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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – July 13, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Baylor T&F Women Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, </span><a href="mailto:colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">NEW ORLEANS –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> The Baylor women’s track and field team and five individual student-athletes were
named All-Academic by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Thursday afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The women’s team was honored after recording a 3.09 cumulative GPA during the 2022-23 academic year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Individually honored from the women’s squad were Makala Long and Aïcha Moumin, while Ben Conacher, Cole Hardan and Eli Morris joined them from the men’s team.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic individual honors, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.25 and have met at least one of the following athletic
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For the indoor season, a student-athlete must have finished the season ranked in the top 96 in any championship individual event, or in the top 48 in any championship relay
event, for the most recent indoor season, certifiable by their place on final season performance lists on TFRRS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In the outdoor season, a student-athlete must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships (the Preliminary Championship Competition
and/or the Final Championship Competition) or for the multi-events, must have finished the season ranked in the top 48 in the East or top 48 in the West for the most recent outdoor season, certifiable by their place on the TFRRS performance list.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To stay up to date throughout the year on all things Baylor track and field, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorTrack.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none">Colin Pirtle</span></b><span style="color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications
(T&F/XC, MTEN, FB) </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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