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2019-20 Women's Track and Field Roster

Jason W. Kapusta
Ed Hall Jr.

Morgan Gossard

  • Position Vaults
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Johnstown, PA
  • High School Richland
  • Major Biology
  • Letters 1

Biography

Meet Bests (Indoor):*
  • Pole Vault - 3.85 meters (at Kent State Tune-Up on Feb. 16, 2019)
  • 60 meter - 8.23 (at the PAC Championships on Feb. 27, 2020)
  • 200 meter - 27.57 (at the Kent State Tune-Up on Feb. 22, 2020)

Meet Bests (Outdoor):*
  • Pole Vault - 3.77 meters (at Mountaineer Open on May 4, 2019)

(*Through the 2019-20 season)

2019-20:
  • USTFCCCA All-American in the Pole Vault
  • USTFCCCA All-Mideast Region in the Pole Vault for second-straight year
  • All-PAC First Team 
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection
  • NCAA Division III National Indoor Qualifier in the Pole Vault for second-straight season
  • Named to the PAC Academic Honor Roll
  • Placed second in the pole vault at the Indoor PAC Championships with a leap of 3.73 meters
  • Was 14th on the NCAA Division III Pole Vault performance list heading into the NCAA Indoor Championships
  • Member of the 4x400 relay team that clinched the Indoor PAC Championship for Westminster in the final event with a first place time of 4:09.78
  • Placed fourth in the 60 meter dash at the Indoor PAC Championships with a time of 8.23 and eighth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 27.63
  • Earned a second-year letter

2018-19
  • Indoor - Won a PAC Championship in the Pole Vault with a leap of 3.79 meters
  • Finished 10th at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships in the Pole Vault with a vault of 3.70 meters
  • USTFCCA All-Mideast Region in the Pole Vault
  • Outdoor - Won the PAC Championship in the Pole Vault with a vault of 3.20 meters
  • Finished 10th at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the Pole Vault with a leap of 3.75 meters
  • WESPY Rookie of the Year
  • Earned first letter

High School:
  • Two-sport athlete at Richland H.S.
  • Three-year member of the track & field team
    • Three-time Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference (LHAC) Pole Vault Champion (’16 – ’18)
    • Two-time Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association District VI Pole Vault Champion (‘16, ‘18)
    • Three-time PIAA State Qualifier in the Pole Vault ('16 - '18)
    • PIAA AA Girls Pole Vault State Champion in 2018
    • Two-time New Balance Nationals Track & Field Qualifier (Pole Vault – 2018)
    • LHAC Girls Track All-Conference Team Honor (May 2018)
    • The Tribune Democrat Spotlight Athlete of the Week (May 2018)
    • PTFCA All-State Outdoor Track & Field Second Team in 2018
    • Year-by-Year Pole Vault results: 10th Grade (2016): (Outdoor) LHAC Champion, District VI Champion, 6th Place @ PIAA AA Girls State Championships (PR: 11'0") 11th Grade (2017): (Outdoor) LHAC Champion, District VI Runner-Up, 6th Place @ PIAA AA Girls State Championships (PR: 11'0") 12th Grade (2018): (Indoor) 6th Place @ Indoor State Championships @ PSU (PR: 12'0") (Outdoor) LHAC Champion, District VI Champion, 1st Place @ PIAA AA Girls State Championships (State Champion) 
    • Richland High School Pole Vault (PV) School Record Holder (@ 13'0"); District 6 PV Record Holder (13'0"); LHAC PV Record Holder (12'2")
  • Two-year member of the gymnastics team, 14 years of total gymnastics experience
  • Richland High School U.S. Army Scholar Athlete Award (May 2018)
  • Richland High School Science Award (May 2018)
  • Richland High School Math Club Award (May 2018)

Personal:
  • Biology major
  • Daughter of Donna and Greg Gossard
  • Sibling of Autumn and Logan
  • Grandfather played football at Waynesburg University
  • Four-time Dean’s List Honoree at Westminster
  • Inducted Into Pi Sigma Pi (Spring 2020 Semester)
  • Lambda Sigma National Honor Society (2019 – 2020)
  • Enjoys skiing, water-sports and adventuring
  • Started competing in trach & field at age 16
  • Volunteered working Spaghetti Dinners for Senior Citizens at Richland High School (RHS), SADD Safe Trick-or-Treat at RHS, Orchestra Performances in Nursing Homes through RHS, Key Club Football Stadium Cleanup at RHS, Worked Java Night for RHS, Worked the Fit-a-thons at RHS, Church Can/Food Drives, as a Salvation Army Bell Ringer, through Nursing Home Visits, as a Westminster Titan Football Tour Guide (2018 – 2019) and Lambda Sigma Service Projects (Letters to Veterans, Christmas Cards, Dog Toy Drives, etc.)
  • Met the Abby Lee Dance Company
  • Chose Westminster after falling in love with the pole vault program after attending one of Pole Vault Coach Bradi Rhodes summer camp's in high school
  • Plans to attend Medical School & Become a Physician (Hopefully a Dermatologist)

Favorites:
  • Musicians: Dan + Shay, Thomas Rhett and Rascal Flatts
  • Foods: Fruits & Vegetables (Salads), Chinese Food and Pizza
  • Athlete: Simone Biles
  • Movie Genre: Comedy
  • Actors/Actresses: Comedic actors/actresses 
  • Book: See Me
  • TV Show: Drake & Josh

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

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  • 2019-20Sophomore

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