Full USATF Indoor Nationals Results
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jonte Baker advanced all the way to the 60m at the 2020 USATF Indoor Nationals last weekend as five athletes and one coach from Tiffin competed on the national stage.
Errik Snell (60m hurdles), Quincy Scott (long jump), Nikolas Curtiss (shot put), Jabari Bennett (shot put), and Toryko Grace '19 (weight throw, current Assistant Throws Coach) also took part in the prestigious qualification-only event.
Baker finished eighth in the First Round of the 60m on Friday with a time of 6.67 that easily qualified for the Semifinals, where he bested that time on Saturday morning with a 6.62-second mark that earned the sixth spot out of eight in the afternoon's Final.
In that Final, Baker was competing against some of the fastest sprinters in not only the country, but the world, as current 60m World Record holder Christian Coleman was in lane five for the race. From lane one, Baker ran his second 6.67 mark of the championships, finishing eighth.
Simply incredible to watch Jonte Baker (@__zoomm) compete in the @usatf Indoor 60m Championship Final!
— Tiffin University Athletics (@gotiffindragons) February 15, 2020
The three-time @NCAADII National Champion represented @TiffinXCTF and all of #D2TF extremely well, even getting a shoutout on national TV!#TUDragons pic.twitter.com/o5carDC2BN
In the 60m hurdles, Snell just missed qualifying for the semifinals with a time of 8.08 seconds that was five-hundredths of a second out of the 16th and final qualifying position. Also on Friday, Scott placed 15th in the long jump with a mark of 7.08 meters in his only clean attempt, while Grace was unable to complete a legal toss in the weight throw.
On Saturday in the shot put, Curtiss and Bennett placed 17th and 18th with marks of 18.52 meters and 18.30 meters, respectively.
