2016-17 Women's Track and Field
Biography
PERSONAL BESTS
800m: 2:15.66
1,500m: 4:26.89
Mile: 4:54.00
3,000m: 9:28.09
5,000m: 16:14.35
10,000m: 34:09.65
CAREER ACCOLADES
2017 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (10,000m)
2017 Outdoor Second-Team All-Ivy (10,000m)
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2016 Cross Country Mid-Atlantic All-Region
2016 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2015 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (5,000m)
2015 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2014 USTFCCCA All-Region
2014 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2013 NCAA Cross Country Championships Individual Qualifier
2013 USTFCCCA All-Region
First all-time at Penn in the indoor 5,000m (16:28.49)
First all-time at Penn in the outdoor 10,000m (34:09.65)
First all-time at Penn in the outdoor 4x1500m relay (17:55.05)
Third all-time at Penn in the indoor 3,000m (9:28.09)
Third all-time at Penn in the outdoor 3,000m (9:29.43)
Third all-time at Penn in the outdoor 5,000m (16:14.35)
Fifth all-time at Penn in the outdoor DMR (11:31.68)
Sixth all-time at Penn in the outdoor 1,500m (4:26.89)
OUTDOOR 2017
- Competed in seven meets during the 2017 outdoor season, making appearances in the 800m, 1,500m, 5,000m, 10,000m and 4x1500m relay.
- Qualified for the 2017 NCAA East Region Prelims (May 25) in the 10,000m, placing 25th.
- Placed second, earning second-team All-Ivy honors, in the 10,000m at the 2017 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 7).
- Also finished third in the 5,000m at Ivy Heps.
- Part of the sixth-place 4x1500m relay team at the Penn Relays (April 27-29), owning a school-record time of 17:55.05.
- Ran a time of 34:09.65 in the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational (April 1), a school record.
- Totaled three top-10 placements on the year.
INDOOR 2017
- Competed in three meets during the 2017 indoor season, making appearances in the mile, 3,000m, 5,000m and DMR.
- Placed second at the 2017 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 26) in the 5,000m with a school record time of 16:28.49.
- Finished seventh in the 3,000m at Ivy Heps.
- Totaled four top-10 placements on the year.
CROSS COUNTRY 2016
- Scored in all seven races, including three top-10 finishes.
- Finished second among Penn runners in four events.
- Began the year with back-to-back third-place finishes at the Big 5 Invitational (Sept. 9) and the Main Line Invitational (Sept. 16).
- Placed 49th overall at the Wisconsin Invitational (Oct. 14).
- Finished 16th overall at the Ivy League Championships (Oct. 29).
- Ran to a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (Nov. 11).
- Placed 93rd at the NCAA National Championships (Nov. 19).
OUTDOOR 2016
- Competed in three outdoor meets before injury sidelined her season.
- Recorded the third-best time in school history in the 5,000m (16:15.35) to place 10th at the Stanford Invitational (April 1).
- Placed second in the 3,000m at the Philadelphia College Classic (March 19).
- Placed third in the 1,5000m at the Penn Challenge (March 26).
INDOOR 2016
- Competed in five meets during the indoor season.
- Improved upon her second-best time in school history in the indoor 5,000m (16:42.00) to place second at the FasTrack National Invite (Feb. 12).
- Placed fourth in the 5,000m at the 2016 Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championships.
- Recorded five top-five finishes in every event she competed in.
CROSS COUNTRY 2015
- Scored in all six of the cross country races that she competed in.
- Earned second-team All-Ivy honors after placing 13th at the Ivy Heps (Oct. 30).
- Placed third at the Big 5 Invitational (Sept. 11).
- Finished ninth at the Main Line Invitational (Sept. 18).
- Placed eighth at the Princeton Invite (Oct. 17).
- Recorded a 26th-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (Nov. 13).
2014-15: Qualified for NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 5,000m ... USTFCCCA Track and Field All-Academic Team ... USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic Team ... USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Region ... Second on the team at Cross Country Heps and top son the team at NCAA Regionals ... Scored at Indoor Heps in the 3,000m (sixth) and as member of DMR (fourth) ... Scored at Outdoor Heps in the 5,000m (third) ... Scored at Outdoor ECAC Championships in the 5,000m (seventh) ... Won the 3,000m at the Angry Birds Invitational (Jan. 17) and Philadelphia College Classic (March 21) ... Won the 1,500m at the Maryland Invitational (March 28).
2013-14: NCAA Cross Country Championships qualifier ... Tops on the team at five meets, including Cross Country Heps and NCAA Regionals ... Tops on the team at five meets, including Cross Country Heps and NCAA Regionals ... Finished 184th at NCAA Cross Country Championships ... Won the 3,000m at Haverford Invitational (Jan. 25) ... Won the 5,000m at Raleigh Relays (March 28).
High School: Placed 30th at the Nike Cross Southwest Regionals.
Personal: Daughter of Suzette Jones and Thomas Whiting ... Twin sister, Clarissa, also competes for Penn ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Historical Player Information
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2014-15Sophomore
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