For 56 years, a men’s indoor mile record stood for Kent State’s track and field team.
Saturday, that record was broken as sophomore Baidy Ba ran a sub 4:00 mile at the Meyo Invitational at Notre...
Even while battling illness and a rough start to the race, almost all of Kent State's cross country runners managed to outperform Saturday.
“We had a lot of people sick last week,” coach James Croft...
In the chaos of the start of the race, sophomore Baidy Ba lost his shoe. Then he went on to set a personal best.
“Baidy lost a racing spike half a mile into the race,” coach James Croft said. “To...
The difference between a first and second-place victory in the opening race of the season came down to after-meet math.
This, however, was not a surprise for the men’s cross-country team.
“Everything...
Runners Baidy Ba and Joe Farley are off to strong starts in distance events for the Kent State track team.Both have set records and reached personal bests in KSU’s first two meets.“The distance runners...
It was 2014 the last time the Kent State cross country team had a runner place in the top-50 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships in Evansville, Indiana. The Flashes had two this year. Senior...
Freshman Baidy Ba has only competed in four meets as a college runner, but he already has a first place finish after winning the men’s 8K race at the Falcon Invitational hosted by Bowling Green State...
Kent State cross country coach James Croft went into the All-Ohio Championships in Cedarville, Ohio with a race plan designed to boost his runners’ performances and, in turn, raise his team up the scoreboard. But...
Sophomore Joe Farley finished fourth in the men's four-mile race with a time of 19:50.4. Freshman Baidy Ba, competing in his first race at the college level, was directly behind him. Ba placed fifth with...
