Keshia Chantay Baker (born January 30, 1988 in

Fairfield, California Fairfield is a city in and the county seat of Solano County, California, in the North Bay sub-region of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is generally considered the midpoint between the cities of San Francisco and Sacramento, approximately fro ...

) is an American track and field athlete. She competed at the

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in the 4 × 400 m relay event, running in the heats and winning a gold medal. While running for her home town Fairfield High School, she finished third in the 400 meters at the 2006 CIF California State Meet. She had been a finalist the previous two years. Then she ran for the

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. At the 2010 NCAA Championships, she anchored Oregon's winning 4x400 relay team to victory, while finishing fourth in the open 400 meters. Earlier in the season, she was runner up in 400 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships, both times behind future Olympic teammate Francena McCorory.

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