VMI Athletics

Whittaker at TFRRS

2023: Finished the SoCon Championship in 71st place in 28:19 (8K) ... opened the year running a 20:40 (6K) at the Spider Alumni Open ... ran the 8K at the Paul Short Run in 29:24.5.

2022: Finished second for the team at the Richmond Spider Open in 36th place in 19:26.50 … came in first for VMI at the Virginia Tech Invitational in 48th place in 26:30.2 … finished second for VMI at the Paul Short Run in 149th place with a personal record 8K time of 25:42.10 … arrived in first for VMI at the ECU Pirate Invite in 19th place in 25:49.63 … VMI’s top runner at the SoCon Championship in 30th place in 25:43.70.

2021: Completed the Southern Conference championship 8k race in 60th place in 28:26.10 … opened the season placing 44th overall at the Navy XC Twilight with a 4.9 mile time of 27:05.59 … placed ninth overall at the Winthrop Invite with an 8k time of 27:14.00 … came in 238th place at the prestigious Paul Short Run with an 8k time of 25:42.60 … achieved a 24th-place finish at the VertCross Invite with an 8k time of 26:58.70.

2020: Led VMI to a second-place finish at the SoCon Championship with his 23rd-place finish in 26:42.73 …placed fifth at the Tom Scott Open with a 7.4k time of 25:00 to help the Keydets to a team victory.

2019: Placed 30th overall at the JMU Open in 29:21 … came in 53rd overall at the HPU VertCross Invite in 27:03.44 … competed at the Southern Conference Championships with a 44th-place mark of 27:50.08.

High School: Lettered three years in both cross country and track and field ... competed in the 800m, 1000m, 1600m and the 4x800 relay.

Personal: Has one older brother ... plans to major in mechanical engineering.