CSU Monterey Bay Athletics

2017–18 – Cal State Monterey Bay: Competed in 4 of 5 meets as a sophomore, including the CCAA Championship meet…ran a season–best 24:12.9 at the CCAA Championship (Oct. 21)…ran a 5K PR of 19:58.9 at the Coyote Challenge (Sept. 23)…best finish was 22^nd at the Humboldt State Invitational (Sept. 9)…on the track she PRed in the 800 with a 2:24.81 at the S.F. State Distance Carnival (Mar. 31)…ran 4 of CSUMB’s Top 5 times in the 800 in 2018.

2016–17 – Cal State Monterey Bay: Competed in all four regular season meets plus the CCAA Championship as an Otter freshman…posted her best finish of the season in her first collegiate meet by placing 31^st at the CCAA Preview Meet  on the Guasti Regional Park course (Sept. 2)…ran her 6K PR of 23:06.73 the following week on the Patrick’s Point State Park course at the Humboldt State Invitational (Sept. 10)…on the track, Baron was CSUMB’s top 800 meter and 1,500 meter runner…posted the school’s two best times in the 800 and three of the top five in the 1,500…ran a season–best 2:28.95 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival (Mar. 31)…her 4:52.50 at The Beach Invitational ranked No. 1 the CSUMB 1,500 list for 2017.

High School: Joined the Otter cross country program after qualifying for the CIF State Championship meet as a junior and a senior in 2014 and 2015…helped Prospect finish 22^nd in California as the Panthers’ No. 2 runner…her cross country 5K PR of 20:02.8 came at the 2015 CIF State Championship meet at Fresno’s Woodward Park…track PRs include 2:24.81 in the 800 and 5:15.99 in the 1600…led Prospect to Blossom Valley Athletic League cross country titles in 2012 and 2015.

Personal: Baron is majoring in business administration with a concentration in accounting at CSUMB…CSUMB Female Scholar–Athlete of the Year for 2017–18…earned All–Academic honors from the CCAA…earned the President’s Award for Educational Excellence in high school…a lifetime member of the California Scholarship Federation…parents are Ron and Sandra Baron.