Jill Whitman

Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Columbia, Ill.

2014-15 (FRESHMAN): Cross Country: Placed second overall at the Indiana Intercollegiates ... scored for the Hoosiers at both the Washington Invite and Adidas Invitational ... placed 36th at the Big Ten Championships ... was the third Hoosier to finish and placed 35th overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in a time of 20:56. Indoor: finished in fifth-place in the 3,000m run and sixth-place in the 5,000m run at the Big Ten Indoor Championships…won the 3,000m run at the Gladstein Invitational and Indiana vs. Purdue Dual Meet…set a season-best time to win the mile at the Hoosier Hills Invitational. Outdoors: Won the USATF Junior Championship in the 3,000m run…finished in seventh-place in the 5,000m run at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships…finished in 13^th place in a time of 16:14.98 in the 5,000m run at the NCAA East Prelim…her time is the third-best time in school history…earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors.

High School: Competed at Cor Jesu Academy high school in St. Louis...2013 Missouri State Champion in the 3200 and 2013 State runner up in cross country...finished fifth at Nike Cross Country Regional to qualify for Nike Nationals in Portland, Ore...team was two-time conference champions in cross country...track and field team captain junior and senior years...academically ranked fourth in class and Vice President of National Honor Society...personal best times of 10:40.04 in the 3200 and 4:54.67 for the mile.

Personal: Daughter of Jan and Jeff Whitman...has three brothers, Joe, James and John and one sister, Julia...born Jan. 14, 1996...intended major is Exercise Science.