Jada Baylark - Women's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Jada Baylark

Sr/R-Sr | 5-6 | Sprints | Little Rock, Ark. | Parkview HS

Career Highlights

  • First-team NCAA All-America | Indoor (1), Outdoor (1)
  • 2021 SEC Indoor Silver | 60m
  • 2021 SEC Outdoor Bronze | 4 x 100 relay
  • 2018 SEC Outdoor Bronze | 4 x 100 relay

Senior (2021)
Outdoor: Set season best of 11.11 during NCAA West Preliminary round and a career best of 22.86 in the 200m during that meet … Finished 13th in the 200m (23.19) and 17th in the 100m (11.47) in the NCAA semifinals … Member of 4×100 relay that placed third in SEC (43.81), fifth in NCAA West (43.46, No. 6 UA) and did not finish during the NCAA semifinal … Also ran on 4×400 relay that placed ninth in NCAA Championship … Competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials, placing 17th in the 100m (11.21) and 18th in the 200m (23.11) during the first round of each event …

Finished fourth in 100m (11.10w) and 200m (22.69w) at SEC Championships … Have produced wind-legal best times of 11.19 and 23.09 this season … Ran 11.19 as runner-up in 100m at Florida, and posted 23.09 for third in 200m at LSU … Won 100m (11.26w) at John McDonnell Invitational … Ran second leg of bronze medal 4×100 relay at SEC meet, anchored relay in four other meets, which included three victories at Texas A&M, John McDonnell Invitational and LSU.

Indoor: NCAA All-America, placing seventh (7.23) in 60m at NCAA Indoor after equaling school record of 7.15 in prelims … Finished second in SEC 60m with then PR of 7.18, after posting PR of 7.20 in the prelims … Also fifth in 200m at SEC with 23.19 after a career best 23.09 in prelims … Qualified for NCAA Indoor in 200m, ran 23.27 in prelims … Opened season as runner-up in 60m (7.36) and third in 200m (23.64) at Arkansas Invitational … Third in 60m (7.33) and sixth in 200m (23.41) in Wooo Pig Classic … In Arkansas Qualifier, runner-up in 60m (7.37) and third in 200m (23.42) … Third in 60m (7.28) and ninth in 200m (23.49) at Tyson Invitational … Member of 4×400 relay, running second leg three times, once on third leg and once as anchor … Fastest split was 53.16 as second leg in winning Wooo Pig Classic, anchored in 53.97 on squad that placed fifth in Tyson Invitational.

Junior (2019)
Competed in six meets during the indoor season… Posted 15 top-10 finishes… 60-meter finalist at the SEC Championships… Did not compete during the outdoor season…

Sophomore (2018)
Competed in eight meets during the indoor season… Set personal-best in the 60-meter hurdles at the Texas Tech Open (8.44), and in the 60-meters at the Tyson Invitational (7.22)… Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60-meters finishing 15th earning Second-Team All-American honors… Competed in nine meets during the outdoor season… Ran a leg on the silver medal 4-x-100-meter relay at the 91st Texas Relays (Mar. 28)… Set a personal-best in the 200-meters running the No. 3 time in program history (23.00) at the LSU Alumni Gold meet… Silver medalist in the 4×100-meter relay at the National Championship Relays (Apr. 28)… Bronze medalist in the 4-x-100-meter relay at the SEC Outdoor Championships recording a school-record time of 43.26… Set the school record in the 100-meters (11.04) at the NCAA West Prelims breaking the 14-year-old record set by Veronica Campbell in 2004… Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 100-meters and as a member of the 4-x-100-meter relay, earning Second-Team All-American honors in the relay and honorable mention All-American honors in the 100-meters…

Freshman (2017)
Outdoor first-team All-American (4-x-100) and NCAA honorable mention (100) … Began her first season with the Razorbacks, capturing the 60-meter title at the Arkansas Invitational in 7.48 … Improved her 60 performance at the Tyson Invitational, clocking a PR of 7.46 to place in the top-10 … Capped the regular season with another win at 60 meters at the Arkansas Qualifier where she also recorded a PR in the 200 of 23.80 … Finished 15th in the 200 at her first SEC championships to close out the indoor season … Ranks ninth and tenth in indoor program history in the 60 and 200, respectively … Made her outdoor debut collecting a pair of top-two finishes in the 100 and the 4-x-100-meter relay at the Arkansas Spring Invitational … Continued with her impressive freshman campaign, posting a PR and program No. 5 all-time best of 11.38 in the 100 at the SEC Relays … Contributed to Arkansas’ SEC outdoor win as a member of the seventh-place finishing 4-x-100-meter relay … Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 100 and the 4-x-100-meter relay … Earned All-America honors off a program record-breaking performance (43.34) with the 4-x100-meter relay team, good for sixth place … Capped her year as the 24th-best short sprinter in the country in the 100.

High School
2016 Arkansas Gatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year … 2016 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Track & Field Prep Athlete of the Year … Won three individual titles at the Arkansas Meet of Champions state meet … Baylark captured the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.73 seconds, the 100-meter hurdles in 14.22 and the triple jump with a leap of 39 feet, nine inches.

Personal
Born on Oct. 17, 1997 … Daughter of Danelle and Robin Baylark … Has one sister; Lisa Baylark and two brothers; Dan Baylark and Ronald Brown … Majoring in kinesiology.

Jada Baylark | Career Stats

Career best marks

Indoor

60m | 7.15 [equals UA school record]

200m | 23.09 [No. 6 UA]

Outdoor

100m | 11.04 [No. 2 UA]

200m | 22.86 [No. 4 UA]