Andrea Gelle



 
  Head Coach  
  2nd Season in 2011-12  
  Alma Mater: St. Olaf College '07  
E-mail: gellea@stolaf.edu
Office Phone: 507-786-3472
 
 
 
 
 
 

THE GELLE FILE
2007: Graduated from St. Olaf College with a B.A. in Psychology and Social Studies Education
2010: Joined the St. Olaf coaching staff as Head Women's Track and Field and Assistant Women's Cross Country Coach
2010-11: Finished 5th at the MIAC Indoor Championships with two first place finishes... The distance medley relay set new all-time St. Olaf and MIAC records... Sophomore Emma Lee placed 13th in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in the 10,000m run
2011-12: Placed 3rd in the MIAC Indoor Championships, the best finish since 2002... Finish included three first place finishes and a new all-time St. Olaf and MIAC record in the distance medley relay... Freshman Dani Larson earned All-America honors at NCAA Division III Indoor Championships by finishing eighth in the pentathalon and tying for seventh in the high jump
Andrea Gelle enters her second year as the head coach of the St. Olaf women's track and field team. In Gelle's first season, six Oles captured a combined total of 10 All-Conference titles, including two first-place finishes. The distance medley relay set an all-time MIAC meet record and two new school records were set in distance events. A season-end highlight was the appearance of Emma Lee ('13) at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in the 10,000 meter run.

Prior to her time at St. Olaf, Gelle spent two-plus seasons at Apple Valley High School where she was the head girls' cross country coach, a track and field assistant and social studies teacher.

She is a 2007 graduate of St. Olaf where she was an eight-time letterwinner, earning four each in cross country and track and field. She earned All-America honors in the 1,500 and was a national qualifier in the 800 in her final season. Gelle graduated cum laude with a B.A. in psychology and social studies education and earned Academic All-America recognition.







The Oles Under Andrea Gelle
Season Indoor MIAC's Outdoor MIAC's
2010-11 5th 8th
2011-12 3rd