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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 3, 2021</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Track & Field: Miller, Lightfoot Named Big 12 Athletes of the Week</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Miller and Lightfoot are the only multiple winners in Baylor indoor history<span style="color:black">.</span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Kellen Coleman, 254-749-6507, <u><a href="mailto:Kellen_Coleman@baylor.edu" title="mailto:Kellen_Coleman@baylor.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">Kellen_Coleman@baylor.edu</span></a></u> <b> </b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WACO, Texas -</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Aaliyah Miller earned her second-career Big 12 Women’s Indoor Track & Field Athlete
of the Week honor, and KC Lightfoot set the league record with his sixth-career Big 12 Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week award, the conference office announced Wednesday.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Miller cruised to victory in the women's 800 meters at the Texas Tech Invitational & Multis in an adjusted time of 2:04.96, good for third place in the NCAA. The senior from
McKinney, Texas, won the race by over three seconds and currently ranks first in the Big 12 by nearly three seconds. Miller also ran on the Bears’ Big-12 leading 4x400-meter relay team that ran a season-best 3:36.23@ to place second at the Texas Tech Invitational.
She also holds the top spot in the Big 12 in the 600 yards (1:18.85@) and the 1,000 meters (2:44.19@). Miller holds the Baylor indoor school records in the 800 meters (2:02.89, set in 2017) and the 1,000 meters (2:44.19@, set earlier this year).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“It’s an honor to be selected by the Big 12 Conference, especially on National Girls & Women in Sports Day,” Miller said. “It’s very special to be a part of the list of talented
Baylor women who came before me with this honor. They have paved the way for us, and it’s not going to be the last honor given to the Baylor women’s team. I’m excited for what the future holds.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“That’s a big deal, a special honor for her, for sure,” head coach Todd Harbour said. “She’s an outstanding young lady, and it’s very well-deserved. The fact that she’s leading
the 600, 800, and 1,000 right now in the Big 12 is a pretty special deal, too.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For the second time in three weeks, Lightfoot set the indoor collegiate record in the pole vault at the Texas Tech Invitational & Multis. On his second attempt at 19-6.25 (5.95m),
Lightfoot soared over the bar to eclipse his own mark set just two weeks ago in the same building. The junior from Lee’s Summit, Mo., is now No. 2 in the world and remains atop the NCAA and Big 12. With his latest jump, Lightfoot now owns the top 11 jumps
in Baylor indoor history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“I’m always honored to receive this award,” Lightfoot said. “This is my sixth time and it never gets old. I’m excited that the season is going well, but I know there are some
things to work on to keep that 6-meter bar up there. Hopefully, it happens sooner rather than later.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“The honors just keep coming in for KC,” Harbour said. “They are very-well deserved. He’s a super young man and he’s worked so hard. I’m proud of him. Anything that comes his
way, we’re proud of him. He’s very humble and staying focused on what he needs to do, but these are nice honors for him, for sure.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This is the sixth weekly accolade of Lightfoot's career (Jan. 20, 2021; Feb. 19, 2020; Jan. 29, 2020; Jan. 22, 2020; Feb. 20, 2019), breaking the Big 12 record for most in an
indoor career (Ryan Crouser, Texas, 2012-16). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Miller joins Lightfoot as the only multiple winners in Baylor indoor history, and they are just the second duo in school history to earn athlete of the week honors in the same
week (Quentin Iglehart-Summers/Lauren Hagans - Jan. 15, 2008). Baylor now has 22 combined men's and women’s indoor track & field athlete of the week awards in program history and 47 overall conference athlete of the week honors since 2002.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Next up for Miller, Lightfoot and the Bears will be the Texas Tech Shootout on Feb. 12-13 and the Iowa State Classic on Feb. 13. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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For continued updates on the Baylor Track & Field team, follow the team's social media accounts all season long: @BaylorTrack.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*@ = adjusted time for NCAA rankings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All-Time Baylor Big 12 Indoor Athletes of the Week</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<b>Feb. 3, 2021 – Aaliyah Miller, Sr.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Feb. 3, 2021 – KC Lightfoot, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan. 20, 2021 – KC Lightfoot, Jr.<br>
Feb. 19, 2020 – KC Lightfoot, So.<br>
Jan. 29, 2020 – KC Lightfoot, So.<br>
Jan. 22, 2020 – KC Lightfoot, So.<br>
Feb. 20, 2019 – KC Lightfoot, Fr.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Jan. 20, 2019 – Wil London, Sr.<br>
Feb. 21, 2018 – Maxwell Willis, So.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan. 24, 2017 - Aaliyah Miller, Fr.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan. 27, 2016 – George Caddick, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Feb. 25, 2015 – Distance Medley Relay Team (Mariah Kelly, Kiana Hawn, Olicia Williams, Maggie Montoya)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan. 29, 2014 – Felix Obi, So.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan. 29, 2013 – Tiffani McReynolds, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan. 18, 2011 – Skylar White, So.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan. 27, 2009 – Tiffany Townsend, So.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan. 15, 2008 – Quentin Iglehart-Summers, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan. 15, 2008 – Lauren Hagans, Sr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan. 16, 2007 – Reggie Witherspoon, Sr.<br>
Jan. 24, 2006 – Jacob Norman, Fr.<br>
Feb. 16, 2004 – Darold Williamson, Jr.<br>
Jan. 26, 2004 – Jeremy Wariner, So.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#154734">Kellen Coleman</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#18481F"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">|
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Associate Director of Communications</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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