2009-10 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
Career Bests
Cross Country:
8K: 25:58 (10/17/08 at Bradley Invitational-Peoria, Ill.)
10K: 34:57.85 (11/15/08 at NCAA Regionals-Stillwater, Okla.)
Indoor:
3,000-meter run: 8:58 (2/28/09 at Prairie Fire Invitational-Galesburg, Ill.)
Mile Run: 4:34.53 (1/30/09 at Jack Jennett Invitational-Cedar Falls, Iowa)
Outdoor:
1,500-meter run: 3:58.72 (5/2/09 at Illinois Open-Champaign, Ill.)
3,000-meter run: 8:41.84 (4/18/09 at Memphis Invitational-Memphis, Tenn.)
5,000-meter run: 15:20.32 (4/4/09 at Joey Haines Classic-Cape Girardeau, Mo.)--fastest time of 2009 season
Steeplechase: 9:29.83 (5/9/09 at Oregon Twilight-Eugene, Ore.)--fastest time of 2009 season
At Rend Lake College
• A member of the 2006 DI national championship cross country team and 2008 indoor track and field team
• Earned All-America honors in cross country as well as the steeple chase and the 4x800 meter run
Awards and Accolades
• Earned 2008-09 Summit League Outdoor All-Conference Honors.
Personal
Son of Bill and Lisa Whitaker... born Mary 20, 1987... majoring in kinesiology.
