2016 Track:
Indoor: Finished 23rd in the 60m hurdles at the Music City Challenge with a time of 9.34 … Finished 56th in the 200m at the Music City Challenge with a time of 27.95. Outdoor: Finished 42nd in the 200m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a personal-best time of 26.56 … Along with Angelica Henderson, Domonique Hall and Jamilah Middlebrooks, finished seventh in the 4×200 relay at the Alabama Relays with a time of 1:39.83 … Ran a time of 14.57 in the 110m hurdles at both the Yellow Jacket Invitational and Georgia Tech Invitational, finishing 15th and 19th, respectively.
2015 Track:
Indoor: Ran in the 60-meter hurdles at the Orange & Purple Classic … Competed in the long jump at the Auburn Invite. Outdoor: Placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:05.04) at the Georgia Spec Towns Invite … Improved that time to a personal-best 1:02.91 at the Georgia Tech Invite.
2014 Track:
Indoor: Ran the 60-meter hurdles at the ACC Championships in 9.09 … Competed in the 60-meter hurdles at the Southern Miss Cupid Classic, Samford Invitational and Auburn Invitational … Finished ninth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Orange and Purple Classic. Outdoor: Ran to a season-best time 14.60 in the 100-meter hurdles in the preliminaries at the ACC Championships … Logged a season-best long jump distance of 5.38m (17-8) at the Yellow Jacket Invitational.
2013 Track:
Indoor: Ran a season-best 60-meter hurdle time of 8.98 at the ACC Indoor Championships … Took eighth in the high jump (5-1.25) at the ACC Indoor Championships … Placed third in the long jump (15-8.75) at the Rod McCravy Invite. Outdoor: Placed second in the 100-meter hurdles (14.49) at the Georgia Relays … Long jumped to a season-best distance of 17-8.25 at the ACC Outdoor Championships.
High School:
A four-year letterwinner in track at Norcross High School under the direction of Von Ross and Steven Samuels in sprints, jumps and hurdles … Named the captain of the Track & Field and Volleyball teams all four years … Named to the all-area track and field, and all-county track and field first team in 2011 … Holds the school record in 100m and 300m hurdles … Also played volleyball for four years, lettering three of those years and played basketball for three years, lettering once … Helped her team to two basketball state championships … Named to the all-county volleyball first team in 2011, and all-area volleyball teams in 2010 and 2011.
Personal:
Full name is Kamilah Abeje-Ain Bakari … Born on March 12, 1994 in Lithonia, Ga. … Parents are Fabian and Leronda Bakari … Sister to Nuri … Chose Georgia Tech for its strong focus on education and excellence, it’s close to home and facilitates many career opportunities in the future … Started running track in seventh grade … Majoring in science, technology and culture.
