Travis Baker Season 2003-04

 

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Indoors: High Jump, 6-11 3/4

Outdoors: High Jump, 7-1 3/4

Honors:

Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2002, Spring 2003)

NCAA Championships:

   2003 (O): High Jump, 7-0 1/4 (t16th)

Big 12 Championships:

   2002 (I): High Jump, 6-9 3/4 (t8th)

   2002 (O): High Jump, 7-0 1/4 (4th)

 

2003: Travis Baker had an outstanding run during the 2003 outdoor season, including his first trip to the NCAA meet... tied for 16th at the national meet with a jump of 7-0 1/4... made the finals at the NCAA Championships by clearing a personal-best height of 7-1 3/4 in the preliminaries... cleared 7-1 at the NCAA Midwest Regional for a fourth-place finish to automatically qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships... finished third at the Concordia Twilight, clearing 6-10... tied for third place at the Ward Haylett Invitational (6-9 1/2)... took second at the Nebraska Wesleyan Twilight... finished 10th at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, jumping a career-best 6-11 3/4... tied for fourth place at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational with a height of 6-10 1/4... tied for fourth at the Holiday Inn Invitational, clearing 6-9. 2002: Leaped a season-best height of 7-0 1/4 in the high jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships for a fourth-place finish... during the indoor season, Baker jumped an indoor season-high 6-11 at the Wildcat Invitational" tied for eighth place at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a jump of 6-9 3/4.  2001: Recorded an outdoor season-best leap of 6-9 3/4 in the high jump with a first-place finish at the Emporia State Relays... did not compete during the indoor season while competing as a 149-pounder on the Nebraska wrestling team. 2000: Was awarded a medical hardship for the indoor season after competing in just two meets... redshirted the outdoor season. High School: Was the 1999 state champion in the high jump (7-0 1/4), setting the Kansas Class 2A meet record in the event... was a two-time 135-pound Kansas state wrestling champion.  Personal: High school coach was Randy Kaufman... major is community health education... parents are Kirk and Kelly Baker... born June 26, 1980.