2018 Women's Cross Country Roster
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Bakas, Kaitlin
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Kaitlin Bakas
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- South Windsor, CT
- High School:
- South Windsor
Bio
As a senior in 2019:
- MAAC All-Academic Team
- Opened the season at the Nassaney Invitational 5k (19:25.1) finishing in 27th place
- Recorded a time of 22:24.8 in the 6k at the Paul Short Run
- Competed in the 2019 MAAC Championships and tallied a time of 23:58.6
- MAAC All-Academic Team
- Recorded a career-best time in the 5k at the NEICAAA Championships (18:26.4)
- At the MAAC Championships, she recorded a time of 22:28.4 in the 6k
- Tallied a time of 23:45.3 at the NCAA Northeast Regionals
- MAAC All-Academic Team
- 2017 All-MAAC (9th Place)
- Ran a 22:01.8 in the MAAC Championships to come in ninth (third on the Bobcats) and earn her second All-MAAC honor
- Finished 127th of 251 at the NCAA Northeast Region Championships with a 23:41.0, placing third on the Bobcats.
- Finished in a season-best 21:05.7 at the Paul Short Invitational to come in 84th out of 369.
- Earned a top-20 finish (18th of 250) at the adidas DI Pre-Nationals with a 21:35.2
- Was 8th out of 94 runners at the Monmouth Invitational with an 18:50.34
- 2016 MAAC Rookie of the Year
- 2016 All-MAAC (8th Place)
- 2016 MAAC All-Rookie Team
- Became just the third Bobcat (first since 2008) in program history to win Rookie of the Year honors in conference
- Appeared in six events and didn't place worse than fourth on the team in any of her meets
- Kickstarted her career in impressive fashion, leading the team with an eighth place result at the Stony Brook Invitational (9/3) while clocking in at 15:35.3
- Strung together another nice performance in the following meet, placing 22nd overall (third on the team) at the Iona Meet of Champions (9/16) with a time of 19:20.5
- Ran her best 6k time of the season (21:44.8) while placing 158th overall (third on the team) at the Paul Short Women’s Gold Run (10/1)
- Was solid at the Bobcats’ first-ever Pre-National Invitational (10/15) appearance as she placed 64th overall (fourth on the team) with a time of 22:33.9
- Stormed to the finish line at the MAAC Championships (10/29), placing eighth overall (fourth on the team) as the fastest freshman in competition, crossing the line in 21:58.4
- Finished her freshman campaign with a 110th place result (third on the team) while clocking in at 22:23.2 at the NCAA Northeast Regional (11/11)
- 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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