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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0F4761">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – September 5, 2025</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Baylor XC Opens Season at UTA Invitational</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Women record a pair of top-10 finishes in 5K race
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<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" title="mailto:jerry_hill@baylor.edu">jerry_hill@baylor.edu</a></span></u><span style="color:#212121"><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"><a href="https://live.runfarusa.com/meets/56243">UTA Invitational Results</a><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">ARLINGTON, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"> Baylor cross country kicked off the 2025 season at Friday’s
Gerald Richey UTA Invitational, with the women finishing fourth and the men seventh in the 5K races at the Harold Patterson Sports Complex.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Running shorthanded, with all-region runner Ruth Kimeli held out of the meet, the women recorded a pair of top-10 finishes. Sophomore Ella
Perry was sixth with a personal-best time of 17:53.2, just ahead of UT transfer Mackenize Browne in eighth at 18:05.2.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">“For a lot of these teams, this is their second meet of the season,” Baylor head coach David Barnett said. “And those two really stuck
their noses in there and competed really well.”<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">Since it was the Bears’ season-opening race, Perry said “this meet was all about focusing on competing rather than focusing on a time.”<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">“I was so excited to get on the line with our new teammates,” Perry said, “and we all did amazing. I’m so excited for the upcoming season.”<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">Freshman Rachel Haws placed 14<sup>th</sup> in her collegiate debut with a time of 18:25.5, followed by sophomore Sally Corder (25<sup>th</sup>,
18:54.2) and freshman Evanna Jacobsen (61<sup>st</sup>, 20:04.3). <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">Picking up where he left off, sophomore Jack Sterrett led the way for the men, finishing 24<sup>th</sup> with a time of 15:32.0. Sterrett
held off junior teammate Straton Miller (25<sup>th</sup>, 15:32.4) in a sprint to the line.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Juniors Aiden Ramshaw (34<sup>th</sup>, 15:41.7) and Nolan Keenan (45<sup>th</sup>, 15:55.7) and sophomore Caden Biltz (61<sup>st</sup>,
16:18.2) rounded out BU’s scoring runners, with freshman Caleb McCarver (63<sup>rd</sup>, 16:24.6) nipping at Biltz’s heels in his collegiate debut.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">“Like any sort, until you blow the whistle, you just don’t know,” Barnett said. “But overall, more good than bad. I’m excited to get back
to work and get ready for the next meet.”<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">After a two-week break, Baylor will go back on the road for the Gans Creek Classic on Sept. 26 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#154734;mso-ligatures:none">Jerry Hill</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> | Director of Sports
Journalism (T&F/XC)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">C: 254-709-4994</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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