University of South Dakota Athletics

Tonya (Kneifl) Gordon was a nine-time all-American for the Coyote track and field program, finishing as the Division II runner-up in the high jump three times. She capped off her collegiate career with a personal best jump of 5 feet, 9 ¼ inches (1.76m), at the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She was also a six-time NCC Champion, taking home three high jump titles and one in the long jump, pentathlon and javelin.
 
Gordon held South Dakota's school record in the high jump for 14 seasons after graduation. She remains ranked fourth in the indoor and outdoor high jump, seventh in the heptathlon, eighth in the pentathlon, eighth in the javelin and 10th in the outdoor long jump. She placed eighth in the heptathlon at the NCAA championship meet as a junior in 2000.
 
Gordon resides in Omaha, Nebraska, and has served as an elementary teacher for 20 years. Her husband, Steve, is a fellow member of the Henry Heider Coyote Sports Hall of Fame and a two-time NCAA champion in the triple jump. They have a daughter, Ad'astra.