Amherst College Athletics

Sean R. Whitson '12
Men's Cross Country and Track and Field (2008-12)

Sean Whitson is the greatest distance runner in Virginia Wesleyan history.  In cross country, he is the only four-time All-ODAC honoree, the 2008 ODAC Rookie of the Year, 2010 Regional Champion with a time of 24:54, a three-time national qualifier (only male to qualify more than once) and holds the top three men’s 8K times in school history.  In 2010, Whitson was named the USTFCCCA South Region XC Athlete of the Year.  For indoor track and field, Whitson is a two-time ODAC Champion in the Distance Medley Relay (2011 and 2012), the ODAC Champion in the 5,000m in 2010, five-time All-ODAC honoree, and five-time All-Region honoree.  In track and field, he tallied the fifth-most career points scored in the ODAC indoor and outdoor track and field competition in school history (41) and was a two-time All-ODAC honoree and two-time All-Region selection.  Whitson is a firefighter and lives in Winchester, Virginia.