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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 – March 22, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor T&F
</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Kicks Off Outdoor Season at Clyde Hart Classic</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bears earned 12 first place finishes including a new program record</span></i></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720,
</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">josie_hutton@baylor.edu</span></a></span><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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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WACO, Texas</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> –</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">In the first meet of the outdoor season, Baylor track & field wrapped up the Clyde Hart Classic with 12 first place finishes including a new program record set by freshman
thrower Igor Olaru at the Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">THE RUNDOWN</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Beginning the day at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Olaru took control in his outdoor debut earning a 201-00 mark on his first throw to set a new program record in
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">hammer throw, which was previously held by Gary Moore Jr. with a 199-1 mark. Olaru went on to break the record once again on his fifth throw and earned a 206-07 mark and
earned first place for hammer throw. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Moving on to
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">women’s javelin throw, sophomore thrower Ellie Fooshee earned herself a new PR with a 136-02 mark and made the podium with a second-place finish. Freshmen multis Kiara Wesseh
and Logan Todorovich both set new PRs for javelin with Wesseh garnering a 117-07 mark and Todorovich earning a 114-06 mark. Freshman multi Dexter Brice earned his PR in men’s javelin throw with a 143-00 mark. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">indoor All-American junior pole vaulter Tenly Kuhn earned gold with a 14-01.25 mark, picking up from a successful indoor season. Junior pole vaulter Lillianna Ifft earned
a third-place finish with a 12-07.50 mark. Finishing up in field events, freshman jumper Iyanna Webb and sophomore jumper Bella Copeland earned first and second place finishes respectively. Webb had a 42-04.75 mark while Copeland earned a 41-04.50 mark. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Going into the running events, the Bears took the gold in the women’s 4x</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">100m relay.
The squad of Aaryona Kinchen, Hannah Lowe, Summer Sergeant and Michaela Francois ran for a time of 44.79. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">In both the men’s and women’s 1500m</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">, the Bears set new PR’s including two podium
finishes. Sophomore Ruth Kimeli ran for 4:33.42 to earn herself a first-place finish while, sophomore Aiden Ramshaw earned a second-place finish with a 3:56.49. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">dual-sport athlete Mason Dossett earned a first-place finish in the 110m hurdles with a 14.11 time. In the women’s 100m hurdle, Kaylah Braxton earned a wind-aided third place
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Moving into the men’s
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">400m, BU took both first and second. Tyler Honeyman earned gold with a 46.96 time while, Aren Spencer took silver with a 47.27 mark and earned himself a new PR. In both 800m
races, the Bears swept the first places with Alaina Zamorano earning gold for the women and Ethan Wrase getting it for the men. Zamorano ran for 2:19.98 while Wrase had a 1:55.53 time. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">3000m race, Baylor took gold for both the men’s and women’s races. Ella Perry earned a 10:26.01 time and Nolan Keenan garnered an 8:50.38 mark to earn himself a new PR. Closing
out the meet in the men’s 4x400, BU’s squad earned the top of the podium. The quad of Spencer, Honeyman, Abbas Ali and Ricquan Graham ran for 3:08.25. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WHAT’S NEXT</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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