2016-17 Track & Field Roster
Biography
2017—An ankle injury prevented her from competing in 2016. The good news is, she’s fully recovered and had national meet provisional qualifying marks of 8.72 and 8.53 seconds at the two December meet the Eagles entered.
2015—Tessa transferred to Chadron State and set both of Chadron State’s high hurdle records, running the 60-meter race in 8.51 and the 100 highs in 13.99. She placed second at the RMAC Indoor Meet and was fourth at the Outdoor Meet. She qualified for the DII National Indoor Meet and barely missed qualifying for the outdoor meet. She was the lead runner on the 4x100 relay team that set the CSC record of 3:51.90.
Before Chadron State: As a senior at Rapid City Central in 2013, she won the Class AA 100-meter high hurdles at the South Dakota State Meet in 14.72 seconds and was third in the 300 lows in 47.06. Her career-best time of 14.10 seconds in the highs ranked as the second fastest in South Dakota high school annals. She was on the track team at the University of Northern Iowa in 2014 before switching to CSC.
Personal: Another strong student with a 3.9 cumulative GPA. Daughter of Dave and Tammy Gorsuch. Her brother, Brandon, was a quarterback for the CSC football teams in 2011 and 2012.
High School:
2010 State Champion 4x100m
2011 State Champion 100H
2013 State Champion 4x100m
2014 State Champion 100H
2nd fastest time in South Dakota history in 100H
School record in 100H
Previous School:
Ran for the University of Northern Iowa
Chadron State:
2015 RMAC 60H 2nd place
2015 Indoor National Qualifier 60H
School Record Holder 60H
Current Personal Records:
Outdoor:
100m 12.1
200m 25.73
100H 13.99
Long Jump 5.34m
Indoor:
60H 8.51
60m 7.80
Triple Jump 10.97m
Historical Player Information
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2014-15Sophomore
Sprints/Hurdles
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2015-16Junior
Sprints/Hurdles
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2015-16Junior
Sprints/Hurdles
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2016-17Senior
Sprints/Hurdles