Whitney Bailey
Whitney Bailey
Height: 5-3
Year: Jr
Hometown: New Haven, Conn.
High School: Miss Porter's School
Position: Sprints

Getting to Know Whitney

  • Why did you choose to attend Mount Holyoke? - I like the small, suburban environment, the small class sizes, teacher-student ratio, and the sense of community I felt from faculty, staff, and students alike, 
    What do you like best about Mount Holyoke? - I like the sense of community and the genuine friendliness of most students. 
    Favorite Sports Movie - Love and Basketball 
    Best Sporting Event Ever Attended - A basketball game at Mohegan Sun 
    Favorite TV Show - Pretty Little Liars 
    Childhood Idol - Michael Jackson 
    Hobbies - Writing short stories, roller skating, volunteering with children, and dancing. 
    Best Concert You Ever Attended - Scream Tour in 2005 
    Biggest Fear - Not accomplishing my biggest career goal of becoming a psychologist 
  • Most Famous Person Ever Met - Dr. Angela Davis 
  • Most Prized Possession - A double heart sterling silver ring with rhinestones from my mom. 
  • Place You'd Like to Visit - Costa Rica 
  • First Memory of Your Sport - Running a 400m in outdoor track in high school and then being labeled a sprinter after coming in the top 10. 
  • Most Memorable Moment in College Athletics - Running a 400m race in 65 seconds at Springfield College 
  • Pre-Game Rituals - Warm ups, releasing fears and just thinking of the race as a simple number of seconds, and listening to great pump up music. 
  • Best Advice From a Coach - Think of the time you ran the 4x100 relay and had someone chasing you, and then you having to catch the girl in front you; run like that! 
  • If You Had $1 Billion Dollars You Would - Create a charter school for inner city children and a another school for mentally disabled children 
  • Career Aspirations - Child Psychologist 

2011-12 Statistics

Competition Event Result
Smith Winter Classic

200-meter dash
400-meter dash
4x200-meter relay 
4x400-meter relay 

18th - 31.78
13th - 1:14.19
5th - 2:01.20
6th - 4:45.40 
Southern Maine Invitational 400-meter dash
200-meter dash 
15th - 1:12.30
42th - 32.44 
Smith Beynon Invitiational 400-meter dash
200-meter dash
4x200-meter relay
4th - 1:11.84
15th - 32.48
4th - 2:02.56
MIT Coed Invitational 200-meter dash
400-meter dash 
11th - 31.73
5th - 1:11.03 
New England Dvision III Championships ----- -----
ECAC Championships ----- -----
NCAA National Championships -----  ----- 
Westfield State Jerry Gravel Classic -----  ----- 
Coast Guard Invitational  -----  ----- 
Wesleyan Swanson Invitational  -----  ----- 
Eastern Connecticut State Inviational -----  ----- 
Bowdoin Aloha Relays -----  ----- 
NEWMAC Championships 200-meter dash  21st - 30.73
New England Division III Championships -----  ----- 
New England Championships ----- 
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ECAC Championships -----   -----  
NCAA National Championships -----   ----- 

2010-11 Statistics

Competition Event Result
Smith Winter Classic
400-meter dash
200-meter dash 
8th - 1:09.88
26th - 31.91
Southern Maine Invitational -----  ----- 
Smith Tartan Invitational 400-meter dash
200-meter dash 
9th - 1:08.87 
27th - 32.17 
MIT Coed Invitational 200-meter dash
400-meter dash 
20th - 31.52 
8th - 1:09.19 
New England Division III Championships ----- ----- 
Westfield State Jerry Gravel Classic 200-meter dash
400-meter dash 
4x100-meter relay 
46th - 31.93
44th - 1:11.27 
10th - 1:00.12 
UMass Lowell George Davis Invitational 200-meter dash
400-meter dash 

56th - 30.92
29th - 1:07.69 

Eastern Connecticut Invitational

200-meter dash
400-meter dash
4x100-meter relay 

11th - 31.58
7th - 1:07.32
2nd - 54.14 
Bowdoin Aloha Relays 200-meter dash
4x100-meter relay
4x400-meter relay 
32nd - 32.35
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3rd - 4:46.79 
NEWMAC Championships 400-meter dash
4x100-meter relay
4x400-meter relay 
17th - 1:08.70
7th - 54.64
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New England Division III Championships -----  ----- 

2009-10 Statistics

Competition Event Result
Smith Winter Classic

400-meter dash
Long jump 

9th - 1:10.22
15th - 3.40m 
Springfield Invitational 200-meter dash
400-meter dash
Long jump 
22nd - 31.99
12th - 1:08.78
14th - 3.63m 
Wesleyan Invitational 200-meter dash
400-meter dash 
52nd - 32.29
22nd - 1:11.76 
Southern Maine Invitational 200-meter dash
400-meter dash
High jump
22nd - 32.20
21st - 1:10.35
14th - 1.15m 
Smith Tartan Invitational 400-meter dash
High jump 
20th - 1:11.03
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MIT Coed Invitational 200-meter dash
400-meter dash 
33rd - 30.83
10th - 1:08.47 
New England Division III Championships 4x400-meter relay 15th - 4:17.25
ECAC Championships -----
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Westfield State Jerry Gravel Classic Pole vault
400-meter dash
200-meter dash 
8th - 2.22m
19th - 1:08.05
46th - 31.11 
Mount Holyoke Invitational -----  ----- 
Eastern Connecticut State Inviational 200-meter dash
400-meter dash 
12th - 31.36
4th - 1:08.18 
Springfield Invitational ----- ----- 
NEWMAC Championships 200-meter dash
400-meter dash
4x100-meter relay
4x400-meter relay 
24th - 30.25
15th - 1:05.97
5th - 53.00
4th - 4:17.59 
New England Division III Championships 4x400-meter relay 15th - 4:17.25
New England Championships ----- ----- 
ECAC Championships ----- ----- 
MIT Last Chance Qualifier ----- -----