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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">Madelon Allen</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#385623"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">| </span><span style="color:black">Associate
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Allen, Madelon <Madelon_Allen@baylor.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, March 15, 2024 at 12:21</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Allen, Madelon <Madelon_Allen@baylor.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>No. 1 Baylor A&T Hosts No. 4 Gannon in Final Home Meet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 15, 2024</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">No. 1 Baylor A&T Hosts No. 4 Gannon in Final Home Meet</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Bears ready to face the Golden Knights for Senior Day</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168,
</span><a href="mailto:madelon_allen@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">WACO, Texas – </span>
</b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">No. 1 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling will host No. 4 Gannon in their final home meet of the season. The meet will start at 2 p.m. CT at the Ferrell Center. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The Bears (5-0) face the Golden Knights (6-0) for the seventh time in program history and fifth time in Waco.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">BU is coming off a two-meet road trip and earned the Bears’ first perfect 10 of the season in Open Pyramid heat vs. LIU. The Bears also earned three scores of 9.95 across the two meets in Inversion
Pyramid and 5-Element Acro vs. LIU as well as Synchronized Pyramid vs. Iona. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Gannon is coached by Brandy Duren, a former student-athlete of Baylor head coach Felecia Mulkey when she was at Oregon. The Golden Knights are coming off a two-win streak at home, beating Azusa
Pacific 270.905-258.635 on Mar. 5. On Monday, the Knights scored a season high 278.605 at home vs. Fairmont State.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Baylor will honor its seven graduating seniors immediately following the conclusion of the meet and will also feature a baby race at halftime. Tickets are a dollar for fans looking to attend the
meet.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The senior class consists of top/tumbler Kristen McCain, tumbler Gianna Vaiarelli, top Brennah Cotner, top/tumbler Ally Joswick, bases Zoë Collins, Riley Chimwala and Bayley Humphrey.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The meet will be streamed on ESPN+ with Kurtis Quillin and alumna Ashley Echelberger on the call. Live results are available
</span><a href="https://baylorbea.rs/3plBMTA"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">here</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">. A full recap and final scores will be posted to BaylorBears.com/acro after the conclusion of the meet.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">To stay up to date all year long on all things Baylor acrobatics & tumbling, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok and Instagram: @BaylorAcroTumb.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">Madelon Allen</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#385623"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">| </span><span style="color:black">Associate
Director of Athletics Communications </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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