Malika Baker
2017 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Member of the fourth place distance medley relay team that finished with a time of 11:36.07 at the Texas Relays (3/29-4/1) … Also placed seventh in the 1,500-meter run timing at 4:36.98 at the Texas Relays … Had a fifth place finish in the 1,500 meters at both the Kansas Relays (4/19-22) with a time of 4:34.17 and Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) with a time of 4:36.53 … Placed eighth at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/12-14) in the 1,500 meters clocking in at 6:24.54.
2017 INDOOR (Sr.)
Contributed to a first place finish for the distance medley relay team at the Bill Easton Classic (1/06) with a time of 12:12.78 … Placed second at the Bill Easton Classic in the 1,000-meter run timing in at 2:54.65 … Member of the distance medley relay team that placed third at Rod McCravy Memorial Meet (1/20-21) with a time of 11:26.93 … Finished third in the mile at the Husker Invitational (2/3-4) posting a time of 4:50.41 … Finished fifth in the mile at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/24-25) recording a time of 4:54.51.
2016 CROSS COUNTRY (Sr.)
Posted a career-best 19th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (11/11) with her 6K time of 20:44.2 … Took 33rd at the Big 12 Championship (10/29) after clocking a time of 21:49.8 … Claimed seventh at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1) when she crossed the 6K finish line in 21:20.0 … Jayhawks’ third finisher at the Pre-National Invitational (10/15) after recording a time of 21:19.8, placing 86th overall.
2016 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Turned in a top-20 performance in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15), crossing the finish line in 17:57.77 and placing 19th overall … Placed 15th in the preliminary round of the Big 12 Outdoor Championship with a personal-best 1,500-meter time of 4:31.62 … Helped the 4×800-meter relay team to a victory in 8:57.16 at the Kansas Relays (4/23) … Took fifth-place in the 800 meters at the Mesa Classic (4/9) with a time of 2:13.31 … Assisted the 4×800-meter relay team to a fourth-place finish at the Nike Texas Relays (4/2) with a time of 8:58.77.
2016 INDOOR (Jr.)
Placed ninth in the 1,000 meters in the preliminary round of the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) with a personal-best time of 2:56.12 … Won the 1,000 meters in 2:57.52 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) … Helped the distance medley relay team to a first-place finish at the Bill Easton Classic with a time of 12:15.95 … Crossed the mile run finish line in 4:59.09 at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15), good enough for third-place … Member of the winning distance medley relay team at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29), finishing the race in 12:22.26.
2015 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.)
Competed in all six of the Jayhawks’ meets, finishing among the top-four Jayhawks in five of those outings … Member of KU’s squad that competed at the NCAA Championships (11/21), coming in as the Jayhawks’ second scorer via her 156th-place finish and 6K time of 21:14.5 … Came across the finish in 33rd at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/13) after completing that 6K course in 21:12.5 … Kansas’ fourth finisher at the Big 12 Championship (10/31), placing 34th overall in a 6K time of 22:05.8 … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2015 OUTDOOR (So.)
Member of the winning 4×800-meter relay squad at the Kansas Relays (4/17), which finished in 8:50.66, the No. 2 time in school history … Tallied season-best 1,500-meter time of 4:33.22 at the Rock Chalk Classic (5/2), which earned her a runner-up finish … Competed in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championship (5/17) where she took 27th overall in a time of 18:05.85 … Opened her outdoor season with a third-place finish in the 1,500 meters at the ESU Spring Invitational (3/28) after finishing in 4:34.68 … Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team as well as Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2015 INDOOR (So.)
In the first indoor race of the season, claimed a runner-up finish in the mile at the Jayhawk Classic (1/30) in a time of 5:02.71 … Tallied a 14th-place finish in the mile at the Big 12 Championship (2/27) after crossing the finish in prelims in a personal-record time of 5:01.95 … Posted season-best 3,000-meter time at the Husker Invitational (2/7) with her time of 10:10.21, good enough for 11th place.
2014 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
Competed in four meets for the Jayhawks on the year … Top finish came at the Rim Rock Classic (10/4) where she tallied a 15th-place finish in a 6K time of 22:49.5 … Claimed 77th at the Big 12 Championship (11/1) after completing the 6K in 23:01.7 … Came across the finish in 189th at the ISU Pre-National Invitational (10/18) after posting a 6K time of 22:39.8 … Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2014 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Completed the 800 meters in 2:14.92 at the Mesa Classic (4/11), placing fourth and setting a new personal record … Ran the 1,500 meters at the Battle on the Bayou (4/5) and finished ninth, setting another personal record with a time of 4:35.80 … Earned two successful finishes at the Kansas Relays (4/19), placing seventh in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:45.28 and eighth in the 800 meters, crossing the finish line in 2:15.20.
2014 INDOOR (Fr.)
Saw action in five meets in her first season as a Jayhawk … Began her career with a third-place finish at the Bill Easton Classic (1/10) in the 3,000-meter race ending with a time of 10:29.06 … Placed fourth in the 1,000-meter run at the Jayhawk Classic (1/24) with a time of 2:58.72 … Crossed the finish in 5:06.30 in the mile run at the ISU Classic, placing 34th in the event … Named to the Fall Athletic Director’s and Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls.
2013 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.)
Took part in all five of the Jayhawks’ outings in her first season … Kansas’ third finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/15) after posting a 6K time of 21:34.1 and placing 46th overall … Claimed 32nd and was her team’s third scorer at the Big 12 Championship (11/2) with her 6K time of 21:41.2 … Opened the season with a 13th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (8/31), traversing the 5K course in 19:57.42.
HIGH SCHOOL
Member of the Lansing HS record-holding 4x400m and 4x800m relay teams … Member of the third-place cross country team at the 5A State Championship where she placed in the top-25 individually in 2012 … Named to the Kansas City all-metro team as a senior … A quadruple medalist at the 2012 (Jr.) and 2013 (Sr.) 5A state track meets, placing second in the 400 meters, third in the 800 meters and 4×400-meter relay and fifth in the mile … Posted a personal best in the 800 meters at the 2013 Junior Olympics with a time of 2:16 and another personal best in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:46 … Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Malika Imani Niara Baker is the daughter of Lawrence and Clarinda Baker … Has three siblings: Sonjay (23), Shatracie (23) and Nashia (21) … Has only been running cross country since her sophomore year of high school … Both parents competed in track & field at the collegiate level … Majoring in global and international studies.