Dave Whitfield

  • Dave
  • Whitfield

  • Event
    Distance
  • Class
    Freshman
  • High School/Other
    Monsignor Bonner
  • Hometown
    Upper Darby, Pa.

Updated: May 19, 2018

2018 outdoor: Ran in the prelims of the 800 and 1,500 meters at the ACC Outdoor Championships, posting a time of 1:53.20, a personal best, and 3:58.77 ... Tallied a time of 4:21.13 in the 1,500 meters and was a part of the distance medley relay team (9:40.86) that finished fourth at the National Relay Championships … Collected a personal-best time of 3:58.20 in the 1,500 meters at the Duke Invitational … Clocked a time of 1:55.07 in the 800 meters and was part of the distance medley relay team (10:03.74) that placed sixth at the Tennessee Relays … Ran a time of 3:58.74 in the 1,500 meters at the Raleigh Relays.

2018 indoor: Placed second in the 800 meters with an indoor personal-best time of 1:55.00 at the Roanoke Tune-Up … Ran the anchor leg of the 4x400-meter relay team (3:17.97) that placed 11th at the Music City Challenge … Tallied a time of 1:57.09 in the 800 meters at the Camel City Invitational … Clocked a time of 2:31.00 in the 1,000 meters at the Liberty Kickoff … In his first collegiate event, placed 12th in the 800 meters with a time of 1:59.33 at the Keydet Invitational.

High school: Competed in track and field and cross country all four years of high school at Monsignor Bonner and qualified for the state meet on seven occasions … A six-time letterwinner … In track and field, earned all-state honors in the 800 … Also earned all-city, all-county and all-league honors in the 800 during his high school career … Was part of the 4x400-meter relay team that came in third at the Penn Relays … Qualified for the New Balance National meet … Has a personal-best time of 1:53.34 in the 800 … Finished second in the 800 at the PIAA District 12 AAA Championships his senior year with a time of 1:58.79 … Had two top-10 finishes in the 1,600 as a senior … Was 10th in the 800 at the PTFCA Indoor State Championships as a senior … Ran a time of 1:57.03 in that race.

Personal: Born July 7, 1999 … Son of David and Kysha Whitfield … Major is university studies, with plans of going into business.

Whitfield’s Track and Field Career Bests

Indoor

Outdoor

800m – 1.55.00, Roanoke Tune-Up (2018)

1,000m – 2:31.00, Liberty Kickoff (2018)

800m - 1:53.20, ACC Outdoor Championships (2018)

1,500m - 3:58.20, Duke Invitational (2018)