Battle Of I-75 Hits The Track Friday As Falcons Host Toledo

Friday, April 1

Bowling Green, Ohio

3:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Toledo

March 31, 2016 | Women's Track and Field

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

BG/UT DUAL MEET
GAME INFORMATION	April 1, 3 pm
LOCATION	Bowling Green, Ohio (Whittaker Track)
LIVE STATS	Finish Timing
MEET INFO	Schedule Of Events
OTHER INFO	Outdoor School Records / Performance Lists

Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University track and field team will host Toledo Friday evening at Whittaker Track Complex for the annual Battle of I-75 dual meet. Throwing events begin at 3 pm and running events are set to start at 4 pm. The Falcons have won each of the past three years and will look to extend that streak to four Friday.

"It's not about the individual number," BGSU Head Coach Lou Snelling said. "That stuff doesn't matter. Go beat the person in blue and yellow and that's all we're focused on."

A year ago, Bowling Green won on Toledo's home track 103-96 as the Falcons posted victories in 11-of-18 events. The Falcons led by five points heading into the final event, the 1600 relay, and BGSU needed just to get around the track cleanly. The Falcons, though, did more than that as Taylor Rambo overtook the Toledo runner on the home stretch to win the race. The Falcons won 107-75 in 2014 and 93-90 in 2013 in the first year of the re-introduction of the dual meet.

BGSU and Toledo had competed regularly until 2000 when the series dissolved. The Falcons hold a 12-4 edge in the all-time series.

The meet comes on the heels of the Falcons' first indoor meet of the season as BGSU competed at the Raleigh Relays. The team earned four Mid-American Conference automatic bids at the meet. Junior Makenzie Wheat and redshirt sophomore Aliyah Gustafson both hit MAC auto marks in the shot put, while Raven Porter did so in the high jump. Kayla Velasquez added a qualifying mark in the hammer throw.

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
The BGSU track and field team can be followed all spring long through a number of ways. Social media links are listed below and live results and live video (as available) can be found on BGSUFalcons.com as meets provide those opportunities.

Twitter - @BGAthletics and @BG_XCTrack
Instagram – BGFalcons and BG_XCTrack
Facebook – BGSU Athletics
YouTube – FalconAthletics
Snapchat – BG_XCTrack

ABOUT THE BATTLE OF I-75
This year's dual meet takes place at Whittaker track beginning with field events at 3 pm and running events at 4 pm. Admission is free and the annual Fastest Kid in Bowling Green race will take place during intermission. The Falcons will also recognize their seniors for the only home outdoor meet of the season. Scoring for individual events will be 5, 3, 2, 1 and team events will be scored 5, 3. Only two individual entries and one relay per institution can score. The schedule of events, with BGSU entrants, is listed below:

Field Events
3 pm – Hammer Throw: Allie Farmer, Kayla Velasquez, Kori Reiser
3 pm – Discus (following hammer): Aliyah Gustafson, Kori Reiser, Kayla Velasquez, Andrea Weirauch
3 pm – Long jump: Alicia Arnold, Jade Nolan, Kyla Paster, Raven Porter, Africa Strodes
3 pm – Triple jump (following long jump): Jade Nolan, Kyla Paster, Raven Porter, Africa Strodes
3 pm – High jump: Raven Porter
4:30 pm – Javelin: Raven Porter, Andrea Weirauch
4:30 pm – Shot put (following javelin): Aliyah Gustafson, Makenzie Wheat

Track Events
4 pm – 2000 steeplechase: Andrea Alt
4:15 pm – 400 relay: Tiera Parker, Alicia Arnold, Kera Lamotte, Dorresha Green
4:20 pm – 1500: Becca Rae, Rebecca Schott, Jasmine Redman
4:30 pm – 100 hurdles: Demetra Taylor
4:40 pm – 400: Natalee Cole, Cheyenne Oswald, Brianna Johnson
4:45 pm – Senior Recognition
5:00 pm – Fastest Kid in Bowling Green
5:05 pm – 100: Cortisha Short, Tiera Parker, Gabrielle Edwards
5:15 pm – 400 hurdles: Taylor Rambo, Camerone Bryant
5:25 pm – 800: Rachel Durbin, Cassandra Boyle
5:35 pm – 200: Cheyenne Oswald, Brianna Johnson, Cortisha Short, Gabrielle Edwards
5:40 pm – 3000: Elena Lancioni, Allison Francis, Rebecca Schott
5:55 pm – Men's 3000: Kyle Repetto, Nick Voth, Jacob Schenten, Dakota Brunsman
6:10 pm – 1600 relay: Dorresha Green, Brianna Johnson, Natalee Cole, Taylor Rambo

MAC RANKINGS
Bowling Green started the season off strong at the Raleigh Relays this past weekend and the Falcons already have 14 student-athletes ranked among the top 10 in the Mid-American Conference in an event and another eight ranked among the top 20. Raven Porter ranks in the top five in two events (high jump and long jump), while Kori Reiser is in the top 10 in both the discus and hammer throw. Listed below are all of the Falcons ranked among the top 20 in the MAC currently:

100 – 5. Dorresha Green 12.13, 13. Kera Lamotte 12.41, 15. Brianna Johnson 12.55
400 – 4. Taylor Rambo 56.63, 12. Gabrielle Edwards 58.26, 18. Cheyenne Oswald 58.77
1500 – 13. Cassandra Boyle 4:41.59
5000 – 7. Elena Lancioni 18:10.52
10000 – 2. Rebecca Schott 36:51.21
3000 steeplechase – 3. Andrea Alt 10:59.82
High jump – t4. Raven Porter 5-7/1.70m (AQ)
Long jump – 5. Raven Porter 18-10/5.74m, 8. Tiera Parker 18-0.5/5.50m
Triple jump – 5. Tiera Parker 38-0.25/11.59m, 12. Africa Strodes 34-9/10.59m
Shot put – 2. Makenzie Wheat 50-3.5/15.33m (AQ), 4. Aliyah Gustafson 47-7.75/14.52m (AQ)
Discus – 8. Kori Reiser 140-2/42.72m, 12. Aliyah Gustafson 127-10/38.96m
Hammer throw – 6. Kayla Velasquez 175-11/53.61m (AQ), 7. Kori Reiser 174-2/53.10m
Javelin – 16. Andrea Weirauch 78-4/23.88m

AQ – Surpassed MAC automatic qualifying mark

REGIONAL RANKINGS
In most events, the top 48 student-athletes in the region will advance to the NCAA East Region preliminary round. A year ago, BGSU sent four student-athletes to the regional meet. Makenzie Wheat, a two-time regional qualifier, is pacing BGSU in the early going, ranking 15^th in the region in the shot put. All Falcons ranked among the top 50 in an event are listed below:

10000 – 27. Rebecca Schott 36:51.21
3000 steeplechase – 22. Andrea Alt 10:59.82
High jump – 28. Raven Porter 5-7/1.70m
Long jump – 48. Raven Porter 18-10/5.74m
Shot put – 15. Makenzie Wheat 50-3.5/15.33m, 33. Aliyah Gustafson 47-7.75/14.52m

THE FASTEST KID IN BG
Bowling Green will host its only home outdoor meet of the season April 1 when the Falcons take on rival Toledo in a dual meet. The annual "Fastest Kid In BG" event will take place at approximately 5 pm for all boys and girls in preschool, elementary school and middle school. For full details CLICK HERE.

FALCON 5 MILER COMING IN MAY
The annual Falcon 5 Miler will take place May 21, sponsored by Dave's Running. The Lil' Falcon Half-Miler kicks off the day at 8 am with the five-mile race following, touring the scenic campus of BGSU. For full details CLICK HERE.