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2025 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

David Whitaker

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 145
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Northville, Mich.
  • High School Northville

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades: 

2024 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference

2024: 

  • Competed in four events, earning two top-ten finishes 
  • Ran a career-best 27:08.1 8k to earn a 46th-place finish at the 2024 NEWMAC Championships 

2023: 

  • Competed in four events 
  • Made his debut in the 6k event at the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invite where he finished 21st in 21:04.5 
  • Placed 84th at the Connecticut College Invitational in 27:52.5 
  • Finished 48th at the NEWMAC Championship in 28:26.1 

Before MIT: 

  • NBNO 2023 4x800m Champions 
  • 2x MHSAA 4x800m State Champions 
  • MHSAA 4x800 All Division State Record 
  • Three-time MHSAA All-State (4x800m, 800m) 
  • Three-time MHSAA Academic All-State 
  • Five-time varsity letter winner 
  • Northville High School Student-Athlete of the Year 
  • MHSAA Scholar Athlete Finalist 
  • National Merit Finalist 

Personal: 

  • Favorite Sports Memory: Setting the State Record in the 4x800 at the 2023 Michigan D1 State Finals, and qualifying to the 2025 DIII NCAA Outdoor 800m with 3 other of my teammates"

Historical Player Information

  • 2023First Year

    5'10" 145 lbs
  • 2024Sophomore

    5'10" 145 lbs
  • 2025Junior

    5'10" 145 lbs