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2021-22 Track and Field Roster

Profile

  • Distance
    Position
  • Junior
    Class
  • Miles City, Montana
    Hometown
  • Custer County District HS
    High School
Heather Baker
Heather Baker
Distance
Position
Junior
Class
Miles City, Montana
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2020, 2021, 2022); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022).
 
2022 (JR­)
Indoor: Placed seventh and set a personal best in the 800 meters with a time of 2:22.56 at the Idaho State-hosted Mountain State Games… Finished second in the distance medley relay with a personal-best time of 12:41.45 at the BYU Invitational… Captured fifth place in both the 800 meters and 4x400-meter relay at the Idaho State-hosted Stacy Dragila Invitational with respective times of 2:23.64 and 4:06.77, which was a career best… Placed fifth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:21.95 at the Utah State-hosted Speed and Power Meet.
Outdoor: Best finish of the season came at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational, where she placed fourth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:23.40… Placed sixth in the 4x400-meter relay at both the Utah Valley Invitational and BYU-hosted Robison Invitational with respective times of 4:08.27 and 4:02.96, the latter of which was a personal best… Also placed 19th in the 400 meters with a time of 1:03.74 at the Utah Valley Invitational… Ran the 800 meters at the Idaho State-hosted Bengal Invitational in 2:24.94 to take 14th place... Earned Academic All-MW honors and was also named a MW Scholar-Athlete and a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

2021 (SO)
Indoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Outdoor: Ran the 800 meters at four separate meets, including recording a personal-best 2:17.62 at the Idaho State-hosted Bengal Invitational, where she placed eighth… Ran a leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that placed third with a career-best time of 4:08.03 at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational… Ran the 400 meters at one meet, recording a personal-best time of 1:01.49 to place 15th at the Utah Valley Collegiate Invitational… Earned academic all-Mountain West and MW Scholar-Athlete honors.

2020 (FR)
Indoor: Competed at three meets during the season… Ran career-best times of 2:31.46 in the 800 meters at the Boise State-hosted Bronco Challenge and 4:09.60 in the 4x400-meter relay at the BYU Indoor Invite... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

HIGH SCHOOL: An eight-time letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Custer County District High School in Miles City, Mont… Helped the Cowgirls to a Montana Class A runner-up finish in 2018… Won a state championship in the 800-meter run as a junior that same year… Was named the team’s MVP in both track & field and cross country as a senior… Also played basketball, and participated in band and choir… Graduated from Custer County District HS 10th in her class with a 3.97 GPA… Earned academic all-state honors for both track & field and cross country.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Daniel and Tracy Baker… Has one younger brother… Majoring in public health.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:

EVENT INDOOR OUTDOOR
400 Meters NA 1:01.49
800 Meters 2:23.64 2:17.62
4x400-Meter Relay 4:06.77 4:02.96
DMR 12:41.45 NA
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