2012-13 Track & Field Roster

Aireonna Bailey

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Zion Benton Township
  • Hometown Zion, Ill.

Biography

2013 (Graduate Student):
Indoor: BIG EAST Qualifier in the 60 meters and the 200 meters…At the BIG EAST Championships, she finished in 16th in the preliminaries in the 60 meters (7.66) and 4th in the 200 meters (24.13)…Set a new school record and personal best in the preliminaries of the 200 meters at the BIG EAST Championships, posting a time of 24.06…Won the 200 meters at the Notre Dame Invite with a time of 24.34.
Outdoor: BIG EAST Qualifier in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, 4X100 meter relay and the 4X400 meter relay...Set a new personal best in the 100 meters with a time of 11.57 at the USF Collegiate…Won the 200 meters at the USF Collegiate (23.23), the Bulls Invitational (23.54) and the USF Open (23.86).

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

2012 (Senior):
Indoor: Big Ten Qualifier in the 60 meters, the 200 meters and the 4X400 meter relay…At the Big Ten Championships she finished in 7th in the preliminaries in the 60 meters (7.53), 11th in the preliminaries in the 200 meters (24.32), and 8th in the 4X400 meter relay (3:44.36)…Won the 200 meters at the Gladstein Invitational posting a time of 24.70…Also ran a then-personal best time in the 55 meters (7.13), the 60 meters (7.53) and the 300 meters (39.31).
Outdoor: Big Ten Qualifier in the 100 meters, 200 meters and the 4X400 meter relay…In the Big Ten Championships she finished in 10th in the preliminaries in the 100 meters (11.85), 9th in the preliminaries in the 200 meters (23.87) and 6th in the 4X400 meter relay (3:38.76)…NCAA EAST Regional qualifier in the 200 meters and the 4X400 meter relay…She advanced to the Semi-finals of the 200 meters at the NCAA EAST Preliminaries finishing in 26th place, posting a time of 24.05…Set a new personal best time in the 400 meters, posting a time of 56.18…Won the 100 meters at the Polytan Invitational with a time of 11.71(w).

2011 (SOPHOMORE): Indoor: Scored a team point with an eight-place finish in the 200 at Big Tens, clocking a 24.54 for eighth in school history ... ran a career-best time of 7.67 in the 60m, good for sixth in IU lore, at the Gladstein Invitational ... matched her PR in the 60 at the Indiana Relays ... scored a pair of victories in the dual with Purdue, taking the 60 and 200 meter races. Outdoor: Earned the first Big Ten medal of her career with a third-place finish in the 200 at Big Tens, clocking a time of 23.53 for fifth on IU's all-time list ... took seventh in the Big Ten 100m final, clocking a time of 11.70 for seventh in the IU record books ... qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round and advanced to the quarterfinals with a time of 24.11 in the 200 ... ran the second leg of IU's 1:38.77 4x200m relay performance at Penn Relays, taking a heat win ... helped IU to fifth in the 4x100 and sixth in the 4x400 relays at Big Tens ... named Academic All-Big Ten.

2009-10 (R-FRESHMAN): Indoor: Redshirted. Outdoor: Posted a career best time of 12.18 in the 100m at the Alabama Relays ... ran a career best 24.89 in the 200m at Big Tens ... ran the second-leg on IU's best 4x100m of the season, clocking a time of 47.56 at the Billy Hayes Invitational ... named Academic All-Big Ten.

2008-09 (FRESHMAN): Indoor: Posted a career-best time of 7.81 seconds in the 60m at the Indiana Open ... finished 200m in 25.23 at the Indiana Invite. Outdoor: Redshirt.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was Rookie of the Year as a freshman ... earned MVP honors as a sophomore and senior ... holds the school record in the 200m dash (24.64) ... lettered four times in track and field.

PERSONAL:  
Born September 7, 1989 ... daughter of Tracy Lewis ... has two brothers, Earl Freeman and Tyree Harris.