She was a four-time All-American and a five-time Big West Conference champion in two years of competition at the University of Idaho and holds school records in the sprints, hurdles, jumps, multi-events and relays at both Idaho and the University of New Mexico.

She earned All-America honors at the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a third-place finish in the 100m hurdles (12.82).

After redshirting the 2002 season, Whyte returned in 2003 and led Idaho to its second Big West Conference track and field title.

At the 2003 Big West Conference Track & Field Championships, Whyte won individual titles in the 100m, 200m and 100m hurdles, and ran on Idaho's first-place 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relays.

Whyte was honored as the Big West Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Year after her performance.

Whyte also broke the Big West Conference all-time record (13.06) and the Big West Championship Meet record (13.11) in the 100m hurdles in 2003 [2] Whyte graduated from the University of Idaho in 2003 with a degree in Crime and Justice Studies.

Despite only competing at Idaho for two seasons, Whyte remains the program's all-time leading scorer with 81.5 points at outdoor championship meets.

She, along with fellow Canadian Perdita Felicien, was one of just two women to qualify for every World Championship competition in the 100m hurdles during that span.

[4] While competing, Whyte has also served as a volunteer assistant coach for University of Idaho Track & Field since 2005.