2023-24 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Brooke Alverson, WT Athletics
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Betty Bajika

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Arlington, Texas

Biography

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Cross Country All-Conference (2x) 
Outdoor First Team All-Conference (2x)
Indoor Second Team All-Conference (2023)


2024 Outdoor: 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 Indoor: 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 Outdoor: 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. 

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. 

2022 Outdoor: 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 Indoor: 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. 

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.

Kennedale High School: Graduated in 2021. State qualifier in cross country and track & field. School record holder. 

Personal: Born on July 3, 2003. Daughter of Gwen and West Womack. Has one sibling. Majoring in engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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