TFRRS Profile
2022: USTFCCCA All-America ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-American of the Year ... College Sports Communicators First-Team Academic All-America ... NCAA Elite 90 ... D2 CCA Regional Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... USTFCCCA All-Region ... First-Team All-RMAC ... CSC Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Runner of the Year ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... Appeared in five of Mines' seven races during the season ... Finished 33rd in the nation at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships thanks to a time of 21:15.2 ... Was seventh in the region after running 21:40.8 at the South Central Region Championships ... Claimed 14th in the conference by clocking a 22:22.9 at the RMAC Championships ... Top finish of the year was second in the season opener at the Roadrunners Invitational ... Also ran at DII Pre-Nationals and took third.
2021: CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year ... NCAA Woman of the Year Top Nine ... CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America ... USTFCCCA All-America ... USTFCCCA All-Region ... First-Team All-RMAC ... RMAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Runner of the Year ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... Finished 25th in the nation at the NCAA Championships thanks to a 6K time of 21:16.1 ... Placed ninth in the South Central Region with a time of 21:01.7 ... Finished fourth in the RMAC by running 6,000 meters in 21:56.2 at the conference championships in Golden ... Top finish of the year was second at the Roadrunners Invitational with a time of 21:31.1 ... Also ran at the Wyoming Invite.
2020: CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America ... RMAC Runner of the Year ... First-Team All-RMAC ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... RMAC Academic Runner of the Year ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... RMAC Summit Award ... RMAC Runner to Watch ... Appeared in both of Mines' events in 2020 and won both races ... Opened the season with a first-place finish at the 5675 Time Trials against Colorado Christian where she shattered the Stermole Track 5K record by more than 13 seconds in a time of 17:17.45 ... The previous facility record holder was Lauren Klepping of Western State who ran her time in 2011 ... Baker also became the first Oredigger to win the individual title at the RMAC Cross Country Championships after completing the 6,000-meter course in a time of 21:11.5 ... She beat the next-closest runner at the conference meet by nearly 10 seconds ... Her efforts helped Mines' women to a runner-up finish which matches the best finish in program history ... Baker also became the first cross country runner - male or female - in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference history to win the Summit Award, RMAC Runner of the Year and RMAC Academic Runner of the Year.
2019: USTFCCCA All-America ... Finished 19th in the nation at the NCAA Championships ... CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-America ... USTFCCCA All-Region ... CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... First-Team All-RMAC ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... D2ADA Academic Achievement Award ... RMAC Runner of the Week (9/11) ... Competed in five of Mines' six races including the postseason ... Appeared at the NCAA Championships for a second straight year and ran the 6K course in 20:46.7 ... Placed fifth at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships in 21:38.0 ... Took ninth at the RMAC Championships in 20:48.7 ... Top finish of the year was first place at the UCCS Rust-Buster Invitational in the season opener, running 17:47.7.
2018: USTFCCCA All-Region ... First-Team All-RMAC ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Made her NCAA Championships debut finishing 68th in 24:03.5 ... Top finisher for Mines at the RMAC Championships and NCAA Regional Championships ... Took 13th at the regional championships in 22:16.5 and 14th at the RMAC Championships in 22:27.0 ... Season-best finish of 8th at the Rock Pre-Nationals, running 22:53.9.
HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in cross country and track at Silver Creek ... Ran the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters in track ... Career-best time of 5:15.76 in the 1,600 and 11:14.46 in the 3,200 ... Finished 24th and 30th at the high school state cross country championships ... Took 9th in the 3,200 at the high school state track and field championships.
