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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">January
31, 2020</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Track & Field: Hardan Sets Weight Throw School Record</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">Several Bears recorded personal bests on the opening day in Lubbock.</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> Kellen Coleman, 254-749-6507, </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="mailto:Kellen_Coleman@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#954F72">Kellen_Coleman@baylor.edu</span></a></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">LUBBOCK, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Cole Hardan broke his own school record in the weight throw with a toss of 61-6.75
(18.76m), and several Bears recorded personal bests to highlight day one for Baylor track & field at the Texas Tech Invitational & Multis Friday at the Sports Performance Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“Overall, it was a good opener,” head coach Todd Harbour said. “We had some good PBs (personal bests). Our weight throwers all PB’d, so that was a nice day for those guys. We
had some good, solid runs in the 400. We had some PBs in the 60m and 60m hurdles. We had about as many PBs as you can get in one day, so from that standpoint it was good. The competition is great up here as we knew coming in. Any time you’re running your best,
that’s all you can ask for.”<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 was the first time this season for Hardan to record a mark in the weight throw, and he made sure it was a big one. The sophomore from Valley Center, Calif., placed sixth with
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“It was really a big day for Cole,” Harbour said. “He’d been struggling a little bit in the weight throw, so that was one of the highlights of the day. That was a nice school
record.”<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 weight throw, Mikayla Deshazer registered a personal-best mark of 53-4.25 (16.26m) to finish in second place. Samone Turner took fifth with a personal best of
her own (50-3.5; 15.33m).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alex Madlock placed fifth in the women’s triple jump with an indoor personal best of
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">43-9.25 (13.34m), which would be a top-5 national mark based on rankings heading into this weekend.<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 was a good PB for Alex in the triple jump,” Harbour said. “Caira (Pettway) just got one today, 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">In the men’s 400 meters, Howard Fields III was forced into a DNF after getting tangled up on the first turn of the second 200. Matthew Moorer was the top-finishing Baylor runner
in the 400, clocking in at 47.47 to place eighth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“We had the mishap in the quarter with Trey (Howard Fields III), which was disappointing for him because he was running really well,” Harbour said. “I felt for him, because he
was going to run a big time. It just wasn’t meant to be today. We’ll line up in that 4x4 tomorrow and get after it there.”<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 Bears continue action in Lubbock Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. CT wirth the men’s and women’s long jump as well as the women’s shot put. Live results can be found at <a href="http://pttiming.com/events/87931741">http://pttiming.com/events/87931741</a>.<br>
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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" 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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