2013-14 Track & Field Roster
Roster

Nashia Baker
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lansing, Kan.
- High School:
- Lansing HS
SENIOR (2016)
Jayhawks’ fifth finisher at the Pre-National Invitational (10/15) with her 6K time of 21:58.9, placing 173rd overall … Season-best 6K time of 21:40.3 came at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1), earning her 10th place … Took 52nd at the Big 12 Championship (10/29) after completing the 6K loop in 22:28.7 … Clocked a time of 22:30.8 at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (11/11), finishing 146th.
JUNIOR (2015)
Competed in all six of the Jayhawks’ meets, finishing among her team’s top-three in five of those outings … Kansas’ third finisher at the NCAA Championships (11/21) after she completed the 6K course in 21:27.0 for 183rd overall … Finished 32nd overall and was Kansas’ third scorer at both the Big 12 Championship (10/31) and NCAA Midwest Regional (11/13), posting 6K times of 21:58.3 and 21:11.3, respectively … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
SOPHOMORE (2014)
In just her second season, established herself as one of her team’s top runners, leading the squad in all five of the meets in which she competed … Highest finish of the year came at the Rim Rock Classic (10/4) where she finished fifth overall and tallied a 6K time of 22:07.6 … Kansas’ top scorer at the Big 12 Championship (11/1) after claiming 36th and finishing the 6K in 21:40.7 … Took 85th at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/14) and posted a 6K time of 21:35.1 … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
FRESHMAN (2013)
Competed in all five of the Jayhawks’ meets in her first season in Lawrence, coming in as one of the KU’s top-four finishers in each … Was her team’s second finisher at the Big 12 Championship (11/2) after crossing the 6K finish in 21:35.9 and placing 28th overall … Placed 50th at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/15) with her 6K time of 21:38.8 and was the Jayhawks’ fourth finisher … Kicked her KU career off with a sixth-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (8/31), completing the 5K in 19:32.94.
HIGH SCHOOL
Broke the Lansing High School record in the 3,200 meters, 4K, 4×400-meter relay and 4×800-meter relay … State medalist in the 800 meters and 4×800-meter relay team in 2011 as a sophomore … A member of the third-place state cross country team and finished 16th overall at the 2011 state meet … A quadruple medalist during the 2013 state track meet, medaling with a second-place finish in the 800 meters, third-place finish in the 3,200 meters and 4×400-meter relay, and fourth in the 1,600 meters … Named Spring Athlete of the Year in Lansing … Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Lawrence and Clarinda Baker … Has three siblings: Sonjay, Shatracie and Malika … Both parents competed in track & field at the collegiate level … First ran cross country as a 10th grader … Majoring in journalism.