Bowling Green State University Athletics
Track Finishes Seventh at MAC Championships
May 13, 2006 | Women's Track and Field
May 13, 2006
TOLEDO, Ohio - The weather didn't want to cooperate with the women's track team, but that didn't matter. The Falcons finished seventh out of twelve teams on the final day of competition at the 2006 Outdoor MAC Championships.
The seventh place finish is the team's highest since 1999, where the team finished sixth.
Head coach Scott Sehmann, who will not return after the completion of the outdoor season, was very pleased with the team's performance throughout the three-day event.
"I am very happy for the team," said Sehmann. "They really put forth the effort and it showed and now everyone else can see what we as a team have been seeing all a long about how we can perform."
Saturday's action saw several Falcons shine in their events. The sprinting team of Jessica White and hurdler Nicole Standback really came through for the team. White crossed the 100-meter line in third place to claim the bronze medal in a time of 11.86 seconds. Standback too finished third in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 14.03 seconds.
White and Standback teamed up with teammates Lyndi Springer and Lacey Cochran to win their heat of the 4x100-meter relay in a season best time of 46.80, to finish seventh overall.
Another third place medal came in the form of a thrower in Bowling Green's very own Whitney Hartman in the discus with a toss of 143-01.00. Hartman had already claimed the bronze medal in the weight throw on Thursday.
Jamie Roflow was the Falcons highest placed finisher this weekend. She placed second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Friday in a time of 10:27.37. On Saturday, she came back to finish second in the 5,000-meter run, in a personal-record 16:43.54. For her finish, she was named to the second team All-MAC list.
Friday's action saw Kim Settle finish sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a new personal-best time of 11:05.09, placing her third on the all-time steeplechase list. Rounding out the top eight in the event Stephanie Hillman, who, after running the 10,000-meter run last night, came back and finished eighth in the steeplechase with a new personal-record of 11:30.03.
Thursday's action saw junior Andi Bunko finish fifth in the javelin throw with a distance of 41.13 meters. Senior Alyson Lee finished eighth with a distance of 35.96 meters.
Sehmann also made note that all but one point (Alyson Lee's eighth place javelin finish) came from athletes who will return to the team for the 2006-2007 season.
With their highest place in seven years, the team will now disband and spend the summer preparing for the next year.
"I am so proud of them and wish I could be here to see them succeed as a team next year, because I know they are going to be even better next year," said Sehmann.
Final Women's Team Scores 1) Akron - 141 2) Eastern Michigan - 103 3) Ball State - 97 4) Kent State - 89.5 5) Western Michigan - 85.50 6) Central Michigan - 60 7) Bowling Green - 52 8) Miami - 50.50 9) Toledo - 45 10) Northern Illinois - 35. 50 11) Ohio - 35 12) Buffalo - 25Women's Most Valuable Performer Patrice Beasley, Eastern Michigan
Women's Most Outstanding Track Performance Jill Scully, Ball State
Women's Most Outstanding Field Performance Ashley Kaufman, Akron
Women's Coach of the Year Dennis Mitchell, Akron
Final Men's Team Scores 1) Central Michigan - 176.50 2) Eastern Michigan - 159.50 3) Akron - 134.50 4) Kent State - 132 5) Miami - 102.50 6) Ohio - 58 7) Buffalo - 54
Men's Most Valuable Performer Dan Huling, Miami
Men's Most Outstanding Track Performance Johnie Drake, CMU
Men's Most Outstanding Field Performance John Russell, Akron
Men's Coach of the Year Jim Knapp, CMU
Women's First Team All-MAC Patrice Beasley, Eastern Michigan
Janaie Edwards, Central Michigan
Beata Rudzinska, Akron
Jill Odom, Western Michigan
Jill Scully, Ball State
Ebba Stenback, Toledo
Tamera Thomas, Central Michigan
Chrystal Dooley, Eastern Michigan
Natalie Sako, Akron
Lashonda Davis, Miami
Liz Mangen, Akron
Stevi Large, Akron
Ashley Kaufman, Akron
Ashley Morrow, Northern Illinois
Sarah Landau, Miami
Jennifer McCoy, Ball State
Tamelca Lewis, Ball State
Women's Second Team All-MAC Deanna Caldwell, Eastern Michigan
Voni Ferguson, Ball State
Emily Freudenrich, Akron
Rachel Zubricky, Akron
Carime Reinhart, Ohio
Jamie Roflow
Amber Williams
Dominik Stokowska, Kent State
Ashley McCullough, Eastern Michigan
LeVania Henderson, Kent State
Jenna Strouse, Akron
Vanessa Roelofson, Buffalo
Jackie Rodgers, Kent State
Taryn Nye, Miami
April Williams
Men's First Team All-MAC
Johnie Drake, Central Michigan
Steve Wezner, Central Michigan
Abraham Mach, Central Michigan
Corey Nowitzke, Eastern Michigan
Dan Huling, Miami
Clarence Glenn, Central Michigan
Brian Heim, Buffalo
Tomasz Smialek, Akron
Scott Mayle, Akron
Rayshon Higgins, Buffalo
Auston Papay, Akron
Andy Nicholas, Kent State
Dave Adamek, Eastern Michigan
John Russell, Akron
Chris Caine, Kent State
Men's Second Team All-MAC
Pierre Vinson, Central Michigan
Roy Shavers, Eastern Michigan
Ray Armstrong, Kent State
Jake Dubois, Eastern Michigan
Jeff Powers, Central Michigan
AJ Oyer, Akron
Mike Meditz, Akron
Adam Kring Phil Rickaby, Kent State
Cadeau Kelley, Akron
Randall Hafner, Akron
Jarosl Zakrzewski, Kent State
Rob Prechtt, Miami
Brent Shelby, Kent State
David Jones, Central Michigan
Kevin Dwyer, Miami
