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The Baylor Line will be stronger than ever this Saturday.<\/p>\n
More than 900 Baylor women who attended BU between 1970-94, back when the Line was a male-only organization, will take the field at McLane Stadium on Saturday for a Ceremonial Running of the Baylor Line<\/a> before the football game against UT. These women will get to live out a distinct Baylor experience for the first time, customized line jerseys and all — and check an important item off their Baylor bucket list<\/a> that\u2019s been years in the making.<\/p>\n Among those running the Line Saturday will be a group of women whose bond goes back more than 30 years, to when the four of them were freshmen in North Russell Hall. Debbie Bryant-Smith (BBA \u201989, MBA \u201990), Chera Bain-Jackson (BS \u201989), Jamie Noland-Smith (BBA \u201989) and Kristen St. Peter-Brown (BBA \u201989) bonded over meals at Penland and sessions spent scouring the old Freshman Annual, the way to see who was who in the days before social media.<\/p>\n Their story, like so many others in the Baylor Family, is a story of friendships that stayed strong throughout the ups and downs and life, long after their time on campus was through.<\/p>\n After graduation, life took Debbie, Chera, Jamie and Kristen to different cities, with family and careers the focus of most of their time. But the time they spent together, in spite of their obligations and the distance between them, made their bonds even stronger. About a decade after graduating from Baylor, the quartet began to get together once a year for a girls’ trip to a spa or other destination, traveling both far (Puerta Vallarta and Miami) and near (Dallas and Waco).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t \u201cThe neat thing is, it doesn\u2019t matter how busy the year has been, I know this will be my opportunity to completely relax and be with girls who completely understand me and know me,\u201d Debbie says. \u201cWe\u2019ve got so much history. Three of us don\u2019t have sisters, so this little group has become our sisterhood. It\u2019s an unconditional love sort of thing. We all have demands and professional jobs, but when we get back together, it\u2019s like we\u2019re 18 again. It\u2019s nice to have that little family you can always go back to.\u201d<\/p>\n Saturday, all four will run together in the Baylor Line. Jamie, a football season ticket holder whose son, Grayson, is a Baylor freshman, contacted the rest immediately upon hearing about the ceremonial running. She didn\u2019t want to miss out on a chance to run on the same field as her son, and she didn\u2019t want to do it without her sisters. They all agreed, and their jerseys will tell the story of their shared history together (\u201cMamaSpaBear” 1, 2, 3 and 4).<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s like a re-do for us, and we\u2019re excited to be a part of the evolution of this tradition,\u201d Debbie adds. \u201cBaylor is such a huge part of our lives, and to be able to share in this with them and other Baylor women is special. I work with the Baylor Women\u2019s Network of Houston<\/a>, and I\u2019m constantly amazed at the creativity, community, poise and professionalism of Baylor women. It\u2019s exciting to be a part of that community and to share in this with so many other Baylor women running.\u201d<\/p>\n Sic \u2019em, Debbie, Chera, Jamie, Kristin, and all Baylor women running the Line Saturday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Baylor Line will be stronger than ever this Saturday. More than 900 Baylor women who attended BU between 1970-94, back when the Line was a male-only organization, will take the field at McLane Stadium on Saturday for a Ceremonial Running of the Baylor Line before the football game against UT. 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