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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 13, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor T&F to Compete in Final Indoor Regular Season Meet at Jarvis Scott Open<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bears put final preparations before Big 12 Indoor Championships<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720,
</span><a href="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">josie_hutton@baylor.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">LUBBOCK, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor track & field prepares to make its final touches of the 2025 indoor regular
season this weekend at the Jarvis Scott Open at the Sports Performance Center from Feb. 14-15.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">In the week three rankings released by the USTFCCCA Tuesday morning, both the men and women were placed inside the top-25 together for the first time this season. The women
rose four spots to No. 15 while the men jumped nine spots at No. 24 to enter the top ranks.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The men’s rise in the ranks was contributed by last weekend’s performances at the Charlie Thomas Invite by Demario Prince and the 4x400 relay squad of Demar Francis, Nathaniel
Ezekiel, Abbas Ali and Dillon Bedell. After matching the program record three times already, Prince broke the barrier to etch his name once more into the record books with a 7.57 time. The sophomore's time is the fifth best mark in the NCAA this season and
credits as a program, meet and facility record.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The men’s 4x400 relay team grabbed a season-best time of 3:05.15 to put them 10th in the NCAA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">On the women’s side, the 4x400 relay squad of Samenna Mathew, Tiriah Kelley, Calisha Taylor and Aaryona Kinchen improved their season-best time by nearly 20 seconds at 3:35.55
to put them third in the Big 12 and 21<sup>st</sup> in the NCAA. The relay team looks to continue the upwards trend to make the final push to the top-16 marks to advance to the NCAA Indoor Championships in March.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Pole vaulter Molly Haywood had a historic weekend at the Charlie Thomas Invite. Haywood soared to new heights to become the first Baylor woman to reach the 15-feet mark in
indoor program history. Haywood, setting a new program, meet and facility record with a 15-0.25 mark, broke her personal record three times before taking home the title. The sophomore's mark ranks tied for fourth in the NCAA for the 2025 season and leads in
the Big 12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Jarvis Scott Open will begin with field events on Friday with the women’s pole vault section B at 2 p.m. CT while the running events will start at 5 p.m. CT beginning with
the women's 60-meter prelims.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">On Saturday, field and running events will begin at 11 a.m. with the triple jump and the women’s 200-meters.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears will take the week off before returning to Lubbock for the 2025 Big 12 Indoor Championships from Feb. 28-Mar. 1.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">EVENT ROSTER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Friday’s Events:
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Pole Vault (B):
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Dexter Brice, Lilliana Ifft
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Weight Throw:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Igor Olaru<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Long Jump:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">William Sistruck; Alexis Brown, Janae De Gannes,, Nikayla Fitzgerald, Logan Todorovich, Iyanna Webb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">60m:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">De’montray Callis, Laurenz Colbert, Austen Diggs, Demario Prince; Alexis Brown, Royaltee Brown, Michaela Francois, Tiriah Kelley, Hannah Lowe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">60mH:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Mason Dossett, Pablo Negre Smedema, Demario Prince; Kaylah Braxton, Shaye Feely, Logan Todorovich, Kiara Wesseh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">400m:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Abbas Ali, Nathaniel Ezekiel, Demar Francis, Tyler Honeyman, Jack Jackson, Aren Spencer; Jasmine Gryne, Aaryona Kinchen, Sima Lucero, Summer Sergeant, Calisha Taylor<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">Saturday’s Events:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Triple Jump:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">William Sistruck, Aren Spencer; Bella Copeland, Iyanna Webb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Shot Put:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">JL Van Rensburg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Parker Brannon; Katelyn Andrews, Molly Haywood, Tenly Kuhn, Alencia Lentz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">High Jump:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sydney Smith, Kiara Wesseh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">200m:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">De’montray Callis, Laurenz Colbert, Austen Diggs, Demar Francis, Tyler Honeyman, Jack Jackson; Kaylah Braxton, Royaltee Brown, Michaela Francois, Tiriah Kelley, Hannah Lowe, Summer Sergeant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">1000m:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Caden Biltz, Jordan Ledington, Ella Perry, Rickeisha Simms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">600y:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Jasmine Gryne, Calisha Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">4x400:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Abbas Ali, Nathaniel Ezekiel, Demar Francis; Jasmine Gryne, Tiriah Kelley, Aaryona Kinchen, Sima Lucero, Calisha Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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