Theo Phipps

Photo by: Will Becque

Position:
Hurdles/Jumps
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.
High School:
St. Rita HS

TFRRS BIO

PERSONAL BESTS

60 - 7.27
200 - 22.72
60H - 8.05
110H - 14.44
LJ - 7.09m (23'-3.25")

2021 INDOOR SEASON

Did not compete.

2020 OUTDOOR SEASON

Canceled due to COVID-19 outbreak.

2019-20 INDOOR SEASON

Jumped for a lifetime-best mark of 23'-3.25" in the long jump to take ninth at the 2020 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor T&F Championships (2/29-3/1) ... also finished eighth in the 60 meter hurdles at the same meet ... won the 60 meter hurdles at the Don DeNoon Invite (1/24-1/25) ... also won the 60 meter hurdles at the season-opening Saluki Fast Start (12/7) ... competed in five indoor meets.

2019 OUTDOOR SEASON

Advanced to the NCAA West Region Preliminaries (5/23-5/24) and finished 39th in the 110 hurdles ... took second in the long jump at the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships (5/10-5/12) with a mark of 23'-10.5" ... also took fourth in the 4x400 meter relay and 110 meter hurdles at the same meet ... finished third in the 4x400 meter relay at the Bill Cornell Classic (3/22-3/23) ... competed in six outdoor meets.

2018-19 INDOOR SEASON

Set a lifetime-best time of 8.05 in the 60 meter hurdles to take third at the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor T&F Championships (2/23-2/24) ... also placed fifth in the long jump to score team points ... won the 60 meter hurdles at the Don DeNoon Invite (2/1-2/2) with a time of 8.14 ... kicked the season off with a PR time of 7.27 in the 60 meter dash at the Saluki Fast Start (12/8) ... competed in seven indoor meets.

2018 OUTDOOR SEASON

Scored team points with a fourth place finish in the 110m hurdles at the 2018 MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14) … clocked a personal-best time in the prelims of the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.44 … narrowly missed adding to his point total as he finished ninth in the long jump at MVCs … ran a season-best 200m time of 22.72 at the Tennessee Relays (4/13) and also ran the 4x100 relay.

2017-18 INDOOR SEASON

Placed ninth in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.28 at the 2018 MVC Indoor Championships (2/25) … finished second in the 60m hurdles and fourth in the long jump at the EIU Friday Night Special (2/16) … finished fourth in the 60m hurdles and sixth in the long jump at the Don DeNoon Invitational (2/3).

HIGH SCHOOL

Qualified for the 2017 IHSA Class 2A state meet in four events, tallying three top-eight finishes ... took eighth in the 4x100, 4x200 and 110 hurdles and added an 11th place finish in the long jump ... finished 21st in the long jump at the 2016 IHSA Class 2A state meet ... earned Hershey Youth All-American as a sophomore, and was named Hershey Junior All-American as a junior ... three-time all-conference recipient ... member of the National Honor Society ... presidential Award Recipient ... also lettered in basketball and football.

PERSONAL

Born on April 15, 1999 ... son of Theophilos and Rachel Phipps ... father, Theophilos, is a juvenile justice corrections officer, while his mother, Rachel, is a school bus driver ... has three siblings including a twin ... majoring in finance with a minor in accounting.