Stanford Track: Baker Dominates, Men’s 4*400 Breaks Record

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsThis past weekend, the Stanford Cardinal headed up to Seattle to represent the tree at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Conference Championships, and returned home with some impressive hardware.

Headlining the evening was junior Olivia Baker’s NCAA Nationals qualifying 800m. As she predicted when I spoke to her after her race at the Millrose Games in New York two weeks ago, her previous run of 2:05.00 would not be enough and she would need to attempt the event again at conferences.

And “attempt” she did, winning the event in an indoor personal best of 2:03.41s. The field was led out fast by 3-time NCAA champ Raevyn Rogers of Oregon, who Baker challenged…