Ellie Gamradt

Photo by: Kate Marshall

Ellie_Gamradt_2019_OVC_Indoor_T_F_Championships

Photo by: Wade Event Photography

Position:
Jumps
Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
High School:
Hermantown Senior
Hometown:
Wrenshall, Minn.

2021 Outdoor: Competed in eight meets…Had two top-three finishes on the campaign…At the Sycamore Open (4/24), overcame 5-1 (1.55) for third….Earned Bronze in the high jump at the 2021 OVC Championship (5/13-15) with a mark of 5-6.5 (1.69m).

2021 Indoor: Competed in four meets…Placed top-five at each meet in the high jump competition…Won the event twice…At the Sycamore Team Challenge (1/29-30), placed fourth with a height of 5-3 (1.60m)…Won the event at the Redhawks Invite (2/5) with a jump of 5-1 (1.55m)….Placed fifth at the Samford Bulldog Open (2/13, 5-1, 1.55m)…Placed first with a jump of 5-3 (1.60m) at the Redhawks Open (2/20).

2020 Indoor: Competed in high jump at eight meets…Had seven top-five finishes and two first-place finishes…Was third in the conference for high jump (5-6.5, 1.69m)…Won the event at the season-opening SEMO vs. SIUE Dual Meet (12/6/19) with a height of 5-3 (1.60m)…Posted a mark of 5-5 (1.65m) for fourth at the Illini Invitational (1/24-25)…Captured first in high jump at the 2020 Hoosier Hills (2/14) with a feat of 5-6 (1.68m)…Took second at the 2020 Redhawks Open (2/21) with 5-3 (1.60m)…Earned Bronze in the high jump at the 2020 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/26-27), overcoming a career-best 5-6.5 (1.69m)…Earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor...Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2019 Outdoor: Competed in seven meets as a high jumper…Placed fourth in the event at both the 2019 Drury Hotels Joey Haines Invite (3/29-30) and at the Gibson Invitational (4/6) with marks of 5-1 (1.55m)…Finished 10th (5-3, 1.60m) in high jump at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (4/26-27)…Overcame a height of 5.25 (1.59m) for 10th at the OVC Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/9-11) in Cape Girardeau...Earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor…Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2019 Indoor: Appeared in eight meets, competing in high jump…Posted six top-five finishes…In her Redhawks debut, won the event with a personal-best height of 5-4.25 (1.63m) at the season-opening SEMO vs. SIUE Dual Meet (12/7)…Was fifth in high jump with 5-3 (1.60m) at the Samford Open (1/18-19)…Placed fourth in the event at the Fred Wilt Open (2/1-2) with a mark of 5-1.25 (1.56m)…Was third at both the 2019 Hoosier Hills (2/8, 5-2.5, 1.59m) and 2019 Redhawks Open (2/15, 5-3, 1.60m)…Finished fifth in the high jump after she overcame 5-3.75 (1.62m) at the OVC Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/20-21).

Prep: Attended Hermantown High School in Hermantown, Minnesota…Coached by Kevin Leonard at Hermantown…Competed in high jump on the track & field team…Started and lettered five seasons…Finished sixth at State in high jump in 2017 and notched a personal record height of 5-6…Earned third as a senior in the Section 7AA high jump competition…Was named the women’s track & field MVP…Won the Section 7AA high jump championship as a sophomore…Was sixth at the Minnesota State High School League State Meet…Placed fifth in high jump at the Section 7AA meet as a sophomore and as a freshman…Was the Lake Superior Conference high jump Champion in her final three high school seasons as a sophomore, junior and a senior…Four-time Lake Superior Conference All-Conference honoree and four time Minnesota Academic All State…Also played basketball and volleyball…Member of the Section 7AA Volleyball Championship team in 2015 and 2016…Selected as the volleyball MVP from 2017-2018…Named to the Lake Superior Conference All-Conference basketball team twice…Graduated from Hermantown High School in 2018.

Personal: Born on March 14, 2000…Daughter of Tim and Carla Gamradt…Her mother Carla, ran track & field at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota…Her father Tim, played football at St. Cloud State University…Majoring in Biomedical Sciences.