Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Bradley University Athletics

2014 Track and Field Roster

Profile

  • Distance
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Appleton, Wis.
    Hometown
  • Kimberly
    High School
Whitney Schumacher
Whitney Schumacher
Distance
Position
Senior
Class
Appleton, Wis.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

Honors & Awards

  • MVC Honor Roll (2014)
  • Bradley AD Honor Roll (Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013 & Spring 2014)

Career Bests
4K : 14:38.62 at 2010 JK Gold Classic
3 Mile: 19:24 (9/6/13)
5K : 18:09.70 (11/2/12)
6K : 22:16:28 at 2010 NCAA Midwest Regional

Career Track Bests

Event Time Date Site
800 meters (indoor) 2:26.20 1/27/12 Indiana Relays - Bloomington, Ind.
Mile (indoor) 5:08.48 2/17/12 UWM Tune-Up - Milwaukee, Wis.
3,000 meters (indoor) 10:03.69 3/2/14 MVC Championship - Cedar Falls, Iowa
5,000 meters (indoor) 17:36.89 3/1/14 MVC Championship - Cedar Falls, Iowa
800 meters (outdoor) 2:24.78 3/24/12 Vanderbilt Black & Gold - Nashville, Tenn.
1,500 meters (outdoor) 4:41.22 4/21/12 Gateway Classic - Edwardsville, Ill.
3,000 meters (outdoor) 10:05.84 3/29/14 Vanderbilt Black & Gold - Nashville, Tenn.
5,000 meters (outdoor) 17:24.14 4/4/14 EIU Big Blue Classic - Charleston, Ill.
10,000 meters (outdoor) 35:39.15 5/16/14 MVC Championship - Carbondale, Ill.

 

2013-14 (Senior): Finished fourth in the 10,000 meters at MVC Outdoor Championship with career-best time of 35:39.15, which ranks fourth in Bradley history … Took 10th in the 5,000 meters at the MVC Indoor Championship … Posted the seventh-best indoor 3,000 meter time in school history at the MVC Indoor Championship … Clocked the fifth-best 5,000 meter time in school history during the indoor season … Finished 10th at the SIU Edwardsville John Flamer Invitational to pace the Braves.

2012-13 (Junior): Missed the season opening Bradley Open, but returned to run in six cross country meets in the fall ... Clocked a career-best 5K time at the Huskie Open, where she finished fourth to lead the Braves and was Bradley’s fourth finisher at the NCAA Regional to conclude the cross country season ... Ran in the 3,000 meters at the MVC Indoor Championship and also competed in the mile during the indoor season ... Saw action in three meets during the outdoor season, competing in the 1,500 meters, 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters. 

2011-12 (Sophomore): After missing the first two races of the season, she returned for the Notre Dame Invitational and also saw action in the Bradley Classic and the MVC Championship ... Turned in a season-best 5K effort of 20:13 at the MVC Championship ... Turned in the sixth fastest times in school history in the outdoor 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters ... Indoor season-best 3,000 meter time also ranks sixth in school history.

2010-11 (Freshman): Had a strong cross country season, owning the second fastest 4K, 5K and 6K times on the squad ... Saw limited action during the indoor track season and did not run during the outdoor season ... Clocked the second fastest indoor mile on the team at 5:08.62 in Milwaukee, Wis.

Prep Overview: Two-time sectional and conference champion in the 1,600 meters ... Also won conference titles in the 3,200 and 800 meters ... Placed fourth in the state in the 1,600 meters as a senior ... Finished fifth in the state in the 3,200 meters in 2010 ... Eighth-place state finisher in the 3,200 meters as a junior ... Holds the school record for the 3,200 meters ... Four-time Track and Field team MVP and two-time cross country team MVP.

Personal: The daughter of Richard and Darlene Schumacher, Whitney was born in Appleton, Wis. ... Majoring in health science with a concentration in biology ... Has an older brother: Eric.

 

Meet-by-Meet Times

2013 (Senior)

Meet Distance Time
Bradley Open 3 Mile 19:24
Illinois State Invitational 5K 19:35.28
SIU Edwardsville 6K 23.55.54
Bradley Classic 6K 23:14
Illini Open 5K 19:12
NIU Huskie Open 5K 19:27.56

2012 (Junior)

Meet Distance Time
Illinois Intercollegiates 5K 19:47
Louisville Classic 5K 19:25.59
Bradley Classic 6K 23:08
Illini Open 5K 19:35
Huskie Open 5K 18:09.70
NCAA Regional 6K 23:18.48

2011 (Sophomore)

Meet Distance Time
Notre Dame Invitational 5K 20:48
Bradley Classic 6K 24:06.8
MVC Championship 5K 20:13

2010 (Freshman)

Meet Distance Time
JK Gold Classic 4K 14:38.62
Illinois Intercollegiates 5K 18:35
Sean Earl Loyola Invitational 5K 18:49
Bradley Classic 6K 22:24
MVC Championship 5K  18:20.35
NCAA Midwest Regional 6K 22:16.28