Tamara Gorman

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
High School:
Rapid City Stevens HS
Hometown:
Rapid City, S.D.

2016 - Redshirt Sophomore Season:Ran in two meets this season - finished fifth for the Gophers at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invite with a 6K time of 21:48.9 - ran a career-best 5K time of 17:45.1 as the sixth Gopher at the Notre Dame Invitational.

2015 - Redshirt Freshman Season: Ran six races - placed third on the team and seventh overall at the Oz Memorial (22:34.5) - placed ninth on the team at the Griak Invitational (23:37.7) - placed fifth on the team and 149th overall at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational - ran a career-best 21:25.0 to place 49th overall as the sixth Gopher at the Big Ten Championship - placed 76th as the seventh Gopher at the Midwest Regional in her NCAA debut (21:52.2) - finished seventh on the team in 224th overall in her NCAA Championship debut (22:02.9).

2014 - Freshman Season:Â Redshirted the 2014 cross country and 2015 track & field seasons.

High School: A 2014 graduate of Rapid City Stevens High School - five-time letterwinner in cross country, track & field and swimming - led cross country team to the South Dakota Class AA title as a senior and runner-up finish as a junior - placed second at the 2013 South Dakota Class AA cross country championship in 14:24.81 - three-time Gatorade South Dakota Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year - five-time South Dakota Class AA track & field state champion in the 1,600m (2011), 3,200m (2011, 2013 and 2014) and 4x800m relay (2011) - three-time state runner-up in the 1,600m (2013, 2014) and 4x800m relay (2013) - 2011 and 2013 conference champion in the 1,600m and 3,200m - holds Rapid City Stevens school records in 1,600m (5:00) and 3,200m (10:42) - also swam competitively in high school - National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born February 22, 1996 - daughter of Jeff and Kelly Gorman - has one older brother, Brian, who competed for the University of Minnesota swim team from 2011-13 - father, Jeff, swam for the Gophers from 1983-85 - enjoys camping, cooking, hiking and spending time with family and friends - intends to major in elementary education - competitive triathlete - became the first American woman to win a junior worlds title at the 2013 International Triathlon Union (ITU) Junior World Championships with a first-place time of 57 minutes, 8 seconds on the 750-meter swim, 22.5-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run course - placed third at the 2012 ITU Junior World Championships.

Gorman's Postseason Appearances
Year	Big Tens	Midwest Regional	NCAA Championship
2014	Redshirt	Redshirt	Redshirt
2015	49th, 21:25.0	76th, 21:52.2	224th, 22:02.9
2016	DNC	DNC	DNC