NCAA Bound: Whiting and Trott punch tickets to Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Jacksonville

SMITHFIELD, R.I.- Chloe Whiting and Jasmine Trott made school history on Thursday, May 22, after qualifying for Round One of the NCAA Track and Field Championships. They become the first women to represent Bryant on the national stage and are the first runners to qualify for the NCAAs in four years. Whiting will compete in the women’s 5,000m while Trott will race in the 10,000m. The pair will compete in the NCAA East Region at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.

Whiting is currently enjoying one of the greatest seasons for a female track athlete in program history and currently ranks 23rd in the East Region in the women’s 5,000m. She was named the Most Outstanding Track Performer at both the Indoor and Outdoor America East Championships, claiming gold in the 3,000 and 5,000 indoor and the 5,000 at the outdoor championships. She also received a silver medal in the outdoor women’s 10,000m. Whiting is the first women’s runner in program history to run a sub 16 minute 5K, doing so with a time of 15:51.97 at the Bryan Clay Invitational. 

Trott ranks 26th in the East Region in the 10K, running a best time of 33:35.17 at the 2025 Bryan Clay Invitational. Trott holds the school record in the 10K, with her mark being 2:21.77 faster than the next closest member, Eimear Black ’13 (35:56.94). Trott took home the bronze in the 10,000m at the 2025 America East Outdoor Championships, finishing with a time of 36:45.01. She would also take the silver in the women’s 5,000m after recording a time of 16:45.81. Trott first set the women’s 10K record at the 2024 Black and Gold Invitational after running a time of 35:56.67.

Whiting and Trott are the first members of Bryant’s Track and Field team to qualify for the opening round of the NCAA Championships since high jumper Mike Marshall Jr. did so in 2023. He finished tied for 38th in the high jump after clearing 1.99m. Marshall is first all-time in program history in the history of the men’s high jump, with his best all-time mark being 2.07m. Marshall was also the first Bulldog at the Division I level to compete in the NCAAs in two sports. In 2022, he was a part of the Northeast Conference Champion Men’s Basketball team which competed in the First Four at March Madness. 

Bryant’s first NCAA outdoor qualifier was Jason Dolan who qualified for the men’s 800 in 2021. At the NCAAs, Dolan finished 24th in the 800m with a time of 1:49.96. That mark was just shy of his program record time of 1:49.08 which has stood for the past four seasons. Dolan also owns school records in men’s indoor 1,000m and outdoor mile.