A new member to the Baylor track and field team recently made her mark, as graduate student mid-distance runner Rachel Hickey placed third in the 1,500-meter dash in the Clyde Hart Classic on March 23 in Waco.
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Seventeen Baylor runners will compete on Saturday in Ames, Iowa.
Baylor cross country is set to open its season on Friday in San Antonio, as the team travels to the University of the Incarnate Word’s annual Twilight meet at the Classics Elite Soccer Complex.
Since the formation of the conference in 1996, Baylor cross country has never won the Big 12, but that isn’t stopping the Bears from taking on a familiar course Friday in Lubbock — and they’re excited to do it.
“[At Florida], I realized that I was falling out of love with running and that I really just hated the sport,” Addy said. “I came to the point where basically it was like, if I want to continue running, it’s not going to be here.”
Both the men’s and women’s teams placed second in the first event of the season.
“It’s contagious,” head cross country coach David Barnett said. “When you’re racing, it makes it easier to fight for each other. It’s hard to quit when you have a lot invested, and you feel like you’re in this together with people.”