Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Open At Ohio Saturday
December 21, 1999 | General
Sept. 13, 1999
THIS WEEK: The Bowling Green State University cross country teams, after posting wins to open the season, return home for the Mel Brodt Invitational Saturday (Sept. 18). The Mel Brodt race marks the Falcons' only home action of the season. The women's race will begin at 2:00 p.m., with the men's race starting at 2:45 p.m. and an open race commencing at 3:30 p.m.
Following the Mel Brodt Invite, the Falcons will be idle for a weekend before resuming competition on Oct. 1. That day, the men will head to Auburn Ala., for the Pre-South Regional Meet, while the women will head to the Notre Dame Invitational.
LAST WEEKEND: Both BGSU teams opened the season at Ohio University, and both the Falcon men and women finished first in the three-team races. BG bested Ohio and Marshall in each case.
The Falcon men posted a team score of 34 points to top the MU Thundering Herd (42) and the OU Bobcats (56). Senior Dan Flaute was the Falcons' top finisher, placing third overall. BG had seven runners among the first 12 finishers.
On the women's side, BGSU's 30 points topped both Ohio (36) and Marshall (94). Junior Lisa Mariea led the Falcons by placing third overall. Like the BG men, the Falcons placed seven runners among the top-12. BGSU's complete list of finishers can be found under the "results" sites.
(September 6 Release)
FALCONS OPEN AT OHIO SATURDAY
BGSU Men's and Women's Squads Head to Athens to Begin 1999 Campaign
THIS WEEK: The Bowling Green State University cross country teams head to Athens, Ohio, to open the 1999 season at Saturday's (Sept. 11) Ohio University Duals. The women's race is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m., with the men's race set for an 11:15 a.m. start.
Next week, the Falcon teams host the lone home meet of the 1999 campaign, the Mel Brodt Invitational. The women's race will begin at 2:00 p.m. a week from Saturday (Sept. 18), with the men's race starting at 2:45 p.m. and an open race commencing at 3:30 p.m.
The BGSU women's squad enters the season looking to win its fourth Mid-American Conference title in five years. The Falcons captured the 1998 MAC Championship, which was held in Bowling Green. The BG men placed ninth in last year's league meet.
The BGSU women welcome back junior Christine Thompson, who earned All-MAC Second-Team honors by finishing eighth in the conference meet last year. Other returnees who were regulars in the 1998 Falcon lineup include seniors Angie Michael and Libby Mitchell, and Nikki Monroe and junior Lisa Mariea. Additionally, the Falcons regain the services of senior Jessica LaFene. LaFene, an all-league first-teamer in 1997, redshirted the 1998 campaign due to injury.
On the men's side, senior Dan Flaute heads a group of four returning letterwinners from last season. Juniors Kreg Hatfield and Aaron Usher and sophomore Rob Glatz look to return to the team's lineup in 1999.
FALCONS IN THE MAC POLLS: The BGSU men and women were picked to finish eighth and tied for second, respectively, in the Mid-American Conference this season. Those predictions were made by the league's head coaches last month (released Aug. 19). The complete polls, with first-place votes (in parentheses) and total points received, follow:
1999 MAC MEN'S PRESEASON POLL:
1. Eastern Michigan (6)____138 2. Miami (5)_______________134 3. Western Michigan (1)____118 4. Central Michigan________113 5. Kent_____________________96 6. Ball State_______________74 7. Ohio_____________________71 8. Bowling Green____________58 9. Akron____________________52 10. Toledo___________________34 11. Marshall_________________25 12. Buffalo__________________23
1999 MAC WOMEN'S PRESEASON POLL:
1. Ohio (7)________________134
2. Bowling Green (1)_______111
Kent (1)________________111
4. Eastern Michigan_________97
5. Akron (1)________________94
Miami____________________94
7. Toledo___________________93
8. Ball State_______________79
9. Western Michigan_________60
10. Central Michigan (1)_____58
11. Buffalo__________________30
12. Marshall_________________25
13. Northern Illinois________15
BGSU IN THE REGIONAL POLL: The Falcon women were ranked sixth in the Great Lakes District Preseason Poll, released last week. BG trailed (in order) Wisconsin, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio and Michigan State. Butler, Marquette, Kent and Toledo rounded out the top-10.
FALCON QUICK FACTS
HEAD COACHES Men: Sterling Martin (second year) Women: Scott Sehmann (interim)
Sterling Martin begins his second season as the BGSU men's cross country and track coach. Martin, a 1987 graduate of Drake University, came to BG after five years as men''s cross country coach at his alma mater.
Bowling Green women's track coach Scott Sehmann currently serves as interim cross country coach. Sehmann, entering his 10th season at BGSU, was appointed head track coach this past summer. A former all-conference track athlete at the University of South Dakota, he spent two years apiece as an assistant coach at his alma mater and at the University of Wyoming.
KEY 1998 RESULTS Men: MAC Championships: 9th of 12 Great Lakes Regional: 15th of 26 Women: MAC Championships: 1st of 13 Great Lakes Regional: 3rd of 26MAC TITLES Men: 1969, 1995 Women: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1995, 1996, 1998
BGSU RESULTS LINE 419/372-7076, choose option 4 (same-day results and brief summaries from all Falcon athletic teams)
