PERSONAL BESTS
EVENT | TIME | MEET | DATE |
60 (Indoor)Indoor | 7.08 | UAA Championships | 2/26/2022 |
60 Hurdles (Indoor) | 7.95 | NCAA Championship | 3/12/2022 |
110 Hurdles (Outdoor) | 14.68 | Billy Hayes Invite | 5/3/2019 |
200 (Indoor) | 22.51 | UAA Championships | 2/24/2019 |
400 (Indoor) | 50.17 | Wartburg Qualifier | 3/3/2018 |
400 Hurdles (Outdoor) | 53.52 | NCC Gregory Final Qualifier | 5/16/2019 |
55m (Indoor) | 7.67 | Midwest Elite Invite | 2/12/2022 |
-- Two-time NCAA DIII Indoor Track & Field National Champion: 2022 ( Team Championship & 60m Hurdles - 7.95) -- NCAA DIII Outdoor Track & Field National Champion: 2019 (4x400m Relay - 3:09.77)
--Four-time NCAA DIII Indoor Track & Field All-American: 2022 (60m Hurdles - first, 4x400 relay- second)....2019 (4x400m Relay - second, 3:15.18); 2020 (60m Hurdles, 4x400 Relay)
--Four-time UAA Indoor Track & Field Champion: 2022 (60m Hurdles - 8.14, DMR - 10:06.26) ...2019 (60m Hurdles-8.52 and 4x400m Relay-3:19.70)
--Four-time UAA Outdoor Track Champion: 2018 (400m Hurdles-54.09, 4x400m Relay-3:18.36); 2019 (110m Hurdles-14.87, 4x400m Relay-3:15.10)
2021-22
Indoor: National Champion in the 60m Hurdles (7.95) and member of first ever team Indoor Naitonal Championship in program history...naitonal runner-up in 4x400 at NCAA Championship and two-time All-American...won two UAA Championships in the 60m Hudles (8.14) and DMR (10:06.26)...three-time UAA Indoor Track Athlete of the Week...Holds six all-time top 10 performances in school history for indoor events.
2019-20
INDOOR: Academic All-UAA ... UAA Men's Track Athlete of the Week on March 9 ... season-best 22.75 in the 200-meter dash at the UAA Indoor Track and Field Championships Feb. 29-March 1 … season-best 8.12 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles at the Wartburg Qualifier on March 6
2018-19
INDOOR: Helped WashU to a record finish, fifth place, at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field National Championships as a member of the All-American second place finish in the 4x400m relay with a school record time of 3:15.18 ... USTFCCCA Midwest All-Region in the 4x400m relay with the region's fastest time (3:13.19*converted) ... Earned all-UAA honors with a winning time in the 60m hurdles (8.52) a third place time in the 200m (22.51) and as a member of the winning 4x400m relay (3:19.70) ... Named the UAA Athlete of the Week on March 4 as a member of the 4x400m Relay ... Academic All-UAA.
OUTDOOR: Helped WashU to its first relay event National Championship as a member of the winning 4x400m relay team that posted a school record time of 3:09.77 ... USTFCCCA Midwest All-Region in the 110m hurdles and as a member of the men's 4x400m relay ... Earned All-UAA honors with multiple event titles including the 110m hurdles (14.87) and the 4x400m relay (3:15.10) and by placing third in the 400m hurdles (54.59) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... Academic All-UAA ... UAA Presidents Council Scholar Athlete.
2017-18
INDOOR: Earned all-UAA Indoor honors with third-place finish in the 60m hurdles (8.35).
OUTDOOR: Qualified for NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field National Championships with the nation's sixth fastest 4x400m relay (3:13.50) ... USTFCCCA Midwest All-Region as a member of the regions third fastest 4x400m relay team (3:13.50) which was ran at the North Central College Gregory Final Qualifier (5/16) ... Helped the Bears to the University Athletic Association (UAA) Outdoor Track & Field Championship with event titles in the 400m hurdles (54.09) and the 4x400m relay (3:18.36) while adding all-UAA honors in the 110m hurdles with a third place finish (15.48) ... Named the UAA Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week on March 26 ... USTFCCCA All-Academic.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner in football and four-year letterwinner in track and field at Lakota West High School … Team captain … Honorable-mention Ohio All-Conference … Ohio Regional Runner-Up … Placed 1st at conference in 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles ... Placed 1st at regionals in 300m hurdles and 4th at 110m hurdles ... Finished 6th at Ohio Division 1 state in 300m hurdles and 11th at 110m hurdles ... Presidential All-Academic Award … GMC All-Academic Award … High Honor Roll.
PERSONAL: Majoring in biomedical engineering … Son of Anthony and Pamela Whitaker … Cousin of NBA champion Brandon Williams ... Rodriguez Scholar.
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