Baylor’s Jaylon Baker completes a triple jump Friday in the Division II-AA track and field championships at MTSU’s Dean Hayes Track Stadium in Murfreesboro.MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Track and field is often seen as an sport in which team results take a back seat to individual performances.
That’s not the way the “Baylor family” sees it.
With one of the largest, and arguably the loudest, group of fans cheering from the stands, the Baylor girls’ track team won the tightly contested Division II-AA team runner-up distinction Friday at the Spring Fling at Middle Tennessee State University. The Lady Red Raiders finished just 10 points ahead of Ensworth and 12.5 ahead of Harpeth Hall while Brentwood Academy won the team championship.
The Lady Raiders were led by championship performances from sophomore Makayla Packer in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and senior Kayla Hayes in the 100 hurdles. Hayes also finished second in the 300 hurdles.
“You’re running on your own, but your teammates bring your spirits up,” Hayes said. “I know it sounds so cliché when everybody says that Baylor is a family, but we really are.”