Saturday, April 5
Athens, Ohio
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Bowling Green State University
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Ohio Cherry Blossom Invitational
Falcons Win Four Events At Cherry Blossom Invite
April 05, 2014 | Women's Track and Field
Complete Results
Athens, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University track and field team won four events from four different student-athletes as the Falcons competed at the Cherry Blossom Invitational Saturday, hosted by Ohio University.
Bowling Green's throws group impressed at the six-team meet as freshman Makenzie Wheat won the shot put and senior Tina Perrine took first in the discus. As well, redshirt freshman Kori Reiser placed second in the both the hammer throw and the discus. The Falcons also picked up a pair of strong results in the sprints as sophomore Alicia Arnold won the 400 and redshirt junior Brittany Sinclair was first in the 400 hurdles.
Wheat improved her shot put distance from her outdoor collegiate debut a week ago, throwing 46-feet-11 and coming up less than one foot shy of the Mid-American Conference automatic qualifying mark. Perrine also improved upon her performance from a week ago in the discus, winning the event with a throw of 151-2. She is less than two feet away from reaching the MAC automatic mark.
Reiser made it a 1-2 finish for Bowling Green in the discus with a throw of 141-6 and she was the team's top finisher in the hammer throw with a second-place finish at 177-5. Perrine was third in the hammer at 172-4.
Moving to the sprints, Arnold ran the team's best time this year in the 400 at 56.81 seconds, finishing less than a second away from the MAC automatic mark and winning the event. Sinclair had a season-best time of 1:03.13 in the 400 hurdles to take first place as well. Junior Natalie Sommerville placed third in the event at 1:04.45.
Bowling Green will return to action in six days for the two-day All-Ohio Championships, hosted by Cincinnati. The meet will take place Friday and Saturday.
Ohio Cherry Blossom Invitational
Long jump – 4. Raven Porter 17-9.75, 7. Dana Gates 17-2, 8. Connor Kempf 16-11.5, 10. Krystin Reiser 16-6
Shot put – 1. Makenzie Wheat 46-11
High jump – 6. Krystin Reiser 5-1, 12. Raven Porter 4-9
Discus – 1. Tina Perrine 151-2, 2. Kori Reiser 141-6, 9. Taylor Decker 126-3, 12. Allie Reynolds 122-4, 15. Makenzie Wheat 113-8
Hammer throw – 2. Kori Reiser 177-5, 3. Tina Perrine 172-4, 5. Shana Flanary 153-6, 9. Taylor Decker 142-8
100 – 6. Demetra Taylor 12.64, 13. Gabrielle Edwards 12.88, 14. Dana Gates 12.88, 16. Kera Lamotte 12.89
100 hurdles – 5. Demetra Taylor 15.16, 10. Krystin Reiser 16.83
200 – 5. Tiera Parker 25.73, 7. Kera Lamotte 25.91, 8. Gabrielle Edwards 26.04, 16. Demetra Taylor 26.96
400 – 1. Alicia Arnold 56.81, 6. Brianna Johnson 1:00.53
400 hurdles – 1. Brittany Sinclair 1:03.13, 3. Natalie Sommerville 1:04.45, 10. Connor Kempf 1:06.60
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