2021-22 Women's Indoor Track & Field Roster

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UND Athletics

Elaina Swartz

Elaina Swartz

  • Position:
    Sprints/Hurdles
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Park River, N.D.
  • Highschool:
    Park River

Summary

Biography

TFRRS All-Time Performances

Personal Bests

Indoor
200m: 26.48 (2/16/19)
400m: 59.99 (1/20/21)
60m Hurdles: 9.48 (1/25/19)
Outdoor
200m: 27.15 (3/15/19)
400m: 1:04.23 (3/25/22)
400m Hurdles: 1:01.71 (5/13/21)

2021-22
Indoor (Senior): Finished 18th at the Summit League Indoor Championships with a time of 1:01.93 ... Recorded season-bests in the 60m hurdles (9.62) at the Dakota Alumni Classic, 200m (27.19) at the SDSU Indoor Classic and 400m (1:01.44) at the UND Tune-Up.

Outdoor (Junior): Took 13th in the 400m hurdles at the Summit League Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:07.35 ... Put down season-bests in the 400m hurdles (1:06.69) at the Texas State Invitational, 200m (27.04w) at the USD Challenge and 400m (1:04.23) at the Texas State Invitational.

2020-21
Indoor (Junior):
Competed in all eight meets … Ran on both relay teams at The Summit League Championship, helping the 4x400 to a fifth place finish and the distance medley relay to fourth (Feb. 27-28) … Broke 60 seconds in the 400-meters at the UND Tune-Up to take second with a 59.99 (Feb. 20) .. Finished sixth with a PR in the 600-meters at the Jim Emmerich Invitational (Jan. 23).

Outdoor (Sophomore): Capped a remarkable outdoor season with All-Summit League honors in the 400-meter hurdles … Competed six times and improved her 400 hurdle times at each meet … Recorded the best time in the preliminary round of The Summit League Championship before finishing third in the final, 61.71 (May 15) … No. 5 in UND history in the 400-meter hurdles … Helped the 4x100-meter relay team to sixth place and the eighth-best time in school history at The Summit League Championship (May 14) … Won the 400-meter hurdles at the Ron Masanz Classic (May 1) … Finished ninth in the 400 hurdles at the Drake Relays (April 23).

2019-20
Indoor (Sophomore):
Ran at the UND Indoor Open (Feb. 1) ... Helped the Fighting Hawks to a win in the 4x400-meter relay, running the final leg to secure a time of 3:59.56.

Outdoor (COVID-19 Pandemic): Did not compete.

2018-19
Indoor (Freshman):
Ran in six meets, including The Summit League Championship.

Outdoor (Freshman): Just missed moving into the University of North Dakota's top-10 in the 400-meter hurdles with a 64.44 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 17-19) ... Ran at The Summit League Championship in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing 11th.

Before UND: Graduated from Park River Area School in 2018 ... A six-year letterwinner in track and field ... Won state championship in the 300-meter hurdles in each of her final two years ... Also won state championship in the 100-meter hurdles as a junior ... Was the 300-meter hurdles runner-up one year earlier and placed fourth in the 100-meter hurdles ... Helped Park River win 4x100 relay state title as a senior and set a new state record ... Lettered four times in volleyball and earned all-region honors her senior year ... Also lettered twice in basketball ... Member of the National Honor Society and graduated with high honors.

Personal: Major is pre-dietetics ... Daughter of Sherry & Andy Currie and Stuart & Joan Swartz ... Mother, Sherry Currie, played volleyball and threw javelin at UND ... Older sister, Hannah, played volleyball at Lake Region State College.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2020-21Redshirt Sophomore

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2021-22Redshirt Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles