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Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University track and field team will split their squad this weekend to compete at two different meets. The throws group will take the short trek down I-75 for the Findlay Elite Throws competition, while the rest of the squad will travel to West Virginia to take part in Marshall's Thundering Herd Invitational.

FINDLAY CLASSIC AND ELITE THROWS
BGSU's throws team will compete at the Findlay Classic and Elite Throws Saturday. The schedule of events for throws is listed below:

Saturday Schedule of Events
10 am – Weight throw
11 am – Shot put
1:15 pm – Elite shot put
3:30 pm – Elite weight throw

THE THUNDERING HERD INVITATIONAL
More than 20 teams will compete at Marshall's Thundering Herd Invitational Friday and Saturday. The schedule for the meet, and BGSU's list of competitors (scheduled to change) are listed below:

Friday Schedule of Events
4:30 pm – Pentathlon (Chasatea Brown, BeJai Fray)
5:30 pm – Long jump (Raven Porter)
8:30 pm – 5000 (Rachel Walny, Rebecca Schott)

Saturday Schedule of Events
9:30 am – High jump (Raven Porter)
12:30 pm – Triple jump (Kyla Paster)
12:35 pm – 60 semifinals (Dorresha Green, Kyla Paster, Cortisha Short)
1:10 pm – Mile (Rebecca Schott, Rachel Walny)
2:25 pm – 60 finals
2:40 pm – 400 (Brianna Tidmore, Brianna Johnson)
3:25 pm – 800 (Camerone Bryant)
4:00 pm – 200 (Cortisha Short, Gabrielle Edwards, Dorresha Green)
4:55 pm – 3000 (Kelsie Mothersead, Jody Musser, Becca Rae, Elena Lancioni)
6:05 pm – 1600 relay (A and B teams)

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
The BGSU track and field team can be followed all winter/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

IN THEIR OWN WORDS
"This is a big weekend for us. We need to see some definitive steps across the board, in all event groups." – Lou Snelling, Head Coach

GUSTAFSON THE NEW SHOT PUT QUEEN; WHEAT STILL PUSHING
Aliyah Gustafson has been dominating the shot put since returning from a knee injury a year ago, winning the event at the MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships and advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships. Friday, she set another milestone, breaking the indoor school record in the event with a throw of 52-feet-10. In fact, the two most recent school record holders in the shot put are still active in the program. Senior Makenzie Wheat was the previous school record holder when she threw 52-1 back in 2015. Prior to that, the school record had stood for 21 years since Nikki Lessig threw 51-4.5 in 1994.

Gustafson holds the outdoor shot put school record at 53-0.75, breaking a mark last year that had stood for 11 years. Kerri McClung was the previous record holder at 52-8.25 in 2005.

Gustafson and Wheat hold all of the top five indoor shot put performances in program history and they have combined for seven of the top 10 outdoor performances in BGSU history.

BGSU IN THE MAC RANKINGS
Bowling Green holds three of the top five spots in the league in both throws events. In the shot put, defending outdoor MAC champion Aliyah Gustafson ranks second. Elizabeth Iversen is now fourth and Makenzie Wheat is fifth.

In the weight throw, Iversen ranks second, while Kayla Velasquez is fourth and Gustafson is fifth.

Dorresha Green ranks second in the MAC in the 60 after posting an automatic qualifying time of 7.50 seconds at Kent State's Golden Flash Gala in December.

60 – 2. Dorresha Green 7.50 (AQ), 9. Kyla Paster 7.67
200 – 4. Cortisha Short 24.82, 10. Dorresha Green 25.20
400 – 5. Taylor Rambo 56.61
Mile – 19. Rachel Walny 5:05.41c
5000 – 5. Becca Rae 17:26.52
1600 relay – 11. Bowling Green 3:59.48
High jump – 11. Raven Porter 5-5 (1.65m)
Long jump – 9. Raven Porter 18-4.25 (5.59m), 12. BeJai Fray 18-2.5 (5.55m), 16. Kyla Paster 18-0.5 (5.50m), 19. Chasatea Brown 17-10.75 (5.45m)
Triple jump – 5. Kyla Paster 38-9.75 (11.83m) (AQ)
Shot put – 2. Aliyah Gustafson 52-10 (16.10m) (AQ), 4. Elizabeth Iversen 50-0 (15.24m), 5. Makenzie Wheat 49-11.75 (15.23m)
Weight throw – 2. Elizabeth Iversen 60-2.5 (18.35m) (AQ), 4. Kayla Velasquez 59-11.25 (18.27m) (AQ), 5. Aliyah Gustafson 58-2.5 (17.74m), 12. Kaila Butler 55-10.25 (17.02m)

c – converted times

BGSU IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Aliyah Gustafson currently ranks 16^th nationally in the shot put. The top 16 will advance to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championships March 10-11 in College Station, Texas.

60 – 71. Dorresha Green 7.50
5000 – 37. Becca Rae 17:26.52
Shot put – 18. Aliyah Gustafson 52-10 (16.10m), 47. Elizabeth Iversen 50-0 (15.24m), 48. Makenzie Wheat 49-11.75 (15.23m)
Weight throw – 71. Elizabeth Iversen 60-2.5 (18.35m), 77. Kayla Velasquez 59-11.25 (18.27m)

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Chasatea Brown

Camerone Bryant

Kaila Butler

Gabrielle Edwards

BeJai Fray

Dorresha Green

Aliyah Gustafson

Elizabeth Iversen

Brianna Johnson

Elena Lancioni

Kelsie Mothersead

Jody Musser

Kyla Paster

Raven Porter

Becca Rae

Taylor Rambo

Rebecca Schott

Cortisha Short

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Kayla Velasquez

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