Bowling Green State University Athletics
Track Places Fourth At Central Collegiate Championships
January 25, 2003 | Women's Track and Field
Jan. 25, 2003
Kent, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University track and field team placed fourth in the Central Collegiate Championships held at Kent State University. Bowling Green posted a score of 56 points, which trailed only Penn State, Kent State and Ohio.
Junior Alicia Taylor (Cleveland Heights, OH) posted a season-best 8.82 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles to win the event. Taylor also placed fifth in the 60-meter dash and sixth in the 200-meter dash.
Sophomore Amber Walker (Detroit, MI) placed third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.67 seconds. Walker also finished fourth in the 200-meter dash with a final time of 25.49 seconds.
Senior Mary Willems (Huntington, IN) placed fourth in the weight toss with a distance of 16.87 meters, and Kerri McClung (Portland, IN) finished fourth in the shot put with a distance of 14.03 meters.
Sophomore Melissa Krueger (Versailles, OH) posted a season-best in the one-mile run with a time of 5:08.19, finishing sixth in the event.
Bowling Green also placed third in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:59.15, and placed fifth in the distance medley with a time of 12:43.19.
Penn State captured the Central Collegiate Championship with a score of 151.333.
Up next, the Falcons travel to Columbus, Ohio to compete in the Ohio State Invitational on Saturday, February 1.
Team Results
1. Penn State 151.333 2. Kent State 100.333 3. Ohio 64 4. Bowling Green 56 5. Toledo 55 6. Cincinnati 54.5 7. Akron 47.5 8. Detroit-Mercy 23.333 9. DePaul 22 10. Youngstown State 21 11. Loyola 13 12. Illinois-Chicago 11 13. Wright State 3
