Falcons Shatter Records During Weekend Competitions

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March 30, 2013 | Women's Track and Field

By: by Jason Knavel, Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications

Full Raleigh Relays Results
Full Toledo Collegiate Challenge Results

Raleigh, N.C. / Toledo, Ohio – Bowling Green broke two school records and Brooke Pleger posted a historic mark in the hammer throw as the Falcon track and field team competed at two separate events Saturday. The split squads competed at the Raleigh Relays, hosted by North Carolina State, and the Toledo Collegiate Challenge, hosted by the University of Toledo.

Pleger threw the hammer 212-feet-6 to break the meet and facility record in North Carolina. Her distance ranks third in the country currently and has only been bettered in the MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship one time in history. The previous school record of 191-7 was set by Whitney Hartman in 2008 and the Raleigh Relays meet record had stood since 1999.

On top of Pleger's fantastic mark, the 4x200 relay team of Jeanette Pettigrew, Taylor Rambo, Brittany Sinclair and Allison Weimer set a new school record with a time of 1:37.80. The old record of 1:38.95 was set in 1995 by Julie Shade, Andrea Lindsley, Clarice Gregory and Kaleitha Johnson.

“It was our goal to open our season well the first two meets and there is no doubt that we have done that,” BGSU head coach Lou Snelling said. “We are so proud of Brooke and the 4x200 squad. It was great to see the improvements this weekend across all of the event groups. Now, we have to take advantage of our training and racing opportunities in the month of April as we prepare for the MAC Championships.”

Along with those record-breaking performances, all three competitors in the 400 hurdles set new personal bests. Demetra Taylor ran a 1:02.84 and was followed closely behind by Sinclair with a time of 1:02.89. Natalie Sommerville added a 1:03.11. All three were less than a second shy of the MAC Automatic Qualifying mark of 1:02.17.

Bowling Green will be back in action in a week, competing at the Miami (Ohio) Invitational Friday and Saturday before hosting Toledo in the only home competition of the year on April 11.

Raleigh Relays
Hosted By North Carolina State

BGSU Results
400 hurdles (65 competitors) – 19. Demetra Taylor 1:02.84, 20. Brittany Sinclair 1:02.89, 25. Natalie Sommerville 1:03.11
4x200 relay (23 competitors) – 7. BGSU (Jeanette Pettigrew, Taylor Rambo, Brittany Sinclair, Allison Weimer) 1:37.80 (School Record)
Triple jump (26 competitors) – 23. Tiera Parker 34-2
Hammer throw (56 competitors) – 1. Brooke Pleger 212-6 (School Record, Facility Record, MAC Automatic Qualifying Mark), 13. Shana Flanary 162-0

Toledo Collegiate Challenge
Hosted By University of Toledo

BGSU Results
100 – 6. Berrion Berry 12.48, 13. Alicia Jefferson 12.66, 15. Kera Lamotte 12.79
100 hurdles – 29. Krystin Reiser 18.14
200 – 11. Alicia Jefferson 25.59, 17. Kera Lamotte 25.84
400 – 20. Lisa Worthey 1:00.88
2000 Steeplechase – 3. Megan Monte 7:21.80
High jump – 3. Krystin Reiser 5-1
Long jump – 8. Dana Gates 16-11.5
Triple jump – 10. Lisa Worthey 33-5.25, 18. Dana Gates 31-5.25
Discus – 9. Kayla Velasquez 138-0, 10. Taylor Decker 131-7
Hammer throw – 7. Kayla Velasquez 162-8, 23. Taylor Decker 126-8