STATE CHAMPION Camille Baker is pictured at her recent signing with the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Also seen are her parents, James and Lori Baker, and hurdles coach Brandon Harris, distance coach Sean O’Neil, jumps coach David Ball, and KCHS athletics director Jason Surlas. Photo by Dan McWilliams
Knoxville Catholic High School senior Camille Baker captured the Class A-AA girls state pentathlon championship May 19 in Murfreesboro.
Camille scored 3,105 points to outdistance Paige Fairrow-Davis of Martin Luther King, who scored 2,971.
The KCHS athlete started the pentathlon by winning the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 15.23 seconds. She followed that with a fourth-place finish in the long jump with a distance of 15 feet, 8 1/4 inches.
Camille placed eighth in the shot put with a throw of 24-7. She tied for first in the high jump, clearing the bar at 5-1.75. She clinched the state title by winning the 800 run in a time of 2:27.31.
Knoxville Catholic’s Jessica Nix finished 12th in the pentathlon with a score of 2,316.
