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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Track & Field: Lightfoot Repeats as USTFCCCA Regional Athlete of the Year</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;color:black">Lightfoot<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is the first Baylor athlete to win multiple USTFCCCA regional awards.</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WACO, Texas –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For the second-consecutive year, KC Lightfoot
has been named<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><span style="background:white">U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division I South Central Region Men's Field Athlete of the Year, as the USTFCCCA announced its awards
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“Regional field athlete of the year is an exciting award to say the least,” Lightfoot said. “Unfortunately, it won’t be presented at NCAAs during the banquet. But that doesn’t take away
from the excitement of getting it for the second year in a row.”</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lightfoot is the first Baylor athlete to win multiple USTFCCCA regional awards, and is one of only two (Trayvon Bromell, 2015 outdoor) in school history to be honored with a USTFCCCA
yearly award. Lightfoot won<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>his third-consecutive Big 12 Indoor Championship with a meet-record jump of 19-4.25 (5.90m) this past weekend in Lubbock. The junior from Lee’s Summit, Mo., set a new collegiate record
on three separate occasions, becoming the first collegian to ever clear the 6.00-meter mark indoors (19-8.25, 6.00m) at the Texas Tech Shootout on Feb. 12-13. Lightfoot is ranked No. 1 in both the NCAA and Big 12, and is No. 3 in the world as one of only three
men’s pole vaulters to clear 6.00 meters this season.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“This is another very nice and well-deserved award for KC,” head coach Todd Harbour said.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Lightfoot tied his own conference record with three Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week honors in one season, and his seven awards overall is two clear of
the next person on the Big 12 indoor career list.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">He
was named both USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week and USA Track & Field (USATF) Athlete of the Week honors after breaking the collegiate record for the first time at the Texas Tech Corky Classic with a then-world leading mark of 19-5.75 (5.94m). Lightfoot
is on The Bowerman watch list for 2021, presented annually to the year's most outstanding collegiate male and female track & field athlete (indoor and outdoor track & field combined).</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lightfoot has been officially announced as a qualifier for the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, which will take place March 11-13 in Fayetteville, Ark. Live results from
the championships can be found at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://dt8v5llb2dwhs.cloudfront.net/Indoor/2021/index.htm"><span style="color:purple">https://dt8v5llb2dwhs.cloudfront.net/Indoor/2021/index.htm</span></a>.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">For continued updates on the Baylor Track & Field team, follow the team's social media accounts all season long: @BaylorTrack.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor USTFCCCA Indoor Track & Field Regional Athletes of the Year</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2021: KC Lightfoot, Jr. (Indoor Men’s Field Athlete of the Year)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2015: Trayvon Bromell, So. (Outdoor Men’s Track Athlete of the Year)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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