2023 Cross Country Roster

Tennessee Tech
Tennessee Tech

Bailey Cronin

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Letters:
    3
  • Hometown:
    Beloit, Wis.
  • High School:
    Beloit Memorial HS
  • Prev School:
    Oakland
  • Instagram:
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Summary

Biography

CAREER BESTS
EVENT XC INDOOR OUTDOOR
800m - - 2:34.36 (5/1/2021, Starkville, Miss.)
1,500m - - 5:12.74 (5/1/2021, Starkville, Miss.)
Mile - 5:40.70 (1/5/2019, Kalamazoo, Mich.) -
2-mile 13:06.6 (Sept. 25, 2020, Arlington, Texas) - -
3,000m - 11:00.42 (1/26/2019, Kalamazoo, Mich.) -
3,100m 19:31.5 (10/4/2019, Grand Woods Park, Mich.) - -
4,000m 15:22.7 (9/1/2017, Rochester, Mich.) - -
5,000m 18:57.9 (9/30/2017, Louisville, Ky.) 19:13.12 (2/8/2019, Allendale, Mich.) 18:52.64 (5/5/2019, Youngstown, Ohio [Horizon])
6,000m 23:35.4 (10/12/2018, Peoria, Ill.) - -
10,000m - - 39:44.27 (5/4/2019, Youngstown, Ohio [Horizon])
2,000m Steeplechase - - 7:47.19 (4/6/2019, Rochester, Mich.)
 

2021 Cross Country (5th Year): Ran in all six meets, leading the Trojans in both postseason races ... Posted a season-best 5K time of 19:15.2 as she placed 35th at the Sun Belt Championships (10/29) to lead the team ... Also led Little Rock at the NCAA South Central Regional as she finished 133rd with a 6K time of 24:03.4 ... Recorded a top finish of eighth twice, first at the Warhawk Invitational (9/3) where she ran the 4K race in 16:12 and then again at the Little Rock Open (10/16) where she posted a 5K time of 19:43.7.

2021 Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in four events across five meets ... Posted season-best times of 2:34.36 in the 800m, 5:12.74 in the 1,500m, 19:08.45 in the 5K and 40:21.53 in the 10K ... Opened the outdoor season by placing ninth in the 5K at the Richard Martin, Jr. Invitational (3/19) with a time of 19:14.44 ... Finished fourth in the 5K at the Little Rock Open (4/10) with a time of 19:44.52 ... Was the runner-up in the 5K at the Red Wolves Open (4/16-17) by running a season-best time of 19:08.45 ... Finished 11th in the 10K at the Sun Belt Championships (5/13-15) with a time of 40:21.53.

2020-21 Indoor (Redshirt Junior): Competed in two events across three meets ... Posted season-best times of 5:46.53 in the mile and 11:15.25 in the 3K ... Opened the indoor season with a 12th-place finish in the 3K at the A-State Kickoff Classic (12/13), running 11:40.15 ... Ran 11:15.25 in the 3K at the Scarlet & Black Invitational (1/31) to place ninth.

2020 Cross Country (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in all four races, running a season-best 5K time of 20:40.5 ... Opened the year at the UCA Open (9/12) where she posted a 5K time of 21:16.8 to finish 28th ... Her best finish of the year came at the UTA Invitational (9/25) where she placed 22nd with a two-mile time of 13:06.6 ... Finished 32nd at the Little Rock Open (10/17) with a 5K time of 20:42.0 ... Ran the 5K race at the Sun Belt Championship (10/31) in 20:40.5 to finish 58th.

2020 Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore at Oakland): Did not compete due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore at Oakland): Competed in four meets … Ran a season-best 3K time of 11:20.96 to finish sixth at the Jack Skoog Open (1/31) … Placed 19th in the 5K at the GVSU Big Meet Invite (2/14) with a season-best time of 19:55.91.

2019 Cross Country (Junior, Oakland): Placed 10th at the Golden Grizzlies Invite (8/30) with a 4K time of 15:46.0 ... Followed that with a 5K time of 19:58.2 at the Knight-Raider Invitational (9/20), finishing 16th ... Placed 13th at the Lansing Invitational (10/4) with a 3.1-meter time of 19:31.5.

2019 Outdoor (Redshirt Freshman at Oakland): Competed in four meets … Opened the season with a pair of career-best times as she placed eighth in the 1,500m with a time of 5:25.23 while running 7:47.19 to finish third in the 2,000-meter steeplechase … Posted a season-best finish of third in the 10k at the Golden Grizzlies Invite (4/12), running 40:06.13 … Set a career-best time of 18:52.64 in the 5K as she placed 23rd at the Horizon League Outdoor Championships (5/4) while also running a career-best 10K time of 39:44.27 to place 10th.

2018-19 Indoor (Redshirt Freshman at Oakland): Competed in five meets … Opened the indoor season with a career-best mile time of 5:40.70 in a dual meet against Western Michigan (1/5) … Also ran the 3K in 11:28.68 to register a season-best seventh-place finish in that dual against WMU (1/5) … Posted a new 3K career-best time of 11:00.42 to finish 18th at the Can-Am International (1/26) … Matched her season-best finish in the 3K with a seventh-place finish at the Doug Hansen Open (1/18), running 11:03.16.

2018 Cross Country (Sophomore, Oakland): An NCAA Regional competitor that ran a season-best 6K time of 23:35.4 ... Opened the year with a 3.1-meter time of 19:48.9 to finish 23rd at the 32nd Annual Running Fit-Detroit Mercy Titan Invite (9/8) ... Posted a career-best time of 23:35.4 in the 6K at the Bradley Pink Classic (10/12), finishing 239th ... Ran 24:02.4 in the 6K to finish 59th at the Horizon League Championships (10/27) ... Posted a 6K time of 23:57.9 to finish 187th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship (11/9).

2018 Outdoor (Freshman at Oakland): Redshirted season, did not compete.

2017-18 Indoor (Freshman at Oakland): Redshirted season, did not compete.

2017 Cross Country (Freshman, Oakland): Competed in two meets … Placed 15th at the Golden Grizzlies Open (9/1) with a 4K time of 15:22.6 … Also ran 18:57.89 in the 5k at the Louisville Cross Country Classic (9/30).
 
High School: Three-year letter winner in cross country (two-year captain) and four-year letter winner in track and field (one-year captain) for head coach Robert Schafer ... Also four-year letter winner in hockey and 2016 state sportsmanship award winner ... Three-time XC state qualifier and was first Beloit student-athlete to qualify for state meet in school history ... 2016 All-Conference selection ... Graduated top of her 395-member class ... Four-time honor roll selection ... Secretary of National Honor Society ... Member of student senate and fellowship of Christian Athletes ... 2016 cross country All-State academic team selection.
 
Personal: Born on March 2 … Daughter of Shelly and Jim Cronin … Has one brother, Jack, and one sister, Olivia.

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