2008 BAYLOR TRACK & FIELD

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1 NCAA MIDWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS INDOOR DATE MEET LOCATION JANUARY 11 Arkansas Invitational Fayetteville, Ark Arkansas Open Fayetteville, Ark. FEBRUARY 1-2 Husker Invitational Lincoln, Neb. 1-2 UW Invitational Seattle, Wash Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. 23 Sooner Open Norman, Okla Big 12 Championships Lincoln, Neb. MARCH 8 Last Chance Meet Fayetteville, Ark NCAA Championships Fayetteville, Ark. OUTDOOR DATE MEET LOCATION MARCH 22 Dr Pepper Invitational Waco, Texas 28 ACU Triangular Abilene, Texas APRIL 3-5 Texas Relays Austin, Texas 4-5 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. 19 Michael Johnson Classic Waco, Texas Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa MAY 3 UTA Open Arlington, Texas Big 12 Championships Boulder, Colo NCAA Midwest Regional Lincoln, Neb. JUNE 2008 SCHEDULE NCAA Championships Des Moines, Iowa USATF Jr. Championships Columbus, Ohio 27-6 USATF Olympic Trials Eugene, Ore. NCAA MIDWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS May Ed Weir Stadium Lincoln, Neb. SCHEDULE FRIDAY Field Events: 1 p.m. Running Events: 1:30 p.m. SATURDAY Field Events: 1 p.m. Running Events: 4 p.m. RANKED TEAMS (TOP 25) Baylor (M/W), Colorado (M), Oklahoma (W), Texas (M/W), Texas A&M (M/W), Texas Tech (M/W) RESULTS Live results can be found at Nebraska s official athletics website Complete meet recaps can be found at following each day of competition. MEDIA RELATIONS Track and Field Contact: Jon Brown, Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations Office Phone: Cell Phone: Address: jonathan_brown@baylor.edu BAYLOR SET FOR NCAA MIDWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS The Baylor men s and women s track and field teams are set to travel to the 2008 NCAA Midwest Regional Championships on Friday and Saturday, May at Ed Weir Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. The meet will mark Baylor s third trip to Lincoln this season. The Bears also competed at the Husker Invitational during the indoor season, and Nebraska hosted the 2008 Big 12 Indoor Championships. Following competition at the 2008 NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, the Bears will travel to Des Moines, Iowa for the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on June Live results can be found at Nebraska s official athletics website Complete meet recaps will be available each evening at LAST YEAR AT THE NCAA MIDWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Quentin Iglehart-Summers won the open 400 meters, and the men's 4x400-meter relay dropped the nation s fastest time at the 2007 NCAA Midwest Regional meet on Saturday at Drake Stadium. Lauren Hagans set a new school record in the 800 meters to automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships. Baylor ran 3:01.66 in the 4x400-meter relay, the fastest time in the nation this season. Earlier last season, Baylor ran 3:02.00, the previous nation-leading time, on the same track during the Drake Relays. The Bears win the 4x400-meter relay for the fifth-straight year at the NCAA Midwest Regional, each year since the NCAA began regional meets. The time ranks as the fifth-fastest in the world, and the third-fastest in the United States. The Bears also set the Midwest Regional record, breaking the old mark of 3:02.65, set by Baylor in Iglehart-Summers clocked a time of 45.62, a new season-best time to claim the regional championship. Hagans automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships by finishing fifth in the 800 meters with a school-record time of 3:05.69 LAST TIME OUT The Baylor men's and women's track and field teams claimed five conference championships on the third day of competition at the 2008 Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Potts Field. The men's team placed sixth overall with 72 points, while the women finished in a tie for seventh with 59 points. Colorado won the men's championship with 138 points, while Texas A&M claimed the women's title with 157 points. Along with its five Big 12 titles, the Bears also had 21 athletes claim 22 All-Big 12 honors, including a team high four all-conference performances from Trey Harts. The men's and women's teams swept the 4x400- meter relays to end the meet. The women posted a season-best time, while the men used two substitutes to claim their Big 12 title. Baylor's time of 3:32.28 is the fastest time of the year for the Lady Bears, improving on their previous season-best time by almost four full seconds. Baylor clocked a time of 3:36.02 at Texas Relays to finish in fourth place behind Texas A&M. Baylor wins its third outdoor 4x400-meter relay title, also winning in 1998 and The Lady Bears now have seven total conference titles in the 4x400-meter relay including indoor and outdoor championships. The men's 4x400-meter relay won its 27th-straight race, with a winning time of 3: Baylor won its 11th-consecutive outdoor Big 12 Championship, and has now won 22 straight conference titles counting indoor and outdoor Big 12 meets. LeJerald Betters won his thirdstraight title in the men's 400 meters. Betters won the outdoor championship last year on the way to being named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and defended his title with a conference championship during the indoor season. His time of is a new personal best, and ranks as the 10th-best in Baylor history. Betters is the eighth-straight Baylor runner to win the 400 meter title. The Bears have also won 10 of the last 12 Big 12 championships in the 400 meters. Lauren Hagans won her first individual Big 12 title, clocking 2:05.32 in the women's 800 meters. The time is a personal-best for Hagans and ranks as the second-fastest time in Baylor history. With Nichole Jones' victory in the 800 meters last season, Baylor joins Texas (Liz Diaz, ) as the only school in Big 12 history to produce back-to-back champions in the 800 meters. Robert Griffin clocked a personal-best time of to win the men's 400-meter hurdles. Griffin, who graduated a year early from high school, was competing in just his fourth race of the season, following the completion of spring football practice. The time ranks as the third-fastest in Baylor history, and is the fourth-fastest time in the nation this year Baylor wins its first championship in the 400-meter hurdles since the Bears won five straight titles between 1999 and 2003.

2 2008 NCAA QUALIFIERS MEN [REGIONAL MARK] ATHLETE EVENT TIME/MARK LeJerald Betters Justin Boyd 400h Marcus Boyd Robert Griffin 400h Trey Harts Quentin Iglehart-Summers Jeremy Jackson 110h Nick Lyons JT 62.25m Jacob Norman Courtney Thomas M. Boyd, Scheuerman 4x Thomas, Harts J. Boyd, Harts 4x400 3:02.38 Iglehart-Summers, Betters WOMEN [REGIONAL MARK] ATHLETE EVENT TIME/MARK Erin Bedell 1,500 4:24.65 Steeple 10:24.56 Lyndsy Bedell 10,000 - P 34:43.81 Danielle Bradley 1,500 4:25.32 Steeple 10:17.86 Brittany Bruce Brittany Carr DeAna Carson 100h LJ 6.12m Brittany Devereaux DT 53.35m Carla Grace Jessica Gregory Lauren Hagans 800 2:0450 1,500 4:16.16 Loren Hodges 800 2:08.09 Nichole Jones 1,500 4:18.50 Stasia Kelly-Taylor TJ 12.58m Katrina Taylor 400m Kaleigh Teel PV 3.85m Tiffany Townsend Bruce, Grace 4x Carr, Townsend Taylor, Grace 4x400 3:32.72 Townsend, Bruce MEN S AND WOMEN S TRACK AND FIELD IN TOP 25 RANKINGS The Baylor men s track and field team moved up one spot to No. 11 in the nation, while the women s team remained at No. 16 in the most recent rankings released by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Weekly standings are based on current descending order lists of declared athlete for the NCAA Regional meets. The Bears have seven performances ranked in the top 10 this season. Baylor s 4x400-meter relay owns the nation s fastest time at 3:02.38 set at the Texas Relays. LeJerald Betters holds the thirdfastest time in the 400 meters at 45.12, and Quentin Iglehart-Summers is ranked ninth at Robert Griffin has recorded the fourth-best time in the 400-meter hurdles at 49.33, while Justin Boyd ranks ninth in the event at Trey Harts ranks fourth in the 200 meters with a time of 20.44, and the 4x100-meter relay is eighth in the nation at The Lady Bears hold four top-10 performances this season. Lauren Hagans (4:16.16) ranks fifth in the 1,500 meters. Tiffany Townsend ranks sixth in the 200 meters with a time of Baylor s 4x100-meter relay holds the third-fastest time at 43.72, while the 4x400-meter relay ranks fifth at 3: Nichole Jones in the 1,500 meters (12th), Carla Grace in the 200 meters (13th), Danielle Bradley in the steeplechase (17th) and Brittany Devereaux in the discus (20th) are all ranked in the top 20 in the nation. BEARS CLAIM FIVE TITLES AT BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS The Baylor men's and women's track and field teams claimed five conference championships on the third day of competition at the 2008 Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Potts Field. The men's and women's teams swept the 4x400-meter relays to end the meet. The women posted a season-best time, while the men used two substitutes to claim their Big 12 title. Baylor's time of 3:32.28 is the fastest time of the year for the Lady Bears, improving on their previous season-best time by almost four full seconds. Baylor wins its third outdoor 4x400-meter relay title, also winning in 1998 and The Baylor men won their 11th-consecutive outdoor Big 12 Championship, and have now won 22 straight conference titles counting indoor and outdoor Big 12 meets. LeJerald Betters won his third-straight title in the men's 400 meters. Betters won the outdoor championship last year on the way to being named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and defended his title with a conference championship during the indoor season. Betters is the eighth-straight Baylor runner to win the 400 meter title. Lauren Hagans won her first individual Big 12 title, clocking 2:05.32 in the women's 800 meters. Baylor joins Texas (Liz Diaz, ) as the only school in Big 12 history to produce backto-back champions in the 800 meters. Robert Griffin clocked a personal-best time of to win the men's 400-meter hurdles. Baylor wins its first championship in the 400-meter hurdles since the Bears won five straight titles between 1999 and TOWNSEND, SPRINT RELAY SET RECORDS AT BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS Tiffany Townsend clocked a Baylor record time of in the 200 meters, while the Baylor 4x100- meter relay of Brittany Bruce, Carla Grace, Brittany Carr and Townsend set a school record mark of at the 2008 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Townsend ran a sub-23 seconds time for the second-straight meet, and is one of only three Lady Bears to run under 23 seconds in the 200 meters. Townsend s two sub-23 second 200 meter races tie LaKadron Ivery for the most-ever by a Baylor runner. The sprint relay ran under 44 seconds for just the third time ever, breaking the old school record by three-tenths of a second. 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3 SUBS LEAD 4X400-METER RELAY TO 22ND-STRAIGHT TITLE The Baylor men s 4x400-meter relay won its 11th-straight outdoor Big 12 championship, and its 22ndstraight conference title overall with its win at the 2008 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Baylor was without Justin Boyd and LeJerald Betters, the three-time 400 meter conference champion, for the relay, substituting Marcus Boyd in the leadoff position and J.T. Scheuerman on the third leg. Boyd clocked a 46.5 seconds split out of the blocks, and Scheuerman blazed a 45.5 seconds split to overcome a 20-meter deficit to Texas A&M, handing off in a tie for first place. HAGANS, BRADLEY SET SCHOOL RECORDS AT STANFORD Lauren Hagans and Danielle Bradley set school records at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational hosted by Stanford. Hagans, clocked a school record time of 4:16.16 in the women s 1,500 meters. Her time currently ranks as the fifth-fastest in the nation this year. Bradley set a school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:17.86 in her first-ever running of the event. Her time is the fastest opening time in the steeplechase in school history, breaking Erin Bedell s mark of 10:24.56 set earlier this year. 4X400-METER RELAY WINNING STREAK CONTINUES The men s 4x400-meter relay won its 27th-straight victory with a time of 3:03.82 at the Drake Relays to post the second-fastest time in the nation. Baylor also owns the nation s fastest time and four of the top five times in the NCAA this year. The Bears have not lost a race to an NCAA team since the finals of the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships, and have claimed the 2007 indoor and outdoor NCAA titles as well as the 2008 indoor NCAA championship. Harts, J. Boyd and Betters were also a part of the relay that owns the world s fastest time in the indoor 4x400-meter relay. TOWNSEND JUST OFF SCHOOL RECORDS AT UTA OPEN Tiffany Townsend clocked personal-best times in the 100 meters and 200 meters to lead Baylor at the UT-Arlington Open. Townsend, an indoor All-American in the 200 meters, won the 100 meters in and clocked to win the 200 meters. The time in the 100 meters ranks as the 16th-fastest time in the nation this season, while the 200-meter time ranks fifth in the country. Only six other collegiate runners have gone under 23 seconds this season, with Townsend the only freshman among the group. Townsend s time in the 100 meters ranks sixth all-time in Baylor history. Her time of ranks as the second-fastest time in school history, just four one-hundredths of a second off the school record time of clocked by LaKadron Ivery at the NCAA Regionals in BAYLOR MAKES HISTORY AT DRAKE RELAYS FOR SECOND-STRAIGHT SEASON The Baylor men's and women's track and field teams made history for the second-straight year at the Drake Relays, winning seven relays titles on the weekend. Last year, the Baylor men's team won all four sprint relays (4x100-, 4x200-, 4x400-meter relays and the sprint medley), becoming the first school to accomplish the feat since Illinois in This season, Baylor competed in eight relays, coming away with seven relay titles. The Baylor women s team won the 4x100-meter, 4x200-meter, 4x1,600-meter and distance medley relays, while the men s team won the 4x100-meter, 4x200-meter and 4x400-meter relays. The seven combined relay titles set a new Drake Relays record, topping the previous record of five relay titles set by Illinois in The Baylor women's team won four relay titles, breaking the single-meet record for a women's team. Nebraska won three relay titles in 1992 and Alabama won three titles in The Lady Bears also became the most decorated women's team in Drake Relays history, with 18 relay titles all-time. Lincoln held the previous lead with 17 relay championships. HARTS BLAZES TO SECOND-FASTEST TIME IN THE 200M Trey Harts won four events with four NCAA Regional Qualifying marks and two personal bests at the Michael Johnson Classic. The highlight of the meet was his time of to win the men s invitational 200 meters. The time raked as the second-fastest in the nation this season and was run into a 0.9 meters per second headwind. GRIFFIN MAKES STRONG DEBUT IN 400-METER HURDLES After graduating from high school at midterm and reporting for spring football practice, Robert Griffin made his track debut at Baylor at the Michael Johnson Classic. Though he had just under two weeks of practice following Baylor s spring game on April 5, Griffin clocked a time of in the men s 400-meter hurdles to place second behind Baylor s Justin Boyd. TOWNSEND RACES TO GREAT FINISH AT MICHAEL JOHNSON CLASSIC Freshman Tiffany Townsend won two individual events and anchored Baylor to a win in the 4x100- meter relay at the Michael Johnson Classic. Townsend, who clocked in the finals of the 100 meters recorded a time of in the 200 meters, running into a 1.1 meters per second headwind. Towsend trailed the race by 10 meters before surging to the lead over the last 50 meters and leaning for the win at the tape. BAYLOR SETS NATION S FASTEST TIME The Baylor men s 4x400-meter relay set a collegiate leading time of 3:02.38 at the Texas Relays. The Bears ranked ninth in the nation in the event entering the weekend. Baylor started out of Lane 2 and quickly found itself among the leaders. Quentin Iglehart-Summers, making his first relay appearance since anchoring Baylor to a world-leading time at the Tyson Invitational, pulled away on the third leg, and LeJerald Betters split 44.6 to give Baylor the win by two seconds. The time also ranks as the third-fastest in the world this year HONORS NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONS Harts, M. Boyd, J. Boyd, Betters - 4x400-Meter Relay INDOOR ALL-AMERICANS Trey Harts - Tiffany Townsend - Harts, M. Boyd, J. Boyd, Betters - 4x400-Meter Relay Bradley, Grace, Jones, Hagans - Distance Medley BIG 12 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS LeJerald Betters Meters Robert Griffin Meter Hurdles Lauren Hagans Meters M. Boyd, Harts, Scheuerman, Iglehart-Summers - M. 4x400 Taylor, Carr, Townsend, Grace - W. 4x400 OUTDOOR ALL-BIG 12 PERFORMERS Lyndsy Bedell - 10,000 Meters LeJerald Betters Meters Justin Boyd Meter Hurdles Marcus Boyd Meters Danielle Bradley - Steeplechase Brittany Devereaux - Discus Robert Griffin Meter Hurdles Lauren Hagans Meters Trey Harts Meters Trey Harts - Loren Hodges Meters Quentin Iglehart-Summers Meters Nichole Jones - Jacob Norman Meters Katrina Taylor Meters Courtney Thomas - Tiffany Townsend - Renae Van Wyhe - 5,000 Meters Bruce, Grace, Carr, Townsend - W. 4x100 M. Boyd, Scheuerman, Thomas, Harts - M. 4x100 Taylor, Carr, Townsend, Grace - W. 4x400 M. Boyd, Harts, Scheuerman, Iglehart-Summers - M. 4x400 BIG 12 INDOOR CHAMPIONS LeJerald Betters Meters Trey Harts - Nichole Jones - 1,000 Meters Harts, M. Boyd, J. Boyd, Betters - M. 4x400 Jones, Bruce, Ganzar, Hagans - W. DMR INDOOR ALL-BIG 12 PERFORMERS Lyndsy Bedell - 5,000 Meters Kathryn Benvegnu Meters LeJerald Betters Meters Danielle Bradley - Mile Danielle Bradley - 1,000 Meters Justin Boyd Yards Leigh Ann Ganzar Meters Carla Grace Meters Lauren Hagans - Mile Trey Harts - 60 Meters Trey Harts - Loren Hodges Meters Nichole Jones - 1,000 Meters Nichole Jones - 3,000 Meters Katrina Taylor Yards Kaleigh Teel - Pole Vault Courtney Thomas - Tiffany Townsend - Taylor, Grace, Carr, Bruce - W. 4x400 Harts, M. Boyd, J. Boyd, Betters - M. 4x400 Jones, Bruce, Ganzar, Hagans - W. DMR SCHOOL RECORD HOLDERS Danielle Bradley - Steeplechase (outdoor) Brittany Devereaux - Hammer Throw (outdoor) Lauren Hagans - Mile (indoor) Lauren Hagans - (outdoor) Kaleigh Teel - Pole Vault (indoor/outdoor) Tiffany Townsend - (outdoor) Bruce, Grace, Carr, Townsend - 4x100 (outdoor) BIG 12 INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Quentin Iglehart-Summers (Jan. 15) Lauren Hagans (Jan. 15) NCAA CROSS COUNTRY ALL-AMERICAN Lauren Hagans USTFCCCA CROSS COUNTRY ALL-ACADEMIC Lauren Hagans Nichole Jones

4 2008 MEN S OUTDOOR BESTS 100 METERS (10.55) Trey Harts METERS (21.35) Trey Harts METERS (47.20) LeJerald Betters METERS (1:50.40) Ben Haby 1: ,500 METERS (3:47.80) Ben Haby 3: ,000 METERS Brandon White 9: ,000 METERS (14:12.00) Jeff Sadler 15: ,000 METERS (28:45.00, 29:30.00) Jeff Sadler 34: METER HURDLES (14.30) Jeremy Jackson METER HURDLES (52.51) Robert Griffin LONG JUMP (7.34m) Jerry Wells 6.90m TRIPLE JUMP (15.00m) Jerry Wells 14.70m POLE VAULT (5.05m) Joseph Farley 4.60m HAMMER THROW (56.80m) Michael Stevick 45.03m SHOT PUT (16.80) Adrian Edmonds 15.69m JAVELIN THROW (61.60m) Nick Lyons 62.25m 4x100-METER RELAY (40.66) M. Boyd, Scheuerman, Thomas, Harts x200-METER RELAY Thomas, Betters, M. Boyd, Harts 1: x400-METER RELAY (3:10.00) J. Boyd, Harts, Iglehart-Summers, Betters 3:02.38 BEARS CLOCK WORLD-LEADING TIME AT TEXAS RELAYS The Baylor men s 4x200-meter relay clocked the fastest time in the world this year, running 1:22.02 at the Texas Relays. Courtney Thomas, LeJerald Betters, Marcus Boyd and Trey Harts cruised to the Texas Relays win, and hold the world-lead by four one-hundredths of a second over Florida. Harts, Boyd and Betters were also a part of the relay that owns the world s fastest time in the indoor 4x400-meter relay. Since the Texas Relays, Baylor s time has fallen to the fourth-fastest in the world, and second-best in the NCAA. BOYD MAKES IMMEDIATE IMPACT Justin Boyd has made his mark in his first season at Baylor. A senior transfer from Angelo State, Boyd quickly earned a spot on Baylor s 4x400-meter relay, helping the Bears to their third-straight title with a win at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships. In the outdoor season, Boyd moved to his specialty, the 400-meter hurdles. He currently ranks fourth in the nation with a time of BEDELL SETS SCHOOL S FASTEST OPENING TIME After a year-long break from competition recovering from mononucleosis, Erin Bedell made her debut in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational. Her time of 10:24.56 ranks as the fourth-best time in Baylor history, and at the time was the fastest-ever opening mark in the event in program history. Since that time, Danielle Bradley ran a faster time to open in the event. DEVEREAUX, TEEL SET NEW SCHOOL RECORDS Brittany Devereaux and Kaleigh Teel set new Baylor records in the hammer throw and pole vault at the outdoor season-opening Dr Pepper Invitational. Devereuax s throw of 49.58m (162-08) broke her old school record by nearly 11 feet. Teel cleared 3.85m ( /2) to better her school record by six inches. She also cleared the first NCAA regional qualifying mark of her career. In addition, Teel equaled her school-record height of 3.85m at the Texas Relays. BEARS WIN THIRD-STRAIGHT 4X400-METER RELAY TITLE The Baylor men's 4x400-meter relay won its third-straight national championship with a world-leading time of 3:05.66 at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. The Bears, who also won the 2007 indoor and outdoor national championships in the event, won their third-straight national title, becoming just the fourth team in NCAA history to accomplish the feat. LSU most recently won three 4x400-meter relay titles in a row, winning the 2005 outdoor and 2006 indoor and outdoor championships. SMU accomplished the feat in , winning the 1986 indoor and outdoor titles and the 1987 indoor championship. Baylor also holds the NCAA record, winning five straight relay titles from the 1990 indoor championships through the 1992 indoor title. BETTERS BOUNCES BACK LeJerald Betters clocked in the 400 meter preliminaries at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, after suffering a leg cramp 50 meters into the race. Despite his injury, Betters came back the next day to anchor the Bears national championship 4x400-meter relay to first place with a 45.2 split and a world-leading time of 3: HARTS, TOWNSEND CLAIM 200 METER ALL-AMERICA HONORS Sophomore Trey Harts and freshman Tiffany Townsend claimed All-America honors at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Harts, an All-American in 2007 after an eighth-place finish in the 200 meters, finished eighth with a personal best time of Townsend finished 10th overall in the women s 200 meters, and earned All-America honors as the sixth-fastest American-born runner. Her time of ranks as the second-best in Baylor history; just one-hundredth of a second slower than the school record. HAGANS FINISHES INDOOR CAREER WITH ALL-AMERICAN FINISH Lauren Hagans finished in eighth place in the women s 3,000 meters at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Hagans, running in just her third 3,000-meter race of her career, lowered her personal best time by more than four seconds to 9:15.12 and ranks as the third-fastest time in school history. DISTANCE MEDLEY EARNS ALL-AMERICA STATUS The Baylor women s distance medley relay team finished eighth overall at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, earning All-America honors for the third-straight season. The Lady Bears finished in fifth place at the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Indoor Championships. BAYLOR WINS FIVE BIG 12 TITLES The Baylor men s and women s track and field teams won five titles at the 2008 Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships in Lincoln, Neb. The Bears women relay titles in the women s distance medley relay and the men s 4x400-meter relay. The women s title was the first in the DMR in the history of the Big 12 Conference. The men s 4x400-meter relay won its 11th-straight indoor title and 2straight 4x400-meter relay combining indoor and outdoor conference meets. LeJerald Betters won his second-straight 400 meters championship, winning at the 2007 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships last spring. Trey Harts won the men s 200 meters with a time that ranked third in the nation, while Nichole Jones, the consensus Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 2007, defended her title in the 1,000 meters. BETTERS BACK ON TRACK LeJerald Betters clocked a provisional qualifying time of at the Tyson Invitational in his first racing action of the season. Betters, the reigning Big 12 Champion in the outdoor 400 meters, also ran the third leg of the Bears world-leading 4x400-meter relay squad.

5 CROSS COUNTRY EARNS ACADEMIC HONORS Lauren Hagans and Nichole Jones were named to the 2007 NCAA Division I USTFCCCA Women's All-Academic Team, it was announced by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Feb. 25. A total of 91 female student-athletes representing 62 Division I institutions were named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team. The award honors those student-athletes who have succeeded both academically and athletically. To be eligible for the award a student-athlete must carry a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average and have completed a minimum 24 semester hours through the 2007 fall term. Additionally, the student-athlete must finish in the top 15 runners or top ten percent of finishers at their respective NCAA regional meet, or receive All-American honors. In addition, the Baylor women s cross country team was named a 2007 USTFCCCA Division I Women s Cross Country All-Academic Team. The Lady Bears compiled a team GPA of 3.69, the seventh highest total in the country. Baylor had the highest GPA of any school competing at the NCAA Championships, eight spots better than the next highest team (West Virginia, 15th). TEEL VAULTS PAST SCHOOL RECORD HEIGHT Kaleigh Teel demolished her old school record in the pole vault at the Tyson Invitational, clearing 3.81m (12-06), more than five inches higher than her previous school record of 3.68m ( /4). She now holds seven of the top 10 clearances in Baylor history. HAGANS BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD Lauren Hagans won the women s mile championship at the Razorback Invitational with a schoolrecord time of 4: The former record of 4:43.31 was set by Natalie Nalepa at the 1991 Southwest Conference Championships. Hagans has now competed in two events this season, winning both and recording two provisional qualifying times. FRESHMEN STEP UP IN FAYETTEVILLE Whitney Prevost and Tiffany Townsend had breakout weekends at the Razorback Invitational. Both came to Baylor as highly-rated prep athletes and were each named high school All-Americans. Townsend provisionally qualified in the 60 meters (7.43) and the 200 meters (23.65), while Prevost set a provisional mark in the 60 meters (6.68) in his first collegiate meet. Prevost s time ranks as the third-fastest in Baylor history, while both of Townsend s marks are the fourth-fastest at Baylor. HAGANS, IGLEHART-SUMMERS EARN BIG 12 HONORS Lauren Hagans was chosen as the Big 12 Female Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week, while Quentin Iglehart-Summers has been named the Male Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan This marks the first time both athletes have won weekly accolades. Hagans edged teammate Nichole Jones to win the 800 meters with a provisional qualifying time of 2: Hagans' time is the seventh-fastest in Baylor history and is the best time in a season-opening meet. Iglehart- Summers' winning time of seconds in the 400 meters is the fastest for Baylor in a season-opening meet since Jeremy Wariner's in He also recorded a 47.2 seconds split, anchoring the Bears to a first-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3: NO REST FOR THE WEARY Sophomore All-American Nichole Jones had an incredible series of races at the Arkansas Invitational. She started her day running a personal best 2:09.03 to finish second in the 800 meters, just three one-hundredths of a second away from an NCAA provisional qualifying time. Just 35 minutes later, Jones raced to a win in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:45.22, pulling away from the field by a full four seconds. INDOOR AND OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS The Baylor men s 4x400-meter relay team won the indoor and outdoor national championships in 2007, marking the fourth time in school history that a relay was able to win double titles in the same season. The 2007 edition, however, used the same lineup during both the indoor and outdoor races, while the three previous occurrences had different athletes comprising the indoor and outdoor relay teams. Baylor last accomplished the feat in 2004, with Olympic Champions Jeremy Wariner and Darold Williamson. The Bears won five straight mile relay championships during the seasons, winning the 4x400-meter relay at the indoor and outdoor national meets in 1990 and 1991 and claiming the 1992 indoor title. The feat of winning both indoor and outdoor mile relay championships in the same season has only happened ten times in the 43-year history of running both indoor and outdoor national meets, with Baylor responsible for four of those occurrences. Remarkably, four of the ten repeat winners have come in the past five years as Baylor pull off the feat in 2004 and 2007, and LSU matched the Bears in 2003 and BEARS FAMILIAR WITH FAYETTEVILLE Though a road trip to Arkansas for a track and field meet is not uncommon, this season the Baylor squads will have the 426-mile route from Waco to Fayetteville committed to memory. Baylor will compete in Arkansas-hosted meets on five different occasions during the indoor season, with a return trip scheduled for the Razorback Invitational during the outdoor season. Baylor opens its indoor season with consecutive trips to Fayetteville for the Arkansas Invitational (Jan. 11) and the Arkansas Open (Jan ). After a trip to Lincoln, Neb. for the Husker Invitational, the Bears return to Fayetteville for the Tyson Invitational (Feb ). Following another trip to Lincoln for the Big 12 Indoor Championships, Baylor returns to Arkansas for the Last Chance Meet (Mar. 8) and the NCAA Indoor Championships (Mar ) WOMEN S OUTDOOR BESTS 100 METERS (11.75) Tiffany Townsend METERS (23.96) Tiffany Townsend METERS (54.61) Katrina Taylor METERS (2:09.80) Lauren Hagans 2: ,500 METERS (4:27.80) Lauren Hagans 4: ,000 METERS Renae Van Wyhe 9: ,000-METER STEEPLECHASE (10:50.25) Danielle Bradley 10: ,000 METERS (16:52.00) Renae Van Wyhe 16: ,000 METERS (16:52.00) Lyndsy Bedell 34: METER HURDLES (13.92) DeAna Carson HIGH JUMP (1.75m) Kayla Smith 1.55m LONG JUMP (6.00m) DeAna Carson 6.12m TRIPLE JUMP (12.32m) Stasia Kelly-Taylor 12.58m POLE VAULT (3.85m) Kaleigh Teel 3.85m DISCUS THROW (47.30m) Brittany Devereaux 53.35m HAMMER THROW (54.15m) Brittany Devereaux 49.58m JAVELIN THROW (43.45m) Mallory Craig 25.20m 4x100-METER RELAY (45.70) Bruce, Grace, Carr, Townsend x400-METER RELAY (3:42.00) Taylor, Grace, Townsend, Bruce 3: x800-METER RELAY Bradley, Hodges, Harlan, Jones 8:50.04 SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY Townsend, Carr, Grace, Hagans 3:48.08 DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY Jones, Taylor, Hodges, Hagans 11: x1,600-METER RELAY Jones, Bradley, E. Bedell, Hagans 19:05.80

6 MEN S INDOOR BESTS 60 METERS (6.63; 6.74) Whitney Prevost METERS (20.83; 21.23) Trey Harts METERS (46.15; 47.25) LeJerald Betters YARDS Justin Boyd 1: METERS (1:48.20; 1:50.50) James Gilreath 1: ,000 METERS Logan Roberts 2:37.82 MILE (3:59.50; 4:04.00) Ben Haby 4: ,000 METERS (7:54.50; 8:05.00) Ben Haby 8: ,000 METERS (13:47.00; 14:10.00) Jacob Jones 14: METER HURDLES (7.70; 7.91) Jeremy Jackson 8.00 POLE VAULT (5.50m; 5.20m) Joseph Farley 4.65m (15-03 ) LONG JUMP (7.85m; 7.50m) Whitney Prevost 7.36 ( /4) TRIPLE JUMP (16.10m; 15.40m) Josh Camp 13.45m ( /2) SHOT PUT (19.30m; 17.75m) Adrian Edmonds 14.61m ( /4) DISTANCE MEDLEY (9:34.00; 9:45.70) Williams, Hawkins, Roberts, Haby 10: x400-METER RELAY (3:06.50; 3:10.40) Harts, M. Boyd, J. Boyd, Betters 3:05.66 OUTDOOR DOMINANCE IN THE 4X400-METER RELAY Beginning with its first 4x400-meter relay national championship in 1985, the Baylor men s team has dominated the event like no other. The Bears have claimed nine outdoor national championships and seven indoor titles. Baylor s 16 total championships in the 4x400-meter relay rank first in collegiate history with Oklahoma and UCLA (10 titles) tied for second place. Baylor relays have earned All- America status for 28 straight seasons and have finished in the top three on 38 occasions (including indoor and outdoor). At the 2007 NCAA Championships, Baylor clocked a winning time of 3:00.04, recording the fourth-fastest time in NCAA history and breaking Baylor s 12-year-old school record. At the NCAA Championships, Baylor ran the 4x400-meter relay under 3:01 for just the 22nd time in NCAA history. The Bears are responsible for nine of those times (40.9%), while UCLA ranks second with three such races (13.6%). The Bears clocked a time under 3:02 on two occasions in 2007, a feat that has been accomplished only 75 times in NCAA history. Baylor relays have recorded 31 of those times (41.3%), while Arizona State is second in collegiate history with six such occurrences (8%). Additionally, 207 4x400-meter relay teams have run under 3:03 in NCAA history, with Baylor responsible for 67 of those times (32.4%). LSU ranks second with 14 all-time races (6.7%) under 3:03. INDOOR DOMINANCE IN THE 4X400-METER RELAY Similar to Baylor s dominance in the outdoor 4x400-meter relay, the Bears have made their mark in the indoor race as well. Baylor matched its nine outdoor national championships with seven indoor titles, with its first coming in At the 2007 NCAA Indoor Championships, Baylor clocked a winning time of 3:04.24, three-tenths slower than the school record of 3:03.96 and less than one second off the collegiate record. In fact, Baylor and Florida, the collegiate record holder, are the only schools to run under 3:04 in the indoor 4x400-meter relay. The Bears have recorded six of the 23 times under 3:05 all-time. LSU has actually run more 4x400-meter relays under 3:05 with seven to its credit. Baylor also owns 13 of the 37 relays (35.1%) that have run faster than 3:06, with second-place LSU at eight races (22.2%). Of the 85 relays to run faster than 3:07, Baylor has recorded 25 of those occurrences (29.4%), while LSU ranks second with 13 all-time races (16.3%) under 3:07. In NCAA history, there have been 171 marks under 3:08 in the 4x400-meter relay, with Baylor leading the way with 38 of those marks (22.2%), with LSU second at 24 races (14.6%). Baylor continues its dominance in its signature event on oversized tracks. The Bears have recorded one of the seven times under 3:04 on an oversized track, and own five (20.0%) of the 25 all-time marks under 3:05 for a 4x400-meter relay. Baylor has recorded nine (25.7%) of the 35all-time 4x400- meter relays under 3:06 on an oversized track, with Oklahoma in second place with four (11.4%) such races. The Bears are responsible for 11 (13.1%) of the 84 4x400-meter relays to run under 3:07, while LSU ranks second with seven marks under the 3:07 barrier. Baylor also has recorded 14 (9.7%) marks in the 4x400-meter relay of the 144 races faster than 3:08 on an oversized track. Six other schools are tied for second place at seven (4.9%), just half the number of races as Baylor. BAYLOR VS. THE WORLD With its time of 3:00.04 at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships, the Baylor men s 4x400-meter relay would have run fast enough to secure a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan. The Bears time would be less than one second off the second place time of 2:59.18 run by the Bahamas. RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS The Baylor men s team returns four indoor and three outdoor All-Americans, including national champions LeJerald Betters, Quentin Iglehart-Summers and Jacob Norman. Trey Harts earned All-America honors in the indoor 200 meters in 2007, while J.T. Scheuerman was named All- American in the 4x400-meter relay at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Lady Bears also boast four indoor and three outdoor All-Americans. Erin Bedell, Lauren Hagans and Nichole Jones were members of Baylor s fifth-place indoor distance medley relay team in 2007, while Carla Grace earned All-America honors in 2006 as a member of the distance medley relay. Grace and Katrina Taylor were named All-Americans in the outdoor 4x400-meter relay in 2006, and Jones earned All-America honors in the outdoor 800 meters last spring.jones, BETTERS B12 FROSH OF THE YEAR Nichole Jones and LeJerald Betters were each selected as the Big 12 Freshmen of the Year. Jones earned the award on two occasions, earning Indoor Freshman of the Year honors after setting a Baylor and Big 12 record in the 1,000 meters in Ames, Iowa and sweeping the season awards with the Outdoor Freshman of the Year award following a record-setting performance in the 800 meters in Lincoln, Neb. Jones became the youngest indoor and outdoor champion in conference history. Betters was named the Outdoor Freshman of the Year after winning the 400 meters with a season-best time of The time marked the 12th-fastest quartermile in Baylor history. As a freshman, Betters helped the Bears to two national championships and was a four-time All-American and All-Big 12 selection.

7 YOUNG JONES MAKES HER MARK Nichole Jones had one of the most remarkable freshman seasons in Big 12 history. Jones, who graduated from high school a year early, made her mark at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, winning the 1,000 meters with a Baylor and Big 12 record of 2: By winning the event, Jones became the youngest Big 12 Indoor Champion in history, claiming the conference title more than a month shy of her 18th birthday. She also earned All-American status on the Lady Bears distance medley relay. Jones carried her momentum into the outdoor season, winning the Big 12 title in the 800 meters with a school record of 2:05.89 to become the youngest Big 12 Outdoor Champion in history. At the NCAA Championships, Jones earned All-America honors in the 800 meters and dropped the Baylor record in the event by more than one second to 2: Jones became Baylor s first-ever All-American in the outdoor 800 meters and was chosen as the consensus Big 12 Freshman of the Year. RETURNING ALL-CONFERENCE PERFORMERS The Bears return eight indoor all-conference performers and six outdoor All-Big 12 honorees. Among those returning athletes are conference champions LeJerald Betters, Trey Harts, Quentin Iglehart-Summers, Jacob Norman, J.T. Scheuerman and Courtney Thomas. The Lady Bears have nine returning athletes that have earned indoor all-conference accolades and eight returners have been named to the outdoor all-conference team. Included among those performers are Big 12 Champions Erin Bedell, Nichole Jones and Katrina Taylor. SCHOOL RECORD HOLDERS In 2007, Baylor track and field athletes set or tied 12 school records. Kaleigh Teel set two new school marks, while Brittany Devereaux set three new Baylor standards, including two on consecutive days at the Stanford Invitational. Nichole Jones accounted for two individual school records and ran the anchor leg on two additional relay school records as a freshman. In all, Baylor has 10 athletes on its roster this season that are responsible for 13 school records CROSS COUNTRY SUCCESS In 2007, the Baylor women s cross country team had one of its most successful seasons in program history. Ranked as high as 22nd in the nation during the season, the Lady Bears struggled to a fourth place finish at the Big 12 Championships. After a third-place showing at the NCAA South Central Regional, Baylor climbed back into the national rankings at 30th overall, and claimed one of the final at-large berths in the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Lauren Hagans earned All-America honors to lead Baylor to a 17th place overall finish, the best finish of any Big 12 school, at the NCAA Championships. Hagans earned All-America honors as the 24th overall American-born competitor at the meet. She is the fourth individual to earn All-America honors, and the first since 1999 when Karin Ernstrom finished 22nd overall competing as an individual. Sherri Smith finished 20th in 1998 and Natalie Nalepa earned consecutive All-America honors in 1990 and Nichole Jones just missed All-America honors finishing as the 3 overall American-born competitor. The 2007 season marked the fifth-straight year that Baylor qualified for the NCAA Championships. The 17th place overall finish was the second-highest during that current streak, and marked the first time during the streak that Baylor was the top finisher from the Big 12 Conference. DRAKE RELAYS RECORDS The 2007 Drake Relays marked a historic weekend for the Baylor track and field teams. The men s squad won all four sprint relay titles (4x100-meter, 4x200-meter, 4x400-meter and sprint medley), while the women s team shattered two Baylor relay records. In winning all four sprint relays, Baylor ties the Drake Relays meet record for relay titles in one year. In 1944, Illinois won all four sprint relays, the only other time the feat has been accomplished by a men's university team. With the win in the 4x400-meter relay, Baylor claims its third straight title in the event at the Drake Relays. The Bears have now won the 4x400-meter relay 13 times since 1992, including nine straight wins between 1992 and Baylor has won 45 relay titles at the Drake Relays, tying Kansas for the second-most alltime at the event that concluded its 98th running. The women's distance medley relay set a new Baylor record with a time of 11:08.88 to finish second in the event. The previous record of 11:15.32 was set at the 2006 Drake Relays. The Lady Bears then set their second school record of the night, placing second in the women's 4x800-meter relay in 8: That time was more than 13 seconds faster than the previous school record set at the 2007 Texas Relays, and at the time was the secondfastest time in the world. BAYLOR IN WORLD RANKINGS Two Baylor relays appear in the world rankings for The men s indoor 4x400-meter relay ranked as the fastest in the world during 2007, clocking a time of 3:04.24 at the NCAA Championships. The same Baylor squad also ranked third in the world following a 3:05.14 performance at the Tyson Invitational. In addition, the men s outdoor 4x400-meter relay ranked fourth in the world with its school-record time of 3: The women s outdoor 4x800-meter relay clocked a time of 8:28.48 at the Drake Relays to set a new school record. The time was the second-fastest in the world at the time, and ended the year as the third-fastest time in the world for WITHERSPOON NAMED BIG 12 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Baylor's Reggie Witherspoon was named Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week last season for meets through Jan. 15. Witherspoon won the 200-meter dash at the Arkansas Invitational in an NCAA provisional qualifying time of The time ranked as his second-fastest indoors and the fourth-best in school history. He also ran a 46.2 lead off leg on Baylor's 4x400-meter relay team, which took first place in an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 3: WOMEN S INDOOR BESTS 60 METERS (7.26; 7.44) Tiffany Townsend METERS (23.40; 23.90) Tiffany Townsend METERS (52.40; 54.40) Carla Grace YARDS Katrina Taylor 1: METERS (2:05.00; 2:09.00) Lauren Hagans 2: ,000 METERS Nichole Jones 2:46.57 MILE (4:40.00; 4:48.00) Lauren Hagans 4: ,000 METERS (9:15.00; 9:34.00) Lauren Hagans 9: ,000 METERS (16:08.00; 16:45.00) Jessi Barnes 16: METER HURDLES (8.14; 8.43) DeAna Carson 8.49 HIGH JUMP (1.85m; 1.78m) Kayla Smith 1.53m (5-00 1/4) LONG JUMP (6.35m; 6.10m) DeAna Carson 5.90m ( /4) TRIPLE JUMP (13.30m; 12.65m) Stasia Kelly-Taylor 12.29m (40-04) POLE VAULT (4.20m; 3.95m) Kaleigh Teel 3.81m (12-06) WEIGHT THROW (21.00m; 18.75m) Brittany Devereaux 17.15m ( /4) DISTANCE MEDLEY (11:09.00; 11:30.00) Jones, Grace, Bradley, Hagans 11: x400-METER RELAY (3:33.00; 3:40.00) Taylor, Grace, Townsend, Bruce 3:40.01

8 2007 HONORS WITHERSPOON DOMINATES AT CONFERENCE MEETS NCAA SOUTH CENTRAL REGION INDOOR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Reggie Witherspoon NCAA INDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Witherspoon, Betters, Mutai, Iglehart-Summers - M. 4x400 NCAA INDOOR ALL-AMERICANS LeJerald Betters Meters Quentin Iglehart-Summers Meters Trey Harts - Reggie Witherspoon - Witherspoon, Betters, Mutai, Iglehart-Summers - M. 4x400 Jones, Tillman, Hagans, E.Bedell - W. DMR BIG 12 INDOOR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Reggie Witherspoon BIG 12 INDOOR FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Nichole Jones BIG 12 INDOOR CHAMPIONS Nichole Jones - 1,000 Meters Reggie Witherspoon - Reggie Witherspoon Meters Scheuerman, Betters, Mutai, Iglehart-Summers - M. 4x400 NCAA OUTDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Witherspoon, Betters, Mutai, Iglehart-Summers - M. 4x400 NCAA OUTDOOR ALL-AMERICANS LeJerald Betters Meters Nichole Jones Meters Reggie Witherspoon - Witherspoon, Betters, Mutai, Iglehart-Summers - M. 4x400 NCAA OUTDOOR REGIONAL CHAMPIONS Quentin Iglehart-Summers Meters Witherspoon, Betters, Mutai, Iglehart-Summers - M. 4x400 BIG 12 OUTDOOR FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR LeJerald Betters Nichole Jones BIG 12 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS LeJerald Betters Meters Nichole Jones Meters Reggie Witherspoon - Anderson, Witherspoon, Thomas, Harts - M. 4x100 Iglehart-Summers, Teter, Mutai, Betters - M. 4x400 A transfer from Florida, Reggie Witherspoon did not waste any time leaving his mark on the Big 12. A two-year performer at Baylor, Witherspoon was named the 2006 Big 12 Indoor Athlete of the Year and High Point Performer. He won Big 12 titles in the 200 and 400 meters, becoming the first athlete in Big 12 history to win both the 200- and 400-meter crowns. Witherspoon duplicated his effort in 2007, winning the 200 and 400 meters on his way to earning Big 12 Indoor Athlete of the Year and High Point Performer honors for the second straight season. He was also selected as the NCAA South Central Region Indoor Athlete of the Year. During the outdoor season, Witherspoon won the 200 meters, ran the second leg on the Big 12 Champion 4x100-meter relay and placed second in the 400 meters to earn his third High Point Performer honor in four Big 12 Championship meets. Witherspoon, who competed only two seasons at Baylor, finished his career in third place in Baylor history with 10 total conference championships, including six individual titles. BEDELL NAMED TO THE BIG 12 GOOD WORKS TEAM Lyndsy Bedell was named to the inaugural Spring Sports Good Works Team last spring. One student-athlete from each institution is selected for recognition based upon significant community service efforts, good academic standing, and participation in a Big 12-sponsored sport. Bedell volunteers in the Waco community by visiting local elementary schools as part of a reading program. She visits area kids and reads with them, helping to improve reading skills as well as providing the children with a college-aged role model. Bedell also volunteers with the Lil' Wrangler Round-Up, a community service effort organized by Baylor Athletics and the Hillcrest Health System. The event brings together Baylor student-athletes and community children affected by cancer. Bedell is a five-time All-Big 12 performer, earning two all-conference honors at the 2007 Big 12 Indoor Championships. She placed third in the women's 5,000 meter run, and was sixth in the women's 3,000 meter run. Bedell is a two-time All-Big 12 selection in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase. At the Stanford Invitational, Bedell clocked a time of 10:24.01 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, a regional qualifying mark and a personal best of more than six seconds. HART NAMED 2006 NIKE COACH OF THE YEAR Legendary Baylor track and field coach Clyde Hart was named the 2006 Nike Coach of the Year by USA Track & Field. Hart, who also won the Nike Coach of the Year Award in 2004, guided Jeremy Wariner and Sanya Richards to undefeated seasons outdoors in the 400 meters in 2006, including an American record for Richards and a sweep of the IAAF Golden League meets for both. In 43 years as coach at Baylor University, Hart has coached 32 national champions (15 individual and 17 relay) and 475 All-America performances, including 118 women's All-Americans. His men's 4x400-meter relay teams have earned outdoor All-America status for 28 consecutive years and captured 16 NCAA titles. Hart's teams have turned in 10 World-record performances (nine individual and one relay) and nine NCAA record efforts. For Hart, the 2006 Nike Coach of the Year Award marks his eighth national coach of the year award in the last 18 years. Hart has been named NCAA Coach of the Year in 1989 and 1996, and was named USATF Coach of the Year in 1996, 2004, and Additionally, Hart received the USOC Coach of the Year award in 1996, 2004, and Hart has been awarded the USOC Coach of the Year award three times in its ten-year history. No other coach has received the honor more than once. BEARS FRESHMEN RANKED FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR The Baylor recruiting class earned national recognition as Track and Field News ranked it as the ninth-best recruiting class in the nation. This season s freshmen include High School All-Americans James Gilreath and Whitney Prevost as well as USATF Junior Olympic national champions Marcus Boyd and Nick Lyons. This marks the second straight season that Baylor has had its men s recruiting class ranked according to the national publication. The recruiting class, including All-Americans LeJerald Betters, Trey Harts and J.T. Scheuerman, was ranked as the second-best recruiting class nationally. THREE BEARS NAMED TO ALL-USA TEAM Last summer, three Baylor freshmen were named to the USA Today/Track and Field News All-USA team, as ten high school boys and girls were selected in five categories. Tiffany Townsend was a state champion and national leader this spring in both the 100 meters and 200 meters. Her times of and were the fastest in the nation this season, and set new Texas state records. During the indoor season, Townsend won National Scholastic Indoor Championship in the 60 meters (7.32) and 200 meters (23.34). Whitney Prevost won three gold medals at the Texas state meet, winning the 100 meters (10.45), 200 meters (20.99) and long jump (23-03). Prevost won the 200 meters and took fifth in the 100 meters at the Nike Outdoor Nationals. James Gilreath won the 400 meters (47.33) and the 800 meters (1:57.31) at the Tennessee state meet. He also placed second at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in the 800 meters with a time of 1:49.98.