2021-22 Track and Field Roster

Joe Whitney

  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wheat Ridge, Colo.
  • Highschool Wheat Ridge
  • Major Electrical Engineering

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2021-22: Indoor Track & Field
- USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Mainly focused on the 60-meter hurdles with appearances in the 400-meter dash, 60-meter dash and as part of the 4x400-meter relay ... Finished 13th in the RMAC in the 60-meter hurdles on a time of 8.73 during prelims while helping Mines take sixth in the conference in the 4x400-meter relay thanks to a combined clip of 3:26.67 ... Best 60-meter hurdle race of the winter was 8.58 at the Mountain Lion Open which ranked him eighth in the program record book ... Lone open 400-meter dash came in at 51.13 at the Colorado Invitational ... Paced the 60-meter dash at 7.27 at the Mines Winter Classic ... Top relay outing came at the Colorado Invitational as well thanks to a combined time of 3:22.43. Outdoor Track & Field - First-Team All-RMAC (400m hurdles) ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Exclusively hurdled for the Orediggers during the spring ... Claimed RMAC bronze in the 400-meter hurdles by running 53.05 at the RMAC outdoor championships which ranked him fifth in the program record book and 39th in the nation for the season as a NCAA provisional qualifying time ... Top 110-meter hurdle race of the season was 15.50 on two occasions ... Ran in a total of seven meets for Mines.

2020-21: Indoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Sprint specialist focused mainly on the 60-meter hurdle event for the Orediggers ... Appeared in one 400-meter dash at the Mines Front Range #1 and ran a pair of 60-hurdle races at the Mines Front Range #3 and #4 ... Top 60-meter hurdles of the season was 8.59 at the Mines Front Range #4 which tied for eighth in the program record book.  Outdoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Continued the year exclusively as a hurdler with appearances in the 110-meter hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles ... Fastest 110- meter hurdles of the year was 15.34 at the Doug Max Invitational, ranking him 10th in the program record book ... Best 400-meter hurdles featured a time of 56.02 at the Mines Pre-Conference Invite ... Finished 12th in the 400-meter hurdles at the RMAC Championships on a time of 56.65.

2019-20: Indoor Track & Field - First-Team All-RMAC (4x400m relay) ... RMAC Champion as part of the 4x400-meter relay ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... D2ADA Academic Achievement Award ... Oredigger sprinter focused on the 400-meter dash and 60-meter hurdle events ... Helped Mines take RMAC gold in the 4x400-meter relay thanks to a combined time of 3:20.34 ... Also placed 11th in the hurdles and 16th in the 400 meters at the RMAC Championships with times of 8.62 and 52.37 ... His hurldes time at the conference meet put him tied for 10th in the program record book ... Top 400m time of the year was 51.70 at the Potts Open. Outdoor Track & Field - Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19: Indoor Track & Field - Redshirted. Outdoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (400m hurdles) ... Competed in the 400-meter hurdles at two different events for the Orediggers ... Placed 4th in the hurdles at the RMAC Outdoor Championships ... Also helped Mines take 7th in the 4x400-meter relay at the RMAC Outdoor Championships ... Top 400-meter hurdles time of the season was 55.25 at the conference meet.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-sport athlete at Wheat Ridge High School ... Competed in soccer and track & field all four years ... Numerous all-conference honors in the 110-meter hurdles, triple jump, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay ... Named team captain for soccer and track & field his senior season ... State qualifier for track & field junior and senior year ... Finalist for the Steinmark award ... Two-time all-conference in soccer and honorable mention all-state senior season ... Career best 15.31 in the 110-meter hurdles ... Named scholar athlete junior and senior year ... Class valedictorian ... AP scholar ... Boettcher Scholarship recipient.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Hurdles/Jumps
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Hurdles/Jumps
  • 2020-21Junior

    Hurdles
  • 2021-22Senior

    Hurdles