Nathan Baker '21 Recruiting Profile

I am determined to be the very best I can be in the sport of running. Although I have many other goals and aspirations in the sport my biggest is to run in college. I am relatively new to the sport but have found I am quite good at it and now that I have a good idea of what I want to do in the sport I am ready to work for it. I am starting to up my mileage from six mile distance runs to seven and hopefully by the beginning of my summer training for cross country next your eight mile distance runs. I also realize that I must make my distance runs count which means I am trying to push a bit of a faster pace while still staying at distance pace and not tempo run pace. I am also incorporating different types of speed workouts instead of the same workout every time by adding more fartlek and hill workouts to my training regimine. I have talked to alot of elite runners in my area who plan to run in college to get a idea of what my training plan should be like as well. I also put a big importance on academics. I have accumulated a GPA my first quarter of 3.79, and a A- average, one of the highest in my class. Finally I think I would be a good asset to a college team because I am focused on my academic and athletic goals and ready to work hard enough to reach them. If you would like to view my athletic.net page here is the link. Cross Country:https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Athlete.aspx?AID=12206797#/L0 Track: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Athlete.aspx?AID=12206797#/L0