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2025 Cross Country Roster

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Ella Whinney

  • Height 5-11
  • Year 2026
  • Hometown Madison, Wis.
  • High School Madison Country Day
  • Major Economics
  • Pronunciation ELL-uh WIN-ee

Biography


Link to TFFRS.org Career Statistics

Collegiate Career Honors:
  • 3x NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country All-Region (East) (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 2x NEWMAC Women's Cross Country All-Conference (2023, 2024)
  • 5x NEWMAC Runner of the Week (9/3/23, 9/17/23, 10/1/23, 9/22/24, 8/31/25)
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2023, 2024)
  • 2x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2023, 2024)
2024:
  • Raced in eight events as a junior
  • Opened the season with 5k time of 18:37.9 to earn third at the Wellesley Invitational
  • Finished 13th against top New England competition with a time of 22:19.2 at the 6k Wesleyan Invitational
  • Set a 6k PR at the Connecticut College Invitational with a time of 21:40.8
  • Claimed seventh at the 6k NEWMAC Championships with a time of 22:01.89 to make the All-Conference Team
  • Captured third at the 6k NCAA East Regional Championship with a time of 21:52.69
  • Placed 82nd at the 6k NCAA Division III Championship with a time of 22:15.1
2023:
  • Ran in six races as a sophomore
  • Opened the season by winning the 5k Wellesley Invitational with a time of 19:07.8
  • Had a 5k PR at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational with a time of 18:26.9
  • Won the 5k Keene State Invitational with a time of 18:32.7
  • Placed sixth and made the NEWMAC All-Conference Team with a time of 23:17.6 at the 6k NEWMAC Championships
  • Finished sixth and made the All-New England and All-Region teams with a time of 22:15.20 at the 6k NCAA East Regional Championship
  • Competed at the 6k NCAA Divsion III Cross Country Championships and finished 155th with a time of 22:52.7
2022:
  • Competed in five events as a first year
  • Made collegiate debut with a time of 19:05.4 at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational 5k
  • Placed 37th for Wellesley with a time of 24:11.1 at the NEWMAC Championships
  • Made the All-Region team by placing 20th with a 6k PR of 23:07.5 at the DIII East Region Championships
Before Wellesley:
  • Four-sport athlete in volleyball, cross country, basketball, and track
  • Voted MVP for cross country 2019-21; First Team All-conference in cross country; conference champ 3200m
  • State qualifier in 3200m, 1600m, 5k
  • Second Team All-conference in volleyball and basketball
Personal:
  • Four siblings
  • Weirdly good at handstands
  • Loves a good film about the 2008 financial crisis
Why Wellesley?
  • Chose to attend Wellesley after attending a track and field alumni Zoom panel and realizing if she ended up even half as charismatic, accomplished, and kind as the alumnae, she would have made the right college decision

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First-year

    5'10"
  • 2023-24First-year

    5'10"
  • 2024-25Junior

    5'10"
  • 2025Senior

    5'11"
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