2024-25 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Samantha Whittlesey
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lawrence, Kan.
- High School:
- Free State
CAREER STATS
2025 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Competed twice for Kansas … Opened the season with a tenth place finish in the 800m at the Arkansas Spring Invitational … Placed 13th at the Kansas Relays in the 800m.
2024-25 INDOOR (R-So.)
Set a personal best 1000m time of 3:08.24 while placing third at the Bob Timmons Challenge … Helped Kansas place second in the 4x400m at the Bob Timmons Classic.
2024 OUTDOOR (So.)
Opened the season running the 800m at the Battle of the Bayou … Placed 3rd in the 4x800m, and competed in the 800m at the Kansas Relays.
2023 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Started the season at the Wichita State Shocker Spring Invitational where she completed the 800m in 2:26.04 and finished eighth … Ran the 800m in 2:22.29 at the LSU Invitational for a 14th place finish … Achieved a personal best at the Rock Chalk Classic for finishing the 800m in 2:21.69 … Was part of the DMR team that won the Kansas Relays.
2022-23 INDOOR (RS.)
Ran unattached … Finished sixth in the 800m with a time of 2:25.93 at the Jayhawk Classic.
HIGH SCHOOL
Won six letters in high school in Track and Volleyball … Was a two time 4x800m Sunflower League Champion in 2021 and 2022 … Was an All-Sunflower League Female Team runner-up in 2022 … Was a Female Athlete of the Year Honorable Mention in 2021 … In volleyball, was an All-Academic Team Honorable Mention from 2021-2022 and won the Janice Van Gorp Fearless Spirit Award in 2021.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Michael and Carol Whittlesey … Has one younger brother, Ryan, who is also on the Kansas Cross Country and Track & Field teams … Father, Michael, ran track at UConn … KU Honor Roll recipient every semester from Fall 2022-Current … Plans to major in Film and Media Studies and hopes to pursue a career in sports media for a professional team.