
OSU Career Bests OSU School Record Holder All-Big 12 (Scored at Conference Meet) 2009 Outdoors: Secured an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships with a school-record mark of 13.02 meters in the triple jump at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships in Norman ... That mark shattered her previous personal-best mark of 12.69 meters and was far superior than the existing school record of 12.89 meters set by Paula Ogunbanjo at the 2005 Big 12 Championships ... First-team academic all-Big 12 performer for her success in the classroom ... Was consistently productive in the triple jump, posting NCAA regional marks four times during the course of the season ... Top regular-season mark was 12.56 meters at the Sooner Invitational ... Recorded a 12.50-meter mark in the triple jump at the Big 12 Championships to place 10th ... Other highlighted marks in the triple jump included efforts of 12.42 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational, 12.40 meters at the Kansas Relays and 12.33 meters at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational ... Set a new personal best in the long jump when she leaped a wind-aided 6.17 meters at the Big 12 Championships to place eighth and score points for the Cowgirls ... That mark is the second-best in school history, behind teammate Clarissa Andrews' 6.21 meters ... Other long jump marks included 5.89 meters at the Kansas Relays, 5.68 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational, 5.67 meters at the Sooner Invitational and 5.62 meters at the Bobby Lane Invitational. 2009 Indoors: Oklahoma State's top jumper during the indoor slate ... Set a personal best when she triple-jumped an NCAA provisional mark of 12.69 meters at the Big 12 Championships to place eighth and score for the Cowgirls at the conference meet ... That mark stands as the second-best effort in school history and the best since Paula Ogunbanjo's 13.01-meter leap in 2004 ... Eclipsed the 12-meter mark on two other occasions, triple-jumping 12.36 meters at the Sooner Open I and 12.26 meters at the Kansas State Invitational ... Also competed in the long jump, where she recorded a season-best leap of 5.78 meters at the Big 12 Championships to place 12th ... Other long jump marks included performances of 5.69 meters at the J.D. Martin Invitational, 5.65 meters at the Kansas State All-Comers meet, 5.58 meters at the Sooner Open I and 5.47 meters at the Kansas State Invitational. 2008 Cross Country: Competed in one event, clocking a 16:12 at the two-mile Hurricane Cross Country Festival in Tulsa. 2008 Outdoors: NCAA Midwest Regional qualifier in the triple jump, where she turned in her best mark of the year at the regional meet with a 12.47 meter leap that was good for a 16th-place finish ... Jumped 12.43 meters to win the Tulsa Invitational ... Her 12.39 meter leap at the Big 12 Championships placed her 13th in the conference ... Also competed in the long jump, setting a season-best at the Tulsa Invitational with a 5.94 meter leap ... Also turned in a 5.85 meter jump at the Bobby Lane Invitational and a 5.78 meter jump at the Sooner Open ... Her 5.69 meter mark at the Big 12 Championships placed her 15th in the league. 2008 Indoors: Oklahoma State's top jumper during the indoor season posted a season-best mark of 5.94 meters in the long jump at the Missouri Southern Invitational and a season-best mark of 12.43 meters in the triple jump at the Big 12 Championships ... Won the long jump title at the Kansas State All-Comers meet and won both the long jump and triple jump crowns at the Missouri Southern Invitational. 2007 Cross Country: Ran three races during the cross country season, turning in a 14:59 at the two-mile Hurricane Cross Country Festival, a 24:13 at the 5,000-meter Cowboy Jamboree and a 24:18 at the 5,000-meter Friends Invitational. 2007 Outdoors: Set a regional qualifying mark in the triple jump at the John Jacobs Invitational by leaping 12.35 meters ... Finished 17th at the NCAA Regional Championships with a mark of 12.22 meters ... Jumped 5.56 meters in the long jump at the Big 12 Championships to finish 18th. 2007 Indoors: Finished 18th at the Big 12 Championship in both the long jump and the triple jump ... Her best mark of the year was a 5.65 meter leap in the long jump at the Iowa State Open ... Her triple jump mark of 12.12 meters at the J.D. Martin Invitational set a season high. 2006 Outdoors: Blumbaha inched close to setting a school record in the heptathlon at the California Multi-Events by scoring 4,365 points ... also focused on competing in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump ... ran a season best time of 15.58 in the hurdling event to finish eighth at the John Jacobs Invitational ... claimed two top-10 finishes in the long jump at the John Jacobs Invitational and Tulsa Duels. 2006 Indoors: Blumbaha focused primarily in the 60-meter hurdles and long jump ... set a personal best time of 9.34 in the 60-meter hurdles at the J.D. Martin Invitational ... set a mark of 5-4.25 (1.63-meters) in the high jump at the J.D. Martin Invitational ... had a season best jump of 17-10.75 (5.45-meters) in the long jump at the ISU Classic. High School: Blumbaha is a five-time Latvian National Junior Champion in the Multi-Events ... finished second in the heptathlon at the 2004 Latvian National Championships ... also competed on her high school volleyball and basketball teams. Personal: Blumbaha was born June 24, 1986 ... enjoys watching movies, listening to music, playing basketball and being with friends ... plans to major in business administration ... favorite movie is Glory Road ... Baiba has one sister, Gatis ... is the daughter of Olga Blumbaha and Maris Blumbaha. |
OSU Track Heads To Big 12 Championships05/09/2012 |