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2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

Carli Whitt
Carli Whitt
Carli Whitt

Ruth Spijker

  • Class Junior
  • High School CSG Jan Arentsz
  • Hometown Sint Pancras, The Netherlands
  • Instagram @ruthspijker

Biography

Honors: First Team All-Conference (2024)...First Team All-Conference(2023)...First Team All-Conference Carolinas (2022).

2024: Helped the Valkyries to a Runner-Up finish at the Conference Carolinas Championship...Finished 2nd overall at the Young Harris Opener and set a new PR in the 4K with a time of 15:32.2...Finished 17th at the Converse Kick-Off (22:45.3)...Finished third at the Sand Shark Invitational and set a new PR in the 5K with a time of (18:32.9)...Finished fourth at the Conference Carolinas Championship (22:36.7). 

2023:
5k Times- 19:21 (USC Upstate Eye Opener), 18:58 (Live in Lou Classic), 19:01  (Royals Challenge)...6k Times- 23:37 (Converse Kick-Off), 22:34 (Conference Carolinas Championship), 23:01 (NCAA Southeast Regional Championships)

2022 (Freshman): 5k Times - 19:16.8 (D2 Festival Year Showcase), 19:26.9 (Louisville Classic), 19:35.2 (Royals XC Challenge), 20:37.0 (USC Upstate Eye Opener)...6k Times - 23:34.3 (Conference Carolinas), 24:28.0 (Converse Kick-Off)...Ranked 5th all-time in the 5k race and 4th all-time in the 6k race for Converse.

Prep: Graduated from CSG Jan Arentsz High School...Ran for Team Distance Runners.

Personal: Daughter of Rieuw and Rineke Spijker...Has two sisters, Rosa (19) and Rienne (13).

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

  • 2023Sophomore

  • 2024Junior