Invitational 8K (25:04.7)
• Established a lifetime-best 24:43.0 in the 8K at the UCR Invitational
• Posted a top-10 finish at the Highlander Invitational 6K (18:09.3)
• Named to the Big West Fall All-Academic Team

2016 (Freshman)
• Top finisher for the 'Eaters at the NCAA West Regional
• Clocked in at 31:44.0 in his first career 10K race
• Took 16th at the Big West Championships, running 25:42.8 over 8000 meters
• Placed sixth at the Pepperdine Invitational with a time of 16:10.5 (5K)
• Came in seventh in the Highlander Invitational 6K at 18:15.9
• Registered an 8000m season-best 25:13.7 at the UC Riverside Invitational

High School
• Graduated with High Honors from John Marshall High School in 2016
• Competed in both cross country and track
• Three-time Northern League champion and CIF state qualifier in cross country
• Finished ninth at the state championships as a junior and 20th as a senior
• Los Angeles City Section runner-up
• Seven-time scholar-athlete (3 in cross country, 4 in track & field) 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
• Parents are Mary Posada and Hector Miguel Garcia
• Has two siblings, Wendy and Henry

TOP MARKS AT UCI
5K = 15:41.97 (2017 Pepperdine Invitational)
6K = 18:09.3 (2017 Highlander Invitational)
8K = 24:43.0 (2017 UCR Invitational)
10K = 31:06.3 (2018 NCAA West Regional)