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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: black;"><b>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 21, 2025</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: black;"><b>Kimeli Running on Familiar Course at NCAA Championship</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><b><i>Sophomore had breakout performance 14 months ago at Gans Creek</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>For more information contact:
</b>Jerry Hill; 254-709-4994, </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:jerry_hill@baylor.edu" title="mailto:jerry_hill@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="ab6679fc-8260-4e1c-b996-79dd3f304c8f" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">jerry_hill@baylor.edu</a></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Golos Text", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"><b>COLUMBIA, Mo. –</b> Running on the same course where she had a breakout performance 14
months ago in her first cross country season, Baylor sophomore Ruth Kimeli is one of more than 300 runners that will compete at the NCAA Championship Saturday morning at Gans Creek Cross Country Course. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Golos Text", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">This is actually Kimeli’s third time to run at Gans Creek, where she finished 13<sup>th</sup> a
year ago in a stacked Gans Creek Classic with a 6K time of 20:12.3 that marked the 18<sup>th</sup>-fastest time ever run on the course at that time. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Golos Text", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">“I’m glad she has another shot up there,” Baylor coach David Barnett said, “because that’s
why we’ve been going up there so often, to get the lay of the land up there. And it’s a good course, a fast course. They did a great job building it from scratch. It should be exciting.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Golos Text", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">Kimeli didn’t fare as well at this year’s Gans Creek Classic, but she bounced back with top-10
finishes at the Arturo Barrios Invitational in College Station and the NCAA South Central Regional last week in Fayetteville, Ark. She placed eighth with a time of 20:11.4, earning all-region honors and a spot in the NCAA Championship for the second-straight
year. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Golos Text", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">This is also marks her third NCAA Championship appearance after finishing 18<sup>th</sup> in
the 10,000 meters at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The first Baylor woman to qualify as an individual for the NCAA Championship in seven years, Kimeli finished 198<sup>th</sup> overall last year with a 21:09.9 clocking at a course in
Madison, Wisc. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Golos Text", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">“I think the only way to get better at being in championship races is to run championship
races,” Barnett said, “because there’s really nothing like it. You’re going to have a big crowd, you’re going to have a lot of energy there. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Golos Text", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">“I’m super proud of her, because making it to a national meet in any of the three sports we
do (cross country, indoor and outdoor track), you have to be able to do it that day. So, that’s a big deal. Super happy for her. I think she’ll continue to improve and get the hang of it all.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Golos Text", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">The national meet will kick off with the women’s 6K race at 9:20 a.m. Live results are available
at </span><span style="font-family: "Golos Text", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><u><a href="https://live.pttiming.com/xc-ptt.html?mid=8126" data-outlook-id="c721999a-d3f6-4e8b-aa05-ed41af96f775" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Prime
Time Timing</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Golos Text", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">, with ESPNU broadcasting the event live. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Golos Text", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">For the latest news on the Baylor cross country team all year long, follow its official Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorTrack.</span></p>
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