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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0F4761">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – August 14, 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Baylor XC Announces 2025 Schedule</span></b><span style="font-family:Courier;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Bears competing twice in-state in meets at UTA and A&M</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Courier;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121">Jerry Hill; 254-709-4994, </span><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#96607D"><a href="mailto:jerry_hill@baylor.edu"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jerry_hill@baylor.edu</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:Courier;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"> Returning for his fifth year as Baylor’s head cross country coach,
David Barnett announced on Thursday a six-meet schedule for the 2025 season that includes a pair of in-state meets.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">The Bears will open their season on Sept. 5 in the Gerald Richey/UTA Invitational at the Harold Patterson Sports Complex in Arlington,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Following a two-week break, Baylor will go out of state for the first time to compete in the prestigious Gans Creek Classic on Sept. 26
in Columbia, Mo. At last year’s meet, then-freshman Ruth Kimeli became the first BU woman to earn a top-10 finish at the meet, placing eighth with a 6K time of 20:12.3.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">In the final meet of the regular season, the Bears will take the familiar trip down Highway 6 for Texas A&M’s Arturo Barrios Invite on
Oct. 31 in Bryan-College Station, Texas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Postseason begins with the Big 12 Championship, hosted by the University of Kansas on Oct. 31 at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence, Kan. Hosting
the meet in Waco a year ago, the Baylor men and women both placed 13<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Two weeks later, the Bears will head to Fayetteville, Ark., for the NCAA South Central Regional on Nov. 14 at Agri Park, trying to earn
spots in the NCAA Championship on Nov. 22 back at the Gans Creek Course in Columbia, Mo.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">For the latest news on the Baylor cross country team all year long, follow its official Facebook, X and Instagram accounts: @BaylorTrack.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">2025 Baylor Cross Country Schedule</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Sept. 5 – Gerald Richey/UTA Invite (Arlington, Texas)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Oct. 17 – Arturo Barrios Invite (Bryan-College Station, Texas)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Oct. 31 – Big 12 Championship (Lawrence, Kan.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Nov. 14 – NCAA South Central Regional (Fayetteville, Ark.)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Nov. 22 – NCAA Championship (Columbia, Mo.)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0F5C1A">Jerry Hill</span></b><span style="color:black"> | Director of Sports Journalism (T&F/XC) </span><span style="font-family:Courier;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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