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No. 8 Baylor T&F seek perfection ahead of NCAA Outdoor Championships

By Michael Haag | Sports Editor

No. 8 Baylor track and field has a plethora of entries for the NCAA Outdoor Championships meet, set for June 8-11 in Eugene, Ore., and head coach Michael Ford said he knows his squad will have to perform at the highest level.

“I always say, ‘You have to have the perfect race,’” Ford said. “They’ll have to have the perfect race, perfect jump or perfect throw to get on the podium.”

With those high expectations, the first-year head coach said he still thinks all 10 of his contestants “have a good shot to make it through the final.