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2017 Cross Country Roster

Destiny White

  • Class Freshman
  • High School Chapin High School
  • Hometown El Paso, Texas

Biography

Conference USA Champion (2018)

2018 (SOPHOMORE):
Member of the 2018 C-USA Cross Country Championship team, which is the first conference title in program history … competed at six meets … clocked in a personal best of 20:11.74 at the C-USA Championships in the 5K … notched a personal best of 24:37.9 in the 6K at the Santa Clara Bronco … recorded a time of 26:35.5 in the 6K at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships.

2017 (FRESHMAN): Registered a personal-best time of 20:57.9 in the 5K at the C-USA Championships … clocked in a 14th overall in the 4.7K at Lori Fitzgerald … set a personal best of 26:47.9 in the NCAA Mountain Region Championships in the 6K … took 29th overall at the NMSU Kachina Classic in the 5K … competed at the Adidas Pre Nationals in the 6K run.

PRIOR TO UTEP: Ran varsity for four years at Chapin High, along with competing in cross country ... Earned All-District team three years in a row … qualified to the regional meet during the cross country season with a qualifying time of 20:24.1 … placed fourth overall at the UIL 5A District Championship in the 800m with a time of 2:29.22
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Arthur and Shelia White … Communications major … has four siblings … participated in over 120 hours of community service during high school.