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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 23, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor T&F’s Pettway Named Big 12 Women’s Athlete of the Week<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Fifth-year senior recorded three wins at TCU Invitational</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Colin Pirtle, 940-564-0351, Colin_Pirtle1@Baylor.edu
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Caira Pettway was named Big 12 Track & Field Women’s Athlete of the Week after a stellar outdoor opening meet at TCU, the conference announced Wednesday.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A native of Sunnyvale, Texas, Pettway is the third Bear to win a weekly conference honor this season, and she does so after a three-win meet at the TCU Invitational last
weekend. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Pettway ran the leadoff leg on the 4x100 relay, with Arria Minor, Sydney Washington and Michaela Francois, that recorded a 44.43-second race to open up the outdoor relays
for the Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In the long jump, Pettway’s new personal-best of 20-10 ½ gave her a gold medal in the event and the No. 5 all-time spot at Baylor. Another PR was set in the 100-meter dash, as
her 11.37-second race marks the No. 9 fastest from any Bear.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For the latest news on the Baylor track and field team all season long, follow its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorTrack. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com">www.BaylorBears.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">__________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0A5026">Colin Pirtle</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0A5026"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Communications Intern (Interim-T&F/XC) </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">C: 940-564-0351</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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