COLLEGE PR: 1500m - 4:28, 5k - 17:10, 8k - 27:38, 10k - 35:41
2010-11: Finished first for PC at the Eye Opener with a time of 28:46 and 73rd place finish ... Improved to finish in 28:19 at the 2010 Asics/Winthrop Invitational and lead the team ... Ran 28:35 at the Big South Preview Meet to lead the team and finish 28th overall ... Ran 27:45 at the Charlotte Invitational to finish 109th overall and lead PC ... Finished 7th at the Asics Fall Classic running a 6k time of 20:39 to lead PC to a second place finish ... Earned PC SAAC Student-Athlete of the Week honors for the week of Oct. 18 ... Ran a season's best 27:44 at the Big South Conference Championship to lead the team ... Named to the 2010 Big South Conference All-Academic Team.
2009-10: Led the Blue Hose with a new 5k PR of 17:10 at the USC Gamecock Invitational, placing 26th overall ... Finished 32nd at the Asics/Winthrop Invitational with a time of 28:26 to lead the team ... Claimed ninth place at the 2009 Blue Hose Invitational crossing the line in 29:15 ... Finished second for PC at the 37th Annual Furman Invitational with a time of 29:38 ... Ran a 29:31 at the 2009 Big South Conference Championship in High Point, N.C. to lead the team ... Named to the 2009 Big South Conference All-Academic Team ... Ran the Cooper River Bridge Run in 35:41.
2008-09: Started the season with a 17:25 5k at the USC Gamecock Invitational, finishing 11th ... Finished 49th at the Eye Opener in a time of 29:15 ... Claimed 66th with a time of 28:45 at the Asics/Winthrop Invitational ... Ran a 29:19 at The Citadel Invitational earning 21st place ... Won runner-up honors with an 8k PR of 27:38 at the Blue Hose Invitational and was key in helping the team win runner-up honors as well ... Finished 73rd at the Furman Invitational with a time of 30:12 ... Competed in the Big South Championships in Lynchburg, Va. finishing in a time of 31:02 ... Ran in the Cooper River Bridge Run in April 2009.
2007-08: Ran a 29:25 at Appalachian State's Covered Bridge Open, finishing 54th ... Claimed 20th place at the Eye Opener with a time of 28:38 ... Finished 30th at the Asics/Winthrop Invitational in a time of 29:07 ... Ran a season's best 28:16 at the Limestone Invitational ending in 14th place while the team finished in second place ... Claimed 40th place in a time of 28:54 at the Citadel Invitational ... Ran 29:21 to finish 83rd on a long course at the Furman Invitational ... Competed in the Big South Championships in Asheville, N.C. finishing in 29:37 ... Took third place in the mile at the USC Gamecock Indoor Invitational (a square 250-meter track) with a time of 5:04 ... Won his heat of the 1500m in a time of 4:28 at the Asic/Winthrop Outdoor Invitational ... Ran a 36:56 at The Cooper River Bridge Run in April of 2008.
High School: Ran cross country and track at Easley H.S. for Sammy Owen ... Was All-Region ... Named Most Valuable Runner ... Named Comeback Runner of the Year ... Member of the cross country region championship team ... Track team won the county meet ... Ran his high school PR of 17:12 at the SC State Meet his senior year ... Also played ice hockey ... Earned his team's Scholar-Athlete Award.
Personal: Nicholas Chandler Baer ... Was born on July 5, 1989 in Greenville, S.C. ... Son of Kathy and Tom Baer ... Has one sister, Kristen ... Majoring in biology.
