2016-17 Women's Indoor Track & Field Roster
Roster
Bakas, Kaitlin

Kaitlin Bakas
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- First Year
- Hometown:
- South Windsor, CT
- High School:
- South Windsor
- Position:
- Distance
Bio
PERSONAL BESTS | ||
Event | Time | Date |
800m (IN) | 2:22.36 | URI Sorlien Invitational (1/21/17) |
One Mile (IN) | 5:10.83 | Great Dane Classic (1/14/17) |
1000m (IN) | 3:14.06 | New England Championship (1/31/20) |
3000m (IN) | 10:12.71 | New England Championships (2/24/17) |
1500m (OUT) | 4:50.36 | Wolfie Invitational (4/21/18) |
5000m (OUT) | 17:33.15 | New England Championships (5/12/18) |
3000m (OUT) | 10:16.26 | Yale Springtime Invitational (4/29/18) |
- Competed in five meets as a senior
- Opened the indoor season at the URI Sorlien Invitational taking 11th in the 1000m (3:17.29)
- Recorded a career-best time in the 1000m (3:14.06) at the New England Championships
- Finished in 14th place at the MAAC Championships in the 1 mile (5:17.63)
- Competed in two meets
- Ran the mile event at the URI Sorlien Invitational, finishing in 5th place (5:22.03)
- Raced in the 3000m event at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (10:31.73)
Took a redshirt season
As a first year in 2016-17:
- Competed in three different events (800m, one mile, 3000m)
- Placed 13th out of 51 in the one mile event with a time of 5:10.83 at the Great Dane Classic (1/14)
- Claimed third place in the 800m at the URI Sorlien Invitational (1/21) with a time of 2:22.36
- Finished in 13th place at the MAAC Championships (2/18) in the 3000m as she clocked in at 10:19.46
- Earned a Top 10 result in the 3000m at the New England Championships (2/24) as she timed in at 10:12.71
- Graduated from South Windsor High School in Connecticut
- Qualified for Nationals in the Junior Olympics
- Posted personal bests in the one mile (5:00), 800m (2:19), 1000m (3:04) and 5000m (20:01)
- Named All-Conference all four years in both the cross country and track and field seasons
- Also picked up multiple All-State honors in Connecticut during the cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field seasons
- Led South Windsor’s cross country team to the Conference Championship and to an undefeated season in her senior year
- Honor Roll student all four years at South Windsor
- Daughter of Andrew and Laurie Bakas
- Her father Andrew played tennis at Greensboro College in North Carolina
- In the sixth grade, Bakas tried out for field hockey but hurt her back in the first tryout so she was forced to miss the season
- The following year, instead of giving field hockey a second try she chose to join cross country and found her love for the sport
- Interned with Travelers Insurance over the summer of 2017
- Majoring in biomedical marketing
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