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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 – May 14, 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 Set for Postseason at Big 12 Outdoor Championships<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 to compete at Rock Chalk Park from Thursday to Saturday<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">LAWRENCE, Kan. –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor track & field enters Championship Season this week at the Big 12 Outdoor
Championships, set from May 15-17 at Rock Chalk Park. <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 Bears will compete against the 15 other schools in the Big 12 Conference in Lawrence from Thursday to Saturday, with the decathlon and heptathlon kickstarting the competition
on Thursday morning. BU will look to earn its first Big 12 Championship team title in program history for the men and women. The men took the Southwest title in 1963.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">LAST TIME AT ROCK CHALK PARK<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">This is the first time since 2017 the Big 12 Outdoor Championships will take place in Lawrence, Kansas. At the 2017 Championships, Baylor women finished third with 123 points
and the men finished fifth with 79 points. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Maxwell Willis won Outstanding Freshman for BU as he was the high-point scorer, earning 20.5 points with taking the 200m and the 4x400 relay titles and finishing second in
the 4x100 relay and third in the 100m. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">LEAVING A LONG LEGACY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Alexis Brown has made herself known as the top-competitor in the nation in the women’s long jump event. After bringing the first ever NCAA National Long Jump Title to Baylor
during the indoor season, Brown hasn’t let the pressure weigh anything. During the 2025 indoor and outdoor season, Brown has won all eight long jump events she’s entered. The last time Brown didn’t earn gold was nearly a year ago at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships
where she finished fifth. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">During the outdoor season, Brown has jumped to remarkable records, hitting the 22-feet mark in all three meets she’s competed in. At the Florida Relays at her former school,
Brown became the first Baylor woman to hit 7.0 meters with her 22’11.75” (2.8 m/s) mark. Brown is the only sixth collegian all-time to break seven meters in any wind.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sharpening her teammates, freshman Janae De Gannes looks to follow Brown’s shoes. At the final regular season meet at Texas A&M, De Gannes leapt to a 22’0.75” mark. Baylor
is now the only school in the nation to have two female long jumpers hit the 22-feet mark this season.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">BIT BY BIT FOR NATE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Nathaniel Ezekiel looks to leave his final mark on Baylor entering his final postseason era. The Bowerman Watch List candidate has had an outstanding 2025 indoor and outdoor
season thus far. Concluding the outdoor regular season, Ezekiel has finished first in every event he's competed in with the 400m, 400 hurdles and the 4x400 relay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">At his final home meet for BU at the Michael Johnson Invitational, Ezekiel broke the BU program record in the 400 hurdles with a 48.99 mark. The Nigerian currently ranks No.
3 in the NCAA and inside the top-20 in the world in both the 400m and 400 hurdles for the 2025 season. Ezekiel will compete in the 400 hurdles and the 4x400 relay in Lawrence this week, looking to defend Baylor’s title as Demar Francis won the event in 2024.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">AMONG THE TOP 10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The women track & field team have proved themselves to be one of the top competitors in the nation as the Baylor women enter the postseason as the No. 7 team in the nation
and No. 2 in the Big 12, with the BYU women ranking fifth nationally. The ladies additionally hold four position groups in the top 10, being led at No. 1 in the long jump. Additionally, the Baylor women rank No. 3 in pole vault, No. 4 in the 100m and No. 6
in the 400m hurdles.<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">BEARS IN THE BIG 12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">To earn All-Big 12 honors, a student-athlete must finish inside the top eight in their respective event. Entering the Championships, Baylor has 22 athletes that rank inside
the top eight marks in the Big 12 standings. Among those 22, Alexis Brown (Long Jump), Nathaniel Ezekiel (400m & 400mH), Molly Haywood (Pole Vault) and Tiriah Kelley (200m) all rank No. 1 in the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">100 Meters (Men):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">7. De’montray Callis: 10.28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">100 Meters (Women):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">6. Alexis Brown: 11.20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">200 Meters (Women):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">1. Tiriah Kelley: 22.34<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">400 Meters (Men):
<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">1.Nathaniel Ezekiel: 44.75<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">400 Meters (Women):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">7. Calisha Taylor: 52.91<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">10,000 Meters (Women):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">5. Ruth Kimeli: 33.01.97<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">110 Hurdles (Men):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">5. Demario Prince: 13.44<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">400 Hurdles (Men):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">1. Nathaniel Ezekiel: 48.99<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">400 Hurdles (Women):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">3. Calisha Taylor: 56.44<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">4. Jasmine Gryne: 57.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">7. Sima Lucero: 57.67<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">4x100 Relay (Women):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2. Kelley, Lowe, Brown, Francois: 42.89<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">4x400 Relay (Men):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">8. Spencer, Ali, Honeyman, Ezekiel: 3:06.75<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">4x400 Relay (Women):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2. Lucero, Kelley, Taylor, Kinchen: 3:31.99<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Pole Vault (Women):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">1. Molly Haywood: 15’0.25”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2. Tenly Kuhn: 14’9.5”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Long Jump (Women):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">1. Alexis Brown: 22’11.75”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2. Janae De Gannes: 22’0.75”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Triple Jump (Women):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">4. Iyanna Webb: 42’11.75”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Shot Put (Men):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">8. JL Van Rensburg: 62’0.5”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Hammer (Men):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2. Igor Olaru: 217’10”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Heptathlon (Women):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">8. Logan Todorovich: 5,161 points<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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PFF Timing.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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