2019-20 Women's Track and Field Roster
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:
- USTFCCCAÂ All-American in the Pole Vault
- USTFCCCAÂ All-Mideast Region in the Pole Vault for second-straight year
- All-PAC First TeamÂ
- 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)Â
- 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/actressesÂ
- Book: See Me
- TV Show: Drake & Josh
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