Juliette Whittaker
United States
Juliette Whittaker is an accomplished middle-distance runner from the United States, specializing in the 800 meters. Known for her impressive speed and endurance, she has achieved remarkable feats at national championships and youth track events.
Personal Bests
Distance Medley
10:38.93
2/14/2025
800 Metres
The XXXIII Olympic Games
1:57.76
8/4/2024
Mile
4:30.92
1/27/2024
1500 Metres
4:12.49
4/14/2023
400 Metres
53.74
3/31/2023
Major Championships
The XXXIII Olympic Games - 800 Metres
1:58.50
Recent Mentions
Olympian Juliette Whittaker returns to the podcast after the 2024 Paris Olympics!
Juliette Whittaker, a 2024 Olympic 800-meter finalist, has earned three NCAA championships, including two in the 800 meters (indoors and outdoors, 2024) and one in the indoor distance medley relay (2023). A seven-time All-American, she claimed the Pac-12 800-meter title in 2023 and was named the Pac-12 Women's Track and Field Freshman of the Year. Juliette is the school-record holder in the indoor and outdoor 800 meters, indoor mile, indoor 4x400 relay, and both indoor and outdoor distance medley relays. Her accolades include being named the Stanford Athletics Board Conference Athlete of the Year (2023) and the Board Block 'S' Outstanding Sophomore (2024). Additionally, she was the U.S. under-20 800 champion in 2022 and holds the national high school outdoor record in the event. Juliette contributed to two NCAA West Region Cross Country team championships (2022, 2023) and excelled academically as a 2024 Academic All-American, a two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree (2023, 2024), and a four-time member of the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
She placed 7th in the Olympic final.
Juliette has run 1:57.76 (800m), 4:12.49 (1500m), and 4:30.92 (Mile).
In today's conversation, we recap her Olympic season, winning another NCAA championship, the road to get to her goals, the importance of dreaming big, her ambitions for the future, lessons from it all, and so much more!
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Back on the podcast is Roisin Willis!
Roisin competes for Stanford University, where she has been absolutely dominant.
She's a 2xNCAA Indoor Champion (800m/DMR), a Four-time All-American, the School-record holder in the indoor 800, 4x400, DMR; and outdoor DMR. She was also the World U20 800 Champion in 2022. She also won in the 4x400.
In 2024, Roisin was the runner-up in the 800m, right behind her teammate Juliette Whittaker! She also ran in the 2024 US Olympic Trials in the 800m, this was her second appearance at the US Olympic Trials after also qualifying in 2020.
Back in high school, Roisin was also dominate and to this day is the national high school indoor record-holder for the 800m.
She's run 52.64 (400m), 1:27.20 (600m), 1:59.13 in the 800m, and 4:13.31 in the 1500m.
In today's conversation, Roisin takes me through her past year of running, how she's doing, weather, XC courses, music taste, off-season hobbies, falling back in love with the sport, her ambitions for the coming year, and so much more!
This one was honestly very free-flowing which are always my favorite podcasts to listen to on runs. So, with that being said, go lace up your shoes and join Roisin and I for a fun 50min convo!
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Today’s excitement was off the charts! Day three’s events were a rollercoaster of thrills, but stealing the spotlight was the men’s 100m final – a race that had fans across the world on the edge of their seats from start to finish. In today’s edition of Torch Talk, we recap…
– Noah Lyles wins the first Olympic gold of his career by taking the 100m crown over Jamaica's Kishane Thompson. Both men ran 9.79 and the gold was decided by thousandths-of-a-second. American Fred Kerley came through for bronze in 9.81.
– World record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh won her first Olympic high jump title with a mark of 2.00m. Australia's Nicola Olyslagers won her second straight Olympic silver, while Iryna Gershchenko and Eleanor Patterson tied on countback for the bronze medal.
– Ethan Katzberg won the Olympic gold in the men's hammer with a mark of 84.12m, the second-best mark in Olympic history. It was the largest margin of victory since 1920. Hungary's Bence Halasz took silver and Ukraine's Mykhaylo Kokhan took bronze.
– Grant Holloway posted the fastest time of the Olympic 110m hurdles qualifying by a HUGE margin, clocking a 13.01 to win his heat by 0.41 seconds.
– The women’s 800m finalists were determined: Keely Hodgkinson, Tsige Duguma, Prudence Sekgodiso, Shafiqua Maloney, Juliette Whittaker, Rénelle Lamote, Mary Moraa, and Worknesh Mesele.
– The men’s 1500m finalists were determined: Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Josh Kerr, Cole Hocker, Brian Komen, Stefan Nillessen, Pietro Arese, Yared Nuguse, Hobbs Kessler, Neil Gourley, Niels Laros, Timothy Cheruiyot, and Narve Gilje Nordås.
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“I'm still processing everything. It still very much feels like a dream. I keep telling everyone that every morning I’ve woken up since the race, I keep having to check my phone, check the date, and make sure I’ve already raced and that it’s not coming up. I was like, ‘Wait, that actually happened, right?’ I feel like for me it’s been a lot of processing, a lot of pinch me moments, but a lot of joy.”
Sister duo Juliette and Isabella Whittaker join us live in Eugene after their breakout performances at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. Juliette qualified for her first Olympic team by placing third in the 800m and Isabella took 6th in the 400m final. The sisters share about how they were able to split their focus between the NCAA season and Olympic Trials, how they manage nerves before their races (and each other's races!) and lots more. Hear more from Juliette and Isabella in this episode of the CITIUS MAG Podcast.
Host: Hosts: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram
Guest: Juliette Whittaker | @jwhittaker22 on Instagram + Isabella Whittaker | @b_whit215 on Instagram
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CITIUS MAG LIVE From Eugene! will bring you daily interviews with athletes, coaches and notable folks in town at noon PT each day. Our guests for day six of the Olympic Trials include Chari Hawkins, Anna Hall, Nia Akins, Eric Holt, Vernon Norwood, Allie Wilson, and Juliette + Isabelle Whittaker.
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Today's episode is one I've been wanting to make happen for over a year now!
I have the extreme privilege of speaking with Juliette Whittaker.
Juliette is an exceptional athlete who competes for Stanford University. Throughout her collegiate career at Stanford so far, she has garnered numerous accolades, including winning the NCAA indoor distance medley relay championship in 2023 and being named a four-time All-American. She's claimed titles like the Pac-12 800 champion and Pac-12 Women's Track and Field Freshman of the Year in 2023. Juliette's impressive athletic record extends to her time as a U.S. under-20 800 champion and a national high school outdoor record-holder for the 800 meters. Her exceptional personal bests, including a 1:59.04 in the 800 and a 4:12.49 in the 1,500 meters, have solidified her as a top performer. Notably, she's earned the Stanford Athletics Board Conference Athlete of the Year award and has excelled academically, making the USTFCCCA All-Academic list and being named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll. Juliette's accomplishments, from setting records to winning championships, speak to her dedication and remarkable talent in the world of track and field.
Juliette was also On Running's first NCAA NIL deal.
In today's conversation, Juliette shares her story, her dominance in high-school, reflections from her Freshman year at Stanford, and much more! I hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did having it.
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"There's a fine line between knowing I was ready and confident to run a sub-two and then actually doing it. To see the 1:59 on the board really took so long to sink in because it was such an amazing feeling and something I had been wanting for so long. The fans and the atmosphere were an awesome feeling. I definitely would not have wanted to do this at any other meet."
Juliette Whittaker rejoins the show. She is a senior at Mount De Sales Academy in Maryland and is committed to Stanford for next year. If you haven't listened to her episode from March, it takes a deeper dive into her story and rise as one of the top 800m high school stars in the country. We caught up this week to chat about her 1:59.80 to win the women's 800 meters at Trials of Miles' Track Night NYC. Only Mary Cain’s record of 1:59.51 from 2013 is faster in high school history.
If you haven't seen the race yet, it's available on the CITIUS MAG YouTube channel along with a full replay of the meet. Juliette takes us through that day, why this goal has been a long time coming, the rest of her race schedule for the summer and what her top high school career moments have been.
Watch the race here: https://youtu.be/cVXVf9f0kRM
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"I would rather race them and get pulled along to a fast time and possibly get second or third instead of going and running on my own and maybe having to do a bit of extra work to get a faster time or maybe not even get that fast of a time. My mind is set on not really caring so much about winning and losing but getting a fast time."
In this episode, we speak with Juliette Whittaker. She is a senior at Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville, Maryland. Juliette is a super talented athlete who isn’t one to back away from competition and throw herself in the mix for some fast times in the process. Last year, she ran an 800m personal best of 2:01.15 in Westchester, Pennsylvania and then reached the semifinal of the U.S. Olympic Trials at 17 years old. This indoor season, she ran the high school indoor 1000m record with a 2:39.41 and clocked the third-fastest high school indoor 800m time in 2:01.69. At New Balance Nationals, she led the mile wire-to-wire to run a personal best of 4:37.23, which is the fourth-fastest by a high school girl in U.S. history. She is committed to Stanford next year and as you’ll hear in this episode, her sense of humor will quickly make her an athlete whose career you’ll want to follow.
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Kyle Merber and Chris Chavez host After The Final Lap live from The Armory in New York City for the 2022 New Balance Indoor Nationals. We are joined by special guest host Trayvon Bromell.
– On the final day of the championship meet, we saw Cade Flatt of Benton, Kentucky run the No. 3 U.S. HS boys all-time 800m mark in 1:48.86. He joined us to share why he isn't afraid to talk about going for the high school record.
– Roisin Willis of Stevens Point, Wisconsin continued her incredible indoor season by adding a national title to go along with her indoor 800m record.
– Juliette Whittaker of Mt. De Sales (Maryland) ran the fourth-fastest girls high school mile in 4:37.23 by leading the race wire-to-wire.
– Gary Martin of Archbishop Wood High School (Pennsylvania) won the boys mile in 4:02.34 along with three other boys under 4:03. He's not afraid to talk about sub-four minute mile aspirations.
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This week we sit down with the members of 800 United, the new record holders of the U20 4x800m, Bailey Goggans (Texas), Roisin Willis (Wisconsin), Juliette Whittaker (Maryland), and Sophia Gorriaran (Rhode Island). We discuss how the team came together and the feelings behind the open 800 they raced the day before, and the relay. How their careers have been like being high-caliber athletes especially now with the current situation and how they are still finding ways to compete and show off their amazing talents. From family history to training plans to their personal taste in music, we enjoyed getting to know these young women and can't wait to see what other accomplishments they will achieve together and individually.