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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:white;background:red;mso-highlight:red;text-decoration:none">BIG 12 OTF CHAMPIONSHIP CREDENTIAL REQUEST (BU SEASON CREDENTIALS WILL NOT BE VALID):
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sb_output.aspx?form=1055"><span style="color:white">https://baylorbears.com/sb_output.aspx?form=1055</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:white;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 9, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championship Tickets on Sale Now</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Conference championships return to Clyde Hart Stadium for the first time since 2018<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information contact:
</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:"Aptos",sans-serif">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Tickets for the 2024 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championship, held May 9-11, at
the Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium are <a href="https://baylorbears.evenue.net/events/TRAS">
on sale now</a>, announced by the Baylor University Athletics ticket office and the Big 12 Conference on Tuesday morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Fans have daily and full session ticket options for the three-day meet. A meet schedule will be finalized and released by the conference office on the
<a href="https://big12sports.com/tournaments/?id=1033&path=track_field">championship page</a> soon.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Debuting the newly renovated Beynon Hobart BSS 2000 track surface, the Clyde Hart Track and Field Stadium is hosting two regular-season meets across March and April. Tickets
for the Michael Johnson Invitational, scheduled April 19-20, are <a href="https://baylorbears.evenue.net/events/MJ">
on sale</a> and head coach Michael Ford will honor the 2024 senior class that Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears head to the University of Florida to compete at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational on Friday and Saturday, with members of the distance crew traveling to Azusa Pacific
to run at the Bryan Clay Invitational that begins on Thursday. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">For the latest news on the Baylor track and field team all year long, follow its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorTrack.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">- BaylorBears<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">.com</span></span><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none">Colin Pirtle</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">|
Associate Director of Athletics Communications (T&F/XC, MTEN, FB) </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">C: 940-564-0351</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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