2024-25 Track & Field/XC Roster
Bajika, Betty
Betty Bajika
- Position:
- Distance/XC
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Kennedale HS
- Hometown:
- Arlington, Texas
- Prev School:
- West Texas A&M
Bio
TFFRS Bio (West Texas A&M)Â I TFFRS Bio (UNT)
Personal Bests
Honors and Awards
• 2024 All-AAC (XC)
• 2024 Outdoor Lonestar Conference Champion (1,500 Meters)
• 2x First Team All-Lonestar Conference (Outdoor - 2023, 24)
• 2023 Second Team All-Lonestar Conference (Indoor)
• 2x All-Lonestar Conference (XC - 2022, 23)
2025 Outdoors
Did not compete.
2025 Indoors
Primarily ran the mile and 3,000 meters in the indoor season ... Was a member of the DMR team that set the school record at the UW Invite ... Tallied three individual top-10 finishes on the season with two in the 3,000m and one in the mile ... Her highest placement came at the Red Raider Invite where she took fifth in the 3,000m ... Ran the 5,000 meters for the first time this season at the conference meet ... Also competed in the 3,000m and the DMR at the AAC Championships.
2024 Cross Country
Competed at five meets during her first season at UNT ... Earned all-conference honors with a seventh-place finish at the American Athletic Conference Championships with a 6K time of 21:08.2 ... Tallied a top-10 finish in her UNT debut, placing eighth at the JK Gold Classic with a PR in the 5K (17:55.3) ... Clocked a personal best 20:33.4 in the 6K at the NCAA South Central Regional in a 33rd-place finish ... Posted three times in the 6K that are among the top 15 fastest performances in program history, including her time at the regional meet that is the fourth fastest.
2024 Outdoors
Competed at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5,000m with a time of 17:27.15 ... Also competed at the Lone Star Track and Field Championships in the 1500m with times of 4:30.68 (1st place) and 4:40.50 (1st place); and in the 5,000m with a time of 17:14.33 ... Recorded new personal bests at the Bryan Clay Invitational in the 1500m with a time of 4:28.40 and in the 5,000m with a time of 16:23.61 (1st place) ... Received First-Team All-Conference honors.
2024 Indoors
Competed at the Lone Star Indoor Track and Field Championships in the mile with a personal best time of 5:01.09 (2nd place) and in the 5000m with a time of 17:08.96 (3rd place).
2023 Cross Country
Helped the Lady Buffs earn their highest finish (6th) at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships with a personal best time of 21:26.4 (6k) ... Finished 8th at the LSC Championships with a time of 22:25.0 earning a spot on the All-Conference team.
2023 Outdoors
Competed in the 5000m (17:47.46) and 10,000m (37:35.79) at the LSC Outdoor Championships earning 1st Team All-LSC Honors ... Ran a personal best 16:47.65 in the 5000m at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Also recorded a personal best in the 10,000m at the Buffalo Invitational with a time of 36:26.54.
2023 Indoors
Had a personal best time in the mile at the GVSU Big Meet with a time of 5:01.52 ... Competed in the 3000m (10:27.56) and Mile (5:12.19) at the LSC Championships which earned her 2nd Team All-LSC honors.Â
2022 Cross Country
Finished 8th in the LSC Cross Country Championship ... Finished 70th in the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship with a personal best time of 21:45.5 in the 6k ... Finished 45th in the NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championship ... Finished 6th in the 4k with a personal best time of 14:46.54 at the Big Country XC Festival ... Finished 137th in the Louisville Classic with a personal best time of 18:20.80 in the 5k ... Finished 5th in the 5k at the NMJC Cross Country Invitational II.Â
2022 Outdoors
Finished 2nd in the 10,000-meter and 5th in the 5,000-meter at the LSC Championship ... Finished 1st in the 5,000-meter with a personal best time of 18:18.07 at the TTU Masked Rider Open ... Finished 1st in the 10,000-meter with a personal best time of 38:09.86 at the Jo Meaker Classic ... Finished 5th in the 1,500-meter with a personal best time of 4:57.82 at the WT Spring Break Classic.
2022 Indoors
Finished 2nd in the DMR at the LSC Championships ... Ran two season bests at the LSC Championships, one in the mile with a time of 5:10.61 and one in the 3,000-meter with a time of 10:30.73 ... Ran a season best in the 5,000-meter with a time of 19:08.39 at the Texas Tech Shootout.Â
2021 Cross Country
Finished 12th at the LSC Cross Country Championship ... Finished 168th at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship with a personal best time of 23:02.7 in the 10k ... Finished 87th at the NCAA Division II South Central Region County Championship ... Finished 15th at the Texas Tech Open. Ran a personal best time of 18:36.2 in the 5k at the Louisville Classic.
High School
Graduated in 2021 ... State qualifier in cross country and track & field ... School record holder.
Personal Bests
| 1,500 Meters | 4:28.40 |
| Mile | 5:01.09 |
| 3,000 Meters | 9:59.61 |
| 5,000 Meters | 16:23.61 |
| 10,000 Meters | 36:26.54 |
| 4K (XC) | 14:46.2 |
| 5K (XC) | 17:55.3 |
| 6K (XC) | 20:33.4 |
Honors and Awards
• 2024 All-AAC (XC)
• 2024 Outdoor Lonestar Conference Champion (1,500 Meters)
• 2x First Team All-Lonestar Conference (Outdoor - 2023, 24)
• 2023 Second Team All-Lonestar Conference (Indoor)
• 2x All-Lonestar Conference (XC - 2022, 23)
2025 Outdoors
Did not compete.
2025 Indoors
Primarily ran the mile and 3,000 meters in the indoor season ... Was a member of the DMR team that set the school record at the UW Invite ... Tallied three individual top-10 finishes on the season with two in the 3,000m and one in the mile ... Her highest placement came at the Red Raider Invite where she took fifth in the 3,000m ... Ran the 5,000 meters for the first time this season at the conference meet ... Also competed in the 3,000m and the DMR at the AAC Championships.
2024 Cross Country
Competed at five meets during her first season at UNT ... Earned all-conference honors with a seventh-place finish at the American Athletic Conference Championships with a 6K time of 21:08.2 ... Tallied a top-10 finish in her UNT debut, placing eighth at the JK Gold Classic with a PR in the 5K (17:55.3) ... Clocked a personal best 20:33.4 in the 6K at the NCAA South Central Regional in a 33rd-place finish ... Posted three times in the 6K that are among the top 15 fastest performances in program history, including her time at the regional meet that is the fourth fastest.
2024 Outdoors
Competed at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5,000m with a time of 17:27.15 ... Also competed at the Lone Star Track and Field Championships in the 1500m with times of 4:30.68 (1st place) and 4:40.50 (1st place); and in the 5,000m with a time of 17:14.33 ... Recorded new personal bests at the Bryan Clay Invitational in the 1500m with a time of 4:28.40 and in the 5,000m with a time of 16:23.61 (1st place) ... Received First-Team All-Conference honors.
2024 Indoors
Competed at the Lone Star Indoor Track and Field Championships in the mile with a personal best time of 5:01.09 (2nd place) and in the 5000m with a time of 17:08.96 (3rd place).
2023 Cross Country
Helped the Lady Buffs earn their highest finish (6th) at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships with a personal best time of 21:26.4 (6k) ... Finished 8th at the LSC Championships with a time of 22:25.0 earning a spot on the All-Conference team.
2023 Outdoors
Competed in the 5000m (17:47.46) and 10,000m (37:35.79) at the LSC Outdoor Championships earning 1st Team All-LSC Honors ... Ran a personal best 16:47.65 in the 5000m at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Also recorded a personal best in the 10,000m at the Buffalo Invitational with a time of 36:26.54.
2023 Indoors
Had a personal best time in the mile at the GVSU Big Meet with a time of 5:01.52 ... Competed in the 3000m (10:27.56) and Mile (5:12.19) at the LSC Championships which earned her 2nd Team All-LSC honors.Â
2022 Cross Country
Finished 8th in the LSC Cross Country Championship ... Finished 70th in the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship with a personal best time of 21:45.5 in the 6k ... Finished 45th in the NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championship ... Finished 6th in the 4k with a personal best time of 14:46.54 at the Big Country XC Festival ... Finished 137th in the Louisville Classic with a personal best time of 18:20.80 in the 5k ... Finished 5th in the 5k at the NMJC Cross Country Invitational II.Â
2022 Outdoors
Finished 2nd in the 10,000-meter and 5th in the 5,000-meter at the LSC Championship ... Finished 1st in the 5,000-meter with a personal best time of 18:18.07 at the TTU Masked Rider Open ... Finished 1st in the 10,000-meter with a personal best time of 38:09.86 at the Jo Meaker Classic ... Finished 5th in the 1,500-meter with a personal best time of 4:57.82 at the WT Spring Break Classic.
2022 Indoors
Finished 2nd in the DMR at the LSC Championships ... Ran two season bests at the LSC Championships, one in the mile with a time of 5:10.61 and one in the 3,000-meter with a time of 10:30.73 ... Ran a season best in the 5,000-meter with a time of 19:08.39 at the Texas Tech Shootout.Â
2021 Cross Country
Finished 12th at the LSC Cross Country Championship ... Finished 168th at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship with a personal best time of 23:02.7 in the 10k ... Finished 87th at the NCAA Division II South Central Region County Championship ... Finished 15th at the Texas Tech Open. Ran a personal best time of 18:36.2 in the 5k at the Louisville Classic.
High School
Graduated in 2021 ... State qualifier in cross country and track & field ... School record holder.
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