Senior Salute: Noah Bailey

Name: Noah Bailey
Hometown: Lenox, Michigan
High School: Anchor Bay

Athletic accomplishments:

• Earned varsity letters in cross country and track & field
• Cross Country
  • Career-best 8K time was 31:11.12.
• Indoor Track and Field
  • 2019 and 2020 All-MIAA Indoor Track and Field team
  • 2019 and 2020 USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region
  • 2019 MIAA triple jump champion
  • Ran leg on 2019 MIAA champion 4x400-meter relay
  • Competed at the 2019 NCAA Championships in the triple jump
  • 2020 MIAA long jump champion
  • Holds school record in the long jump (23'0.50") and triple jump (47'2.25")
  • Ran leg on school-record 4x400-meter relay (3:18.63)
• Outdoor Track and Field
  • 2019 All-MIAA Outdoor Track and Field Team
  • 2018 and 2019 USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region
  • Ran leg on 2019 MIAA champion 4x400-meter relay
  • Holds school record in the long jump (23'5.25") and triple jump (47'4.25")
  • Ran leg on school-record 4x400-meter relay (3:15.06) and 4x800-meter relay (8:35.62)

Clubs/organizations:

• Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes
• Sigma Zeta

Academic honors/awards:

• 2018 and 2019 USTFCCCA Individual All-Academic team member
• 2017-18 and 2018-19 MIAA Academic Honor Roll
• Dean's List

Favorite track and field memory:

• Going to Boston for indoor track anf field nationals.

Favorite non-athletic memory:

• Going to Tim's Pizza with friends

Major and minor:

• Information Technology major, psychology minor

Plans after graduation:

• Get a job in Grand Rapids and get married

Who has supported you during your time as a student-athlete?

• My parents, Melvin and Darlene Bailey
• My fiance, Emily VanderVeen

Quote from head track and field coach Karen Lutzke:

• "Noah Bailey was not only an outstanding athlete but also an outstanding person. Everything he did was with intent and purpose. Noah was a two-year track and field captain and became one of the most decorated track and field athletes in school history. He was a national qualifier in the triple jump, scored in the MIAA meet in long jump, triple jump, 4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay, 200-meter and 400-meter.  He ran cross country to make himself better for the track season the past two years. Noah is a multiple-time All MIAA champion as well as earning multiple All-Region honors in track and field. Noah was good because he put his heart into doing the training day in and day out, not just because he was talented. We will all miss Noah's ability to make us laugh, eat all the food, and show us how to be better people by his example he sets everyday."

Editor's Note: The COVID-19 pandemic caused the abrubt end to winter and spring sports for the 2019-20 academic year. We are not able to host Senior Day ceremonies to thank these seniors for their dedication to their chosen sport. As a result, we will be posting senior salutes like above for each senior over the coming weeks.