2014 Outdoor Track
Roster
Nia Baker
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Brooklyn, NY
- High School:
- High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow
- Position:
- Sprint
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2016 MAAC 400m ChampionCAREER HIGHS Event Time Date 100m 12.39 Wolfie Invitational (4/23/16) 200m 24.85 Long Beach Invitational (4/15/16) 400m 56.50 New England Championships (5/13/16) - 2016 MAAC 4x400m Relay Champion (Wehrer, Ulrich, Samuels, Baker)
- 2015 Rider Invitational 4x400m Champion
AS A SENIOR IN 2016:
- 2016 MAAC 4x400m Relay Champion (Wehrer, Ulrich, Samuels, Baker)
- 2016 MAAC 400m Champion
- Posted a sensational MAAC Championships, collecting her first two gold medals as she helped the Bobcats capture the first 4x400m relay title in outdoor program history as well as her first individual crown as she took the victory in the 400m event
- Helped lift Quinnipiac to a dominating 4x400m relay victory as the Bobcats posted a time of 3:48.95 in the event to take first place by nearly six full seconds
- Captured her first individual MAAC title in the 400m as she crossed the line in 56.82 to defeat the runner-up by nearly one full second
- Opened the season placing 16th out of 102 sprinters in the 400m at the Colonial Relays (4/1) with a time of 57.48
- Helped lift the Bobcats to a fourth place showing out of 30 teams with a program record time of 4:01.12 in the sprint medley relay at the Colonial Relays
- Posted a new personal-best time of 24.85 in the 200m at the Long Beach Invitational (4/15)
- Placed 25th out of 78 sprinters in the 400m at the Long Beach Invitational with a time of 56.82
- Earned a sixth place finish with a time of 12.39 in the 100m at the Wolfie Invitational (4/23)
- Also cracked a third place result in the 200m at the Wolfie Invitational with a time of 25.20
- Crossed the line in fourth place in the 100m at the Yale Springtime Invitational (5/1), clocking in at 12.70
- Made an appearance at the New England Championships (5/13) where she placed ninth overall with a personal-best time of 56.50
AS A JUNIOR IN 2015:
- Continued to develop as a sprinter, running in all three different sprint events (100m, 200m, 400m) in the same season for the first time in her career
- Started the season with a new personal-best time of 25.60 seconds in the 200m dash at the Colonial Relays (4/4)
- Picked up a team relay victory in the 4x400m at the Rider Invitational (4/11) as she joined Becca Stabile, Shameal Samuels and Alyson Caron to top a list of six teams with a time of 3:53.07
- Baker also took sixth place in her first 100m dash appearance, running to a time of 12.74 seconds at the Rider Invitational (4/11)
- Tallied another new personal-best in the 200m dash, clocking in at 25.31 seconds at the Larry Ellis Invitational (4/17)
- Helped lead the 4x400m relay team (Stabile, Samuels, Caron) to a second place showing at the MAAC Championships (5/3), running to a time of 3:51.45 (fourth-fastest in program history), as this group also led the Bobcats to their highest finish in a 4x400m relay at a conference championship in program history
- Ran the best 400m dash of her career (56.76 seconds) at the MAAC Championships (5/3) to take a career-high third place for her best individual finish at a conference championship in her career
- Finished the 400m preliminaries at the New England Championships (5/9) in 11th place with a time of 56.82 seconds
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2014:
- Was the Bobcats’ most consistent 400m runner throughout the season with five appearances in her signature event
- Posted a season-best time of 58.65 seconds in the 400m at the Fred Hardy Invite to place 20th overall (out of 70)
- Landed 4th place (out of 20) in the 400m at the Yale Invitational with a time of 59.35 seconds
- Placed 13th overall (out of 20) in the 400m at the MAAC Championships where she clocked in at 1:00.09
- Also appeared in the New England Championships where she scored 20th place (out of 34) with a time of 58.87 seconds
-Also helped the Bobcats score 4th place (out of 9) in the 4x400m relay at the MAAC Championships (Reid, Caron, Baker, Ulrich) with a time of 4:00.53
- Appeared in one 200m dash where she clocked in at 26.36 seconds to take 8th place (out of 46) at the Rider Invitationa
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2013:
- Did not compete in any events for the Bobcats
BEFORE QUINNIPIAC:
- Graduated from High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow in New York
- Lettered in track throughout her high school career
- Finished the 800m run with a time of 2:57.35at the Armory Youth Classic
- Also competed in the 200m dash where she crossed the line with a time of 30.10.
PERSONAL:
- Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y
- Daughter of Natalie Baker
- Has two older brothers Kevin and Nico
- Plans to major in biology.
