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Class
Senior
(Covid Year)
Hometown
Panguitch,
Utah
Last School
Panguitch High School
Roster Years
2017-2020-2021
Personal
- Parents are Beth and Chad Brewster and Dale Orton
- Major: Exercise & Wellness
- Minor: Psychology
- Has five siblings (Nicole, Oaklee, Heather, Mason and Acey)
- Also played basketball and volleyball
Before BYU
- 4-time 1A individual cross country state champion
- 1A cross country state record holder
- 4-time individual state champion in the 3200m, 1600m and 800m
- State record holder in the 3200m
- 3-time basketball state champion
- 2-time volleyball state champion
- 4-time track state champion
- 3-time cross country state champion
- 1A basketball MVP
- All-State basketball freshman-senior year
- All-State volleyball first team, All-State sophomore-senior year
- 2016 high school female athlete of the year
Career Stats
Track & Field Profile
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2017
2017: Freshman | |||
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Place | Event | Time | Distance |
115 | NCAA National Championships | 20:50.6 | 6K |
Sophmore Year
2018
2018: Sophomore | |||
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Place | Event | Time | Distance |
2 | Notre Dame Joe Piane Invitational | 16:26.1 | 5K |
2 | BYU Autumn Classic | 17:15.1 | 5K |
Junior Year
2019
- Named to the All-WCC First Team
- All-American honors after finishing in the top-40 of the NCAA National Championship
- Contributed to the Cougars' National Runner-Up finish at the NCAA Championship
- Named the Y Awards Female Athlete of the Year
2019: Junior | |||
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Place | Event | Time | Distance |
7 | NCAA National Championships | 20:17.0 | 6K |
1 | West Coast Conference Championships | 19:49.3 | 6K |
1 | Bill Dellinger Invitational | 19:25.8 | 6K |
1 | Big Wave Invitational | 18:05.00 | 5K |
Senior Year
2020-2021
- Member of the Cougars' National Championship-winning team
- Earned All-American honors after a 17th-place finish at the NCAA Championships
2020-2021: Senior | |||
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Place | Event | Time | Distance |
17 | NCAA National Championships | 20:35.6 | 6K |
1 | OSU Invitational | 20:27.8 | 6K |
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
Senior
2021
- Won the first individual women's title in BYU history at NCAA Nationals
- Contributed to the Cougars' third-straight podium finish at NCAA Nationals
- Earned All-American honors after winning the individual title at NCAA Nationals
- Named NCAA Division I Women's Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA
- Named USTFCCCA Mountain Region Women's Athlete of the Year
- Named the WCC Runner of the Year, to the All-WCC First Team after placing first at the WCC Championships
- Named USTFCCCA/NCAA Division I Women's Athlete of the Week (Sept. 20)
- Named WCC Women's Runner of the Month (September)
Place | Meet | Time | Distance |
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1 | FSU XC Open | 20:16.8 | 6K |
1 | WCC Championships | 20:01.0 | 6K |
1 | NCAA XC Championships | 19:25.4 | 6K |
2021 WCC Preseason Team-WXC.jpg
WXC Whittni Orton at the 2021 FSU XC Open
WXC Whittni Orton at 2020 NCAA Championships.jpg
Whittni Orton - USTFCCCA Athlete of the Week (9.20.21).jpg
Whittni Orton crosses finish line at 2021 WCC Championships
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Whittni Orton 2021 NCAA XC Championships
Whittni Orton at 2021 XC Nationals
Whittni Orton at 2021 XC Nationals
Whittni Orton 2022 Honda Award
- W Cross Country | Jun, 24
Orton to be honored on Honda Cup broadcast Monday
- ImageW Cross Country | Dec, 08
Orton named 2021 Honda Sport Award winner
- ImageW Cross Country | Sep, 20
Orton named USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week
- ImageW Cross Country | Feb, 12
Women’s Cross Country Picked to win WCC
- ImageM Cross Country | Nov, 04
Mantz and Orton earn WCC Co-Runners of the Month
- ImageW Cross Country | Nov, 04
Orton and Mantz earn WCC Co-Runners of the Month
- ImageW Cross Country | Oct, 17
BYU women’s cross country dominates OSU Invitational, men finish third
- ImageAthletics | May, 29
Y Awards Cap Successful Seasons
- ImageW Cross Country | Nov, 18
BYU cross country finishes third and 11th at NCAA National Championships
- ImageM Cross Country | Nov, 14
BYU cross country to compete for national title
- ImageW Cross Country | Nov, 14
BYU cross country to compete for national title