Angela Whyte, a former Idaho athlete, competed for Canada at the Olympics Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro. Whyte placed sixth in the third heat of the 100-meter hurdles, with a time of 13.09 seconds.
The top three athletes of each heat and six at-large athletes with the best times moved on to the semifinals. The six at-large athletes broke 13 seconds. The final qualifier clocked in at 12.99 seconds.
This is Whyte’s third Olympic games. She competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. In Athens, she took sixth in the 100-meter hurdles. Whyte is from Edmonton, in Alberta, Canada.
Whyte began her college career at New Mexico in 1999, setting several school records. She transferred to Idaho after the 2000 season and attended from 2001-2003. Whyte helped the Idaho women’s track and field team win a 2001 Big West Conference title. She scored 35.5 points at the championships and won the 100-meter hurdles, long jump and 4×100 meter relay.
Her efforts were rewarded with a Big West Women’s Athlete of the Year award. After qualifying for the 2001 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 60-meter hurdles, a false start in her qualifying heat took Whyte out of competition.
At the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Whyte took third in the 100 meter hurdles and led Idaho to a 16th place finish, the highest all-time NCAA team finish for Idaho women’s track and field.
Whyte redshirted the 2002 season and returned in 2003 to a second Big West Conference Track & Field title for Idaho. She took home individual titles in the 100-meters, 200-meters, 100-meter hurdles and was a member of the 100 meter relay and 400-meter relay groups that placed first.
Again Whyte was awarded the Big West Conference Women’s Track Athlete of the Year.
She finished eighth in the 60-meter hurdles at the 2003 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, third in the heptathlon and seventh in the 100-meter hurdles. Idaho finished 20th as a team.
Whyte graduated in 2003 with a degree in Crime and Justice Studies and held 10 individual Idaho school records. She was inducted into the Vandal Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.
As a professional, Whyte has competed at three Olympic games for Canada.
She finished sixth in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympics. In 2008, she finished 23rd in Beijing. Whyte has represented Canada at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics meet from 2001- 2009.
At the Commonwealth Games, Whyte has earned two silver medals, one in 2006 and another in 2010 and one bronze in the 100-meter hurdles during the 2014 games. She gathered a bronze medal in 2007 and a silver medal in 2011 in the Pan American Games.