Can't sync contacts from my phone to gmail

[mikeinstlouis]

Hey all,
I just got my evo less than a week ago. I had my contacts removed from my Touch (windows mobile) and put onto my EVO while at the Sprint store.

Prior to getting my EVO, I had also made a CSV file of my contacts from my windows mobile from a 3rd party program, and imported it to my gmail account thinking that they would sync with my phone when I picked it up. I didn't know that they would be able to take my contact from my old phone and put them on the EVO at Sprint.

Anyway, I don't think that my contacts that were placed on my phone from my old phone ever synced with my gmail account.
I even added names onto my phones and it never updated on my gmail account.
I have gone as far as totally deleting the gmail account contact list, and syncing my phone to my gmail account and nothing happened.
Nothing added to my gmail account and nothing removed from my EVO.

My question is: How can I transfer my contacts that were put on my phone in the Sprint store back to my currently empty gmail account. Is there some setting that I am missing?

I have tried MENU>SETTINGS>ACCOUNTS & SYNC and I pick my GMAIL account and hit SYNC NOW. It syncs for a few seconds, then nothing.
Nothing shows up on my GMAIL account when I log onto it from my laptop.

I hope this makes sense.

Any help would be appreciated.

Mikeinstlouis