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2014 Track & Field Roster

Jenna Baker

  • Position:
    Throws
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Mandeville, La.
  • Prev School:
    LSU
  • Highschool:
    Mandeville HS

Summary

Biography

2013 Southland Conference Spring Honor Roll
2013 Southland Conference Field Athlete of the Week (May 1)
2012 Southland Conference Spring Honor Roll
2011 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll


Event: Javelin (147-01)

2013 Outdoor:  finished sixth (142-00) LSU Relays...placed tenth in the section B women's javelin throw (127-11) at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays...finished third at the McNeese Springtime Classic (144-07)...claimed first place title at the Southeastern Lion Invitational... won the women's javelin throw with a mark of 133 feet, three inches at Samford Open...placed fifth at the Southland Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a throw of  144-11...placed 35th at NCAA Track & Field East Preliminary Rounds.

2012 Outdoor (Sophomore): Placed second in the javelin throw at the USA Invitational (129-05) and the Golden Eagle Classic (122-01) … finished fourth (128-06) at the Southeastern Lion Invitational … turned in best performance of the season at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships (139-11)

Transferred to Southeastern following the 2011 season

Prior to Southeastern: Opened the 2011 outdoor season at LSU by setting a new personal record in the javelin with a top throw of 141-0 in a sixth-place finish at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette ... nearly scored for the Lady Tigers in the event at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships as she earned a ninth-place finish with a throw of 134-11 ... qualified for the javelin final in her first career appearance at the SEC Championships ... was a fifth-place finisher in the event at the LSU Alumni Gold (137-10) ... also threw the javelin at the LSU Tiger Relays (131-1), LSU Invitational (130-9), Texas Relays (130-9) and Hurricane Alumni Invitational (128-7) during her true freshman season ... named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll during the summer due to her outstanding performance in the classroom.

High School: Ranked among the top javelin throwers in the state of Louisiana ... won back-to-back Class 5A state championships in the javelin in 2009 and 2010 ... set a personal best of 139 feet, 11 inches to take the title as a junior in 2009 ... followed with a winning mark of 139-5 at the state meet as a senior in 2010 ... also captured the Region II crown in the javelin during her junior season in 2009 as she finished the regional meet with a top mark of 135-4 ... earned first-team all-state and all-metro honors following the 2009 and 2010 campaigns ... was also named the 2009 All-Metro Field Performer of the Year by the Times-Picayune ... competed in the javelin at the 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, N.C. ... won a bronze medal in the event at the Class 5A state meet as a sophomore in 2008 after posting a mark of 130-2.

Personal: Full name is Jenna Lee Baker ... daughter of Jeff and Sandy Baker ... an honor student at Mandeville High School ... boasts an impressive 3.7 cumulative grade-point average at Mandeville High School.

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