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2024-25 XC/Track Roster

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Claire Gardner

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Albertus Magnus
  • Hometown Chestnut Ridge, NY

Biography

  • Part of the women's 4x800 medley relay team that won the MAAC Indoor Track Championship on February 23, 2025: 9:14.58
  • Won the women's 800-meter event with a time of 2:12.25 for a new school record at the Black & Gold Invitational on March 30, 2024
  • Part of the women's 4x400 relay team that set the school record on January 19, 2024: 4:03.25
  • Part of the women's 4x800 relay team that set the school record on May 14, 2023: 8:55.94
  • Part of the women's 4x400 relay team that set the school record on March 24, 2023: 4:10.09
  • Part of the women's 4x800 relay team that set the school record on March 5, 2023: 9:06.96
  • Set the school record in the women's 1,000 on March 4, 2023: 2:51.66
  • Part of the women's distance medley relay team that set the school record on February 18, 2023: 11:39.36
  • Part of the women's 4x800 relay team that set the school record on May 15, 2022: 9:17.26
  • Part of the women's distance medley relay team that set the school record on April 28, 2022: 11:59.82
  • Part of the women's distance medley relay team that set the school record in February 2022: 12:00.04
2024-25 (SENIOR):
  • Finished the Jasper Invite women's 6K in 21:32.7 to place eighth overall on Sept. 14
  • Placed 13th with a time of 21:58.3 in the women's brown 6K at the Paul Short Run on Oct. 5
  • Named to the All-MAAC Championship Team after running the women's 6K in 21:13.2 on Nov. 2, a personal best that was nearly 19 seconds faster than her previous time seven weeks earlier at the Twin Ponds on the Farm
  • Gold medalist in the 2025 MAAC Indoor Track and Field Championships for the women's 800-meter event in which she ran in 2:12.91
  • Part of the women's 4x800 medley relay gold medalist team that won the MAAC Indoor Track Championship on February 23, 2025: 9:14.58
  • Broke the school record in the women's 400-meter at the Capital District Classic (57.74)
  • Named MAAC Track Athlete of the Week on April 29 for her performance at the Capital District Classic
  • Won the women's 1500-meter on 5/11 at the 2025 MAAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship with a time of 4:42.57
  • Broke the school record in the women's 800-meter at the Princeton Elite Invitational with a time of 2:09.04 
  • College Sports Communicators All-District Academic Team selection
2023-24 (JUNIOR):
  • MAAC All-Academic Team & MAAC Academic Honor Roll member
  • Named the MAAC Female Runner of the Week on January 23
  • Named the MAAC Female Runner of the Week on February 13
  • Named the MAAC Co-Female Runner of the Week on April 3
  • Placed 28th (22:33.1) in the Jasper Fall XC Invite on Sept. 16
  • Was the fifth fastest finisher on the team in the Paul Short Run in the 6K on Sept. 30 (23:08.5)
  • Finished in 22:45.1 at the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships on Oct. 13
  • Ran the NCAA Cross Country Northeast Regionals in 22:03.0 on Nov. 10
  • Ran a personal best time of 4:53.24 for the third-fastest time in school history in the women's one-mile at the Terrier Classic on Jan. 27
  • Beat her own record in the women's 1,000 with a time of 2:49.16 in the Valentine Invitational on Feb. 9
  • Part of the women's distance medley relay team that won the women's DMR for a second consecutive year at the MAAC Indoor Track & Field Championships on February 24, 2024: 11:55.70
  • Part of team with Gabby DeAngelis, Julia Caputo, and Keira Flaherty that claimed a one-and-a-half second victory in the 4x800 relay with a time of 9:23.37 at the MAAC Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 25
  • Qualified for the final round in the women's mile running 4:57.04 at the IC4A/ECAC Championships on March 2 
  • Took fifth in the mile with a time of 4:55.44 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track Championships on March 3
2022-23 (SOPHOMORE):
  • MAAC All-Academic Team & MAAC Academic Honor Roll member
  • Named the MAAC Women's Runner of the Week on January 24 & April 11
  • Competed in seven cross country, six indoor track, and seven outdoor track events
  • Finished 17th at MAAC Cross Country Championships
  • Finished 130th at ECAC and 146th at NCAA Northeast Regional Cross Country Championships
  • Ran a personal best in the mile (5:01.86) at the Terrier Classic
  • Finished fifth in the mile and part of the 4x800 relay team that finished third at MAAC Indoor Track Championships
  • Part of the MAAC Indoor Track Champion distance medley relay team
  • Placed tenth in the 1,000 and part of the 4x800 relay and distance medley relay teams that placed fifth at ECAC Indoor Track Championships
  • Won the 1,500 at the Monmouth Season Opener on March 24
  • Ran a personal best in the 1,500 (4:37.38) at the Bison Outdoor Classic
  • Finished third in the 800 and part of the 4x800 relay teal that finished second at MAAC Outdoor Track Championships
  • Finished 18th in the 800 and part of the 4x800 relay team that placed third at ECAC Outdoor Track Championships

2021-22 (FRESHMAN):
  • MAAC Academic Honor Roll member
  • Competed in eight cross country, seven indoor track, and seven outdoor track events
  • Placed 48th at the MAAC Cross Country Championships with a 6k time of 23:18.6
  • Placed 52nd at the ECAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 19:50.0
  • Part of the 4x800 team that plzced first at the NYC Gothom Cup on January 21
  • Part of the distance medley relay team that placed first at the Utica Pioneer Invite on February 6
  • Set a personal best in the mile (5:04.01) at the Hemery Valentine Invite on February 11
  • Part of the 4x800 team that placed fifth and the distance medley relay team that took third at the MAAC Indoor Track Championships
  • Ran a personal best in the 1,000 (2:59.60) and ran in the distance medley relay at the ECAC Indoor Track Championships
  • Set the school record in the distance medley relay at the Penn Relays on April 29th
  • Placed 16th in the 1,500 and part of the 4x800 relay team that took fourth at the MAAC Outdoor Track Championships
  • Took 25th in the 800 and part of the 4x800 team that broke the school record at the ECAC Outdoor Track Championships
BEFORE SIENA:
  • 2020-21 Rockland Girls Winter Athlete of the Year
  • Won the Section 1 Championship in the 1000m
  • Qualified for the New York State Outdoor Championship in the 800 and the New York State Indoor Championship in the 1500
  • Personal best times of 59.60 in the 400, 2:18 in the 800, and 4:45 in the 1500
PERSONAL:
  • Born on October 8
  • Daughter of the late Ross & Juliane Gardner 
  • Has three bothers - Ross, Luke, & John, and one sister - Mary
  • Sister plays soccer at Dominican College
  • Cousin, Alex Whatley, runs cross country & track at Ithaca College 
  • Majoring in health studies, with plans to be a physical therapist 
  • Chose Siena because it is close to home, the size, the area, and the cross country team & coaches 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior