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2024-25 Track & Field Roster

Eli Kosiba

  • Position:
    Jumps
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Rensselaer, Ind.
  • High School:
    Rensselaer Central

Summary

Biography

2024-25: 1x USTFCCCA All-American... 1x USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week... 2025 NCAA DII Indoor National Champion in high jump... First selection in GVSU program history to be named to The Bowerman Watch List... USTFCCCA National Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year... USTFCCCA Midwest Region Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year... GLIAC Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year...
Tied NCAA DII men's indoor high jump record of 2.30m (7-6.5) (set in 2007 by Jim Dilling) at the GVSU Holiday Open (I)... Finished second at the 2025 USATF Indoor Championships clearing a high jump mark of 2.22m (7-3.25)... Named NCAA DII Indoor National Champion in high jump with a height of 2.23m (7-3.75)...

2023-24: Cleared a season-best 2.22m high jump at the USATF Indoor Championships placing fourth overall... Placed third at the GLIAC Indoor Championships with a 2.13m high jump height... Placed sixth at the NCAA DII Indoor Championships with a high jump of 2.13m... Cleared a personal-best 2.28m height to be named GLIAC Outdoor Champion in high jump... Had a 2.08m height at the NCAA DII Outdoor Championships to place sixth...
Competed at the United States Olympic Team Trials and ranked ninth with a 2.14 high jump height...

2022-23: Placed first in five of six indoor meets in high jump including the GLIAC Indoor Championships (2.21m)... Placed sixth with a 2.15m high jump at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships... Placed first at the USF Bulls Invitational (O) with a high jump height of 2.20m... Cleared a season-best 2.25m high jump at the GVSU Al Owens Classic to place first... Placed second at the GLIAC Outdoor Championships with a 2.07m high jump height... Placed fifth at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships with a 2.15m high jump...
Competed at the Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships and finished fourth clearing a 2.21m high jump...

2021-22: USTFCCCA First-Team All-American (High Jump)… USTFCCCA All-Region Honors (High Jump)… Finished first at the GVSU Big Meet in the high jump clearing a height of 2.19m… Placed first at the GLIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship with a height of 2.20m… Recorded a personal-best height in high jump of 2.21m at the GVSU 10 Event-Last Chance… 

2020-21: USTFCCCA First-Team All-American in high jump... Finished third in the high jump at the GLIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships clearing a height of 1.99m... Placed seventh at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships clearing 2.06m... Finished first at the GLIAC Indoor Track and Field Championships reaching a personal-best height of 2.14m. 

Prior to GVSU

High School:
Prepped at Rensselear Central… Named Most Valuable Field Person in 2018 and 2019… Qualified for the 2020 State Championships in the high jump… Earned high jump All-Conference honors in 2018 and 2019… Scored the most points for cumulative season in 2018 and 2019… Plans to major in communications…

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  • 2020-21Freshman

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  • 2022-23Junior

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  • 2024-25Graduate Student

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