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2023-24 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Michael Nance
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Michael Nance

Isabella Whittaker

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Mount DeSales Academy
  • Hometown Laurel, Md.

Biography

ALL-TIME MARKS AND CAREER RECORDS

CAREER ACCOLADES
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials finalist (sixth in women's 400)
2024 First-Team All-America (outdoor 400)
2024 Second-Team All-America (indoor 400)
2024 Honorable Mention All-America (outdoor 4x100 relay)
2024 NCAA Championships qualifier (outdoor 400, 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay)
2024 NCAA Championships qualifier (indoor 400, 4x400 relay)
2024 USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Regional Track Athlete of the Year (outdoor)
2024 co-Most Outstanding Track Performer, Indoor Heps
2024 three-time Ivy Heps individual champion (indoor 400, outdoor 200, outdoor 400)
2024 Ivy Heps champion (outdoor 4x100)
2024 Second-Team All-Ivy (indoor 400, outdoor 400)
2023 Second-Team All-America (outdoor 4x800)
2023 NCAA Championships qualifier (outdoor 4x400, outdoor 4x800)
2023 Ivy Heps champion (outdoor 4x100m, outdoor 4x400)
2023 Second-Team All-Ivy (indoor 400, indoor 4x400, outdoor 400)
2022 NCAA Championships qualifier (outdoor 4x400)
2022 First-Team All-Ivy (outdoor 400, outdoor 4x400)
2021 Honorable Mention All-America (outdoor 400)
2021 NCAA Championships qualifier (outdoor 400)
Two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic (2023, 24)

PROGRAM RECORD BOOK
Indoor 400: 1st ... 2024 ... 51.69 - broke Ivy League all-meet record that had stood since 1990
Indoor 500: 1st ... 2024 ... 1:10.12
Outdoor 200: 1st ... 2024 ... 23.18
Outdoor 400: 1st ... 2024 ... 50.17 - broke Ivy League all-meet record that had stood since 1990
Indoor 60: 2nd ... 2024 ... 7.39
Indoor 200: 2nd ... 2024 ... 23.74
Outdoor 4x100: 1st ... 2024 ... 43.74 - broke Ivy League all-meet record that had stood since 2016
Indoor 4x400: 1st ... 2024 ... 3:29.86 - broke Ivy League all-meet record that had stood since 2023
Outdoor 4x400: 1st ... 2024 ... 3:29.29 - broke Ivy League all-meet record that had stood since 2016
Outdoor SMR: 1st ... 2024 ... 3:42.32

OUTDOOR 2023
  • Competed in 10 meets during the outdoor season
  • Placed in the top-10 in 13 different races, including five victories
  • Earned first in the 4x100 at the Transatlantic Series (April 15) with a time of 45.64
  • Took first in the 4x400 (3:39.90) and 400 (53.79) at the Virginia Challenge (April 20-22)
  • Won two Ivy Heps titles in the 4x100 (45.19) and 4x400 (3:37.26), while taking second in the 400 (52.65)
  • Qualified for NCAA East Preliminaries (May 25-27) for the 400 and 4x400, advancing to NCAA Championships in the 4x400 with a 10th-place finish on a time of 3:34.93
  • Earned All-America status with 4x400, taking 16th with a time of 3:33.43 at the NCAA Championships (June 7-10)
INDOOR 2023
  • Competed in seven meets during the season
  • Set a career high in the 600m with 1:32.64 at the Seahawk Shootout (Dec. 9), placing second
  • Set a career high in the 500m with 1:13.78 at the Welsey A. Brown Invitational (Jan. 20-21), placing first
  • Placed first three times in the 400m, 55.31 at the Penn Select 10 (Jan. 14), 55.34 at the Scarlet Knight Open (Feb. 3-4), and 56.04 at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships Preliminaries, placed second with 55.36 in the Finals.
  • Placed top five in six of seven meets in all events
OUTDOOR 2022
  • Competed in 10 meets during the season
  • Set a career best in the 100m with 12.24 at the Larry Ellis Invitational (Apr. 15-16)
  • Placed first three times in the 4x400m, 3:44.26 at the Penn Challenge (Mar. 19), 3:37.10 at the Virginia Challenge (Apr. 22-23), and 3:38.84 at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 7-8)
  • Placed first two times in the 400m, 55.27 at the Big Five Meet (Apr. 2), and 54.07 at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 7-8)
INDOOR 2022
  • Did not compete.
OUTDOOR 2021
  • Competed in four meets during regular-season slate
  • In her first collegiate meet at the Penn Challenge,she set Penn's second-best times in both the 200m (23.76) and 400m (53.54), while taking first and setting personal best times in each at that point in season
  • Collected six first-place finishes, not dropping any event in the 200m and 400m
  • Set personal-best time of 52.50 in 400m at Penn Twilight
  • Tied program record in the 200m at the TCNJ Last Chance on May 13, clocking time of 23.62
  • Qualified for NCAA East Preliminaries as 13th seed in 400m, setting program record in event with time of 51.92 for 11th place
  • Qualified for NCAA Championships in Oregon in 400m as 22nd seed in nation, placing 24th with a time of 53.42 to earn Honorable Mention All-America
INDOOR 2021
  • All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
High School: Earned All-America status three times … Ranked No. 4 nationally in the 300, No. 5 in the 500, and No. 6 in the 200.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2021-22Sophomore

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  • 2022-23Junior

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  • 2023-24Senior

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