FWST: Ronnie Baker leads TCU to gold at Texas Relays
Staff and wire reports
AUSTIN – TCU’s Ronnie Baker didn’t win the 100 meters Saturday at the Texas Relays, but he did lead the Horned Frogs’ 4×100-meter relay team to a victory at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
Baker, running in the Invitational division of the 100, which featured four professionals, finished third in 10.30 seconds. The event was won by Abdullah Mohammed of HS International in 10.12. Yoshihide Kiryu of Japan was second in 10:24.
“Baker getting third in the invitational is really good.†TCU director of track and field Darryl Anderson said. “He ran against some professional and international guys, which will help him down the line. You look at the times, and you might say, ‘What happened?’ but they ran into a heavy headwind. The winds changed as soon as they got into the blocks.†…