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2020-21 Track and Field Roster

Emily Gardiner

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Southmoore HS
  • Hometown Oklahoma City, Okla.

Biography

Season and Career Results
WSU All-Time Top-10 Lists
#7 Outdoor Pole Vault - 3.82m/12-6.25 (2021)
#8 Indoor Pole Vault - 3.84m/12-7.25 (2019)
Academic Honors
2021 Academic All-Conference
2021 Spring AD Honor Roll
2020 Fall AD Honor Roll
2020 Academic All-Conference
2019 Fall AD Honor Roll
2019 Academic All-Conference
2019 Spring AD Honor Roll
2018 Fall AD Honor Roll
2018 Academic All-Conference
2018 Spring AD Honor Roll
2017 Fall AD Honor Roll
2021: Indoor – Vaulted three times … Best finish came at the Herm Wilson Invitational with a mark of 3.71m/12-2 for a runner-up finish … Had top-10 finishes in the pole vault at the Division I Challenge and the Championship at The Peak. Outdoor – Vaulted at seven meets … Tied for ninth at the AAC Championships … Won the Shocker Open with a season-best height of 3.82m/12-6.25 … Had six top-10 finishes … Cleared 3.50m or better six times.

2020: Indoor - Pole vaulted in five different meets … Cleared a season-best mark at the Gorilla Classic with a mark of 3.62m/11-10.50 … Placed third at the WSU Invitational … Also competed at the Air Force Team Challenge and Arkansas Qualifier … Did not make height at the AAC Championships. Outdoor - 2020 season canceled.

2019: Indoor - Vaulted in seven meets, clearing 12-feet in two meets...Recorded a fifth place finish at the season opener Hawkeye Invitational with a height of 3.65m/11-11.75...Placed fourth at the KU/KSU/WSU Triangular (3.35m/10-11.75)...Cleared 3.83m/12-6.75 to finish fourth at the Arkansas Qualifier...Cleared an indoor personal best 3.84m/12-7.25, the eighth highest in Shocker history, to finish ninth at the American Athletic Conference Championships. Outdoor - Cleared 11'10" or higher in four of the seven meets entered...Opened the outdoor season finishing fourth at the Herm Wilson Invitational with a clearance of 3.63m/11-10.75...Cleared a season best 3.67m/12-0.5 to place third at the K.T. Woodman Classic...Recorded a second place finish on May 3 at the Shocker Open clearing 3.63m/11-10.75...Finished ninth at the American Athletic Conference Championships clearing 3.66m/12-0.

2018: Indoor - Redshirted and competed unattached at two meets...Finished second at the Shocker Open clearing 3.56m/11-8 and fifth at the Herm Wilson Invitational (3.56m/11-8). Outdoor - Redshirted and competed unattached...Cleared an outdoor season best 3.77m/12-4.5 to finish third at the K.T. Woodman Classic.

2017: Indoor - Competed at eight meets...Finished second at the Jack Jennett Open clearing 10-11.75/3.35m...Recorded a season best 11-11.25/3.64m to finish sixth at the MVC Indoor Championships. Outdoor - Set a personal best 12-1.5/3.70m at the Texas Tech Red Raider Shoot-Out...Won the K.T. Woodman Classic clearing 12-0.5/3.67m...Finished ninth at the MVC Outdoor Championships.

High School: Was the Oklahoma Class 6A champion in the pole vault in 2016, third in 2015 and sixth in 2014… High School Personal Bests - 12-0 in the pole vault… Lettered four years in track and field… Was named 2015 Most Improved Athlete of the Year… Helped her team to a regional title as a junior and fourth at the Oklahoma State High School Track and Field Championship.

Personal: Daughter of Jason and Stephanie Gardiner…Has a younger sister, Ella…Also recruited by Central Oklahoma.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2018-19Redshirt Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2019-20Redshirt Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2020-21Redshirt Senior

    Pole Vault