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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 22, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">No. 1 Baylor A&T Triumphs Over No. 8 Iona</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:black">Bears set multiple season-highs and take another win at home</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue"><a href="mailto:madelon_allen@baylor.edu">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">WACO, Texas</span></b><span style="color:black"> – The No. 1-ranked Baylor acrobatics & tumbling team finished with a win against No. 8 Iona, 281.800-262.065, on Saturday night at the Ferrell Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Bears (7-0) defeated the Gaels (3-2) by 19.735 points to increase the winning streak to 45 meets. BU started the meet with an 8.57-point advantage in start value up on Iona.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To start off the meet in Compulsory, BU and Iona all executed the required skills with a start value of 10 in each heat. In the Acro heat, Baylor scored a 9.65 after Iona scored a 9.25. BU took the Pyramid heat,
9.85 to 9.55. Winning the Toss, Baylor scored a 9.95 following Gael's 9.75. In the Tumbling heat, BU scored an 8.65, the Gaels scoring an 8.30. Through one event, the score was 38.10 to 36.85, Baylor up by 1.25 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To start the optional portion of the meet, BU started the competition in the Acro event with their 5 Element heat, featuring Emily Bott as the first top and Leavy McDonald as the base, competing a high press, then
Jordan Gruendler stepped in and performing the high handstand to straddle, scoring a 9.85/10. The Gaels showed up with a 9.05/9.90 score in their heat. In the synchronized 6 Element heat, with four different pairs of tops and bases (Alyiah Thomas/Meredith
Wells, Cassie Karnbach/Gabby Kaminski, Payton Washington/Addi Grandy, and Addie Vezzosi/Ellie LaNeve), the Bears scored a 9.55/10, following the 8.25/9.20 from Iona. Washington and Thomas competed a high press, lowered, and pop-around before Vasquez and Hemby
competed the inverted handstand. In the third heat, Gruendler and McDonald scored a 9.80/10 after competing a new skill for the duo and a new combination of skills for the second time ever – the one-armed handstand to 'pencil', before Gruendler competes the
'pencil' while McDonald slides to splits. They are the only duo to compete these elements in the country. Iona had a score of 9.10/9.80 in its heat. For the Acro event, BU scored 29.20/30 to the Gaels' 26.40/28.90, now totaling 67.30 to 63.25 through two events,
and Baylor leading by 4.05 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Pyramid event, BU and Iona all executed the required skills with a start value of 10 in each heat. BU started it off with a 9.80 score in the Inversion heat with Gruendler and McDonald with the one-handed
handstand, and Iona showed up with a 9.70. Topping the Synchronized heat were Washington and Bott, based by mid-level bases McDonald and Wells, respectively. They scored a 9.80 on their high walk-in to extension, while the Gaels produced a 9.55. In the Open
heat, Gruendler topped McDonald and competed the inverted high-handstand scoring a 9.95, while Iona scored a 9.85 in their Open heat. For the Pyramid event, Baylor scored a 29.55/30, while the Gaels scored a 29.10/30. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">At the half, BU was up 96.85/100 to Iona’s 92.35/98.90, leading by 4.5 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To kick off the second half in the Toss event, it was Washington topping the Salto heat, competing the kick-double and finishing with a score of 9.80/10, following the 9.60/9.90 from Iona. In the Synchronized heat,
Washington and Gabby Kaminski were the tops, scoring 9.55/9.90 while the Gaels had a score of 8.60/10. In the final heat, the Open heat, Kaminski was the top, scoring a 9.65/9.90 with her back-double, which Iona scored a 9.50/10 against. At the end of the
Toss event, Baylor totaled 29.0/29.80 while the Gaels had 27.70/29.90. Through four events, BU had a score of 125.85/129.80 while Iona had a 120.05/128.80, the Bears up by 5.8 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Tumbling event, starting in the Duo for the Bears were Thomas and Rendino who scored a 9.45/10 on their roundoff whip Arabian to roundoff back handspring back layout 540, following a score of 8.90/10 from
Iona. In the Trio were Bott, Sophia Neylon, and Camryn Milliken, competing a roundoff back handspring back layout 540 roundoff to whip back layout 360, earning a score of 9.15/10 which is the season-high for the trio. The Gaels put up 8.75/9.55 against in
their heat. In the Quad pass were Washington, Aliyah Kaloostian, Sarah Kerr, and Kaminski, scoring a 9.70/10 for their front punch to roundoff back handspring back layout 540 roundoff back layout 360, while Iona put up a score of 8.10/8.75. For the Aerial
pass, it was Thomas, who scored a 9.70/10 after competing a roundoff whip Arabian to roundoff back handspring back layout 540, while Iona earned a 9.525/10 score. Competing in the 6 Element heat was Kerr competing a punch front roundoff whip whip back handspring
back layout 540, earning a 9.775/10 score; Iona earned a score of 9.675/10. Washington earned a 9.875/10 for the Open heat with a punch front roundoff back handspring back layout 540 roundoff back layout 360, with the Gaels showing up with a 9.775/10. Combined,
Baylor had a score of 57.65/60 to finish the Tumbling event while Iona had a score of 54.725/58.30. After five events, BU led 183.50/189.80 to 174.775/187.10, up by 8.725 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Team event, Baylor competed and scored 98.30/109.18. The Gaels performed, scoring an 87.29/103.53.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The meet finalized, BU came out on top with a 281.80/299.20 score against Iona’s 262.065/290.63; the Bears won by 19.735 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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The Bears scored their season-high scores in the 450 Salto Toss, in the trio with Emily Bott, Sophia Neylon, and Camryn Milliken, and in the quad with Payton Washington, Aliyah Kaloostian, Sarah Kerr, and Gabby Kaminski<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
The season-high scores were also tied in the compulsory toss and open pyramid<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
The highest score of the night was 9.95 in the open pyramid.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
BU is on a 45-meet winning streak.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To stay up to date all year long on all things Baylor acrobatics & tumbling, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Instagram: @BaylorAcroTumb.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none">Madelon Allen</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">| </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Associate
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