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Andrew Gardner
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Spokane, Wash.
- High School:
- Mead
Bio
2018 All-America First Team (3,000m Steeplechase)
2017 All-Pac-12 Second Team in Cross Country
2017 All-West Region in Cross Country
2016 All-America Honorable Mention (3,000m Steeplechase)
2015 All-West Region in Cross Country
Gardner Features
ยปย Gardner's Journey One Of Ultimate Perseverance (GoHuskies.com; Nov. 8, 2017)
ยปย From Pointless To Passionateย (UW Daily; Oct. 24, 2013)
2017-18 (Track): Had his best year on the track as a senior and capped it off with the fastest steeple of his life in the NCAA Outdoor Championship finals to make the podium and earn First Team All-America honors โฆ became the first Husky to make the menโs steeplechase final since 2008 and finished fifth in the final in a new PR of 8:37.07 that ranked him third in UW history โฆ wore the UW singlet once more after that, running at the USATF Outdoor Championships where he was 16th overall and third among collegiate in another PR of 8:36.02 โฆ won his heat and was second overall in the steeple at NCAA West Prelims in 8:38.79, a six-second PR at the time โฆ was just outleaned for the Pac-12 steeple title, taking second-place in a time of 8:50.71 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual steeple in 9:07.53 โฆ set a 1,500m PR of 3:48.58 at the Bryan Clay Invite โฆ runner-up in the steeplechase at the Pepsi Team Invite in 8:48.52 โฆ opened his outdoor season with a 5,000mย PR of 13:56.77, the No. 10 time in school history ... indoors, ran a new 3,000-meter personal-best of 8:05.99 at the Husky Classic ... placed 19th in the 3k at the MPSFย Championships ... ran a mile at the UW Invitational in 4:10.05 ... a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention ...ย (Cross Country): Turned in his best cross country season as a senior, leading the Huskies at the NCAA Championships and earning All-Pac-12 honors โฆ at the NCAA Championships, was the first Husky finisher in 66th-place in a time of 30:23 as UW finished 22nd as a team โฆ earned All-West Region honors with a career-best seventh-place finish at West Regionals in 29:43, second on the squad to help UW finish second โฆ picked up All-Pac-12 Second Team honors for the first time by finishing 11th at the Pac-12 Championships, second on the squad, in a time of 24:04 โฆ was the top Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing 37th overall in 24:13 โฆ opened his season at the Dellinger Invitational, placing 27th in 24:09, fourth among Dawgs โฆ a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2016-17 (Track): Ran a pair of career-bests during the indoor season but competed just twice outdoors โฆ set a new mile PR at the UW Indoor Open, clocking a 4:06.85 โฆ also ran a new indoor 5k best of 14:15.22 at the Husky Classic โฆ anchored the distance medley relay at the MPSF Championships which finished fifth in a time of 9:50.99 โฆ opened his season with a 3k run of 8:23.99 at the UW Invitational โฆ outdoors, ran a 5,000-meters at the Stanford Invite in 14:18.55 ...ย (Cross Country):ย One of the top runners on the team and led UW for the first time ever at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ at the Pac-12 meet in Tucson, patiently worked his way from the back of the pack all the way up to finish 18th overall in 24:53, the first Husky across the line โฆ at the West Regional meet in Sacramento, finished 33rd overall in 30:20, second on the team โฆ was fourth among Husky finishers at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing 91st in 24:55 โฆ at the Washington Invitational, finished 15th, the third Husky runner, in 23:49 โฆ opened the season with a third-place finish at the Sundodger Invite, the second Husky finisher ... a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2015-16 (Track): A breakthrough season in the steeplechase as he qualified for his first NCAA Outdoor Championships and earned All-America honorable mention โฆ reached his first NCAA Outdoor Championship in the steeple by placing third in his quarterfinal heat at West Prelims in a time of 8:47.92 ... at his first NCAA track meet, finished 18th overall with a run of 8:48.79, his third time under 8:50 on the year โฆ a great run at the Pac-12 Championships where he finished fourth in the steeplechase in a career-best 8:44.47, moving to No. 8 in school history, and also doubled back the next day to finish ninth in the 5k in a PR of 13:59.09 ... second in the steeple at the UW-WSU Dual in a time of 9:06.10 ... lowered his 1,500m PR to 3:48.92 at the Payton Jordan Invitational ... got a win in the Pepsi Team Invitational steeplechase in a then-PR of 8:53.27 ... indoors, ran on the DMR that finished sixth in 9:53.42 ... set a 3,000m PR of 8:14.58 at the Husky Classic ... named a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention ...ย (Cross Country):ย Ran in the top-five for the Dawgs at every meet, including a top-100 finish at the NCAA Championships to help UW finish eighth as a team, its second-best finish all time โฆ earned All-West Region honors with a 10th-place finish, second on the team, in 31:19, as the Huskies won their first West Regional title in school history โฆ was 96th at the national championships, third on the squad, in 30:55 for the 10k โฆ a career-best 27th at the Pac-12 Championships, the No. 5 Husky, in a time of 23:56, to help UW finish fourth โฆ was the second Dawg across the line at the Wisconsin Invitational in 65th-place โฆ finished 34th overall at the Washington Invite, fourth among Huskies โฆ started the season with a 10th-place finish at the Sundodger Invite in 24:33 โฆ earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2014-15 (Track):ย Focused on the steeplechase and had a strong redshirt freshman season, qualifying for the NCAA West Preliminary Championships for the first time โฆ broke the nine-minute mark in the steeplechase for the first time at the UW-WSU Dual, where he ran 8:59.77 to finish third โฆ at the West Prelim meet in Austin, placed 32ndย overall in the field of 48 with a steeplechase run of 9:11.91 โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, finished 11thย in the steeplechase in 9:04.03, and also ran the 5,000-meters, finishing 21stย in 14:31.42 โฆ took seventh in the steeple at the Pepsi Team Invitational in Eugene, finishing in 9:12.95 โฆ indoors, ran four times, with a 3,000-meters of 8:28.22 at the Husky Classic, and a mile time of 4:20.08 at the UW Invitational ... earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention ...ย (Cross Country):ย Redshirted the fall.
2013-14 (Track):ย Redshirted the track season ...ย (Cross Country):ย Very consistent freshman season in which he scored for the Huskies at every race โฆ ran at NCAA West Regionals, finishing fifth on the team and 73rdย overall in 31:23 for 10k โฆ was 43rdย at his first Pac-12 Championships, the No. 5 Husky finisher โฆ also capped the scoring at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing 136thย overall in the large field โฆ ran at the Bill Dellinger Invite, finishing 29thย overall and fifth among Huskies โฆ first collegiate race at the Sundodger, where he finished 14thย overall and fourth on the squad.
High School and Personal:ย Born in Ethiopia, he was adopted by Michelle and Steven Gardner and moved to Spokane at the age of nine, joining 11 brothers and sisters โฆ married to Heleena Gardner ... became one of the top distance runners in the state as well as the nation over his career, twice competing for Team USA in international races โฆ ran at the 2013 World Junior Cross Country Championships in Poland, finishing 42ndย overall to help the U.S. finish fourth out of 17 teams โฆ qualified for Worlds by finishing sixth at the 2013 U.S. Junior Cross Country Championships โฆ also ran at the 2013 NACAC Junior XC Championships in Jamaica, finishing ninth overall and second among U.S. competitors โฆ a three-time Foot Locker All-American, finishing in the top-15 at the national meet in 2010, 2011, and 2012 โฆ as a senior in 2012, he finished 11thย at Foot Locker Nationals, after taking fifth at West Regionals as the top Washington runner โฆ took sixth at Foot Locker as a junior in 2011, after a fourth-place Regional run โฆ was the top sophomore at the 2010 Foot Locker meet, finishing fourth overall and taking second at Regionals โฆ named the 2012 Gatorade Cross Country Athlete of the Year for Washington โฆ a five-time Washington 4A state champion in cross country and track, winning the 2012 state cross country title and sweeping the 1,600m and 3,200m finals on the track in 2012 and 2013 โฆ at the 2013 state meet, he set a PR in defending his 3,200m title in 8:54.48, a time that ranked 15thย nationally โฆ set his 1,600m PR as a junior, winning the state title in 4:09.71 โฆ also was second at state in the 3,200m as just a freshman, and was fifth as a sophomore โฆ after runner-up finishes as a sophomore and junior, he won his first state cross country title as a senior in 2012, capping an undefeated season with a win in 15:02, winning by 14 seconds โฆ was eighth at the state XC meet as just a freshman in 2009 โฆ ranked the 14th-best cross country athlete nationally by Running Times at the end of 2012 โฆ graduated with a 3.4 GPA.
Major Meets
2013 NACAC Junior XC - 9th (2nd, USA)
2013 USA Junior XC - 6th
2013 World Junior XC - 42nd (6th, USA)
2013 Pac-12 XC - 43rd (5th UW)
2013 Regional XC - 73rd (5th UW)
2015 Pac-12 TF - 11th, 3000m Steeplechase | 21st, 5000m
2015 NCAA Prelims TF - 32nd, 3000m Steeplechase
2015 Pac-12 XC - 27th (5th UW)
2015 Regional XC - 10th (2nd UW)
2015 NCAA XC - 96th (3rd UW)
2016 MPSF TF - 28th, 3000m | 6th, DMR
2016 Pac-12 TF - 4th, 3000m Steeplechase | 9th, 5000m
2016 NCAA Prelims TF - 9th, 3000m Steeplechase
2016 NCAA Outdoors - 18th, 3000m Steeplechase (All-America honorable mention)
2016 Pac-12 XC - 18thย (1st UW)
2016 Regional XC - 33rd (2nd UW)
2017 MPSF TF - 5th, DMR
2017 Pac-12 XC - 11th (2nd UW)
2017 Regional XC - 7th (2nd UW)
2017 NCAA XC - 66th (1st UW)
2018 MPSF TF - 19th, 3000m
2018 Pac-12 TF - 2nd, 3000m Steeplechase
2018 NCAA Prelims TF - 2nd, 3000m Steeplechase
2018 NCAA Outdoors - 5th, 3000m Steeplechase (All-America First Team)
2018 USATF Outdoors - 16th, 3000m Steeplechase
Outdoor Bests
1500m.......3:48.58
5000m.......13:56.77
3000m Steeplechase.......8:36.02
Indoor Bests
Mile.......4:06.85
3000m.......8:05.99
5000m.......14:15.22
Academic Honors
2018 Pac-12 All-Academic TF Honorable Mention
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic XC Honorable Mention
2016 Pac-12 All-Academic XC Honorable Mention
2016 Pac-12 All-Academic TF Honorable Mention
2015 Pac-12 All-Academic XC Honorable Mention
2015 Pac-12 All-Academic TF Honorable Mention
2017 All-Pac-12 Second Team in Cross Country
2017 All-West Region in Cross Country
2016 All-America Honorable Mention (3,000m Steeplechase)
2015 All-West Region in Cross Country
Gardner Features
ยปย Gardner's Journey One Of Ultimate Perseverance (GoHuskies.com; Nov. 8, 2017)
ยปย From Pointless To Passionateย (UW Daily; Oct. 24, 2013)
2017-18 (Track): Had his best year on the track as a senior and capped it off with the fastest steeple of his life in the NCAA Outdoor Championship finals to make the podium and earn First Team All-America honors โฆ became the first Husky to make the menโs steeplechase final since 2008 and finished fifth in the final in a new PR of 8:37.07 that ranked him third in UW history โฆ wore the UW singlet once more after that, running at the USATF Outdoor Championships where he was 16th overall and third among collegiate in another PR of 8:36.02 โฆ won his heat and was second overall in the steeple at NCAA West Prelims in 8:38.79, a six-second PR at the time โฆ was just outleaned for the Pac-12 steeple title, taking second-place in a time of 8:50.71 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual steeple in 9:07.53 โฆ set a 1,500m PR of 3:48.58 at the Bryan Clay Invite โฆ runner-up in the steeplechase at the Pepsi Team Invite in 8:48.52 โฆ opened his outdoor season with a 5,000mย PR of 13:56.77, the No. 10 time in school history ... indoors, ran a new 3,000-meter personal-best of 8:05.99 at the Husky Classic ... placed 19th in the 3k at the MPSFย Championships ... ran a mile at the UW Invitational in 4:10.05 ... a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention ...ย (Cross Country): Turned in his best cross country season as a senior, leading the Huskies at the NCAA Championships and earning All-Pac-12 honors โฆ at the NCAA Championships, was the first Husky finisher in 66th-place in a time of 30:23 as UW finished 22nd as a team โฆ earned All-West Region honors with a career-best seventh-place finish at West Regionals in 29:43, second on the squad to help UW finish second โฆ picked up All-Pac-12 Second Team honors for the first time by finishing 11th at the Pac-12 Championships, second on the squad, in a time of 24:04 โฆ was the top Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing 37th overall in 24:13 โฆ opened his season at the Dellinger Invitational, placing 27th in 24:09, fourth among Dawgs โฆ a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2016-17 (Track): Ran a pair of career-bests during the indoor season but competed just twice outdoors โฆ set a new mile PR at the UW Indoor Open, clocking a 4:06.85 โฆ also ran a new indoor 5k best of 14:15.22 at the Husky Classic โฆ anchored the distance medley relay at the MPSF Championships which finished fifth in a time of 9:50.99 โฆ opened his season with a 3k run of 8:23.99 at the UW Invitational โฆ outdoors, ran a 5,000-meters at the Stanford Invite in 14:18.55 ...ย (Cross Country):ย One of the top runners on the team and led UW for the first time ever at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ at the Pac-12 meet in Tucson, patiently worked his way from the back of the pack all the way up to finish 18th overall in 24:53, the first Husky across the line โฆ at the West Regional meet in Sacramento, finished 33rd overall in 30:20, second on the team โฆ was fourth among Husky finishers at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing 91st in 24:55 โฆ at the Washington Invitational, finished 15th, the third Husky runner, in 23:49 โฆ opened the season with a third-place finish at the Sundodger Invite, the second Husky finisher ... a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2015-16 (Track): A breakthrough season in the steeplechase as he qualified for his first NCAA Outdoor Championships and earned All-America honorable mention โฆ reached his first NCAA Outdoor Championship in the steeple by placing third in his quarterfinal heat at West Prelims in a time of 8:47.92 ... at his first NCAA track meet, finished 18th overall with a run of 8:48.79, his third time under 8:50 on the year โฆ a great run at the Pac-12 Championships where he finished fourth in the steeplechase in a career-best 8:44.47, moving to No. 8 in school history, and also doubled back the next day to finish ninth in the 5k in a PR of 13:59.09 ... second in the steeple at the UW-WSU Dual in a time of 9:06.10 ... lowered his 1,500m PR to 3:48.92 at the Payton Jordan Invitational ... got a win in the Pepsi Team Invitational steeplechase in a then-PR of 8:53.27 ... indoors, ran on the DMR that finished sixth in 9:53.42 ... set a 3,000m PR of 8:14.58 at the Husky Classic ... named a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention ...ย (Cross Country):ย Ran in the top-five for the Dawgs at every meet, including a top-100 finish at the NCAA Championships to help UW finish eighth as a team, its second-best finish all time โฆ earned All-West Region honors with a 10th-place finish, second on the team, in 31:19, as the Huskies won their first West Regional title in school history โฆ was 96th at the national championships, third on the squad, in 30:55 for the 10k โฆ a career-best 27th at the Pac-12 Championships, the No. 5 Husky, in a time of 23:56, to help UW finish fourth โฆ was the second Dawg across the line at the Wisconsin Invitational in 65th-place โฆ finished 34th overall at the Washington Invite, fourth among Huskies โฆ started the season with a 10th-place finish at the Sundodger Invite in 24:33 โฆ earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2014-15 (Track):ย Focused on the steeplechase and had a strong redshirt freshman season, qualifying for the NCAA West Preliminary Championships for the first time โฆ broke the nine-minute mark in the steeplechase for the first time at the UW-WSU Dual, where he ran 8:59.77 to finish third โฆ at the West Prelim meet in Austin, placed 32ndย overall in the field of 48 with a steeplechase run of 9:11.91 โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, finished 11thย in the steeplechase in 9:04.03, and also ran the 5,000-meters, finishing 21stย in 14:31.42 โฆ took seventh in the steeple at the Pepsi Team Invitational in Eugene, finishing in 9:12.95 โฆ indoors, ran four times, with a 3,000-meters of 8:28.22 at the Husky Classic, and a mile time of 4:20.08 at the UW Invitational ... earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention ...ย (Cross Country):ย Redshirted the fall.
2013-14 (Track):ย Redshirted the track season ...ย (Cross Country):ย Very consistent freshman season in which he scored for the Huskies at every race โฆ ran at NCAA West Regionals, finishing fifth on the team and 73rdย overall in 31:23 for 10k โฆ was 43rdย at his first Pac-12 Championships, the No. 5 Husky finisher โฆ also capped the scoring at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing 136thย overall in the large field โฆ ran at the Bill Dellinger Invite, finishing 29thย overall and fifth among Huskies โฆ first collegiate race at the Sundodger, where he finished 14thย overall and fourth on the squad.
High School and Personal:ย Born in Ethiopia, he was adopted by Michelle and Steven Gardner and moved to Spokane at the age of nine, joining 11 brothers and sisters โฆ married to Heleena Gardner ... became one of the top distance runners in the state as well as the nation over his career, twice competing for Team USA in international races โฆ ran at the 2013 World Junior Cross Country Championships in Poland, finishing 42ndย overall to help the U.S. finish fourth out of 17 teams โฆ qualified for Worlds by finishing sixth at the 2013 U.S. Junior Cross Country Championships โฆ also ran at the 2013 NACAC Junior XC Championships in Jamaica, finishing ninth overall and second among U.S. competitors โฆ a three-time Foot Locker All-American, finishing in the top-15 at the national meet in 2010, 2011, and 2012 โฆ as a senior in 2012, he finished 11thย at Foot Locker Nationals, after taking fifth at West Regionals as the top Washington runner โฆ took sixth at Foot Locker as a junior in 2011, after a fourth-place Regional run โฆ was the top sophomore at the 2010 Foot Locker meet, finishing fourth overall and taking second at Regionals โฆ named the 2012 Gatorade Cross Country Athlete of the Year for Washington โฆ a five-time Washington 4A state champion in cross country and track, winning the 2012 state cross country title and sweeping the 1,600m and 3,200m finals on the track in 2012 and 2013 โฆ at the 2013 state meet, he set a PR in defending his 3,200m title in 8:54.48, a time that ranked 15thย nationally โฆ set his 1,600m PR as a junior, winning the state title in 4:09.71 โฆ also was second at state in the 3,200m as just a freshman, and was fifth as a sophomore โฆ after runner-up finishes as a sophomore and junior, he won his first state cross country title as a senior in 2012, capping an undefeated season with a win in 15:02, winning by 14 seconds โฆ was eighth at the state XC meet as just a freshman in 2009 โฆ ranked the 14th-best cross country athlete nationally by Running Times at the end of 2012 โฆ graduated with a 3.4 GPA.
Major Meets
2013 NACAC Junior XC - 9th (2nd, USA)
2013 USA Junior XC - 6th
2013 World Junior XC - 42nd (6th, USA)
2013 Pac-12 XC - 43rd (5th UW)
2013 Regional XC - 73rd (5th UW)
2015 Pac-12 TF - 11th, 3000m Steeplechase | 21st, 5000m
2015 NCAA Prelims TF - 32nd, 3000m Steeplechase
2015 Pac-12 XC - 27th (5th UW)
2015 Regional XC - 10th (2nd UW)
2015 NCAA XC - 96th (3rd UW)
2016 MPSF TF - 28th, 3000m | 6th, DMR
2016 Pac-12 TF - 4th, 3000m Steeplechase | 9th, 5000m
2016 NCAA Prelims TF - 9th, 3000m Steeplechase
2016 NCAA Outdoors - 18th, 3000m Steeplechase (All-America honorable mention)
2016 Pac-12 XC - 18thย (1st UW)
2016 Regional XC - 33rd (2nd UW)
2017 MPSF TF - 5th, DMR
2017 Pac-12 XC - 11th (2nd UW)
2017 Regional XC - 7th (2nd UW)
2017 NCAA XC - 66th (1st UW)
2018 MPSF TF - 19th, 3000m
2018 Pac-12 TF - 2nd, 3000m Steeplechase
2018 NCAA Prelims TF - 2nd, 3000m Steeplechase
2018 NCAA Outdoors - 5th, 3000m Steeplechase (All-America First Team)
2018 USATF Outdoors - 16th, 3000m Steeplechase
Outdoor Bests
1500m.......3:48.58
5000m.......13:56.77
3000m Steeplechase.......8:36.02
Indoor Bests
Mile.......4:06.85
3000m.......8:05.99
5000m.......14:15.22
Academic Honors
2018 Pac-12 All-Academic TF Honorable Mention
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic XC Honorable Mention
2016 Pac-12 All-Academic XC Honorable Mention
2016 Pac-12 All-Academic TF Honorable Mention
2015 Pac-12 All-Academic XC Honorable Mention
2015 Pac-12 All-Academic TF Honorable Mention
Raising the Bar | Hana & Amanda Moll
Monday, August 04
Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
Saturday, June 14
Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
Friday, June 13
