2020-21 Track & Field Roster
Ellie Gardner
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Willamstown, W.Va.
- High School:
- Williamstown HS
2020-21 (r-Jr.)
Indoor Season
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Finished in first place in the pole vault competition at the Thundering Herd Invitational with a personal and team season best of 3.70 meters
- Recorded a second-place finish at the Marshall Classic with a height of 3.55 meters
Outdoor Season
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Placed first at the Mountaineer classic with a height of 3.75 meters
- Finished 16th at the Big 12 Championships with a height of 3.60 meters
- Placed 9th at the Mason Spring Invitational with a height of 3.53 meters
2019-20 (r-So.)
Indoor Season- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Finished the season ranked No. 5 in the pole vault on the all-time indoor program top-5 list
- Placed third after reaching a mark of 3.52 meters at the Penn State Tune-Up
- Took second place in the pole vault after posting a jump of 3.80 meters at the YSU Collegiate Invitational
- Grabbed her second-consecutive victory in the pole vault at the WVU Open, reaching a mark of 3.88 meters to win the event and enter the all-time program top-5 ranking in pole vault at No. 5
- Earned a victory in the pole vault at the Marty Pushkin Open, reaching a mark of 3.78 meters
2018-19
Outdoor Season (So.)- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Competed at the Big 12 Championship, finishing 21st with a mark of 3.47 meters
- Took second place after jumping 3.82 meters at the Mountaineer Open
- Captured second place at the Mountaineer Showcase with a jump of 3.82 meters
- Jumped 3.57 meters to finish in 11th place at the Bison Outdoor Classic
- Finished fourth at the Virginia Quad after registering a jump of 3.60 meters
- Did not compete
2017-18 (Fr.)
Outdoor Season- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Jumped 3.85 meters at the Bison Outdoor Classic for a fifth-place finish
- Won at the Virginia Grand Prix with a jump of 3.81 meters
- Tied for second at the Virginia Challenge with a mark of 3.71 meters
- Earned a mark of 3.59 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship
- Secured a fourth-place finish at the Raleigh Relays, jumping 3.50 meters
- Indoor season-best jump of 3.86 meters came at YSU College Invite, good for a second-place finish
- Placed 11th at the Big 12 Indoor Championship after registering a mark of 3.84 meters
- At the WVU Open, she finished second with a mark of 3.78 meters
- Recorded a third-place finish at the Marshall Invitational (3.75 meters)
- Finished second at the Penn State National Open with a mark of 3.50 meters
- Made collegiate debut with a sixth-place finish in the Marty Pushkin Classic (3.70 meters)
High School
- Ran track at Williamstown High School for coach Doak Markley and Tyler George
- Two-time team captain (2016, 2017)
- Three-time state pole vault champion (2015, 2016, 2017) and four-year state qualifier
- School and state record holder in the pole vault (12 feet)
- A member of Williamstown’s 2014 state championship team
- Also played soccer at Williamstown, earning first team all-state honors as a senior
Personal
- Daughter of Jeff and Lisa Gardner
- Has one sister, Madelin, who is a former WVU track & field All-American athlete and school record holder
- Birthday is April 29
- Majoring in aerospace and mechanical engineering
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
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