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Whitney Adams - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Whitney Adams

Position Middle Distance
Class Senior
Hometown Saint Charles, Mo.
High School Francis Howell HS
Position Middle Distance

Career Results

2017 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Earned Second Team All-America honors by finishing 12th in the 800-meter at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships (6/7-10) with a time of 2:05.74 … Finished in 18th-place at the NCAA Championships as a member of the 4×400-meter relay team, earning Honorable Mention All-America honors … Tallied a third-place finish in the 800-meter run at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-8) with a time of 2:10.21.

2017 INDOOR (Sr.)
Competed at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/10-11) as a part of the distance medley relay team and recorded a seventh-place finish with a time of 11:05.35, good for First Team All-America honors … Won the 4×400-meter relay at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/18) finishing with a time of 3:37.06.

2016 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round where she took 17th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:08.09 and helped the 4×400-meter relay (3:35.99) team to a 14th-place finish … Placed 10th in the 800 meters in the preliminary round of the Big 12 Outdoor Championship, clocking a time of 2:08.99 … Member of the third-place 4×400-meter relay team at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship, finishing in 3:36.80 … Won the 800 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/23) with a time of 2:12.31 … Claimed fifth in the 800 meters at the Sun Angel Classic (4/9) after clocking a time of 2:05.43 … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a win with a time of 3:37.30 at the Kansas Relays … Assisted the 4×800-meter relay team to first place in 8:57.16 at the Kansas Relays … Took third in the 400 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) with a time of 54.38.

2016 INDOOR (Jr.)
Took fourth in the 800 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) with a time of 2:06.32 … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a fourth-place finish in 3:39.20 at the Big 12 Indoor Championship … Won the 400 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a time of 56.40 … Claimed the 400-meter title at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) after a clocking of 56.78 … Member of the first-place 4×400-meter relay team at the Bob Timmons Challenge, finishing in 3:44.69 … Runner-up in the 200 meters at the Bill Easton Classic with a time of 25.62 … Winner of the 400 meters after posting a time of 55.56 at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) … Took the 600-yard title at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a time of 1:22.00 … Runner-up in the 800 meters at the Husker Invitational (2/6), clocking a time of 2:07.71 … Placed ninth in the 400 meters at the Tyson Invitational (2/13) with a time of 54.67.

2015 OUTDOOR (So.)
Fastest 800-meter clocking of the season came in the prelims at the Big 12 Championship (5/17) when she completed the half-mile in 2:08.74 … Went on to finish fifth in the 800-meter finals at the conference meet, posting a time of 2:11.70 … Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary (5/30) in the 800 meters, finishing 33rd overall with her time of 2:10.76 … Posted a personal record of 55.15 in the 400 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/17), finishing as the runner-up … Helped 4×400-meter relay team to a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (5/17) after the squad finished in a season’s best 3:41.16 … Ran a leg of the 4×800-meter relay at the Texas Relays (3/28), where the Jayhawks posted 8:52.29, the No. 6 time in school history, for a fourth-place finish.

2015 INDOOR (So.)
Claimed third in the 600 yards at the Big 12 Championship (2/28) with a personal-record time of 1:20.64, moving her to No. 3 on the all-time school 600-yard chart … Opened her season with a victory in the 400 meters at the KSU-KU-WSU Triangular (1/17), clocking in at 57.55 … Helped the distance medley relay team to a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship after the Jayhawks passed the baton around in 11:31.95 … Earned the 600-yard title at the Jayhawk Classic (1/30) with her time of 1:23.63 … Member of the winning 4×400-meter relay at the Husker Invitational (2/7), after the quartet finished in 3:45.20.

2014 OUTDOOR (Fr.) 
Won the 400 meters at the Sun Angel Classic (4/12) with a time of 55.95 … Claimed another first-place finish at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/3), crossing the line in 2:07.84 in the 800 meters … Both victories also set new personal records … Finished the 800 meters with a time of 2:10.72 at the Kansas Relays (4/10) to earn second … Competed at the Big 12 Championship (5/18), finishing fourth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:10.68.

2014 INDOOR (Fr.) 
Earned a second-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (3/1), crossing the finish line with a time of 1:20.72, a personal best and the third-fastest 600 yards in school history … Began her indoor Kansas career in the 600-yard run at the Bill Easton Classic (1/10) finishing third with a time of 1:23.75 … Placed fourth in the 500-meter run at the Armory Collegiate Invitational with a time of 1:12.92 … Finished 29th at the Tyson Invitational in the 400 meters, ending with a season-best time of 55.66 … Claimed third in the 600 meters, finishing in 1:33.70 at the Holiday Inn Invitational (1/17).

HIGH SCHOOL
Won back-to-back Class 3 & 4 Missouri State 400-meter championships her junior and senior years … Holds a personal best in the 400 meters of 54.37, run in the prelims at the 2013 state championships … Claimed back-to-back district championships in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters in 2012 and 2013 … Took the 400-meter title at the 2012 Kansas Relays with a time of 55.28 … Competed in the 400 meters at the 2012 Junior Olympics and finished sixth overall with her time of 56.3 … Ran a personal-best 200 meters at the 2013 Missouri State Championships with her time of 24.33, finishing third … Fastest-career 100 meters came at the Missouri Class 4 Sectional in a runner-up finish when she clocked in at 11.79.

PERSONAL
Daughter of LaMarr and Leslie Johnson … Has two younger brothers, Tyler (14) and Trevor (13) … Majoring in physical education.