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2025-26 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Michael Nance
Michael Nance

Shane Gardner

  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sugar Land, Texas
  • Highschool Richmond George Ranch

Biography

ALL-TIME MARKS AND CAREER RECORDS

CAREER ACCOLADES

2025 First Team All-Ivy (indoor 60m H)
2025 Ivy Heps Champion (indoor 60m H)
2024 two-time Ivy Heps individual champion (indoor 60 hurdles, outdoor 110 hurdles)
2023 NCAA qualifier (outdoor 110 hurdles)
2023 USA U21 Championships competitor (outdoor 110 hurdles)
2023 Second-Team All-Ivy (indoor 60 hurdles)

OUTDOOR 2025:
  • Competed in six meets during the season
  • Recorded a personal-best 110m hurdles time of 13.68 at the South Florida Invitational (Apr 11-12)
  • Recorded a personal-best 200m time of 21.86 at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (Mar 28-29)
INDOOR 2025:
  • Competed in seven meets during the season
  • Placed first in the 60m H with a personal best time of 7.75 at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships (Mar 1-2)
  • Placed first in the 60m H with a time of 7.85 at the  Philadelphia Metro (Feb 21)
  • Placed first in the 60m H with a time of 7.83 at the Penn Classic (Feb 8)
  • Placed first in the 60m H with a time of 7.91 at the Penn State National Open (Jan 31-Feb 1)
OUTDOOR 2024:
  • Competed in eight meets during the season
  • Placed first in the 110H with 13.90 at the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May. 4-5)
  • Placed first in the 110H with 14.26 at the Paul Donahue Invitational at Widener University (Apr. 19-20)
  • Set a career best in the 110H with 13.79 at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (Apr. 12-13)
  • Placed first in the 110H with 14.34 at the Penn Challenge (Mar. 23)
INDOOR 2024:
  • Competed in four meets during the season
  • Set a career best in the 60H with 7.83 at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 24-25)
  • Set a career best in the 200 with 22.22 and placed second in the 60H with 7.85 at the 2024 Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (Feb. 9-10)
  • Placed first in the 60H with 8.01 at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge (Feb. 3)
  • Placed third in the 60H with 8.01 at the 2024 Riverhawk Invitational (Jan. 26-27)
OUTDOOR 2023
  • Competed in nine meets during the season
  • Set a career best in the 110m hurdles with a top time of 13.91 in the preliminary round at the Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 6-7), tying the program record
  • Set a career best in the 200m with 22.51 at the Big Five Meet (Apr. 1)
  • Set a career best in the 400m with 53.19 at the Penn Challenge (Mar. 18)
  • Competed at the NCAA East Preliminaries
  • Competed in the 110m hurdles at the USA U21 Championships
INDOOR 2023
  • Competed in seven meets during this season
  • Set a career best 7.04 in the 60m at the Scarlet Knight Open (Feb. 3-4)
  • Set a career best 7.88 in the 60H at the Scarlet Knight Open (Feb. 3-4)
  • Placed third in 60H at the Seahawk Shootout (Dec. 9)
  • Placed first in the 60H at the Penn Select 10 (Jan 14)
  • Placed first and third in the 60H at the Wesley A. Brown Invitational (Jan. 20-21)
  • Placed second and third in the 60H at the Penn State National Open (Jan. 27-28)
  • Placed first in the 60m at the Scarlet Knight Open (Feb. 3-4)
  • Placed second in the 60H at the Scarlet Knight Open (Feb. 3-4)
  • Placed second in the 60H at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 25-26)
High School: 3x All-American … 2x 6A Texas State qualifier … 6A Texas State bronze medalist … High School Record 110 Hurdles (13.69) … 5th all-time Texas indoor 60 hurdles
 
Personal: Son of Niedra Gardner … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences for International Relations

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Hurdles
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Hurdles
  • 2024-25Junior

    Hurdles
  • 2025-26Senior

    Hurdles