From
Enterprise, Utah, Gardner excelled in track and field from a young age, running her first race at the age of nine years-old and winning her first ling jump competition. She won the national title over
100 metres in the 13-14-year-old girls age-group at the 2013 Hershey National Track and Field Meet in 12.84 seconds. She attended
Enterprise High School and broke the Utah state record high school record for the
200 metres with a time of 23.75 seconds. Competing for
Brigham Young University, BYU Gardner broke the 100 m and 200 m school records at the Robison Invitational in 2024, running 11.22 seconds for the 100m and 23.10 seconds for the 200 m. At the 2024 NCAA West Preliminaries in
Fayetteville, Arkansas, she ran the 100 metres in a wind-assisted time of 11.03 seconds (+3.0 m/s), before running her next heat in 11.00 seconds (+2.1). She subsequently ran 11.24 seconds at the
2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in
Eugene, Oregon in June. Gardner ran a
60 metres personal best of 7.13 seconds in
Provo, Utah, in December 2025. She was a finalist in the 60 metres at the
2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in New York in February 2026, running 7.22 seconds to place fourth in the final. == References ==