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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Jan. 9, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor T&F Opens Indoor Season at McFerrin-12 Degree Invitational<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The fourth season of the Michael Ford era begins in Aggieland<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720,
</span><a href="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">josie_hutton@baylor.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">COLLEGE STATION, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> The Baylor track & field team opens the 2025 campaign at the R.A. ‘Murray’
Fasken ’38 Indoor Track & Field facility Friday in the McFerrin-12 Degree Invitational with field events starting at 10 a.m. and track events at 2:10 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears kickoff the season with second-annual McFerrin-12 Degree Invitational after a successful 2024 season where the Bears claimed 16 All-American recognitions. Of those
15, 12 Bears return for the 2025 campaign. Out of the 12 All-Americans returnees, nine will be competing in Friday’s meet.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">“One of the big things that I want out of it is just staying healthy,” head coach Michael Ford stated about going into the season-opener. “And then, honestly, the big thing
that we talked about yesterday as a staff is just seeing people compete. You’ve been running with your teammates; you’ve been jumping against your teammates. Now, you’re going against live action … That’s probably the big thing is just staying healthy and
just learning how to compete against other people. And I think it’s also different. We’ve had times when we’ve done time trials at practice, but now we want to see how people feel when they’re actually having to warm up and getting those butterflies, things
like that. And then, as coaches, we can make adjustments to the next meet, when we go to Tech the week after.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">During last year’s indoor season, the Bears sought after and rewrote the record books. Alexis Brown, Big 12’s Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year for track & field, broke
the program record in long jump with 21-6.25 mark at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational, while Alencia Lentz broke the program record and Big 12 Championship meet record in pole vault with a 14-9 attempt.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The reigning Big 12 Outstanding Men’s Freshman of the Year for indoor, Demario Prince, broke the BU program record in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.62 at the Big 12
Championship. Clocking in at 1:07.44, Nathaniel Ezekiel put the fastest NCAA 600-yard race on a banked track in the record books at the Corky Classic.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">A total of 21 Bears will be suiting up for the debut for the green and gold, nine being men and 12 for the women.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Six programs will make the trip to Aggieland for Friday’s meet, including Arizona State, East Texas A&M, North Texas, Tennessee, UTRGV and host school Texas A&M.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Fans can follow the meet on <a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/3e222cde-7734-4310-9304-3f06700207ce">SEC Network+</a> or keep track of live results at the event
through <a href="https://flashresults.com/2025_Meets/Indoor/01-10_McFerrin/index.htm">Flash Results</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">EVENT ROSTER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">HJ:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Dexter Brice, Pablo Negre Smedema, Logan Todorovich, Kiara Wesseh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">LJ:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Nicolas Rodriguez, William Sistruck, Aren Spencer, Alexis Brown, Janae De Gannes, Nikayla Fitzgerald<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">PV:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Parker Brannon, Michael Nance, Katelyn Andrews, Molly Haywood, Tenly Kuhn, Alencia Lentz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">SP:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Dexter Brice, Pablo Negre Smedema, Shaye Feely, Logan Todorovich, Kiara Wesseh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">TJ:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Bella Copeland, Iyanna Webb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">60m:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> De’montray Callis, Austen Diggs, Ricquan Graham, Royaltee Brown, Michaela Francois, Hannah
Lowe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">200m:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">De’montray Callis, Laurenz Colbert, Demar Francis, Royaltee Brown, Tiriah Kelley, Hannah Lowe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">300m:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Abbas Ali, Dillon Bedell, Tyler Honeyman, Jasmine Gryne, Summer Sergeant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">4x400m:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Abbas Ali, Dillon Bedell, De’montray Callis, Laurenz Colbert, Austen Diggs, Nathaniel Ezekiel,
Demar Francis, Ricquan Graham, Tyler Honeyman, Jack Jackson, Aren Spencer, Alexis Brown, Jasmine Gryne, Tiriah Kelley, Aaryona Kinchen, Sima Lucero, Sameena Mathew, Summer Sergeant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">800m:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Nick Hruskoci, Kanalu Wong<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">1000m:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Caden Biltz, Nick Hruskoci, Jack Sterrett, Jackie Addy, Lucy Benton, Ella Perry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">60mH:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Dexter Brice, Pablo Negre Smedema, Kaylah Braxton, Shaye Feely, Logan Todorovich, Kiara Wesseh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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