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2023-24 Track & Field Roster

Urte Bacianskaite javelin throw NCAA Championship June 8 Hayward Field
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Urte Bacianskaite competed in her second NCAA Championships in the heptathlon
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Urte Bacianskaite
Urte Bacianskaite is runner-up in the women's heptathlon shot put at the NCAA Championships
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Urte Bacianskaite competed in the long jump, while advancing to the NCAA Championships in the
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February 24, 2023, LUBBOCK, TEXAS:
2023 Big 12 Indoor Track Championships at Sports Performance Center in LUBBOCK, TEXAS Friday, February 24, 2023.  
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Urte Bacianskaite
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Urte Bacianskaite
K-State’s Urte Bacianskaite competes in the pentathlon high jump during the DeLoss Dodds Invitational at Ahearn Field House in Manhattan, Kansas on January 21, 2022.
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Urte Bacianskaite 2020-21
Urte Bacianskaite 2020-21
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Urte Bacianskaite

  • Position:
    Combined Events
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Panevezio Juozo Balcikonio Gymnasium
  • Hometown:
    Panevezys, Lithuania
TFRRS Link (Personal Bests)

Personal Bests
 60m Hurdles  8.79 (Texas Tech Corky Classic, 1/19-20/24)
 100m Hurdles  14.36 (0.9) (Ward Haylett Invitational, 5/6/23)
 200 Meters  25.06 (-0.7) (Big 12 Championships, 5/12-14/23)
 400 Meters  1:00.42 (ESU Relays, 3/24-26/22)
 800 Meters  2:22.30 (Jim Click Combined Events, 4/6-7/23)
 4x400 Relay  3:51.05 (DeLoss Dodds Invitational, 1/20-21/23)
 High Jump  1.72m/5-7.75 (Jim Click Shootout, 4/8-9/22)
 Long Jump  6.03m/19-9.5 (Jim Click Combined Events, 4/6-7/23)
 Shot Put  15.45m/50-8.25 (DeLoss Dodds Invitational, 2/1-3/24)
 Javelin  47.48m/155-9 (NCAA Championship, 6/5-8/24)
 Pentathlon  4,094 points (DeLoss Dodds Invitational, 2/1-3/24)
 Heptathlon  5,790 points (NCAA Championships, 6/7-10/23)

HONORS
  • 2024 Academic All-Big 12 Team
  • 2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
  • 2024 CSC Academic All-District
  • 2022-23 Academic All-Big 12 Team
  • 2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
  • 2023 CSC Academic All-District VII
  • 2021-22 Academic All-Big 12 Team
  • 2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
  • 2020-21 Academic All-Big 12 Team
  • 2019-2020 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

AS A SENIOR (2023-24)
OUTDOOR
  • Earned Second Team All-American honors in the heptathlon for the second year in a row during her third NCAA Championship (6/5-8/24), the first Wildcat heptathlete to do so. She finished 12th with 5,696 points while winning the javelin throw with a personal best distance of 47.48m. Other top finishes were in the shot put (4th; 14.42m) and the long jump (16th; 5.79m).
  • Medaled in the heptathlon at the Big 12 Championship (5/9-11/24) with 5,714 points in 3rd place. She won both the shot put (14.60m) and javelin throw (47.17m) with her next highest finish in 7th place in the long jump at 5.77m.
  • During her first heptathlon of the season at the Mt SAC Relays (4/17-20/24) she recorded 4,815 points, her best performances in the shot put (2nd; 14.42m) and the javelin throw (4th; 43.94m/144-2), she did not finish the 800 meters.
  • Competed in three events at the Jim Click Shootout (4/5-6/24), her highest in the javelin (5th; 45.99m), the 100m hurdles (7th; 14.58) and the shot put (15th; 14.23m). 
  • Started the season competing in three events at the Shocker Spring Invitational (3/29-30/24) in the shot put (4th; 14.40m), in the javelin (5th; 40.59m) and in the 4x400 relay where her team finished in 3:46.78.
INDOOR
  • Medaled in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Championship (2/23-24/24) in 5th place with 4,052 points, winning the shot put in 15.42m. She also competed in the open shot put with a throw of 14.76m in 15th place.
  • In her first pentathlon of the year at the Austra Skujyte Women's Pentathlon/DeLoss Dodds Invitational (2/1-3/24) she finished runner-up with a new personal best of 4,094 points, no.10 in the K-State all-time top-10. Another new best included winning the shot put (15.45m), also finishing 3rd in the long jump (5.72m).
  • Recorded her 60m hurdles personal best at the Texas Tech Corky Classic (1/19-20/24) in 8.79 seconds.
  • At the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/12/24) she competed in three events, finishing 3rd in the long jump at 5.73m and 4th in the shot put with a throw of 15.07m.

AS A JUNIOR (2022-23)
OUTDOOR
  • Earned Second Team All-American honors during the NCAA Championships (6/7-10/23) competing in the heptathlon with her new personal best 5,790 points in 9th place. Her performance is no. 5 in the K-State women's heptathlon records. She also recorded a new personal best in the shot put at 15.19m as runner-up and finished 4th in javelin throw at 44.85m.
  • During the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24-27/23) she competed in the javelin throw with a distance of 41.49m, and in the long jump at 5.79m.
  • Medaled in the heptathlon at the Big 12 Championship (5/12-14/23), as runner-up with 5,541 points. She won the shot put with a throw of 15.02m and another new best in the 200m dash in 25.06 seconds in 3rd place.
  • Competed in three events at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/6/23), recorded a new personal best in the 100m hurdles with a runner-up 14.36 seconds, won the long jump with a distance of 6.22m (4.4), and placed 5th in the shot put at 14.64m.
  • During the Michael Johnson Invitational (4/21-22/23) she competed in four events, placing top-10 in the javelin at 3rd place with a throw of 46.28, and 9th in the long jump with a distance of 6.00m.
  • Finished runner-up in the heptathlon at the Jim Click Combined Events (4/6-7/23) with 5,691 points. Won the shot put at 14.41m and also recorded personal bests in the long jump; 6.03 and 800 meters with a time of 2:22.30.
  • Won two events at the ESU Relays (3/23-25/23), the long jump at 6.00m and in the javelin at 47.39m.
INDOOR
  • Medaled in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Championships (2/24-25/23) with a 3rd place score of 4,028 points, she won the shot put at 14.59m.
  • Won the shot put at the Steve Miller Invitational (2/17/23) with a distance of 14.35m; also finished runner-up in the 60m hurdles in 8.91 seconds.
  • During the Texas Tech Open & Multis (1/26-28/23) she competed in the pentathlon with 3,191 points, winning the shot put with a throw of 14.79m.
  • Was the only Wildcat to compete in the Carol Robinson Women's Winter Pentathlon (12/9/22) where she recorded a runner-up place score of 3,785 points.

AS A JUNIOR (2021-22)
OUTDOOR
  • Medaled in the Big 12 Championships (5/13-15/22) in the heptathlon with 5,664 points in 5th place.
  • Won the javelin throw with a distance of 47.20m at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/6-7/22).
  • During the Jim Click Shootout (4/8-9/22) she finished 5th in the heptathlon with 5,488 points, recording her personal best high jump at 1.72m.
  • At the ESU Relays (3/24-26/22) she recorded her 400m dash personal best at 1:00.42 seconds.
INDOOR
  • During the Big 12 Championships (2/25-26/22) she recorded a pentathlon score of 3,723 points and won the shot put at 13.69m.
  • At the DeLoss Dodds Invitational (1/21-22/22) she won the pentathlon with 3,622 points, also winning the 60m hurdle, 9.17 seconds; high jump, 1.64m; shot put, 13.78m and long jump, 5.32m.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
OUTDOOR
  • Won the shot put during her 5,276 point heptathlon at the Big 12 Championships (5/14-16/21) with a distance of 14.05m, also taking 2nd in javelin at 40.44m.
  • In the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/7-8/21) she took 3rd in the long jump at 5.65m.
  • At the UTSA Invitational (3/18-20/21) she placed 3rd in the heptathlon with 4,857 points while winning the shot put event at 13.75m, 2nd in javelin at 35.68m and 3rd in high jump at 1.63m.
INDOOR
  • Won the shot put during her pentathlon at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational (1/29-30/21) with a distance of 14.47m.
  • At the K-State Wildcat Invitational (12/5/20) she contributed to her fastest relay time in the 4x400 in 4:05.46.

AS A FRESHMAN (2019-20)
OUTDOOR

Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

INDOOR
  • At the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/18/20) she won the shot put at 14.43m.
  • Competing in the 4x400 at the K-State Winter Invitational (12/4/19) the relay team finished runner-up at 4:13.01.
  • In her first pentathlon in the K-State Winter Pentathlon (12/13/19) she finished 4th with 3,519 points, winning the shot put at 13.78m.

PRIOR TO K-STATE
  • Competed in the 2017 World Championship
  • U-18 Bronze Medalist in the heptathlon event

IN THE CLASSROOM
  • Majoring in Athletic Training & Rehab Sciences

PERSONAL
  • Daughter of Aidas and Kzistina Bacianskaite
  • Has one sibling; Kasparas
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