Bio

Ellie (Sitek) Bogdanske is one of the most decorated alumnae of the UW-Oshkosh women’s track & field program, earning three National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III titles, 12 All-America accolades and three Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships from 2007-10.

A four-time letterwinner in both indoor and outdoor track & field, Bogdanske was named the Outstanding Field Performer at the 2009 WIAC Outdoor Championship before being selected as the Division III Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, Division III Midwest Region Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year and Outstanding Field Performer at the Division III Outdoor Championship in 2010.

Bogdanske earned three Division III outdoor titles with her winning measurements of 157-3 in the discus and 175-10 in the hammer throw at the 2009 national championship and 166-1 in the discus competition at the 2010 national meet. She is one of only four Division III discus champions in UW-Oshkosh history.

Bogdanske also won the 20-pound weight throw at the 2009 WIAC Indoor, shot put at the 2010 WIAC Indoor and discus throw at the 2010 WIAC Outdoor championships.

Bogdanske, a Marinette High School graduate, achieved Division III All-America accolades eight times during the outdoor season and four times indoors. Her other outdoor All-America performances were in the 2008 discus throw (sixth place), 2008 hammer throw (seventh), 2009 shot put (fifth), 2010 shot put (sixth) and 2010 hammer throw (fourth).

Bogdanske’s Division III indoor All-America citations were achieved in the 2009 20-pound weight throw (third), 2009 shot put (sixth), 2010 20-pound weight throw (sixth) and 2010 shot put (fifth).

During Bogdanske’s four seasons, UW-Oshkosh won the 2007 Division III outdoor title and added four other national top-three finishes as the Titans were the 2009 and 2010 outdoor runners-up, the 2010 indoor runners-up and 2009 indoor third-place team. Bogdanske and her teammates celebrated their 2007 national title in front of a hometown crowd as the Division III Championship was held at the Oshkosh Sports Complex.

Bogdanske, a member of the 2009 and 2010 WIAC Scholastic Honor Rolls, is the owner of seven WIAC Athlete of the Week awards. She was selected to the WIAC All-Centennial Women’s Track & Field Team in 2012.

Bogdanske earned a bachelor’s degree in 2012 from UW-Oshkosh and is a production manager of frames at White House Custom Color in Eagan, Minn. She previously worked for Under Armour and held coaching positions at Lawrence University, Lourdes Academy in Oshkosh, and Appleton East and Ripon high schools.

Bogdanske lives in Maplewood, Minn., with her husband, Taylor, and son, Jaxxon.