- 2021 All-American (outdoor track & field, 200 meters)
- 2021 USTFCCCA All-South Central Region (outdoor track & field, 200 meters)
- 2021 USTFCCCA All-South Central Region (outdoor track & field, 100 meters)
- 2021 RMAC Men's Track Athlete of the Year (outdoor track & field)
- 2021 All-RMAC first team (outdoor track & field, 200 meters)
- 2021 All-RMAC first team (outdoor track & field, 100 meters)
- 2021 All-RMAC second team (outdoor track & field, 4x100 relay)
- 2021 All-RMAC second team (outdoor track & field, 4x400 relay)
- 2021 RMAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week, April 7
- 2020-21 All-RMAC first team (indoor track & field, 200 meters)
- 2020-21 All-RMAC second team (indoor track & field, 60 meters)
- 2020-21 RMAC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week, Dec. 21
College Bests
| OUTDOOR |
|
INDOOR |
|
| 100 |
10.50 (0.8) |
60 |
6.85 |
| 200 |
20.85 (0.4) |
200 |
21.77 |
| 400 |
48.66 |
400 |
50.75 |
Career: Left MSU Denver after the 2020-21 academic year ranked first in program history outdoors in the 100 meters (10.38 seconds) and 200 (20.85) while also ranking fourth in the 400 (48.66). He was also part of school-record units in the 4x100 and 4x400 (both in 2021) as well as running on the sixth-best 4x400 (2019) and seventh-best 4x100 (2019). ... Indoors he ranked second in the 60 (6.85), third in the 200 (21.77) and eighth in the 400 (50.75), was a member of the school-record 4x440-yard relay (2019-20) and the third-ranked 4x400-meter team (2020-21).
2021 Outdoor: Became the MSU Denver men's program's first All-American outdoors since 2014, capping a stellar season by finishing sixth in the 200 meters at the Division II Outdoor National Championships. ... Earned Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year after winning both the 100 meters and 200 meters as well as competing for second-place relays in both the 4x100 relay and the 4x400. ... Sixth-place time in national finals of 200 was 20.99 seconds. He had qualified fourth in the 200 in 21.24. Also placed 10th in the 100 during preliminaries at nationals, running a personal-best 10.50 that just missed qualifying for the final. ... Best times for the season ranked sixth nationally in 200, 12th in the 100 and 75th in the 400. ... Attempted to qualify for nationals in a third event, running the 400 for the first time all season at the Loper Twilight #2 on May 16, where he placed fifth in a personal-best 48.66 that put him fourth on MSU Denver's all-time performer list in the event. ... Won the 200 (21.08) and was second in the 100 (10.50) at the Loper Twilight #1 on May 15. ... Won the 100 by breaking his own program record (10.38) for the second time, and won the 200 in 20.87 at the RMAC Championships on May 2, becoming the program's first-ever two-time winner at the league meet. Ran 10.46 and 21.61, respectively, in those events in the preliminaries, qualifying first in both. Also ran legs on MSU Denver's second-place relays in the 4x100 and 4x400. The 4x400 set a school record at 3:14.89. ... He was MSU Denver's first RMAC champion since 2017, its first track event champion since 2014, its first 200 winner since 2011 and its first-ever 200 champion. ... Won the 200 at the Mines Pre-Conference Invitational on April 24, improving upon his school-record time with a 20.85 clocking. Converted to 20.92, the time was fourth in Division II at that point of the season. Also ran on the school-record 4x100 relay (41.28) that broke a 2015 record. ... Improved upon his school-record time in the 100 (10.39) while winning both the 100 and 200 (21.40) at the Kit Mayer Classic on April 18. Also ran on second-place 4x400 relay that became the second-fastest in program history at 3:17.82. ... Set school records while finishing fourth in the 100 (10.40) and sixth in the 200 (21.02) at the Jo Meaker Classic on April 3, breaking marks set in 2014, before earning RMAC Track Athlete of the Week recognition. With conversions, his times of 21.09 in the 200 and 10.43 in the 100 ranked third and fourth, respectively, in Division II at that point of the season. ... Won the 100 (10.63) at the CSU-Pueblo Spank Blasing Open on March 27. ... Opened the season March 20 at the CSU-Pueblo Early Bird and won the 100 (10.57) while placing second in the 200 (21.30), just missing provisional qualifying times for the NCAA Championships with times that ranked third (100) and second (200) in the country to that point. His raw times put him second (100) and third (200) in program history for individual performers.
2020-21 Indoor: Wasn't invited to nationals despite ranking 12th nationally in the 200 meters (21.51 seconds, converted). Also ranked 34th in the 60 (6.89, converted). ... At the RMAC Championships from Feb. 26 through 28, finished second in the 200 meters (21.96 seconds) and fifth in the 60 (6.94). He had qualified fourth for the 60 with a 6.88 time in preliminaries, and qualified second in the 200 (22.03). Also ran on MSU Denver's fourth-place 4x400 relay (3:26.45). ... Won the 60 at the Mines Front Range Invitational #4 on Feb. 20 with a time of 6.87. ... At the Ichabod Invitational on Feb. 13, finished seventh in the 200 (21.81). ... Set personal bests in both the 60 (6.85) and 200 (21.77), finishing second in each event at the Grizzly Invitational on Feb. 6. His 200 time, convered to 21.51, improved upon his provisional qualifying mark and was seventh nationally at that point of the season. In the 60, he ran a personal-best 6.87 in prelims before improving that mark in the final. It made him MSU Denver's second-fastest ever in the event and with the conversion to 6.89 he ranked 24th in Division II to that point in the season. ... In a triangular at Western Colorado on Jan. 30, won the 60 (6.90) and was second in the 200 (21.85). His 60 time put him tied for second on the MSU Denver all-time performer list and his 200 time put him third on the same chart. His 200 time, converted to 21.47, was a provisional mark for the Division II Championships and ranked sixth in the country at that point of the season. ... Opened the season in a dual at UCCS on Dec. 11 and won both the 60 (6.92) and the 200 (22.41), earning RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (the announcement was delayed until Dec. 21). His 200 time, converted to 22.02, was the best in Division II at that point of the season, and his 60 time, converted to 6.96, was third-fastest in Division II at that point of the season and put him third on MSU Denver's all-time performer list.
2020 Outdoor: No season due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20 Indoor: At the RMAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 28-29, finished eighth in the 60 meters with a personal-best time of 7.00 seconds and finished seventh in the 200 (22.79) after running 22.70 in the prelims. Also ran on fifth-place 4x400 relay. ... On Day Two of the Grand Valley State (Mich.) Big Meet on Feb. 15, placed seventh in the 60 (7.12) after running 7.08 in the prelims, and placed 26th in the 400 (50.79). ... Finished 16th in the 200 with a personal-best time of 22.28 on Day One of the GVSU Big Meet, Feb. 14. ... Ran on first-place 4x400 relay while also finishing fifth in the 60 (7.14) and fifth in the 400 (53.54) at the Chadron State Open on Jan. 18. ... Finished sixth in the 60 (7.09) after running 7.03 in the prelims at the Potts Open, Jan. 10-11. Also ran on fourth-place 4x400 relay. ... Ran on the first-place 4x440-yard relay at the Air Force Holiday Open on Dec. 6, and also finished 12th in the 60 meters (7.05).
2019 Outdoor: Turned in the best times of any RMAC freshman in both the 200 and 400 meters, ranking sixth and eighth overall...Part of the fourth-place 4x400 relay that ran a time of 3 minutes, 20.44 seconds at the RMAC Championships on April 26-28. He also ran in the 400 prelims, just missing the final after running 49.82...Ran a personal-best time of 48.90 in the 400 at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 19, placing 34th. The time put him eighth on the RMAC performance list for the season. Also at the Bryan Clay, he ran a 200 time of 21.81w (2.9) for 30th place and ran on both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays...Turned in a personal-best 200 time of 21.62 (1.8) for fifth place at the Mines Kit Mayer Invite on April 13, where he also ran on the fifth-place 4x100 relay (42.75). His 200 time, converted to 21.69 put him sixth on the RMAC performance list for the season...Ran on the 10th-place 4x400 relay (3:24.43) and finished 18th in the 400 (49.42) at the Colorado Invitational on April 6...Finished third in the 400 (49.40) at the Spank Blasing on March 30...At the Fum McGraw on March 23, finished sixth in the 200 with a time of 22.30 (-0.5) while also running on the third-place 4x400 (3:26.88) and the sixth-place 4x100 (44.19)...At the season-opening CSU-Pueblo Early Bird, finished fifth in the 400 (50.14) and 10th in the 200 with a time of 22.65 (0.8).
2018-19 Indoor: At the RMAC Championships on Feb. 22-23, ran on the eighth-place 4x400 relay (3:27.42) and finished 17th in the 400 (52.88)...Finished third in the 60 at a triangular hosted by Colorado School of Mines on Feb. 15 with a time of 7.21...Ran an indoor personal-best 200 time of 23.64 for 14th at the Colorado Running Company Mountain Lion Open on Feb. 9, while also competing with the second-place 4x400 relay (3:28.07), finishing ninth in the 400 (52.81) and 17th in the 60 (7.28)...Ran indoor personal bests in both the 60 (7.17) and 400 (50.75), finishing 22nd and 28th respectively, at the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 2...Posted 60 times of 7.25 and 7.30 at the Mines Division II Invite & Mulit on Jan. 26, where he also ran on the third-place 4x400 relay (3:34.44)...Made his MSU Denver debut at the Mines Alumni Classic & Multi on Dec. 7, finishing seventh in the 60 (7.19) and 10th in the 400 (54.14).
High School: Cherokee Trail High School class of 2018...Competed in only one meet as a senior due to injury...As a junior, finished seventh in the 400 at the Class 5A State Championships with a time of 49.57, ran on the fifth-place 4x200 relay (1:28.23) and qualified in the 200...Also on fourth-place 4x200 team (1:28.16) as a sophomore at the 5A state meet, where he qualified in both the 200 and 400...Personal bests of 22.24 in the 200 and 49.32 in the 400.
Personal: Born Blaize Bryant Holland. ... Birthday is June 22. ... Son of Jeffrey and Barb Holland. ... Father is a former Missouri Western running back...Sisters Ana and Mia competed in track at Colorado, scoring points in the Pacific 12 Conference meet, while sister Symonne competes at Missouri Western. ... Majoring in computer information systems.
