AgSouth Homegrown Athlete of the Week – Jenna Baker

Nov. 12, 2007

Jenna Baker, Women’s Cross Country, Freshman, Bellevue, OH

Baker was the women’s cross country team’s top finisher at the 2007 Southeast Region Championships on Saturday. The freshman from Bellevue, OH followed an impressive 25th-place showing two weeks ago at the ACC Championships with a 32nd-place effort Saturday. She had a time of 21:29.45, which was 45 seconds better than her time at the conference meet in Charlottesville, VA.

Clemson’s top finisher at the Southeast Region meet in 2006 was 87th, thus Baker was 55 spots better at this year’s event. Baker concluded the year as the team’s top finisher in five of the last six meets. The only meet she did not lead the team in scoring was at Furman, where she sat out with foot soreness.