The third head coach vacancy in the Baker Athletic Department has been filled. Director of Athletics Theresa Yetmar named Ryan Pitts the new head track and field coach. Pitts will serve as the head coach and will work with Tim Byers, who will be the director of cross country and track and field.
The men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams their respective won Heart of America Athletic Conference championships May 2. These titles just go on top of the dynasty that the late coach Zach Kindler started at Baker. This marks the fifth-straight conference title for the men’s team and the fourth-straight for the women’s team.
The Baker track and field team hosted the Zach Kindler Wildcat Open April 25 at Liston Stadium. This event will become an annual meet, named in honor of late track head coach Zach Kindler, who died last summer.
Story by Jim Joyner, Sports Editor
• April 15, 2015
The women’s track and field team finished in third place and the men in fourth place at the Gourley Open hosted by William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, April 10-11. Both teams were competing within a mixed group of competition varying from NCAA Division II to community colleges.
The Baker University track and field teams excelled in the 74th Annual Baker Relays. The women won with 275.5 points and the men won with 274 points on the day at their first home outdoor meet of the season on April 4 at Liston Stadium.
The men’s and women’s track and field teams took eight athletes to the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships March 5-7 in Geneva, Ohio, and brought home three athletes with All-American honors.
The men’s and women’s track teams have each won their fourth consecutive indoor Heart of America Athletic Conference titles and are sending eight athletes to the NAIA National Indoor meet starting March 5.
The Baker University men's and women's outdoor track and field teams won the Heart of America Athletic Conference championships at Benedictine College this weekend.
The Baker outdoor track and field teams trampled over the competition at the Wildcat Open on April 26. Both teams beat out McPherson College for the top spots. The men won with a score of 121.5 and the women racked up a whopping 202 points throughout the day.
