BOCA RATON, Fla. – For the first time in the history of the Florida Atlantic University track and field program, the Owls will have a runner in the NCAA Finals. Natalliah Whyte will represent FAU as she heads to Austin, Texas to compete in the 100 meter semifinals on Thursday. The race begins at 9:16 p.m. (EST) and will be broadcast on ESPNU.
Whyte is one of 24 runners in the 100 meter dash semifinals. There will be three heats of eight runners with the top two times from each heat and the next two fastest times advancing to the finals on Saturday.
At the East Regional, Whyte ran her season best time of 11.16 which currently ranks as the seventh best time in the NCAA. Kayla White of North Carolina A&T has the top time at 10.96. Whyte’s personal best time is 11.04 which she ran at the SEC Championship last season while at Auburn.
Whyte is one of only six from Conference USA to compete at the NCAA Championship on the women’s side.
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Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 3-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 50-3 victory over Akron in the 2017 CheriBundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
