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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2018 Track & Field Roster

Katie Baxter

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown San Jose, Calif.
  • Prev School Montana State/De Anza College

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Indoor:
Awards:
- Academic All-Big Sky (2018)
All-time PSU rankings:
- Ranks 3rd all time in the 600 meters - 1:38.36 - UW Indoor Open (2/11/18)
- Ranks 10th all time in the pentathlon - 3,056 points - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
Outdoor:
Awards:

- Academic All-Big Sky (2018)
All-time PSU rankings:
- Ranks 5th all time in the 400m hurdles - 1:02.11 - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/11/18)
- Ranks 8th all time in the heptathlon - 4,565 points - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/9/18)

PERSONAL BESTS:
Indoor (P - Mark set during pentathlon):
200m - 25.85 - Idaho Duals (2/2/18)
400m - 58.54 - Bronco Invitational (1/20/18)
600m - 1:38.36 - UW Indoor Open (2/11/18)
800m - 2:37.99P - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
60H - 9.45P - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
High Jump - 4-10.25 (1.48m)P - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
Long Jump - 16-02.25 (4.93m)P - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
Shot Put - 31-05.75 (9.59m)P - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
Pentathlon - 3,056 points - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
Pentathlon PRs:
    60H - 9.45 - 818 points - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
    High Jump - 4-10.25 (1.48m) - 599 points - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
    Shot Put - 31-05.75 (9.59m) - 503 points - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
    Long Jump - 16-02.25 (4.93m) - 540 points - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
    800m - 2:37.99 - 596 points - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
Outdoor (H - Mark set during heptathlon):
100m - 12.34 - Before PSU (2015)
200m - 25.41H - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8/18)
800m - 2:26.48H - Boxer Combined Event (3/28/18)
100H - 15.32H - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8/18)
400H - 1:01.87 - Before PSU (PSU Best: 1:02.11 - Big Sky Outdoor Championships, 5/11/18)
High Jump - 4-09.50 (1.46m)H - Boxer Combined Event (3/27/18)
Long Jump - 16-08.50 (5.09m)H - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/9/18)
Shot Put - 31-02.00 (9.50m)H - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/9/18)
Javelin - 120-01 (36.60m) - Before PSU (PSU Best: 110-09 (33.76m)H - Boxer Combined Event, 3/28/18)
Heptathlon - 4,565 points - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/9/18)
Heptathlon PRs:
    100H - 15.32 - 800 points - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8/18)
    High Jump - 4-09.50 (1.46m) - 577 points - Boxer Combined Event (3/27/18)
    Shot Put - 31-02.00 (9.50m) - 497 points - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8/18)
    200m - 25.41 - 850 points - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8/18)
    Long Jump - 16-08.50 (5.09m) - 584 points - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/9/18)
    Javelin - 110-09 (33.76m) - 548 points - Boxer Combined Event (3/28/18)
    800m - 2:26.48 - 738 points - Boxer Combined Event (3/28/18)

2018 OUTDOOR:
Scored for the Vikings with a sixth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles and a seventh-place finish in the heptathlon at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8-11)...Moved up to eighth all time in the heptathlon with a personal-best score of 4,565 points at the Big Sky meet...Moved up to fifth all time at PSU in the 400-meter hurdles with her finish in 1:02.11 at the Big Sky meet…Set an overall personal best in the 100-meter hurdles and a PSU personal best in the 400-meter hurdles at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/27-28)...Won the 400-meter hurdles at the Al Manuel Northwest Dual Invite (3/31) in a PSU personal-best 1:03.48...Placed third in the heptathlon at the Boxer Combined Event (3/27-28) while moving up to eighth all time in the event at Portland State with a score of 4,354 points...Competed in the 400-meter hurdles for the first time as a Viking at the Willamette Invitational (3/24), finishing in 1:04.05...Ran the 200 meters, 100-meter hurdles and 4x100-meter relay at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/16-17)...Set a new personal best in the 100-meter hurdles at the L&C meet, finishing in 15.97 seconds.

2018 INDOOR:
Completed her first pentathlon as a Viking at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22-24), where she placed tied for 16th with 3,056 points...Moved up to 10th all time in the pentathlon at Portland State with her score at the Big Sky meet...Ran her first 600-meter race at the UW Indoor Open (2/11), finishing in 1:38.36 to move up to third all time in the event at Portland State...Set a personal best with her finish in 25.85 seconds in the 200 meters at the Idaho Duals (2/2)...Part of the Vikings’ 4x400-meter relay team that finished in a seasonal-best 3:56.68 at the UW Invitational (1/26-27)...Shaved close to a full second off her personal best in the indoor 400, finishing in 58.54 seconds at the Bronco Invitational (1/20)...Made her PSU debut at the Vandal Invitational and Multi Events (1/12-13), where she won the 400 meters in 59.43 seconds...Also part of the Vikings’ winning 4x400-meter relay team at the Vandal Invite.

2017 OUTDOOR:
Did not compete during the season.

2017 INDOOR:
Did not compete during the season.
 
BEFORE PORTLAND STATE:
Competed Montana State during the 2015-16 academic year, and spent two years competing for De Anza College from 2013-15…Won the CCCAA state title in the 400-meter hurdles while at De Anza College in 2015…Captained her De Anza team during the 2014-15 academic year.
 
BRANHAM HIGH SCHOOL:
Captained her track & field team during all four years of high school…Also competed at the varsity level in soccer and volleyball…Played on a club soccer team in 2010 as well.
 
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:
Daughter of Ingrid and Rodney Baxter…Has a brother, Mike Baxter, and a sister, Kelly Baxter…Describes herself as a weight lifting enthusiast…Lists outdoor activities as a hobby…Plans on majoring in finance with a minor in math.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Senior

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2018Redshirt Senior

    Sprints/Hurdles
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