Bowling Green State University Athletics
BGSU Competes Against Ohio
February 14, 2008 | Women's Track and Field
Feb. 14, 2008
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Coming off a third place finish at the BGSU Quadrangular, the women's track and field team will head to the road for just the second time in their young season. This week they will travel to Findlay, Ohio for the All-Ohio Championship. The event will give the Falcons a good look at how they stack up against three MAC opponents before they head to the MAC Indoor Championships in two weeks. BGSU will compete against eleven other schools from Ohio, which include Miami, Ohio University, Toledo, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Central State, Tiffin, Findlay, Malone, and Walsh University.
Last week at the BGSU Quad, the Falcons finished third with a total of 124 points, which included 17 top five finishers. The Falcons led the way in the 800 meter run, 3,000 meter run, weight throw, and long jump.
The track and field team continued to look impressive in the long jump with Freshman Brittani McNeal taking the top honors with a jump of 5.43 meters. Senior Amanda Sefcik added a fourth place finish with a jump of 5.35 meters.
The BGSU throwers once again helped the Orange and Brown get off to a quick start earning 24 points. Senior Whitney Hartman out threw the competition with a mark of 18.09 meters while teammate Lauren Bryant (18.07m) finished a close second. In the shot put, Senior Liz Honegger added a fourth place finish with a toss of 13.73 meters. Hartman added three points to the Falcons total with a seventh place finish, after throwing for a mark of 13.41 meters.
Freshman Barbara Powers finished second in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 18:24.93.
In pole vault competition, Sophomore Sabrina Forstein added a second place finish to her resume with a vault of 3.49 meters.
In the one mile run Autumn Dettmann and Kara Butler finished third and seventh place earning the Falcons eight valuable points.
The Orange and Brown proved that they were a team to contend with in the 800 meter run with three top five finishes. Senior Lyndi Springer led the way for BGSU finishing with a time of 2:17.35. Hillary Hewit and Danielle Thornton added a second and fifth place finish.
University of Findlay All-Ohio Indoor T & F Championships - 2/15/2008 to 2/16/2008 Hosted by The University of Findlay Malcolm Athletic Center - Findlay, OHSession Report
Session: 1 Multi-Events/DMR Day 1 - Friday 2/15/2008 - Starts at 10:45 AM Starts at Event Round ============================================================ 10:45 AM #34 Hept: #1 Men 60 Meter Dash Finals 10:45 AM #34 Hept: #2 Men Long Jump Finals 10:45 AM #34 Hept: #3 Men Shot Put Finals 10:45 AM #34 Hept: #4 Men High Jump Finals 11:10 AM #33 Pent: #1 Women 60 Meter Hurdles Finals 11:10 AM #33 Pent: #2 Women High Jump Finals 11:10 AM #33 Pent: #3 Women Shot Put Finals 11:10 AM #33 Pent: #4 Women Long Jump Finals 11:10 AM #33 Pent: #5 Women 800 Meter Run Finals 6:00 PM #20 Men Distance Medley Finals 6:15 PM #19 Women Distance Medley Finals Session: 2 Multi/Field Events Day 2 - Saturday 2/16/2008 - Starts at 08:00 AM Starts at Event Round ============================================================ 8:00 AM #34 Hept: #5 Men 60 Meter Hurdles Finals 8:00 AM #34 Hept: #6 Men Pole Vault Finals 8:00 AM #34 Hept: #7 Men 1000 Meter Run Finals 11:00 AM #32 Men Weight Throw Finals 11:30 AM #23 Women Pole Vault Finals 11:30 AM #26 Men Long Jump Finals 11:30 AM #25 Women Long Jump Finals 11:30 AM #22 Men High Jump Finals 11:30 AM #21 Women High Jump Finals 12:45 PM #31 Women Weight Throw Finals 2:00 PM #27 Women Triple Jump Finals 2:45 PM #24 Men Pole Vault Finals 2:45 PM #30 Men Shot Put Finals 3:30 PM #28 Men Triple Jump Finals 4:00 PM #29 Women Shot Put Finals Session: 3 Running Events Day 2 - Saturday 2/16/2008 - Starts at 01:20 PM Starts at Event Round ============================================================ 1:20 PM #1 Men 5000 Meter Run Finals 1:40 PM #2 Women 5000 Meter Run Finals 2:10 PM #4 Men 60 Meter Hurdles Prelims 2:20 PM #3 Women 60 Meter Hurdles Prelims 2:30 PM #6 Men 60 Meter Dash Prelims 2:35 PM #5 Women 60 Meter Dash Prelims 2:45 PM #8 Men 1 Mile Run Finals 3:00 PM #7 Women 1 Mile Run Finals 3:15 PM #4 Men 60 Meter Hurdles Finals 3:20 PM #3 Women 60 Meter Hurdles Finals 3:25 PM #10 Men 400 Meter Dash Finals 3:35 PM #9 Women 400 Meter Dash Finals 3:50 PM #6 Men 60 Meter Dash Finals 3:55 PM #5 Women 60 Meter Dash Finals 4:00 PM #12 Men 800 Meter Run Finals 4:10 PM #11 Women 800 Meter Run Finals 4:20 PM #14 Men 200 Meter Dash Finals 4:35 PM #13 Women 200 Meter Dash Finals 4:50 PM #16 Men 3000 Meter Run Finals 5:05 PM #15 Women 3000 Meter Run Finals 5:25 PM #18 Men 4x400 Meter Relay Finals 5:35 PM #17 Women 4x400 Meter Relay Finals
