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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
- Has five siblings (Nicole, Oaklee, Heather, Mason and Acey)
- Also played basketball and volleyball
- Majoring in Exercise and Wellness, minoring in Psychology
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
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
Place | Meet | Time | Distance |
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1 | FSU XC Open | 20:16.8 | 6K |
1 | WCC Championships | 20:01.0 | 6K |
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2021 WCC Preseason Team-WXC.jpg
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WXC Whittni Orton at the 2021 FSU XC Open
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WXC Whittni Orton at 2020 NCAA Championships.jpg
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Whittni Orton - USTFCCCA Athlete of the Week (9.20.21).jpg
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Whittni Orton crosses finish line at 2021 WCC Championships
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Whittni Orton 2021 NCAA XC Championships
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W Cross Country | Sep, 20
Orton named USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week
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ImageW Cross Country | Feb, 12
Women’s Cross Country Picked to win WCC
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ImageM Cross Country | Nov, 04
Mantz and Orton earn WCC Co-Runners of the Month
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ImageW Cross Country | Nov, 04
Orton and Mantz earn WCC Co-Runners of the Month
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ImageW Cross Country | Oct, 17
BYU women’s cross country dominates OSU Invitational, men finish third
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ImageAthletics | May, 29
Y Awards Cap Successful Seasons
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ImageW Cross Country | Nov, 18
BYU cross country finishes third and 11th at NCAA National Championships
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ImageM Cross Country | Nov, 14
BYU cross country to compete for national title
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ImageW Cross Country | Nov, 14
BYU cross country to compete for national title