2024-25 (Track & Field): Set a personal best in the 1500 at the MVC Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 17-18 with a 3:59.13… Ran an indoor personal best 8:26.61 in the indoor 3000 at the GVSU Big Meet on Feb. 14… Posted the third-best 5000m in program history and a new personal best with a 14:33.34 at the Indoor Meyo Invitational on Jan. 31- Feb. 1… Received the Valparaiso University Presidential Academic Honors Award… Was also an MVC Honor Roll student-athlete.
2024 (Cross Country): Began the season at the Winrow Valparaiso Open, running the 6k in 19:05.6 on Aug. 30… Finished 10th at the Redbird Invite, running the 8k in 24:57.5 with a PR that put him seventh in the program’s all-time record book… Ran the 8k at The Gans Creek Classic on Sep. 27 in 24:59.7… At the Wisconsin Pre National on Oct. 19, ran the 8k in 25:42.1… Ran a personal-best 24:48.9 at the MVC Championship on Nov. 1, a performance that moved him up to sixth in program history… Finished the season at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Nov. 15, running the 10k in 31:47.0. fourth in program history.
2024 (Track & Field) Had a personal-best indoor 3000 time of 8:43.91 on Jan. 26-27, placing fifth at the Blue Demon Alumni Classic... Had a PR of 15:00.21 in the indoor 5000 on Feb. 2-3 at the Meyo Invitational... Set a personal standard in the 1500 at the MVC Outdoor Championships with a time of 4:04.63 on May 10-12.
2023 (Cross Country): Started his collegiate career by finishing third on the team at the Valparaiso Winrow Open on Sept. 1 with a time of 18:53.5 in the 6K... Ran a 25:46.4 in his first collegiate 8K at the Redbird Invite on Sept. 15... Posted a time of 25:57.3 in the five-mile race at Notre Dame’s Joe Piane Invitational on Sept. 29... Finished the 8K in 26:15.5 at the Bradley Pink Classic... Posted an 8K time of 25:59.3 in his first MVC Championship on Oct. 27... Closed his rookie campaign with a 32:59.9 in the 10K at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Nov. 10.
Prep: In cross country, 2020 and 2022 Fox Valley All-Conference… Team conference champions in 2020… Three-time IHSA All-Regionals (2020, 2021, 2022; 2020 team champions), three-time IHSA All-Sectionals (2020, 2021, 2022; 2020 team champions) and three-time IHSA state qualifier (2020, 2021, 2022)… In track & field, was a four-time all-conference honoree (2020-2023), three-time all-sectional performer (2021-2023) and two-time state qualifier (2021, 2023)… Also played soccer… IHSA Academic All-State Honorable Mention… National Honor Society President… Illinois state scholar… AP Scholar with distinction… Academic All-Conference… Named Homecoming King… Was a student section leader… Performed the harmonica in Piano Man for the Mr. CLC show.
Personal: Majoring in biology/chemistry… Son of David and Kim Hollander… Has three siblings – Oliva, Maddie and Nolan… Hobbies include disc golf, spike ball and cornhole.
