Falcons Host BG Opener Saturday To Begin Indoor Track & Field Season

Saturday, December 1

Bowling Green, Ohio

6:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

BG Opener

Falcons Host BG Opener Saturday To Begin Indoor Track & Field Season

November 30, 2018 | Women's Track and Field

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

Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University indoor track and field team will host the BG Opener Saturday at 6:00 pm at Perry Field House. The Falcons welcome Ball State, Miami and Cleveland State for the season-opening meet.

LIVE RESULTS
INDOOR SCHOOL RECORDS

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

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
6:00 – Weight throw (Aliyah Gustafson, Katie Seyfang, Kaila Butler, Katelyn King, Daija Young, Allie Farmer)
Shot put (Zaresha Neal, Ebonie Whitted, Katie Seyfang, Daija Young, Aliyah Gustafson)
6:00 – Long jump (Ayanna Burrell, Stacey Wolverton)
Triple jump (Ayanna Burrell)
6:00 – High jump (Stacey Wolverton)
6:00 – Pole vault
7:00 – 60 hurdles prelims
7:15 – 60 prelims (Chasatea Brown, Iyanna Ross)
7:25 – 300
7:35 – Mile
7:45 – 400 (Ryen Draper, Brianna Tidmore, Jazzlynn Gaiters)
8:00 – 60 hurdles finals
8:10 – 60 finals (Chasatea Brown, Iyanna Ross)
8:15 – 800
8:20 – 200 (Ryen Draper, Iyanna Ross, Mis'cha Sellers)
8:25 – 3,000
8:40 – 1600 relay (Chasatea Brown, Jazzlynn Gaiters, Mis'cha Sellers, Brianna Tidmore)

LOOKING BACK TO GET AHEAD

Bowling Green placed third at the MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships a year ago with 68 points.
It was the top result for the program since the 1999 team won the MAC Championship with 110 points.
The Falcons return student-athletes who accounted for 36.5 points at the MAC Championships, including shot put MAC Champion Aliyah Gustafson, who scored 18 points. Ryen Draper, Rachel Walny, Stacey Wolverton and Kaila Butler also scored at the MAC Championships in individual events. The Falcons return six of the eight legs in the two relay events.

THE ALL-AMERICAN RETURNS

Redshirt senior Aliyah Gustafson was granted a sixth year of eligibility over the summer and returns for her final year of competition.
Gustafson qualified for the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field National Championships a year ago.
A three-time MAC Champion in the shot put, Gustafson has advanced to the outdoor national championships twice as well.
Gustafson is a two-time second team All-American and placed fifth among collegiate competitors at the 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships.
After redshirting as a true freshman in 2014, Gustafson tore her ACL just two meets into the 2015 indoor season. She returned to competition and promptly won the 2016 MAC Outdoor Championship in the shot put.
She placed 24^th at the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Championships and then finished 10^th at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Track & Field National Championships. She concluded the 2018 season with a 15^th place finish at the outdoor national championships.
Gustafson graduated with a 3.93 grade point average in exercise science and maintains a 4.0 GPA as a master's student in kinesiology.

SHATTERING RECORDS

Bowling Green returns multiple student-athletes who have already earned spots among the all-time greats in program history.
Sophomore Ryen Draper holds the school record in the non-traditional 300 (39.88 seconds) and ranks fifth in the 400 (56.70 seconds)
Junior Chasatea Brown ranks fourth all-time in the 400 (56.65 seconds).
Redshirt senior Rachel Walny ranks second all-time in both the 3000 (9:43.93) and the 5000 (16:46.27). In the 3000, Walny has two of the five fastest times in program history, while she has three of the five best times in the 5000.
Redshirt senior Aliyah Gustafson is the school record holder in both the shot put (57-feet-2) and the weight throw (69-3.25). She has the four best shot put performances in program history.
Junior Kaila Butler ranks fifth in school history in the weight throw at 63-3.25.
Brown, Draper, sophomore Savannah Nevels and junior Brianna Tidmore posted the second-fastest time in the 1600 relay in program history at 3:47.06.

QUOTABLE
"We are looking forward to officially opening up our indoor season on Saturday. There are a lot of familiar names back this year, but we are also excited to see the impact our underclassmen will make." – Lou Snelling, Head Coach

Don't miss @BG_XCTrack as they get their season underway Saturday on campus at Perry Field House! FREE ADMISSION! #AyZiggy pic.twitter.com/A5caNtxpDY
— BGSU Athletics (@BGathletics) November 30, 2018