{"id":9858,"date":"2020-05-08T17:36:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T00:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=9858"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:36:42","slug":"former-runner-from-oak-ridge-high-school-awarded-national-science-foundation-research-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2020\/05\/08\/former-runner-from-oak-ridge-high-school-awarded-national-science-foundation-research-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Runner from Oak Ridge High School Awarded National Science Foundation Research Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"

[InEDC May 8, 2020]<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2010 Trojan Cross Country runner LeeAnn Hold of El Dorado Hills took first place in the girls junior varsity cross country race in the Sac-Joaquin Section. \u00a0She set several Seasonal Records racing as an Oak Ridge runner in 3 Miles and 5,000 Meter races.<\/p>\n

In 2020 LeeAnn Hold, University of Idaho human\u00a0tendon student-researcher is awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Biological Engineering Research Program Fellowships for 2020. \u00a0Her research examines the mechanisms behind the formation and healing of tendon tissue.<\/p>\n

The fellowship program recognizes outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math. Fellows earn a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 and a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees.<\/p>\n

LeeAnn\u2019s research is partially funded through a National Institutes of Health grant. She was also a 2018 Beckman Scholar. Students receive up to $21,000 over the course of two summers and an academic year to conduct undergraduate research. An additional $5,000 goes to the lab in which the student is conducting research.<\/p>\n

LeeAnn\u2019s Research involves Load-bearing tendons, like a human Achilles tendon, are constantly being subjected to different levels of force as we walk, run and move.<\/p>\n

Enzymes called matrix metalloproteinases or MMPs within these tendons are continually at work breaking down and rebuilding the internal structure of connective tissues within the tendon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThink of it kind of like a scaffold of a building that provides extra support,\u201d LeeAnn Hold said. \u201cThese enzymes are able to break down and rebuild this scaffolding in order to optimize the environment for your tendons.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Beckman Scholar beginning in the summer of 2018, Hold\u2019s research has focused on how MMPs work and how the same biochemical processes could potentially be used down the road in tendon tissue development.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, the only way to repair your tendon is to sew it back together,\u201d she said. \u201cThink of that like trying to sew together two paintbrushes. It\u2019s impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hold was in the Navy for three years and thought about going into nursing before choosing biological engineering at the U of I.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsing math and biology at the same time, it\u2019s such a cool bridge between the two,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n
2010 Season\u00a0\u00a0Oak Ridge HS<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>11th Grade<\/h5>\n
3 Miles<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n
14\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n20:10.0<\/a><\/td>\nSep 11<\/td>\nSac State Hornet Jamboree<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n19:58.0SR<\/a><\/td>\nOct 6<\/td>\nDelta River League Meet<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n20:26.0<\/a><\/td>\nNov 6<\/td>\nSac-Joaquin Sub-Sections<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
5,000 Meters<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
62\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n20:25.3SR<\/a><\/td>\nSep 25<\/td>\nNike Pre-Nationals<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n20:35.3<\/a><\/td>\nOct 16<\/td>\nBronco Invitational<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n20:59.0<\/a><\/td>\nOct 30<\/td>\nDelta River League Championships<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n20:38.0<\/a><\/td>\nNov 13<\/td>\nSac-Joaquin sections<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
2009 Season\u00a0\u00a0Oak Ridge HS<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>10th Grade<\/h5>\n
2,500 Meters<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
5\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n9:59.0<\/a>PR<\/a><\/td>\nSep 5<\/td>\nWillow Hills Relays<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
2 Miles<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n
6\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n15:57.0<\/a><\/td>\nSep 9<\/td>\nSVC League Meet #1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n12:53.0<\/a>PR<\/a><\/td>\nSep 12<\/td>\nHORNET JAMBOREE<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
3,300 Meters<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
6\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n14:23.0SR<\/a><\/td>\nSep 19<\/td>\nTrojan XC Invite<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
3 Miles<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n
10\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n20:31.0<\/a><\/td>\nSep 30<\/td>\nSVC League Meet #2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n19:59.0SR<\/a><\/td>\nNov 7<\/td>\nCIF SJS Sub Sections<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
5,000 Meters<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
90\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n20:51.0<\/a><\/td>\nSep 26<\/td>\nStanford Invitational<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n19:56.0SR<\/a><\/td>\nOct 10<\/td>\n2009 31st Clovis Cross Country Invitational<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n20:20.0<\/a><\/td>\nOct 29<\/td>\nSVC League Finals<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n20:04.0<\/a><\/td>\nNov 14<\/td>\nSac Joaquin Sections<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
134\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n19:56.0<\/a><\/td>\nNov 28<\/td>\n2009 CIF State Cross Country Championships<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
2008 Season\u00a0\u00a0Oak Ridge HS<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>9th Grade<\/h5>\n
2,500 Meters<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
1\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n10:21.0SR<\/a><\/td>\nAug 30<\/td>\nWillow Hills Relays<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
3,000 Meters<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
23\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n13:14.4<\/a>PR<\/a><\/td>\nSep 5<\/td>\nThunder Invite<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
2 Miles<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
1\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n13:07.0SR<\/a><\/td>\nSep 10<\/td>\nSVC League Meet #1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
3,300 Meters<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
5\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n14:08.0<\/a>PR<\/a><\/td>\nSep 20<\/td>\n2008 Trojan XC Invite<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
3 Miles<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n
8\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n18:37.0<\/a>PR<\/a><\/td>\nOct 2<\/td>\nSVC League Meet #2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n19:02.0<\/a><\/td>\nNov 8<\/td>\nSac Joaquin Sub Sections<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
5,000 Meters<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n20:13.0<\/a><\/td>\nSep 27<\/td>\nStanford Invitational<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n18:53.0<\/a>PR<\/a><\/td>\nOct 11<\/td>\n2008 30th Clovis Cross Country Invitational<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n20:12.0<\/a><\/td>\nOct 30<\/td>\nSVC League Finals<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n19:48.0<\/a><\/td>\nNov 15<\/td>\nSac Joaquin Sections<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n19:39.0<\/a><\/td>\nNov 29<\/td>\n2008 CIF State Cross Country Championships<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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