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Christina Baker
Christina Baker
  • Height:
    5'3
  • Year:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Kingston, Jamaica
  • High School:
    Collegiate Institute for Math & Science (NY)
  • Major:
    Psychology

Bio

Season: 3rd

2014: Ran the 100m and 200m for UDC...set a career-best in the 200m at the Spring Invite (4/12) by finishing with a time of 26.18...was a member of the 4x400m relay team that finished first at the 2014 Tribe Invitational (3/21) with a time of 4:03.02...finished seventh at the ECC Championships in the 200m.

2013: Promising sprinter who specialized in the 100M, 200M and 4x100M relay events...ran a season-best 13.10s in the 100M at the Maryland Invitational and a 26.30s in the 200M at the ECC Championships meet.

High School: Attended Collegiate Institute for Math and Science HS where she ran track and field… Christina ran the 200, 400, 400m relay, 1600m relay…. 2011 Bronx Champion in the 400m, Most Improved Player and Coach’s Choice 2011… honor roll student.

Personal: Christina has two brothers, Javon Roberts (13) and Ackeem (14), as well as two sisters, Venicha (22) and Aticka (2)… majoring in psychology with a career goal of becoming a forensic psychologist… hobbies include singing and dancing… other sports she enjoys to play or watch are football, gymnastics, and volleyball…  favorite athletes are Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price, Yohan Blake, and Asafa Powell…favorite food is Jamaican food… favorite movie is The Hunger Games… favorite TV show is Love and Hip Hop… favorite music artist is Beyonce… favorite websites are Facebook and Youtube.com… favorite thing about UDC is the apartments and the city… greatest athletic experience was becoming a borough champion in 2011 and meeting her role models… dream as a college athlete is to break records and work hard to reach Shelly-Ann’s times… greatest athletic influence was training with her sister’s team in Jamaica… most impressive person she has ever met is Venicha Baker, her sister… gameday superstition is random dancing with friends.