Olivia Baker Season 2018-19

TFRRS Performance Profile

* 11-Time All-American *
* 2016 West Region Track Athlete of Year *
* 2016 Pac-12 400 champion *
* Three-Time MPSF 800 champion *

Personal bests (thru 2018):

• 800: 2:01.02
• 400: 52.46
• 200: 23.95
• 600: 1:28.22i
• 100: 11.64

As a Senior (2018):
Outdoors

• Advanced to her third consecutive NCAA outdoor 800 final, running a season-best 2:02.76 to place third in her heat.
• Earned a second-team All-America honor by anchoring Stanford to 13th (3:34.26).
• Anchored Stanford's sprint medley relay (200-200-400-800) team to first at the National Relay Championships in a school record and third-best time in collegiate history.
• Had a 2:00.09 anchor split for 800 on that sprint medley.
• Anchored Stanford's 4x400 relay with a 51.89 split, as the Card was third at the National Relay Championships in the No. 3 time in school history (3:31.65).
• Big Meet winner in the 800 and 4x400.
• Third in Pac-12 800 in a season best 2:03.37.
• Ran season best 400 of 53.03 to win Cardinal Classic.
• The time ranks her No. 5 in Stanford history.
• Anchored Stanford to second in its 4x400 heat at NCAA West Prelims and an automatic qualifier to  the NCAA Championships.
• The time 3:31.39 was No. 3 in Stanford history.
• Won her heat in the 800 at the NCAA West Prelims in 2:03.49 to advance to NCAA's for the fourth time in that event.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
• First-team All-America (800).
• Second-team All-America (4x400).
• Fifth in NCAA 800.
• Sixth in U.S. 800 final.
• Tied then broke school 800 record at U.S. Championships.
• Fastest collegian in the 800 this year.
• Third consecutive NCAA 800 final.
• Four-time NCAA 800 qualifier.
• Broke school sprint medley relay record.
• SMR time was No. 3 in collegiate history.
• Fourth Big Meet 4x400 victory.
• Big Meet 800 and 4x400 winner.
• Broke Cardinal Classic 400 record.
• Broke Cardinal Classic 4x400 record.
• Moved to No. 5 on Stanford's all-time list in the 400.
• Moved to No. 3, No. 4, and No. 9 on the all-time list in the 4x400.

Indoors

• Reached her fifth NCAA 800 final, including third indoors, placing eighth at the NCAA Championships.
• Set a Stanford NCAA Indoor Championships record of 2:03.60 in the 800 semifinals.
• Earned third consecutive MPSF 800 title, winning in 2:04.31.
• Anchored Stanford to the MPSF 4x400 championship, rallying from a big deficit with a 52.6 split.
• Tied school record in the 400 with a 53.35 at the Don Kirby Invitational.
• First-team All-America (800).
• Eighth in NCAA Championships 800.
• Third consecutive NCAA 800 final.
• Five-time MPSF champion in career.
• Moved to No. 3 and No. 5 on all-time list in the 4x400.
• Moved to No. 6 on all-time list in the DMR.
• MPSF All-Academic.

As a Junior (2017):
Outdoors

• All-America first team (800).
• Eighth in 800 at NCAA Championships, earning her fifth first-team All-America honor.
• Reached second consecutive NCAA outdoor final.
• U.S. Championships competitor, running in 107 degrees in Sacramento.
• Big Meet 200, 400, and 4x400 winner.
• Stanford Athletic Board Conference Female Athlete of the Year.

Indoors

• Earned her fourth first-team All-America honor, third in an individual event, and second indoors.
• Placed seventh at the NCAA Championships in the 800, running 2:04.45.
• It was the fastest time by a Stanford runner at NCAA Indoors.
• Repeated as MPSF 800 champion, winning in an indoor personal best of 2:03.41.
• Broke her own school record in the 600, running 1:28.22 to finish second at the UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 14.
• Was the only collegiate runner in the Millrose Games 800, placing seventh (2:05.00) in the same race Ajee Wilson set the American record.
• MPSF All-Academic selection.

As a sophomore (2016):
Outdoors

• NCAA runner-up in the 800 meters at 2:02.65.
• USTFCCCA West Region Women's Track Athlete of the Year.
• First-team All-America (800).
• Honorable mention All-America (4x400).
• Pac-12 400 champion.
• Ran 53.20 while rallying to victory in dramatic fashion to win in the final meters at the Pac-12's.
• Advanced to Olympic Trials 800 semifinals.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
• Pac-12 Women's Track Athlete of the Week (May 3).
• Big Meet 4x400 relay winner.
• Dropped personal best by three seconds by running 2:01.02 at Payton Jordan.
• The time made her the collegiate leader throughout the collegiate season.
• Part of Stanford's 4x400 relay that advanced to the NCAA's by running the second-fastest time in school history – 3:31.13 at the NCAA West Prelims in Lawrence, Kansas.
• Ranks No. 4 at Stanford in the 800 and No. 5 in the 400.

Indoors

• Placed third in the 800 at the NCAA Championships, running 2:06.08 in a tactical race.
• It was the highest finish in Stanford history indoors in that event.
• Her preliminary time of 2:04.73 was the fastest by a Stanford runner ever at NCAA Indoors.
• Mountain Pacific Sports Federation 800 champ, in 2:04.28.
• Was the 11th qualifier in the 800, running 2:04.10 to win the invitational race at Penn State National.
• It was the No. 2 time in Stanford indoor history.
• Became third Stanford MPSF 800 champ, after Lindsay Hyatt in 2000 and Amy Weissenbach in 2014.
• Ran a 52.9 split on the second leg of Stanford's school-record setting 4x400 (3:33.78) at the Don Kirby Elite.
• Ran a 2:02.6 800 split to help Stanford to the eighth-fastest distance medley relay in collegiate history (10:54.58) to win the Penn State National.
• Broke own school record in the 600, running 1:29.08 to finish third at the UW Indoor Preview.

As a freshman (2015):
Outdoors

• Ran a personal record 2:04.00 in the 800 to finish third in the Pac-12 Championships.
• The time places her No. 4 on Stanford's all-time performers' list and is No. 2 among freshmen.
• Finished fourth in her 800 heat at the NCAA Championships, running 2:04.55 and finished ninth overall to earn second-team All-America honors.
• Ran the second leg on Stanford's 4x400 team that advanced to the NCAA Championships and placed sixth in its heat, and earned second-team All-America honors.
• Finished third in the 400 at the U.S. Junior Championships, running a season-best 53.28 to set a Stanford freshman record.
• The time is No. 6 all-time at Stanford.
• Won the Big Meet 800 in 2:06.01.
• Ran on two Penn Relays teams, running the second leg on the fourth-place 4x800 and the anchor on the 10th place distance medley.
• 400 No. 1 frosh all-time Stanford (53.28).
• 800 No. 2 frosh all-time Stanford (2:04.00).

Indoors

• Earned first-team All-America honors by running the second leg (400 meters) on Stanford's distance medley relay team that finished second to Arkansas at the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
• Ran a 53.62 split on the relay, which set a school record of 10:53.66.
• Won her collegiate debut, a 600 race at the UW Indoor Preview run in a school-record 1:29.42.
• Captured an MPSF title in the DMR (11:02.98).
• Ran second leg while helping Stanford a dramatic 4x400 victory at the Razorback Invitational (3:36.81).

National/International:

• Ran in 107-degree temperature at the 2017 U.S. Championships preliminary heat, placing 18th overall in 2:05.41.
• Missed the 800 final at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials by one spot in her semifinal and two by time, running 2:01.87, placing 10th overall.
• Sixth at the 2016 NACAC Under-23 Championships in El Salvador, in 2:08.77.
• Ran a 52.6 split on the second leg of the 2015 Pan Am Junior Championships, blowing open the 4x400 final and helping the U.S. to a gold medal in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• Won a gold medal at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene in the 4x400, running the second leg to help the U.S. to a time of 3:30.42.
• Earned the 400 bronze at the same meet, running 53.00.
• Advanced to the 2013 World Youth Championships in Ukraine where she won silver in the 400 (53.38) and anchored the winning 1,000 relay.

High School:

• Captured second in the 400 at the U.S. junior nationals in a New Jersey high school-record 52.46.
• Completed her senior year as the No. 1 high school quartermiler in the country.
• Ran a spectacular 4x800 anchor split of 2:02.55 at the 2014 Penn Relays, chasing down three runners and making up 50 meters to catch the leader on the final lap as the crowd rose in disbelief.
• Split was the fastest in the history of the meet, and allowed Columbia to run a New Jersey record 8:45.37, the second-fastest high school time in history.
• Also No. 6 on the 2014 prep 800 list, at 2:06.01.
• Won 13 state titles in her career.
• In 2013, became the first to win four events at the New Jersey Meet of Champions, capturing state titles in the 100, 200, 400, and anchoring the 4x400 relay.
• Never lost a high school 400 to anyone from her home state.
• Won the 2013 New Balance Outdoor Nationals title in the 400 champ.
• At the same meet, anchored Columbia to a state 4x400 record of 3:40.36, ran on the sprint medley relay that recorded the No. 2 U.S. high school time ever, and anchored a victory in the 4x800 relay.
• Two-time New Jersey Gatorade Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year.

Personal:

• Parents are Sam and Robin Baker.
• Has goals of attending medical school and becoming a neurosurgeon.

 Career results: