Falcons Shine As Gustafson Breaks School Record Again At Tom Wright Classic

Friday, January 19

Bowling Green, Ohio

3:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Tom Wright Classic

Falcons Shine As Gustafson Breaks School Record Again At Tom Wright Classic

January 19, 2018 | Women's Track and Field

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

Bowling Green, Ohio – Redshirt senior Aliyah Gustafson broke the school record in the shot put for the sixth time in her career and the Bowling Green State University indoor track & field team won four events in the Tom Wright Open Friday night. BGSU competed against Toledo, Eastern Michigan and Shawnee State at the meet.

FULL RESULTS (.pdf)

THE RECORD BREAKER

Aliyah Gustafson has competed in the shot put three times in 2017-18, breaking her own school record each time she has competed.
Friday, she broke her own school record by well over a foot, throwing 55-feet-10.5 (17.03m). Her previous record was 54-3.75.
Gustafson climbed from 10^th to sixth nationally.
Her distance would have qualified her for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field National Championships a year ago in 14^th place.
No Falcon has advanced to the NCAA Indoor Track & Field National Championships since Stephanie Heldt in the high jump in 2001.

THE WEIGHT THROW

Aliyah Gustafson also won the weight throw with a personal best distance of 64-6.5 (19.67m) to climb into the top 25 in the country.
Elizabeth Iversen finished third with a mark of 61-11 and Kaila Butler followed at 59-4.
Allie Farmer set a new personal best, just one inch behind Butler, at 59-3.

SPRINTING ON THE TRACK

Freshman Savannah Nevels set new personal bests in the 60 and 200.
She twice set a new PR in the 60, running 7.69 in the prelims and then 7.67 in the finals to finish third.
In the 200, Nevels had a personal best time of 25.07 seconds.
Freshman Ryen Draper and sophomore transfer Peyton Lee also posted PRs in the 60 with times of 25.15 seconds and 25.37 seconds, respectively.

Peyton Lee'S BIG NIGHT

Not only did Peyton Lee PR in the 60, she also set new personal bests in the 60 hurdles and the high jump.
Lee broke her personal best in the 60 hurdles twice, running 8.67 seconds in the prelims before topping out at 8.62 seconds in the finals. She won both the prelims and the finals and her time is the second fastest in the MAC this year.
Lee also had a personal best in the high jump, leaping 5-1 (1.55m).

OTHER STRONG EFFORTS

Sophomore Chasatea Brown won the 400 in 57.77 seconds. It establishes a personal best for her as it is the first time she has ever raced the distance.
Senior Rachel Durbin placed second in the mile with a season-best time of 5:04.84. She was just .11 seconds off the winning pace.
Jessi Lindstrom (5:09.37) and Elena Lancioni (5:14.42) also set personal bests in the mile.
Kyla Paster posted a season-best mark in the long jump, placing second in the event at 17-11.5 (5.47m)

QUOTABLE
"We definitely feel like things are going in the right direction. For Aliyah, it was a really big day. The weight throw in itself, we would have taken that. But then, to throw over 17 meters in the shot. You have to feel pretty good about that." – Head Track and Field Coach Lou Snelling.

UP NEXT

BGSU is scheduled to take part in two meets in the next week.
The Falcons will compete in Findlay's Elite Throws competition Friday and Saturday.
The rest of the team will travel to the Thundering Herd Invitational, hosted by Marshall, on the same days.

TOM WRIGHT CLASSIC
BGSU RESULTS
60 prelims – 3. Savannah Nevels 7.69, 10. Kyla Paster 7.87, 11. Cortisha Short 7.90
60 finals – 3. Savannah Nevels 7.67
60 hurdles prelims – 1. Peyton Lee 8.67, 4. BeJai Fray 9.35
60 hurdles finals – 1. Peyton Lee 8.62, 4. BeJai Fray 9.45
200 – 5. Savannah Nevels 25.07, 6. Ryen Draper 25.15, 7. Peyton Lee 25.37, 8. Cortisha Short 25.38, 12. Mis'cha Sellers 26.05, 14. BeJai Fray 27.22
400 – 1. Chasatea Brown 57.77, 4. Rachel Stute 59.48, 5. Brianna Tidmore 59.73, 7. Rickia White 60.35, 8. Mis'cha Sellers 60.37, 9. Paige Geatz 61.65, 11. Ryen Draper 66.09
Mile – 2. Rachel Durbin 5:04.84, 4. Jessi Lindstrom 5:09.37, 6. Elena Lancioni 5:14.42, 8. Megan Aalberts 5:17.08
3000 – 3. Kelsie Mothersead 11:05.87
Long jump – 2. Kyla Paster 5.47m (17-11.5), 9. Stacey Wolverton 4.68m (15-4.25)
High jump – 3. BeJai Fray 1.60m (5-3), 4. Stacey Wolverton 1.60m (5-3), 5. Peyton Lee 1.55m (5-1)
Weight throw – 1. Aliyah Gustafson 19.67m (64-6.5), 3. Elizabeth Iversen 18.87m (61-11), 4. Kaila Butler 18.08m (59-4), 5. Allie Farmer 18.06m (59-3), 7. Daija Young 15.22m (49-11.25), 8. Zaresha Neal 14.91m (48-11)
Shot put – 1. Aliyah Gustafson 17.03m (55-10.5), 2. Elizabeth Iversen 15.14m (49-8.25), 4. Zaresha Neal 12.52m (41-1), 6. BeJai Fray 12.35m (40-6.25), 9. Peyton Lee 10.40m (34-1.5)