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Golden Flash Gala
Pettigrew Hits Qualifying Mark At Golden Flash Gala
December 07, 2013 | Women's Track and Field
Complete Golden Flash Gala Results (.pdf)
Kent, Ohio – Bowling Green State University senior Jeanette Pettigrew opened the 2013-14 indoor track and field season with a splash, placing second in the 60 and hitting the MAC Automatic Qualifying Mark in the event.
Pettigrew placed second in the prelims with a time of 7.62 and then improved to 7.56 in the finals to again finish as the runner-up behind only Pittsburgh's Taranisha Taylor at 7.51. Sophomore transfer Alicia Arnold place third in both the prelims and finals, posting a time of 7.67 seconds to come up .01 short of the MAC Automatic Qualifying Mark in the event.
Redshirt junior Brittany Sinclair finished third in the 400 with a time of 58.33 seconds and junior Natalie Sommerville followed her with a career-best time of 59.05 seconds to place seventh. Sophomore Kera Lamotte ran a career-best 25.86 seconds to finish fifth in the 200, while freshman Gabrielle Edwards was fifth in the 300 in 41.55 seconds. Sophomore Tiera Parker had a sixth-place finish in the triple jump at 37-feet-00.25, a distance that was more than a foot longer than any Falcon a year ago.
Bowling Green is now off until hosting the BG Opener at Perry Fieldhouse Jan. 11.
Golden Flash Gala
BGSU Results
60 Prelims – 2. Jeanette Pettigrew 7.62, 3. Alicia Arnold 7.73, 11. Tiera Parker 7.88, 18. Gabrielle Edwards 8.04
60 Finals – 2. Jeanette Pettigrew 7.56, 3. Alicia Arnold 7.67
200 – 5. Kera Lamotte 25.86, 11. Brittany Sinclair 26.28
300 – 5. Gabrielle Edwards 41.55, 6. Kera Lamotte 41.86, 7. Brianna Johnson 41.99, 17. Connor Kempf 43.81
400 – 3. Brittany Sinclair 58.33, 7. Natalie Sommerville 59.05
Triple Jump – 6. Tiera Parker 37-00.25, 8. Raven Porter 35-6.75
