Falcons Descend On Terre Haute For Gibson Invitational

GIBSON INVITATIONAL
MEET INFORMATION	April 8-9, 2016 (5 pm / 11 am)
LOCATION	Terre Haute, Ind. (Gibson Invitational)
LIVE STATS	Timingmd.net
MEET INFO	Schedule Of Events
OTHER INFO	Outdoor School Records / Performance Lists

Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University track and field team heads into the third weekend of outdoor competition this week as the Falcons head to the Gibson Invitational, hosted by Indiana State. While the meet begins Thursday with the multi-events, BGSU will compete Friday and Saturday.

Twelve teams are expected to compete at the meet, with MAC schools Central Michigan, Northern Illinois and Western Michigan in attendance.

"We are going to see more competition across the board this weekend," BGSU Track and Field Coach Lou Snelling said. "There will be a number of MAC schools there and a lot of really good mid-major programs. They have a great facility that just opened last year. Can we rise to the level of competition this weekend?"

The Gibson Invitational follows a successful dual meet at home for the Falcons. On Friday, BGSU beat rival Toledo for the fourth year in a row 111-86. BGSU won 14-of-19 events and the Falcons earned 12 individual event victories from 12 different student-athletes.

The Falcons enter the meet with five Mid-American Conference automatic qualifiers thus far. Makenzie Wheat and Aliyah Gustafson rank as the top two shot putters in the league and are among the top 20 in the entire East region. The Falcons have also carried over their successful jumping season from indoors and the team has five of the top 19 MAC competitors in both the long jump and the triple jump.

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 GIBSON INVITATIONAL
Indiana State opened a new facility in 2015 named the Gibson Track and Field Complex. The Gibson Invitational will be a scored meet with the top eight individual finishers scoring. Only one relay per team will be scored. The schedule for the meet, with BGSU entrants, is listed below:

Friday, April 8
5 pm – Hammer throw (Men, followed by women): Allie Farmer, Kori Reiser, Kayla Velasquez
5 pm – Javelin (Women first): Andrea Weirauch
5 pm – 5,000: Jasmine Redman, Becca Rae, Allison Francis

Saturday, April 9
11 am – High jump (Women first): Raven Porter
11 am – Shot put (Men, followed by women): Aliyah Gustafson, Makenzie Wheat
11 am – Discus (Women first): Aliyah Gustafson, Kori Reiser, Kayla Velasquez
11 am – Long jump: Raven Porter, Africa Strodes
11 am – Triple jump (following long jump): Tiera Parker, Africa Strodes
11:15 am – 100 prelims: Alicia Arnold, Dorresha Green, Kera Lamotte
1 pm – 400 relay: Bowling Green
1:20 pm – 1500: Rachel Durbin
1:55 pm – 400: Gabrielle Edwards, Cheyenne Oswald, Taylor Rambo
2:40 pm – 100 finals: Alicia Arnold, Dorresha Green, Kera Lamotte
2:50 pm – 800: Natalee Cole
3:15 pm – 400 hurdles: Camerone Bryant
3:45 pm – 200: Alicia Arnold, Dorresha Green, Kera Lamotte
5:00 pm – 1600 relay: Bowling Green

MAC RANKINGS
Bowling Green's first two weeks of the outdoor season have been strong and the Falcons already have 17 student-athletes ranked among the top 10 in the Mid-American Conference in an event and another 21 ranked among the top 20. In the shot put, Makenzie Wheat and Aliyah Gustafson are the top two MAC competitors, while Jade Nolan ranks third in the long jump. Listed below are all of the Falcons ranked among the top 20 in the MAC currently:

100 – 10. Dorresha Green 12.13, 12. Tiera Parker 12.17, 14. Cortisha Short 12.23, 17. Gabrielle Edwards 12.35
200 – 17. Gabrielle Edwards 25.30, 19. Cortisha Short 25.31
400 – 4. Taylor Rambo 56.63, 12. Gabrielle Edwards 58.26, 19. Cheyenne Oswald 58.77
800 – 12. Cassandra Boyle 2:16.80
1500 – 14. Cassandra Boyle 4:41.59
5000 – 13. Elena Lancioni 18:10.52
10000 – 5. Rebecca Schott 36:51.21
400 hurdles – 12. Taylor Rambo 1:06.27, 18. Camerone Bryant 1:08.81
3000 steeplechase – 4. Andrea Alt 10:59.82
400 relay – 10. Bowling Green 48.63
1600 relay – 9. Bowling Green 4:04.13
High jump – t4. Raven Porter 5-7/1.70m (AQ)
Long jump – 3. Jade Nolan 19-9/6.02m (AQ), 8. Raven Porter 18-10/5.74m, 13. Alicia Arnold 18-3.25/5.57m, 17. Tiera Parker 18-0.5/5.50m, 19. Kyla Paster 17-10.25/5.44m
Triple jump – 6. Tiera Parker 38-0.25/11.59m, 9. Kyla Paster 37-6/11.43m, 14. Jade Nolan 36-5.75/11.12m, 16. Raven Porter 35-5/10.79m, 18. Africa Strodes 35-4/10.77m
Shot put – 1. Makenzie Wheat 51-0.75/15.56m (AQ), 2. Aliyah Gustafson 50-6.25/15.40m (AQ)
Discus – 9. Kori Reiser 147-3/44.88m, 10. Aliyah Gustafson 144-0/43.90m, 11. Kayla Velasquez 143-10/43.84m
Hammer throw – 4. Kayla Velasquez 185-6/56.54m (AQ), 10. Kori Reiser 174-10/53.29m
Javelin – 16. Andrea Weirauch 107-0/32.61m, 20. Raven Porter 92-8/28.24m

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 18^th in the region in the shot put. All Falcons ranked among the top 50 in an event are listed below:

High jump – 36. Raven Porter 5-7/1.70m
Long jump – 20. Jade Nolan 19-9/6.02m
Shot put – 18. Makenzie Wheat 51-0.75/15.56m, 19. Aliyah Gustafson 50-6.25/15.40m
Hammer throw – 32. 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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