| Year: | Junior |
| Hometown: | Livermore, Calif. |
| High School: | Granada HS |
UCSB
Doug Whichard finished 34th at the 2009 Big West Championship meet
in a time of 25:24.6, a personal best in the 8k...Ran a personal
best 35:55.58 in the 10k to finish 177th at the NCAA West Regional
champonship...Also set a personal best in the 5k when he ran a
15:36.31 at the Cal State Northridge Invitational...Finished 42nd
at the UC Riverside Cross Country Invitational at 25:20.9...As a
freshman in 2008, Whichard finished 46th at the Big West
Championships with a time of 26:22 over the 8k course...Also
competed at the Stanford Invitational, placing 183rd with a time of
27:49.
High School
Whichard placed eighth in the East Bay Athletic League Finals for
cross country in 2005 and 2006...Went on to place second at the
CIF-NCS Cross Country Finals, which qualified for the State
Meet...In track he was 3200m league champion in both 2006 and
2007...Was also 800m and 1600m league champion in 2007...Placed
third in the 1600m CIF-NCS final, qualifying for the State
Meet...Lettered in golf his freshman year.
Personal
Majoring in environmental studies.
High School Bests 400m - 53.9 800m - 1:57.6 1600m - 4:18.09 3200m - 9:27 Woodward Park - 16:20 Mt. SAC - 16:26