Friday, May 2
Bowling Green, Ohio
4:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
vs
Toledo
The I-75 Rivalry Heats Up Friday At Whittaker Track
April 30, 2014 | Women's Track and Field
| BGSU/UT DUAL | |
| Date | May 2, 2014 |
| Time | 4:00 pm |
| Location | Bowling Green, Ohio | Whittaker Track |
| Coverage | Live Results |
| Additional Information | Twitter | Facebook | Performance List |
Event Schedule
Fastest Kid In Bowling Green
Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University track and field team, ranked No. 13 in the region, will host a dual track meet against rival Toledo Friday at Whittaker Track on the campus of BGSU. The meet is set to begin at 4 pm and will serve as Senior Day, honoring Dana Gates, Natasha Greggs, Brea Tinney, Tina Perrine and Jeanette Pettigrew.
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 BG/UT DUAL
The Bowling Green and Toledo dual meet begins with field events starting at 4:00 pm and field events beginning at 4:45 pm. The event schedule is listed below:
Field Events:
4:00pm Hammer, Discus to follow
4:00pm Long Jump, Triple Jump to follow
4:00pm High Jump
5:30pm Javelin, Shot Put to follow
Track Events:
4:45pm Senior Recognition
5:00pm 3,000 Steeplechase
5:15pm 400 Relay
5:20pm 1,500
5:30pm 100 Hurdles
5:40pm 400
5:50pm Fastest Kid in Bowling Green
6:00pm 100
6:10pm 400 Hurdles
6:25pm 800
6:35pm 200
6:40pm 3,000
6:55pm 1,600 Relay
THE FASTEST KID IN BOWLING GREEN
The Track and Field program will hold a "Fastest Kid in Bowling Green" contest at 5:50 pm Friday night. All elementary and middle school children are invited to run in the 100-meter untimed race. There is NO entry fee for the event and all parents, participants, spectators and fans receive free admission to the meet.
FALCONS LOOK TO REPEAT AGAINST TOLEDO
Last year the Falcons clinched a dramatic 93-90 victory against Toledo in the first dual meet between the two teams since 2000. The Falcons were ahead by just one point heading into the last event, the 1600 relay. The Falcons needed to win the race to win the meet, and they pulled off the victory by beating Toledo by more than 13 seconds. The Falcons look to continue the winning streak Friday in the rematch against Toledo.
REGIONAL RANKINGS
The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released its rankings Monday and Bowling Green earned its highest Great Lakes Region ranking in program history. The Falcons climbed a spot to No. 13, fourth among all MAC schools.
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.
MAKING A NATIONAL SPLASH
Bowling Green has made a splash on the national scene with five Falcons ranked among the top 100 in the country (with Jeanette Pettigrew being ranked in three events). Listed below are each of those competitors:
100 – 57. Jeanette Pettigrew
200 – 90. Jeanette Pettigrew
Long Jump – 81. Jeanette Pettigrew
Shot put – 83. Makenzie Wheat
Hammer throw – 4. Brooke Pleger, 83. Kori Reiser, 99. 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.
100 – 31. Jeanette Pettigrew
200 – 46. Jeanette Pettigrew
Shot put – 36. Makenzie Wheat
Discus – 45. Kori Reiser
Hammer throw – 3. Brooke Pleger, 32. Kori Reiser, 38. Tina Perrine
Heptathlon – 47. 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 40 in the region. Redshirt junior Brooke Pleger is No. 4 in the country after throwing 214-feet-4 at the All-Ohio Championships. Redshirt freshman Kori Reiser ranks sixth all-time at BGSU with a throw of 184-10 and is No. 33 in the region. Senior Tina Perrine is seventh in BGSU history with a personal best of 182-0 and is No. 39 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 fourth 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 230-7.
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. After jumping 19-8.25 at the Gina Relays, she is ranked fifth in the MAC. Below are each of the events she is ranked in the top five in the MAC in:
100 – No. 1 (11.61 seconds)
200 – No. 2 (23.75 seconds)
Long jump – No. 5 (19-feet-8.25)
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 seventh 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 is among the top freshmen in the country in the shot put. After throwing 48-feet-4.5 at the All-Ohio Championships, she ranks among the top 100 in the country in the event and is 11th among all freshmen in the event.
PETTIGREW, PLEGER EARN MAC HONORS
Jeanette Pettigrew was named the MAC's Track Athlete of the Week April 22, while Brooke Pleger earned the MAC's Field Athlete of the Week the same day. Pettigrew broke the school record in the 200 and set a new personal best in the 100 to receive the honor. Pleger broke a Kentucky Track and Field Complex facility record in the hammer throw and remained unbeaten in the event this year.
Pleger also earned the Field Athlete of the Week award just a week earlier (April 15) after winning the hammer throw at the All-Ohio Championships with a season-best toss of 214-feet-4 that ranks fourth in the country this year.
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.
ACADEMIC ALL-MAC
BGSU senior Jeanette Pettigrew and redshirt junior Brooke Pleger were named to the 2014 Women's Indoor Track & Field MAC All-Academic Team April 22. Pettigrew holds a 3.67 grade point average in human movement, sport, and leisure studies while Pleger has a 3.73 GPA in nursing. Andrea Alt, Amanda Garlak, Lindsay Kaatz, Mackenzie McMillin, Maria Meredith, Becca Rae, Jasmine Redman and Krystin Reiser were all named honorable mention.
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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