Friday, March 24
Raleigh, N.C.
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Raleigh Relays
Falcons Open Outdoor Season At Raleigh Relays
March 21, 2017 | Women's Track and Field
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Raleigh, N.C. – The Bowling Green State University outdoor track and field team opens its season Friday and Saturday at the Raleigh Relays. The Falcons have competed at this meet in each of the past four seasons and the team will send competitors from all event groups to the competition this year.
THE RALEIGH RELAYS
The Raleigh Relays are hosted by North Carolina State and take place at Paul Derr Track Friday and Saturday. The Falcons will begin competition with the 5000 Friday at 9:45 am and then will pick back up Saturday at noon with the triple jump.
The tentative schedule of events and tentative BGSU competitors is listed below:
FRIDAY, FEB. 24
9:45 am – 5000 (Elena Lancioni, Becca Rae, Rebecca Schott, Rachel Walny)
11:00 am – High jump (Raven Porter)
11:00 am – Shot put (Aliyah Gustafson, Elizabeth Iversen, Makenzie Wheat)
11:30 am – Long jump (Chasatea Brown, Kyla Paster, Raven Porter)
1:15 pm – 100 prelims (Chasatea Brown, Dorresha Green, Kyla Paster, Mis'cha Sellers, Cortisha Short)
2:10 pm – 400 (Camerone Bryant, Paige Geatz, Taylor Rambo, Rachel Stute, Brianna Tidmore)
3:07 pm – 1500 (Cassandra Boyle, Rachel Durbin)
3:15 pm – Discus (Aliyah Gustafson, Elizabeth Iversen, Kayla Velasquez)
8:06 pm – 10000 (Elena Lancioni)
SATURDAY, FEB. 25
12:00 pm – Triple jump (Kyla Paster)
12:45 pm – Hammer throw (Kaila Butler, Elizabeth Iversen, Kayla Velasquez)
12:55 pm – 400 hurdles (Chasatea Brown, Camerone Bryant, Paige Geatz)
4:00 pm – 200 (Cortisha Short)
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
STARTING STRONG AGAIN?
A year ago, Bowling Green opened the outdoor season at the Raleigh Relays and hit four Mid-American Conference automatic qualifying marks immediately. Makenzie Wheat and Aliyah Gustafson both did so in the shot put, while Kayla Velasquez added an auto mark in the hammer throw. As well, Raven Porter qualified in the high jump. This weekend, all four of those student-athletes will compete in the same events again.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
"This meet is one of the biggest and best in the country this weekend. From a competitive standpoint, it's a great opportunity. We should walk away from the weekend feeling pretty good about what we did." – Lou Snelling, Head Coach
INDOOR TRACK BUILDING MOMENTUM
BGSU completed the indoor track and field season in late February by placing fourth at the MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships. The finish was the team's best result since 1999. That came on the heels of the squad's third place finish at the MAC Cross Country Championships in the fall. A year ago, Bowling Green placed sixth at the MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships and will look to use the momentum from the fall and winter to improve upon that result.
WORKING FOR REGIONALS RETURN
A year ago, three Falcons advanced to the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round and all three return. Aliyah Gustafson, who advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships, qualified in the shot put, as did Makenzie Wheat. Kayla Velasquez also competed at regionals in the hammer throw. Wheat, in fact, has advanced to the East Region preliminary round in each of her first three years of competition. In total, BGSU has competed 16 times at regionals in head coach Lou Snelling's five seasons at the helm.
GUSTAFSON LOOKS TO REPEAT MAGICAL 2016
Aliyah Gustafson returned from a torn ACL to have a magical 2016 outdoor season. She won the MAC shot put championship and advanced to the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round as the No. 19 seed at the event. She stunned the field by finishing 12th and earning the final spot to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships, where she finished 24th and was named honorable mention All-American. BGSU has sent a competitor to the outdoor national championships in each of the past four seasons, with Brooke Pleger doing so in the hammer throw three consecutive seasons, ending third in both 2014 and 2015.
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