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Walnut, Calif.
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Mt. SAC Relays
Golden, Bluegrass States To Host Orange And Brown
April 16, 2014 | Women's Track and Field
| MT. SAC RELAYS | |
| Date | April 17-19, 2014 |
| Time | Thursday 6 pm; Friday 10 am; Saturday 11 am |
| Location | Walnut, Calif. | Hilmer Lodge Stadium |
| Coverage | Webcast |
| Additional Information | Twitter | Facebook | Performance List |
| KENTUCKY RELAYS | |
| Date | April 19, 2014 |
| Time | 9 am |
| Location | Lexington, Ky. | Kentucky Track & Field Complex |
| Coverage | Live Results (TBA) |
| Additional Information | Twitter | Facebook | Performance List |
Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University track and field team will compete as split squads this week with Andrea Alt, Jasmine Redman and Jeanette Pettigrew competing in the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. The remainder of the team will be at the Kentucky Relays hosted by University of Kentucky.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
The BGSU track and field team can be followed all spring through a number of ways. Follow the official team Twitter account @BGXCTrack and the official account of the Athletics Department @BGAthletics. Links for live results and live video (as available) can be found on BGSUFalcons.com as meets provide those opportunities.
ABOUT THE MT. SAC RELAYS
The Mt. SAC relays is one of the largest and most prestigious events in college track and field, taking place over three days. The Falcons will be competing during the first two days of competition. The times for the events the Falcons are competing in are listed below.
Thursday
6:49 pm – 3000 steeplechase (Andrea Alt)
Friday
1:42 pm – 100 (Jeanette Pettigrew)
3:45 pm – 200 (Jeanette Pettigrew)
10:09 pm – 5000 (Jasmine Redman)
ABOUT THE KENTUCKY RELAYS
The Kentucky Relays is a one-day track meet with field events beginning Saturday at 9:00 am and running events beginning at 10:00 am. The schedule of events is as follows.
Field Events
10:30 am – Shot put
12:00 pm – Long jump
1:00 pm – Javelin
1:00 pm – Hammer throw
2:30 pm – Triple jump
3:00 pm – High jump
3:30 pm – Discus
Running Events
10:35 am – 400 relay
10:55 am – 100 hurdles
11:20 am – Mile
12:10 pm – National Anthem
12:45 pm – 3000 steeplechase
1:10 pm – 100
1:40 pm – 400
2:40 pm – 400 hurdles
3:00 pm – 200
3:20 pm – 800
3:40 pm – Senior Recognition Ceremony
4:00 pm – 1600 relay
PRESEASON RANKINGS
Bowling Green earned a preseason national ranking of No. 64 by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), the highest preseason ranking for the team since the rankings began in 2008. A year ago, Bowling Green's preseason rank was No. 207.
BGSU was third among all Mid-American Conference schools with Akron leading the way at No. 26 and Buffalo in second at No. 54. Following Bowling Green was Kent State at No. 66 and Eastern Michigan at No. 116.
NEW POLL RELEASED
The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released its outdoor track and field national rankings. The Falcons are currently ranked No. 63 in the country and No. 14 in the region – the first time the team has cracked the region top 15 this year. BGSU is fifth among all MAC schools in the regional rankings.
MAKING A NATIONAL SPLASH
Early in the season, Bowling Green has made a splash on the national scene with five Falcons ranked among the top 100 in the country. Listed below are each of those competitors:
200 – 85. Jeanette Pettigrew
Shot put – 74. Makenzie Wheat
Hammer throw – 3. Brooke Pleger 76. Kori Reiser, 79. Tina Perrine
THE REGIONAL SCENE
While being ranked among the top 100 in the country is a big accomplishment, finishing the year ranked in the top 48 in the region will allow a student-athlete to advance to the NCAA regionals. A year ago, only Brooke Pleger finished in the top 48 to advance. Listed below are the six student-athletes currently ranked among the top 48 in the East.
200 – 46. Jeanette Pettigrew
Shot put – 34. Makenzie Wheat
Hammer throw – 3. Brooke Pleger, 27. Kori Reiser, 29. Tina Perrine
Heptathlon – 27. Krystin Reiser
DROPPING THE HAMMER
The Falcons' deepest and most competitive event is the hammer throw as Bowling Green has three throwers currently ranked among the top 10 in BGSU history, as well as ranked in the top 30 in the region. Redshirt junior Brooke Pleger is No. 3 in the country after throwing 214-feet-4 last week at the All-Ohio Championships. Redshirt freshman Kori Reiser ranks sixth all-time at BGSU with a throw of 182-6 and is 27th in the region. Senior Tina Perrine is seventh in BGSU history with a personal best of 182-0 and is 29th in the region.
HAMMER TIME
Junior Brooke Pleger was named an NCAA Division I First Team All-American a year ago after finishing seventh in the country in the hammer throw. After winning the All-Ohio Championships with a throw of 214-feet-4, she ranks third in the country. A year ago, Pleger threw the hammer as far as 219-9, a distance that would currently rank second in the country. Princeton's Julia Ratcliffe is the only hammer thrower in the nation who has thrown further this year at 225-5.
TEACHING PETTIGREW NEW TRICKS
Senior Jeanette Pettigrew has always been one of the Mid-American Conference's fastest sprinters. But she has added versatility this year, competing in the long jump for the first time in her career. In the first meet of the year, competing in the long jump for the first time, Pettigrew surpassed the MAC automatic qualifying mark in the event with a leap of 19-feet-4.25. She ranks seventh in the conference in the long jump, less than five inches shy of second.
REIS-ING TO THE OCCASION
Junior Krystin Reiser set a new personal best in the heptathlon when she competed in the event at the All-Ohio Championships. Competing in four events on day one and three more on the second day, Reiser set new personal records in five events and tied her PR in the other two for a score of 4,529 – more than 300 points better than she had ever scored before. Reiser's heptathlon score is the ninth-best in program history. The other eight totals higher than hers were all achieved by just two individuals – Becky Barnett and Ginger Lake.
PARKER POWER
Sophomore Tiera Parker ranks fifth in the MAC in the triple jump just a year after shocking the field at the MAC Championships to score points with an eighth place finish at the meet. She jumped 37-feet-5 a year ago to earn that result but has already jumped as far as 37-10.75 this year.
WHEAT IS NEAT
Freshman Makenzie Wheat continues to push her shot put personal best forward. After throwing 48-4.5 this past week, she ranks 74th in the country in the event and is ninth among all freshmen in the event.
PLEGER NAMED MAC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Brooke Pleger was named the MAC's Field Athlete of the Week April 15 after winning the All-Ohio Championships in the hammer throw with a toss that ranks third in the country this year. Pleger threw the hammer 214-feet-4 to win the event and defeat rival Brittany Funk of Akron, the second-ranked hammer thrower in the country, by more than 17 feet. It is the fifth time in her career that she has earned the award – four times during outdoor season and once in indoor.
STANDING ABOVE THE REST
When Brooke Pleger threw the hammer 216-feet-3 at the MAC Championships a year ago, not only did that distance clinch a MAC title. It also broke the MAC Championship record in the hammer throw, breaking a record held by 2009 National Champion Stevi Large. Considering that second-place finisher Brittany Funk also broke the MAC Championship record, Pleger needed just about every ounce of energy to win the title. Listed below are the top five distances ever thrown at the MAC Championships.
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| Top Hammer Throws In MAC Championship History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Distance | Competitor (School) | Year |
| 216-3 | Brooke Pleger (Bowling Green) | 2013 |
| 214-6 | Brittany Funk (Akron) | 2013 |
| 213-10 | Stevi Large (Akron) | 2009 |
| 206-4 | Shant'e White (Buffalo) | 2011 |
| 202-7 | Stevi Large (Akron) | 2007 |
#MACtion
Bowling Green placed 10th at the Mid-American Conference Championships a year ago with 23 points, but the Falcons have reason to believe they can exceed those results this year. BGSU returns everyone who scored points in an individual event a year ago and all of those, in fact, are underclassmen this year still. That list begins with junior Brooke Pleger, who won the hammer throw. Redshirt sophomore Andrea Alt was seventh in the steeplechase, while sophomores Tiera Parker and Kayla Velasquez placed eighth in the triple jump and discus, respectively. On top of those competitors, senior Jeanette Pettigrew placed as high as third in both the 100 and 200 at the MAC Championships in 2011. Adding to the depth, senior Tina Perrine, sophomore Jasmine Redman and freshman Makenzie Wheat all scored points at the MAC Indoor Championships.
PLEGER CLOSING IN ON HISTORIC COLLEGIATE MARKS
Brooke Pleger threw the hammer a distance of 219-feet-9 a year ago, a mark that is less than two feet shy of placing her among the top 10 American collegiate hammer throwers of all time. If she is able to improve upon her distance this year, she could climb the ladder quickly. Pleger ranks No. 14 all-time among American collegians and No. 23 among all collegiate hammer throwers. Listed below are the American athletes she is chasing:
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| Top American Collegiate Hammer Throwers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Distance | Name (School) | Date |
| 237-10 | Brittany Riley (Southern Illinois) | 4/28/07 |
| 233-1 | Amanda Bingson (UNLV) | 5/26/12 |
| 231-4 | Gwen Berry (Southern Illinois) | 4/30/11 |
| 229-10 | Chelsea Cassulo (Arizona State) | 5/23/13 |
| 229-9 | Loree Smith (Colorado State) | 11/30/99 |
| 227-8 | Jeneva McCall (Southern Illinois) | 3/24/12 |
| 224-9 | Brittany Smith (Illinois State) | 6/5/13 |
| 224-1 | Jessica Pressley (Arizona State) | 5/3/08 |
| 223-4 | Stevi Large (Akron) | 6/12/09 |
| 221-7 | Britney Henry (Oregon) | 4/15/06 |
CAPTAINS
BGSU head coach Lou Snelling has named three captains for the 2013-14 season. Redshirt sophomore Andrea Alt, redshirt junior Brooke Pleger and redshirt senior Jeanette Pettigrew will guide the Falcons.
SNELLING RECOGNIZED BY SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
A six-time Southland Conference Coach of the Year at Stephen F. Austin, BGSU Head Coach Lou Snelling was named to the All-Time Southland Conference Honor Roll earlier this year. As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, the conference honored 65 student-athletes and eight coaches (of which Snelling was recognized) for their historic contributions to the sport.
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