Paula Bailey
Paula Bailey
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Winston Salem, NC

High School:
West Forsyth

Height:
5-8

Event:
200/400

Eligibility:
In/Out

One-Time NCAA Championship Qualifier
One-Time NCAA Regional Qualifier
One-Time ECAC Champion
One-Time Penn Relays Champion
One-Time CAA Champion

2004 Outdoor: Went to the NCAA Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas as part of the 4X400-meter relay team... Group finished 19th at the national meet with a time of 3:38.13... Relay team qualified for the NCAA East Regional where they finished 10th with a time of 3:38.89... Also was a part of the 4X400-meter relay team that won the Penn Relays, ECAC Division with a time of 3:42.56... Relay team qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the first race of the season, finishing second at the Baldy Castillo Invitational with a time of 3:42.37, one of their slowest times of the year... Relay team was third at the Georgia Tech Relays where it set its personal record with a time of 3:36.54... Relay team was also second at the Raleigh Relays... Had a strong individual season, scoring for the Patriots at the CAA Championships in the 200-meters, 400-meters and 4X400-meter relay, providing the team with six individual points... Was part of the CAA Championship 4X400-meter relay team which had a time of 3:42.26... Was fourth in the 400-meters with a time of 56.22, a personal record... Also was eighth in the 200-meters with a time of 25.88... Had two other top eight finishes in the 400-meters... Was fourth at the Patriot Open Invitational with a time of 57.08 and was seventh at the Baldy Castillo Invitational with a time of 57.40.

2004 Indoor: Qualified for the ECAC Championships in the 400-meters and as part of the 4X400-meter relay team... The relay team won the ECAC Championship with a time of 3:41.53, edging out Cornell at the finish... Finished 15th at the ECAC in the 400-meters with a time of 57.15... Twice was on first-place finishing 4X400-meter relay teams... Patriots were first in the relay at the Winter Open Invitational and Collegiate Open Invitational... Ran a personal best in the 55-meters at the Collegiate Open Invitational... Was fifth in the 200-meters at that meet... Was fifth at the Winter Open Invitational in the 400-meters... Was third in the 400-meters and fifth in the 200-meters at the Patriot Games... Set a then-personal best in the 400-meters at the Armory Collegiate Invitational with a time of 56.56... Set a personal best in the 500-meters in the first race of the season, the Father Diamond Open Invitational, with a time of 1:21.67

2003 Outdoor: At the ECAC Championships, she recorded a leap of 18-feet, 10 ¾-inches in the long jump. That ranked her second on the year among the Patriots in the long jump... Finished ninth at the CAA Championships.

2003 Indoor: Qualified for the ECAC in the 4X400-meter relay... Recorded a personal-best time of 58.25 seconds in the 400 meters at the Virginia Tech Invitational... Picked up two top-10 finishes in the event... Ran a leg on the 4x400-meter "B" relay, helping it qualify for the ECAC Championships with a runner-up finish at the Collegiate Open in a season-best 3:53.75... The relay was also runner-up at the Winter Open and finished third at the Patriot Games.

2002 Outdoor: Focused on the 200 and 400 meters for the Patriots... Ran a season-best 58.84 seconds in the 400 meters to place eighth and score for the Patriots at the CAA Championships... Recorded a season-best time of 25.98 seconds in the 200 to finish in the top 10 at the Maryland Invitational... Also picked up a top-10 finish in the event at the Mason Invitational in 25.98 seconds... Ran the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay at the Penn Relays, finishing seventh in the heat in 3:52.05.

2002 Indoor: Competed in the 200 meters, finishing ninth at the season-opening Father Diamond Invitational in a season-best 26.56 seconds.

Prep: Competed in indoor and outdoor track & field at West Forsyth, earning four letters... Received all-conference accolades and was named conference MVP... Three-time team MVP.

Personal: Born on January 5, 1983... Parents are Paul and Donna Bailey... Off the track enjoys horseback riding, singing and reading... Majoring in art & visual technologies with a minor in computer science.

PRs: 55 (7.58), 100 (12.3), 200 (24.950), 400 (56.22), 500 (1:21.67).

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