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2016 Cross Country

Eliot Gardner

Eliot Gardner

  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Berea, Ky.
  • Highschool:
    Berea Community School

Summary

Biography

Honors:

  • USA South All-Academic (2014-15)
  • USA South All-Academic (2013-14)

2016-17 (Senior): Ran in seven races... Season-best 6k time was 31:43.5 in the Berry Viking Open (Oct. 15)

2015-16 (Junior): Ran in six events on the year... Ran a season-best 30:52 in the 8k at the USA South Championships (Oct. 31)... Placed 11th at the season-opening Mountaintop Invitational... Competed in the spring track season and set a personal record in the 5000 meter with a time of 19:33

2014-15 (Sophomore): Competed in all eight races... Set a personal best in the 5K when he ran a 19:52.3 at the Mountaintop Invitational (Aug. 29)... Posted another personal best in the 8K at the NCAA South Regional (Nov. 15) when he finished in a time of 30:40.9... Placed 18th with a time of 31:22.1 at the USA South Championships (Nov. 1)... Named to USA South All-Academic team for a second straight year

2013-14 (Freshman): Personal best time of 30:46.5 was set at the NCAA South Regional meet… Earned a spot on the USA South All-Academic team

High School: Attended Berea Community School… Achieved a personal best time of 19:52 in the 5K at a regional meet… Team’s Most Valuable Runner Award winner… All-Bluegrass Conference… Member of National Honor Society, Central Kentucky Youth Salute… A Honor Roll sophomore through senior years

Personal: Parents are Curt and Kim Gardner… Has one sister, Abby… Favorite Bible verse is Romans 10:9… Majoring in Psychology with a minor in History… Hopes for a career in industrial and organizational psychology

Gardner's Personal Records:

Cross Country:
5K: 19:52.3 (Mountaintop Invitational, Aug. 29, 2014)
8K: 30:40.9 (NCAA South/Southeast Regional, Nov. 15, 2014)

Track:
3K: 11:06 (Mountain Laurel Twilight Invitational, April 17, 2015)
5K: 19:33 (Berry Field Day Invitational, April 9, 2016)

High School:
5K: 19:52 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2014Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2015Junior

    5'7"
  • 2016Senior

    5'7"