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Luke Baker

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
McDonough, Ga.

High School:
Eagles Landing Christian Academy

Height:
5-7

Position:
Distance

02/09/2013

Hamilton Sets School Record During Weekend

Hamilton Sets School Record During Weekend

02/08/2013

Georgia Track & Field Starts Action At VT Elite Meet

Georgia Track & Field Starts Action At VT Elite Meet

01/25/2013

Bulldog Track & Field Flourishes At Razorback Invitational

Bulldog Track & Field Flourishes At Razorback Invitational

04/26/2012

Bulldogs Open Action At Drake Relays, Pre-Olympic Meet

Bulldogs Open Action At Drake Relays, Pre-Olympic Meet

04/25/2012

Georgia Track & Field Heads To `Special' Drake Relays, Triton Invitational

Georgia Track & Field Heads To `Special' Drake Relays, Triton Invitational

2013: Indoor - Won the 5000-meter run with a season-best time of 14:42.18 at the Razorback Invite...Also took 21st in the 3000 (8:32.70) in Arkansas...Clocked a 14:31.75 for 43rd place in the 5000 at the Husky Classic.

2012: Outdoor - Finished 20th in the 10,000-meter run at the SEC Championships...Clocked a personal-best 10,000 time of 30:00.64 to finish eighth at the Drake Relays and move to seventh in the Bulldog record books...Dropped his time to 14:49.84 for ninth place at the Florida Relays...Opened his season by winning the 5000 with a career-best time of 14:54.45 at the Georgia Relays.

2012: Indoor - Did not compete for the Bulldogs.

2011: Cross Country - Was the Bulldogs top finisher at the Georgia State Invitational with a runner-up finish after clocking a season-best 25:41...Finished 104th (25:30) to score for Georgia at the Notre Dame Invitational...Was the fifth scorer for the Bulldogs at the Wisconsin Invitational after taking 156th (25:10.7)...Made the best out of his first trip to the SEC Championships by scoring with a 17th-place finish (24:51.98)...Scored for the Bulldogs at the NCAA South Regionals with a 27th-place finish (31:55.8)...Was Georgia's third scorer at the NCAA Championships after managing a 195th-place finish with a time of 31:44.0.

2011: Outdoor - Competed in five meets for the Bulldogs in the 1500 meters, 3000 and 5000...Took fifth in both the 1500 (4:10.80) at the Spec Towns Invitational and in the 3000 (8:49.05) at the Georgia-Missouri dual meet.

2011: Indoor - Redshirted for the Bulldogs.

2010: Cross Country - Made his collegiate debut and finished sixth overall at the 8K Georgia Cross Country Invitational with a time of 24:52.69...Broke into the top 100 after taking 97th (25:08.27) at the Greater Louisville Classic...Scored in his first trip to the NCAA Pre-Nationals after taking 144th (25:20.5).

High School: Won GHSA A state championships in the 3200-meter run as a junior and senior...Captured a state cross country title as a senior after claiming region wins as both a junior and senior...First-team All-State for cross country as a junior and senior...Also won region championships in the 1600 and 3200 as a junior and senior...Set state A record in cross country and set new No. 1 marks in the county in the 5k, 3200 and 1600...Part of region champion track team in 2009...Track and cross country captain as a sophomore, junior and senior and received the Kingdom Athlete award those same three years...Named the Henry County Runner of the Year...Nominated as the Man of the Year by the Atlanta Track Club...Personal-best times of 15:12 (5k), 9:26 (3200) and 4:24 (1600)...Member of National Beta Society, Student Leadership Institute and Fellowship of Christian Athletes and on the Presidential Honor Roll...Chaplain for his team.

Personal: Born March 15, 1992...Son of Archie and Cindy Baker...Majoring in Management.

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