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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">April
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Track & Field Completes Day One of Michael Johnson Invitational</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Samone Turner moved into the No. 3 hammer throw performer spot all-time at Baylor</span></i><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"> On an often-rainy Friday at Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium, Baylor track & field completed
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Samone Turner had the highlight of the day in the women’s hammer throw, posting a personal-best mark of 166-0 (50.61m) to move into the No. 3 performer spot all-time at Baylor.
The senior from DeSoto, Texas, finished seventh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In the women’s open pole vault, Tiffani Peacock placed third with a personal-best jump of 11-10 (3.61m), and Maddy Agnew earned the fifth spot clearing the same bar of 11-10
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Chris Stoudt placed eighth in the men’s javelin, recording a throw of 170-0 (51.83m).<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 women’s 5,000 meters featured two top-10 finishes for Baylor, as Destiny Collins placed sixth with a time of 16:57.58, followed by Lily Jacobs in ninth at 17:17.10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Day two of the Michael Johnson Invitational begins Saturday at 10 a.m. CT with the men’s open discus. Live results can be found at
<a href="https://tf.deltatiming.com/baylor/2021-michael-johnson-invitational">https://tf.deltatiming.com/baylor/2021-michael-johnson-invitational</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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