Baker blasted through the conference record books with new event bests in the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter run at the Saginaw Valley State Holiday Open.
Baker clocked the fastest time in NCAA Division II this year with a 6.76 in the finals (tied with Northwood’s Mason Phillips), breaking the previous Great Midwest best of Alderson Broaddus speedster Todd Sekowski.
The junior Dragon sprinter’s preliminary effort was also fast enough to set the conference record with a 6.80.
Baker then clocked a 21.85 in the 200-meter distance to finish second in the event only to Philipps. His time broke the previous conference record held by Walsh’s Hunter Williams (21.96) set last year.
Baker’s time at the SVSU Holiday Open currently ranks 18th among all provisional qualifiers in Division II.