The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2013-14 Track & Field / Cross Country: Women Roster
Roster
Kendall Baisden
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Detroit Country Day
- Hometown:
- Detroit, Mich.
• 2015 Capital One Academic All-America Third Team, USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• 2015 Pan American Games Gold Medalist - 400m, 4x400m Relay
• 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships Gold Medalist - 400m, 4x400m Relay
• Nine-time USTFCCCA First Team All-American, Second Team once
• Two-Time NCAA Champion - 2015 Indoor & 2014 Outdoor 4x400m Relay
• 2015 & 2014 Big 12 Champion - 4x100m Relay
• 2015 Big 12 Champion - 4x400m Relay Indoor & Outdoor
• 2014 USA Junior Championships Gold Medalist - 400m
• 2013 Pan American Junior Champion - 4x400m Relay
• 2013 Pan American Junior Silver Medalist - 400m
• 2013 USA Junior Silver Medalist - 400m
• 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships Gold Medalist - 4x400m Relay
Career Bests
Outdoor:
200m: 23.03
400m: 50.46
100m: 11.63
Indoor:
60m: 7.39
200m: 23.58
400m: 51.81
2014-15
Outdoor:
• Won two gold medals for Team USA in 400m and 4x400m relay at Pan American Games
• Member of the 4x400m relay team that won the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a time of 3:29.65. Back-to-back Texas Relays wins in this event.
• Placed 3rd in the 100m at the Texas Invitational with a personal best time of 11.63
• Placed 2nd in the 400m with a time of 51.22 at the Michael Johnson Classic
• Member of the 4x100m relay team that placed 2nd at the Michael Johnson Classic with a time of 43.91
• Member of the 4x400m relay team that placed 2nd at the Penn Relays with a time of 44.36
• Member of the back-to-back winning 4x400m relay team with a time of 3:29.46 at the Penn Relays
• Won the 100m with a time of 11.12 (wind 3.4) at the Longhorn Invitational. This is the No. 4 time in the NCAA this season.
• Placed 2nd in the 200m with a personal best time of 23.03 (wind 1.8) at the Longhorn Invitational.
• Member of the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams that won at Big 12 Championships.
• 2nd place in 400m at NCAA Championships and 8th in 4x400m relay
• Finished 7th in 400m at USATF Championships
Indoor:
• Set a personal record of 7.39 in the 60m to earn 2nd at the Arkansas-Texas Dual meet, also won the 200m with a time of 23.84
• Set a meet record in the 400m with a time of 51.81 to gain 1st place at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet
• Member of the 4x400 relay team that placed 3rd at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet with a time of 3:30.80
• Earned 2nd place in the 400m with a time of 52.91 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic
• Member of the 4x400m relay team that placed 1st at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 3:29.36.
• Won the 400m with a time of 51.90 at the Big 12 Championships
• Member of the 4x400m relay team that won the Big 12 Championships with a time of 3:34.72
• Member of the first place 4x400m relay time that ran 3:28.48 at the NCAA Indoor National meet. This marked the No. 5 time in collegiate history.
• Finished 12th in 400m at NCAA Championships
2013-14
Outdoor:
• Helped lead the Longhorns to a second-place showing at NCAA Championships by scoring in three events - 400m, 4x100 and 4x400 - and earning first-team All-America honors in each and accounting for 10 points
• Third in the 400 and ran the second leg of the third-place 4x100m relay
• Also ran the third leg on the 4x400-meter relay that clocked a 3:24.21, a meet record and the second-best time in collegiate history
• A member of the three of the top 11 all-time outdoor 4x400-meter relay performances, all posted during 2014
• Runner-up in 400m and ran the second leg of the winning 4x400m at Big 12 Championships... also fourth in the 200m at that meet
• Ran on 4x400m that set meet record at prestigious Penn Relays in 3:25.05
• Ran leg of 4x100m that finished second at Texas Relays
Indoor:
• Finished fifth in the 400m and the ran the third leg of the second-place 4x400m relay at NCAA Championships
• That 4x400 unit ran the second-fastest time (3:27.42) in collegiate history, but was edged at the finish line by Oregon which clocked the No. 1 time (3:27.40)
• Fifth in the 200, fourth in the 400 and ran the second leg of the runner-up 4x400m relay at the 2014 Big 12 Indoor meet
PRIOR TO TEXAS
• Claimed a gold medal in the 4x400m relay and a silver in the 400m at the 2013 Pan American Junior Championships in Medellin, Colombia
• Ran second leg of the 4x4 with Texas teammate Courtney Okolo, then a freshman
• Was runner-up in the 400m at the 2013 USA Junior Championships with a then career-best time of 52.03, which was the fastest time in the nation among high school girls
• 2012 World Junior champion as a member of the USA’s 4x400m relay
• Member of the 2011 U.S. World Youth Championship team, placing sixth in the 400m and second as a member of the sprint medley relay
• Four-year letterwinner in track at Detroit Country Day under coach David Wilson, where she competed in the 100m, 200m and 400m
• Was named the Michigan Female Athlete of the Year as a senior
• Three-time state title-winner in the 400m (freshman, sophomore, junior)
• Also a two-time state champion in both the 100m (freshman, sophomore) and 200m (sophomore, junior) during her high school campaign
• Also lettered one year in tennis as a doubles participant
PERSONAL
• Born in Beverly Hills, Mich
• Parents are Tina and Anthony
• Has one sibling, Karrington
• Was a member of the Oakland County chapter of Jack and Jill of America
• Member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (fall 2013)
• Majoring in business
