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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 28, 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 Men’s T&F Punches One Ticket to Nationals on Day One of NCAA West Preliminaries
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</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">COLLEGE STATION, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> On its first day of competition at E.B. Cushing Stadium, Baylor men’s track
& field saw Igor Olaru punch his ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the men’s hammer throw on Wednesday at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds. Additionally, three Bears advanced to the quarterfinals in their respective events.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">With the freshman’s advancement to the Championships, Olaru becomes the first Bear in program history to advance in the hammer throw event. Additionally, the Moldavian is the
only freshman to advance out of the top-24 field in the east and west. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Olaru began the day in the men’s hammer throw to start off Baylor in day one of competition. After some morning weather delays, Olaru wasted no time, breaking the BU program
record for the eighth time this season on his second throw at 220-1. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Moving to the running events, Demario Prince grabbed a Big Q in the 110mH at 13.48 (+0.2 m/s). Running out of lane five, Prince finished second in his heat to qualify to the
quarterfinals, taking place Friday at 6:15 pm CT. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">To no one’s surprise, the NCAA leader of Nathaniel Ezekiel cruised to a qualification to the quarterfinals in the men’s 400mH. Ezekiel ran the second-fastest time of the event
at 49.37 to push past the competition and advance to Friday’s quarterfinals. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Rounding out the day for Baylor was De’montray Callis, who finished 11<sup>th</sup> overall to survive and advance to the quarterfinals of the men’s 200m at 20.67, a season-best.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Callis and Laurenz Colbert also competed in the 100m, finishing outside the cut line at 24<sup>th</sup> and 35<sup>th</sup> respectively.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">JL Van Rensburg took part in the men’s shot put, finishing in 23<sup>rd</sup> place at 59-8.25 to round out his freshman season.
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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 women will take the track tomorrow with the first event of long jump beginning at 4:30 pm CT and running events beginning at 7:00 pm CT in the 100m.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:both"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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