Back In Ohio As Falcons Roll To Jesse Owens Classic

JESSE OWENS TRACK AND FIELD CLASSIC
MEET INFORMATION	April 22-23, 2016 (2 pm / 10:30 am)
LOCATION	Columbus, Ohio (Jesse Owens Memorial Track)
LIVE STATS	TBA
MEET INFO	Jesse Owens Classic Info
OTHER INFO	Outdoor School Records / Performance Lists

Columbus, Ohio – Coming off of a strong weekend at the Ball State Challenge, the Bowling Green State University track and field team will compete at the Jesse Owens Track and Field Classic, hosted by Ohio State, Friday and Saturday.

BGSU set 23 personal bests at Ball State and improved seeding for the MAC Championships in a lot of areas.

"We took some nice steps in a lot of different areas," BGSU Track and Field Coach Lou Snelling said. "But we still have a lot of work to do. It came from a lot of athletes who are on the periphery of scoring points at the MAC Championships. That's extremely important to us and it came in a lot of different areas."

The Falcons will look to use that momentum to continue progressing forward this weekend. In fact, Bowling Green used the Jesse Owens meet a year ago to springboard into the latter half of the season. BGSU broke two school records (in the 400 relay and the hammer throw) on the way to one of the more successful weekends of the year.

"We had a really nice weekend there last year," Snelling said. "We walked away with a lot of good performances, so there's some confidence. It's one of those meets that you know is going to be a really solid meet with a lot of MAC schools and some Big Ten competition as well."

This weekend, the Falcons will be limited in the middle and distance events (with only Cassandra Boyle entered in the 800 among that group) but will compete heavily in the sprints, jumps, relays and throws.

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 JESSE OWENS TRACK AND FIELD CLASSIC
The Jesse Owens Track and Field Classic will take place Friday and Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Track in Columbus, hosted by Ohio State. The schedule of events, with BGSU entrants, is listed below:

Friday, April 22
2 pm – Javelin (Andrea Weirauch)
4:30 pm – Discus (Aliyah Gustafson, Kori Reiser, Kayla Velasquez)

Saturday, April 23
10:30 am – Shot put (Aliyah Gustafson, Makenzie Wheat)
12:00 pm – 400 relay (Bowling Green)
1:20 pm – 400 (Gabrielle Edwards, Taylor Rambo)
1:30 pm – Hammer throw (Allie Farmer, Kori Reiser, Kayla Velasquez)
1:40 pm – 100 (Dorresha Green, Brianna Johnson, Cortisha Short, Kera Lamotte)
2:00 pm – High jump (Raven Porter)
2:00 pm – Triple jump (Jade Nolan, Tiera Parker, Kyla Paster)
2:05 pm – 800 (Cassandra Boyle)
3:00 pm – Hammer throw championship (Allie Farmer, Kori Reiser, Kayla Velasquez)
3:15 pm – 200 (Brianna Johnson, Cortisha Short, Alicia Arnold)
3:55 pm – 1600 relay (Bowling Green)

MAC RANKINGS
Bowling Green's first month of the outdoor season has been productive and the Falcons have 14 student-athletes ranked among the top 10 in the Mid-American Conference in an event and another 17 ranked among the top 20. The Falcons have excelled in the shot put, where Makenzie Wheat (second) and Aliyah Gustafson (fifth) both rank among the top five in the conference. Listed below are all of the Falcons ranked among the top 20 in the MAC currently:

100 – 13. Alicia Arnold 12.06, 14. Kera Lamotte 12.09, 16. Dorresha Green 12.13, 19. Tiera Parker 12.17
200 – 8. Kera Lamotte 24.48, 17. Gabrielle Edwards 24.89, 19. Alicia Arnold 24.95
400 – 9. Taylor Rambo 56.59
1500 – 12. Cassandra Boyle 4:32.89
5000 – 10. Jasmine Redman 17:29.90, 11. Becca Rae 17:32.78
10000 – 10. Rebecca Schott 36:51.21
3000 steeplechase – 8. Andrea Alt 10:59.82
400 relay – 6. Bowling Green 46.88
1600 relay – 9. Bowling Green 3:56.89
High jump – 7. Raven Porter 5-7.75/1.72m (AQ)
Long jump – 3. Jade Nolan 19-9/6.02m (AQ), 11. Raven Porter 18-10/5.74m, 16. Alicia Arnold 18-3.25/5.57m
Triple jump – 4. Tiera Parker 39-5.75/12.03m (AQ), 13. Kyla Paster 37-6/11.43m, 18. Jade Nolan 36-5.75/11.12m
Shot put – 2. Makenzie Wheat 51-0.75/15.56m (AQ), 5. Aliyah Gustafson 50-6.25/15.40m (AQ)
Discus – 12. Kori Reiser 147-3/44.88m, 14. Aliyah Gustafson 144-0/43.90m, 15. Kayla Velasquez 143-10/43.84m
Hammer throw – 5. Kayla Velasquez 185-6/56.54m (AQ), 10. Kori Reiser 174-10/53.29m, 16. Allie Farmer 162-11/49.66m
Javelin – 19. Andrea Weirauch 107-0/32.61m

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 20th in the region in the shot put. Raven Porter climbed into the top 48 this week with her personal best 5-7.75 in the high jump. Five Falcons are currently in line to qualify for regionals and they are listed below:

High jump – 45. Raven Porter 5-7.75/1.72m
Long jump – 34. Jade Nolan 19-9/6.02m
Shot put – 20. Makenzie Wheat 51-0.75/15.56m, 24. Aliyah Gustafson 50-6.25/15.40m
Hammer throw – 37. Kayla Velasquez 185-6/56.54m

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.

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Tiera Parker

Kyla Paster

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