Olympian & 3xNCAA Champion Juliette Whitaker Shares Exclusive Insights From Her Breakout Year & Placing 7th In The World In The 800m

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Dominic Schlueter

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🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Olympian Juliette Whittaker returns to the podcast after the 2024 Paris Olympics!

Juliette Whittaker, a 2024 Olympic 800-meter finalist, has earned three NCAA championships, including two in the 800 meters (indoors and outdoors, 2024) and one in the indoor distance medley relay (2023). A seven-time All-American, she claimed the Pac-12 800-meter title in 2023 and was named the Pac-12 Women's Track and Field Freshman of the Year. Juliette is the school-record holder in the indoor and outdoor 800 meters, indoor mile, indoor 4x400 relay, and both indoor and outdoor distance medley relays. Her accolades include being named the Stanford Athletics Board Conference Athlete of the Year (2023) and the Board Block 'S' Outstanding Sophomore (2024). Additionally, she was the U.S. under-20 800 champion in 2022 and holds the national high school outdoor record in the event. Juliette contributed to two NCAA West Region Cross Country team championships (2022, 2023) and excelled academically as a 2024 Academic All-American, a two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree (2023, 2024), and a four-time member of the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.

She placed 7th in the Olympic final.

Juliette has run 1:57.76 (800m), 4:12.49 (1500m), and 4:30.92 (Mile).

In today's conversation, we recap her Olympic season, winning another NCAA championship, the road to get to her goals, the importance of dreaming big, her ambitions for the future, lessons from it all, and so much more!

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the Running Effect podcast with Dominic Schleader.
0:06.2	I'm your host Dominic, and today back on the podcast is newly minted Olympian Juliet Whitaker.
0:12.0	Juliet competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she placed seventh in the 800-meter final of the Olympics.
0:19.6	Absolutely remarkable performance. She's also earned three
0:23.2	NCAA championships, including two in the 800 meters, one indoors and one outdoors in 24,
0:29.3	and one in the indoor DMR in 2023. She's a seven-time All-American already. She claimed the
0:35.4	Pact-12 800-meter title in 2023 and was named
0:38.7	the Pack 12 Woman's Track and Field freshman of the year. Julia is the school record holder
0:43.6	in the indoor and outdoor 800 meters, indoor mile, indoor 4x4, and both the indoor and outdoor
0:48.8	DMR. She's also been academically excellent all throughout her years at Stanford. She's the full package and excels
0:56.5	in every area of her life. I always love these conversations with Juliet where we sit down,
1:01.4	break down her recent season or performances, and really draw out some wisdom from her
1:06.2	unbelievably successful career. Today we go through her Olympic campaign and making the Olympics
1:12.5	and the crazy season that led up to it. We talk about her career as a whole, her mindsets,
1:17.3	some things that have propelled her to this point, lessons from the whole journey and ambitions
1:22.0	for the future. I thoroughly enjoyed this one and I am confident you guys are going to find
1:26.2	a lot of value from this one. If you do, please consider sharing it with a friend who you think would appreciate this one. And I am confident you guys are going to find a lot of value from this one.
1:31.1	If you do, please consider sharing it with a friend who you think would appreciate this episode. And why not while you're at it, give us a five-star review and a follow on Spotify or
1:36.0	Apple Podcasts. So you stay up to date when new podcasts come out. With all those notes aside,
1:40.2	I hope you all enjoy this amazing conversation with the one and only Juliet Whittaker.
1:46.5	Juliet Wittaker, welcome back to the running effect podcast this time with Olympian to the name.
1:51.5	How are you doing this morning? I'm good. Yeah, thank you so much for having me back on here.
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