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Illinois State University Athletics

2022-23 Track & Field Roster

Destiny White

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown River Forest, Ill.
  • Highschool Oak Park-River Forest HS

Biography

CAREER RESULTS
 
Career Highlights
2023 MVC Outdoor Champion (4x400m relay)
2022 MVC Indoor Champion (4x400m relay)
2021 MVC Outdoor Champion (4x400m relay)
2021 MVC Indoor Champion (4x400m relay)
2019 MVC Outdoor Champion (4x400m relay)

2022-2023 OUTDOOR (Sr.) Competed in four meets during the outdoor season where she claimed first as a member of the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:40.12 at the Joe Walker Invitational... Finished second at the Drake Relays as a member of the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:40.34...Claimed first at the 2023 MVC Outdoor Track & Field Championship as a member of the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:42.40 and fifth in the 400m with a time of 55.81.

2022-2023 INDOOR (Sr.) Competed in six meets during the indoor season where she placed fourth as a member of the 4x400 relay with a time of 4:07.83 at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup...Set a personal-best at the 2023 Meyo Invitational in the 200m with a time of 25.23...Claimed first as a member of the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:53.40...At the Indoor Track & Field Championship she finished second in the DMR with a time of 11:49.90.

2021-2022 OUTDOOR (Jr.) Participated at the 2022 94th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

2021-2022 INDOOR (Jr.) Participated in eight meets during the indoor campaign, including the MVC Indoor Championships as a part of the MVC Champion 4x400 relay squad... Clocked a 57.38 in the 400-meter dash to take first at the Blue Demon Holiday Invite... A part of the first-place relay squad at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup helping ISU earn their fourth consecutive cup.

(So.): Competed at six meets during the 2021 outdoor campaign...Helped ISU's 4x100-meter relay team and 4x400-meter relay team to a combined eight wins throughout the season...Crowned MVC Champion for the second time this year in the 4x400-meter relay, clocking in with a combined time of 3:41.91, which is the 10th-fastest time in school history...Also earned All-Valley honors in the 4x100-meter relay and the 400-meter dash, taking third in both events...Member of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed third and ran the sixth-fastest time in school history at 45.52 seconds...Recorded a personal-best time of 54.71 seconds in the 400-meter dash, placing third overall to earn All-Valley honors in the event for the second time this year...Her 400m time of 54.71 seconds is the 10th-fastest time in school history...Ran sub-55 seconds in the 400m for the first time at the Illinois State Invite, placing third with a time of 54.98 seconds...Member of the ISU women's team that won their seventh-straight conference title and broke a Valley record for points scored with 232.

2020-21 INDOOR (Jr.): Competed at four meets for the 'Birds during the 2021 indoor campaign...Recorded a personal-best time of 25.49 seconds in the 200m to place sixth overall at the Don DeNoon Dual...Crowned an MVC Champion as ISU's lead leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that won with a combined time of 3:50.01...Earned her first individual All-Valley honors by running a lifetime best time of 55.96 seconds in the 400m to place third overall.

2019-20 OUTDOOR (So.): Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 INDOOR (So.): Raced at four meets during her sophomore indoor season...Won the 400m with a time of 57.23 seconds at the adidas Classic to open the season...Ran a season-best time of 56.85 seconds to finish fifth in the 400m and score points for the Redbirds...Earned All-Valley honors as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished third with a combined time of 3:46.14. 

2018-19 OUTDOOR (Fr.): Scored points for the Redbirds in the 400-meter dash, finishing seventh with a time of 57.28 seconds at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/10-12)...Also earned All-MVC honors as a member of the gold-medal winning 4x400-meter relay that clocked in with a combined time of 3:44.22 at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Competed in the 400 and the 4x400 at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Classic (4/26-27)...A member of the winning 4x400 that finished with a combined time of 3:47.79 and placed third in the 400 with a time of 57.57 seconds at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational (4/19-20)...Helped the 4x400 to an eighth-place finish and competed in the 400 at the Tennessee Relays (4/11)...Opened the season with two fifth-place finishes in the 400 and the 4x400 and also competed in the 200 at the Ole Miss Classic (3/30).

2018-19 INDOOR (Fr.): Earned All-MVC honors as a member of the 4x400-meter relay that finished second with a combined time of 3:47.02 and scored points with a sixth-place finish in the 400 with a time of 57.19 seconds at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/23-24)...Recorded a personal-best time of 56.31 seconds in the 400-meter dash at the Music City Challenge (2/8-9)...A member of the first-place finishing DMR and the third-place finishing 4x400-meter relay at the Meyo Invitational (2/1-2)...Won the 400 at the Illini Invitational (1/25-26), clocking in at 58.83 seconds...Placed third as a member of the 4x400 that clocked in with a combined time of 3:49.18 and finished fourth in the 400 with a time of 57.64 seconds at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/19)...Clocked a personal-best time of 26.34 seconds in the 200-meter dash to place fourth, finished third in the 400 with a time of 58.71 seconds and was a member of the first-place finishing 4x400-meter relay at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup (1/12)...Won the 300 with a time of 41.45 seconds at the Jimmy Grant Invitational (12/8).

OAK PARK-RIVER FOREST HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time IHSA Class 3A State Track & Field Championships 400-meter qualifier...placed sixth in the 400-meter at the state finals in 2017 and 10th in 2018...crowned the conference and 3A Chicago Kenwood Sectional champion in the 400-meter dash in 2018, punching her ticket to the IHSA Championships for the second straight year...was a member of OPRF's 4x200-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay teams that finished fifth and eighth, respectively, in the state in 2016...helped her team to three-consecutive sectional championships from 2016-2018...Honor Roll student.

PERSONAL: Born October 8, 1999, in Oak Park, Illinois...daughter of DeWan White, Sr. and Kristin Matthews...father competed in football and track at Concordia University and is currently a football coach at Proviso East High School...has an older brother, DeWan, Jr., and an older sister, Eyona...plans to major in psychology with career aspirations of becoming a counselor.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

  • 2019-20Sophomore

  • 2020-21Junior

  • 2021-22Senior

  • 2022-23Senior