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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 21, 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 Alexis Brown Added to Bowerman Watch List<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">Graduate makes debut on prestigious list after impressive Big 12 Championship performance<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">NEW ORLEANS –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Alexis Brown has made her career debut on the prestigious Bowerman Watch List based
on the most recent update released by the organization. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Brow is only the second Baylor woman to be named to the watch list, joining Aaliyah Miller (2021). Brown is the 27th woman named to the watch list this year, an all-time high
for a single season. <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 honor comes from Brown’s stellar performance at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships where the graduate earned two gold medals in the long jump and 4x100 relay and a silver
medal in the 100m sprint. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">On day two of the conference championship, Brown took part in the long jump competition, looking to defend her outdoor title while having already won the indoor title. In her
first jump of the day, Brown leapt to 7.03 meters, 23'0.75", to achieve national status. By joining the seven-meter club, the Kennedale, Texas, native became No. 1in the world 2025 outdoor season, No. 3 in collegiate, tied for No. 8 in American history and
the second-best American collegiate ever.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">In the 4x100 relay with the team of Tiriah Kelley, Hannah Lowe, Brown and Michaela Francois, the group defended the title, winning the event in back-to-back years with a season-best
mark of 42.73 which ranks No. 2 in the NCAA this season. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Merely an hour later in the 100m final, Brown sprinted for a big PR of 11.08, just 0.02 seconds shy of the BU school record to finish second. Brown now ranks tied for 10<sup>th</sup>
in the NCAA. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">With the help of Brown, BU’s women’s long jump event group currently ranks No. 1 in the nation and the 100m event group ranks No. 4. Overall, the women’s team ranks No. 8, having
held inside the top-10 for all of the 2025 outdoor season. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The final Bowerman watch list update is scheduled to occur Wednesday, June 4 (women) and Thursday, June 5 (men). Looking ahead, semifinalists for the award will be announced
Wednesday, June 25 (women) and Thursday, June 26 (men). Finalists will be announced the week of Monday, June 30.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Brown and the rest of the Baylor team will continue in the postseason at the NCAA West Preliminaries in College Station, Texas from May 28-31.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">UPDATE #6 WOMEN’S WATCH LIST - MAY 21<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">ªilan Ayyildiz, Oregon (Mid-Distance)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">*Alexis Brown, Baylor (Sprints/Jumps)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Aaliyah Butler, Georgia (Sprints)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">JaMeesia Ford, South Carolina (Sprints)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Pamela Kosgei, New Mexico (Distance)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Doris Lemngole, Alabama (Distance)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Indya Mayberry, TCU (Sprints)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Amanda Moll, Washington (Pole Vault)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Michaela Rose, LSU (Mid-Distance)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Jayden Ulrich, Louisville (Throws)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">* making watch list career debuts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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