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Monday, March 2, 2015
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Former Howe athlete setting college records
long and triple jump and high jump at conference just to get points, but it's not something I normally do." said Bailey. Her 9.22 time in the 60 meters qualified her for B-Standard for nationals and in the Jan. 21 event, Bailey was named Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Morgan Bailey on her way to a school record in the 60 m hurdles Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week by finishing second of 17 After a successful high school Ironically, it wasn't track that she in the 60 meter hurdles with a time career in Howe by placing fourth at went to Friends University to play. of 9.26. She was also on the 4x400 the state track meet in 2013, She was given a partial athletic relay team that placed fourth. At Morgan Bailey is now eclipsing scholarship as well as academic conference, she ran a 26.17 in the collegiate records for Friends scholarship to play basketball. 200 meters. University in Witchita, Kansas. After playing one season on the junior varsity team, she decided Just recently, Bailey broke her own The daughter of Amy and Kelly that she was done with basketball school record with a time of 9.17 in Lindsay and Jim Bailey, graduated almost a year and tried out for the the 60 meter hurdles. She is from Howe in 2013 after moving track team. scheduled to run in the nationals here in the second grade. While in competition this week but is waiting high school, Bailey was on the Unable to get on the roster last on the results from an MRI from a state 4x800 meter relay team her spring, Bailey had to wait until this left hip injury that she received freshman year. Her senior year, season to start participating. In her during her last hurdles event. she placed fourth in the 300 meter first ever collegiate event on Dec. hurdles with a lifetime best 45.72 13, Bailey set the Friendship time. She was unable to run track University school record by during her sophomore year at running a 9.22 in the 60 meter Howe due to knee surgery to hurdles. repair torn anterior cruciate ligament. However, she placed in "I've done the 200 (meters) and the all other years in all other events. 4x400 (meter) relay and I did the
After nationals are over with, Bailey will start with outdoor track and then says that she's planning on not coming back to track. "I plan on going to law school so, depending on if I get accepted, going to go to (Texas) A&M so I can go to Texas and start gaining internships and connections." said Bailey. "I'm coming back to ensure that I have a future in whatever I'm doing." Bailey says that she has looked at A&M's 60 meter times just to see if she might want to walk-on and try to compete at that level. "My 9.17 time will almost allow me to compete with D-1 (division one) schools." said Bailey. "I was going to see how I did and then contact the A&M coach, but for now I'm just going to focus on school."
