Drake University Athletics

Collegiate Personal Bests/Results
 
2025 Outdoor: Added the 100m dash to her bag with a season-best sprint of 13.08 at the Central College Dutch Invitational…continued impressive 400m career with 1:00.77 run to win the Central College Dutch Invitational title…posted fastest 400m hurdles time of 1:04.53 at home during the Jim Duncan Invitational.

2025 Indoor: Ran 42.94 300 to take seventh at Bill Bergan Open...later placed eighth at Iowa Open with 26.07 200m dash and ran a season-best 400 of 58.86 at MV Championships…member of 3:46.75 to take sixth and 11:44.79 distance medley relay to earn fifth at MVC Championships.

2024 Outdoor: Began season at Wartburg Good Friday Challenge with runner-up 400 time of 58.79, her only open 400 of the year…later returned to Waverly to take fourth in 400m hurdles in 1:04.54…eventually posted best 400 hurdles time of the year at MVC Outdoor Championships with sixth place finish of 1:01.98…member of relay teams that went 3:50.99 in the 4x400 at MVC Championships and 1:40.80 at the Drake Relays.

2024 Indoor: Earned fastest 400 time of indoor season with 58.32 at Tyson Invitational…best 400 finish came at MVC Indoor Championships with 58.41, good enough for 14th place…also member of 4x400 team that posted times of 4:01.26 at the Cyclone Open and 3:55.07 at Iowa State Classic, both slotted in fifth place.

2023 Indoor: Set a personal-best 58.74 in the 400m at the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships…took 3rd in the 400m at the Iowa Open with a 1:00.08.

2023 Outdoor: 2nd in 400H at Jim Duncan Invite (1:03.42)...on 3rd place 4x400 team at Drake Relays (3:52.41).

2022 Outdoor: Placed second in the 400m hurdles (1:03.20) at the Jim Duncan Invitational… Set her 400m hurdles PR (1:02.53) to finish fourth at the MVC Indoor Championships.
 
2022 Indoor: Set a 200m PR of 26.60 at the Iowa State Classic…. Picked up her 400m PR of 58.78 at the MVC Indoor Championships.
 
Prior to Drake: Prepped at Burlington Community High School… Qualified for the Iowa State Track & Field meet in the 100-meter dash, sprint medley relay and 400-meter hurdles (fourth place finish) as a senior… Competed with the Iowa Speed Track and Field Club… National Honor Society member.
 
Personal: Daughter of Darren Bunton and Jody Whitmore… Kinesiology major… Hobbies include reading and baking.