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Ruth White was a Second Team All-American in 2025
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Ruth White Named America East Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Performer of the Year
6/24/2025 10:48:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
White earned Second Team All-America accolades
BOSTON – Freshman distance runner Ruth White (Orono, Maine) of the University of New Hampshire women's track and field team has been named the 2025 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Performer of the Year. This award started in 2024 and White is the first Wildcat to earn this recognition.
White had a stellar rookie season as she placed ninth in the 10,000 meter run at the NCAA Track & Field Outdoor Championships to earn Second Team All-America accolades on June 12. Her time of 32:20.60 shattered her own school record set at the NCAA East First Round by 29.43 seconds, and she also broke the Women's American Junior (U20) Outdoor record, pending ratification by USATF.
White qualified for the NCAA Championships with a school record time of 32:50.17 at the NCAA East First Round in Jacksonville, Fla., on May 29 as she placed sixth out of 48 competitors with the top 12 advancing to the NCAA Championships.
White earned her spot at the NCAA East First Round with her school record and meet record time of 32:57.83 at the America East Championships. She was named the Most Outstanding Rookie at the America East Championships. She previously set the school record with a time of 33:27.57 at the Black & Gold Invitational. White won gold in the 5,000 meter run at the New England Championships with a school record time of 16:22.78.
The previous time a member of the UNH women's track and field team competed at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships was when 11-time All-American and two-time Olympian Elle Purrier St. Pierre earned All-America First Team with a seventh-place finish in the 1,500m in 2018.
White had a stellar rookie season as she placed ninth in the 10,000 meter run at the NCAA Track & Field Outdoor Championships to earn Second Team All-America accolades on June 12. Her time of 32:20.60 shattered her own school record set at the NCAA East First Round by 29.43 seconds, and she also broke the Women's American Junior (U20) Outdoor record, pending ratification by USATF.
White qualified for the NCAA Championships with a school record time of 32:50.17 at the NCAA East First Round in Jacksonville, Fla., on May 29 as she placed sixth out of 48 competitors with the top 12 advancing to the NCAA Championships.
White earned her spot at the NCAA East First Round with her school record and meet record time of 32:57.83 at the America East Championships. She was named the Most Outstanding Rookie at the America East Championships. She previously set the school record with a time of 33:27.57 at the Black & Gold Invitational. White won gold in the 5,000 meter run at the New England Championships with a school record time of 16:22.78.
The previous time a member of the UNH women's track and field team competed at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships was when 11-time All-American and two-time Olympian Elle Purrier St. Pierre earned All-America First Team with a seventh-place finish in the 1,500m in 2018.
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