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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 15, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor XC Women Tab Top-8 Finish at Arturo Barrios Invitational</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ryan Day leads men’s squad, finishes seventh overall</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#616161"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Colin Pirtle, 940-564-0351, Colin_Pirtle1@Baylor.edu
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas –
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor cross country closed the regular season at the Arturo Barrios Invitational on Saturday morning on the Dale Watts Cross Country Course. The women’s squad finished eighth
as a team, while the men finished 13<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Baylor women were led by Ellie Hodge in 18<sup>th</sup> with a 21:03.4 6k time on the 2022 NCAA regional course. Also scoring
for the Bears was Taylor Whitfield in 42<sup>nd</sup>, Sophia Leidner in 43<sup>rd</sup>, Hayden Gold in 73<sup>rd</sup> and Cate Urbani in 74<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The 64-second spread led to 246 team points and the eighth-place finish, out of 38-total teams.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The men’s race was highlighted by Ryan Day finishing in seventh place out of the field of 360. Day’s 23:56.6 was only five seconds
behind his personal best that was set at the Gans Creek Classic, just two weeks ago.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor also picked up points from Ryan Hodge (24<sup>th</sup>), Drew Snyder (46<sup>th</sup>) and Ethan Wrase (221<sup>st</sup>).
Noah Monroy competed and scored in her first-ever meet as a Bear, finishing in 140<sup>th</sup> place with a time of 24:44.9.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The men tallied 362 points, good enough for 13<sup>th</sup> place.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">QUOTABLE<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Coach David Barnett’s thoughts on the meet…<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“The women’s team had a very solid performance and I still believe that more is possible heading into championship season. Ellie
Hodge has been an excellent leader on and off the course for us. The men had some good things happen and I’m optimistic that with a few more weeks, we should be able to close some gaps. Ryan Day had another great race and I’m excited to see him in the postseason.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears head to Lubbock, Texas, for the Big 12 Championship meet hosted by Texas Tech. The starting gun fires at 10 a.m. for the
women’s 6k, and the men will follow in their 8k at 11 a.m. Coverage on Oct. 28 will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-BaylorBears.com</span></i></span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#073D1E">Colin Pirtle</span></b><span style="color:#073D1E"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications (T&F, XC, MTEN) </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><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:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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