UNCP Athletics

AS A JUNIOR (2016): Competed in two events … Finished 53rd (21:52) at the Elon Opener … Tallied a 205th place showing (28:35.1) at the Royals Challenge.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015): Competed in three events … Finished 100th (29:27.75) at the Bulldog Stampede … Tallied a 171st place showing (27:57.7) at the Royals Challenge … Finished 83rd (30:53.2) at the Peach Belt Conference Championships.

AS A FRESHMAN (2014): Ran his personal best time in the 8K at the Peach Belt Conference Championships with a time of 28:31.44 for a 68th place finish as the UNCP men’s team placed second … Competed in his first cross country race at the Queens Twilight Invitational where he helped the team become race champion with a 29th place finish and a personal best time in the 5K (17:04.3) … Registered a 66th place finish with a time of 28:38.7 at the Charlotte Cross Country Invitational in which the Braves captured third place … At the Royals Cross Country Challenge, he logged a 102nd place finish as he crossed the finish line in a time of 28:48.6.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Pinecrest High School under coach Michael Swofford … A two-year letterman in cross country and one-year letterman in track and field … Named all-conference as a senior in cross country and track and field, and posted a personal best time of 16:46 in the 5K … Assisted the Patriots to becoming conference champions for the second-consecutive year and advance to the regional meet … Placed fifth at the state meet as a senior … Ran the 5K in a time of 18:24 as a junior ... In track and field, he ran the 800m run (2:03) and 1600m run (4:33) in his senior year.

PERSONAL: The son of Suzanne and Robert Pollard … Has one sister, Claire … Graduated with a 3.8 grade point average … A member of FFA and youth group … A business major at UNCP.