Outdoor Season Opens In North Carolina

Friday, March 30

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Bowling Green State University

Raleigh Relays

March 29, 2018 | Women's Track and Field

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

Raleigh, N.C. – The Bowling Green State University outdoor track and field team opens its season Friday and Saturday at the Raleigh Relays, hosted by North Carolina State. Events begin at 9 am Friday with the 5000 and then at 10 am Saturday with the hammer throw. Coming off of its strongest indoor season in 19 years, BGSU track and field will work to continue that momentum into the outdoor campaign.

LIVE RESULTS
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RALEIGH RELAYS START LISTS

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

RALEIGH RELAYS
FRIDAY BGSU SCHEDULE
9:00 am – 5000 sections 1-4 (Elena Lancioni)
10:45 am – Shot put (Elizabeth Iversen, Daija Young, Aliyah Gustafson)
11:00 am – High jump invite (Stacey Wolverton)
11:30 am – Long jump (BeJai Fray, Kyla Paster)
12:10 pm – 100 hurdles (BeJai Fray)
1:00 pm – 100 (Savannah Nevels, Cortisha Short, Chasatea Brown, Kyla Paster, Ryen Draper)
1:50 pm – 400 (Ryen Draper, Brianna Tidmore)
2:40 pm – Sprint Medley Relay (Mis'cha Sellers, Hailey Mayes, Rickia White, Rachel Stute, Chasatea Brown, Paige Geatz)
2:52 pm – 1500 sections 1-7 (Rachel Durbin, Jessi Lindstrom)
3:00 pm – Discus (Elizabeth Iversen, Andrea Weirauch, Daija Young, Aliyah Gustafson)
6:54 pm – 5000 section 5 (Rachel Walny)
10:30 pm – 10000 section 2 (Elena Lancioni)

SATURDAY BGSU SCHEDULE
10:00 am – Hammer throw (Allie Farmer, Elizabeth Iversen, Daija Young, Aliyah Gustafson)
12:00 pm – Triple jump (Kyla Paster)
12:45 pm – Javelin (BeJai Fray)
1:00 pm – 400 hurdles (Chasatea Brown, Paige Geatz)
1:25 pm – 400 relay (Savannah Nevels, Cortisha Short, Kyla Paster, Dorresha Green, Ryen Draper, Mis'cha Sellers)
2:30 pm – 800 relay / A&B Teams (Chasatea Brown, Cortisha Short, Savannah Nevels, Ryen Draper, Mis'cha Sellers, Rickia White, Hailey Mayes, Brianna Tidmore, Rachel Stute, Paige Geatz)
3:35 pm – 200 (Savannah Nevels, Cortisha Short)
4:00 pm – 1600 relay (Mis'cha Sellers, Brianna Tidmore, Rachel Stute, Hailey Mayes, Rickia White, Paige Geatz)

WALNY, GUSTAFSON TO RETURN TO NATIONALS?

Redshirt junior Rachel Walny returns to the Falcons after earning a spot to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships a year ago. She placed 18^th in the 10,000 at the meet and was named honorable mention All-American
Redshirt senior Aliyah Gustafson advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships in the shot put two years ago, finishing 24^th and being named honorable mention All-American. Following a tenth place finish in the shot put at this year's NCAA Indoor Track & Field National Championships, she will be an odds-on favorite to advance to another national championship meet.
The last Falcon to advance to multiple Outdoor Track & Field National Championships in her career was Brooke Pleger. Pleger made it to three consecutive national championships from 2013-15, placing third in the hammer throw in each of her final two appearances.

RECAPPING THE INDOOR SEASON

Bowling Green hosted the MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships and finished third at the meet with 68 points. Both the third place finish and the 68 team points were high-water marks for the program since winning the MAC Championship in 1999.
Redshirt senior Aliyah Gustafson was the first Falcon to represent BGSU at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field National Championships since 2001, placing tenth at the meet and earning second-team All-American status.
BGSU throws coach Derrick Vicars was named the MAC Assistant Coach of the Year and the Great Lakes Region Assistant Coach of the Year after leading the BGSU throws group to dominant performance after performance. Of the team's 68 points at the MAC Championships, 34 came in the two throws events. BGSU was ranked No. 2 in the country in the weight throw and No. 3 nationally in the shot put.

FALCONS SIGN FIVE

The BGSU cross country and track & field program announced the signing of five high school student-athletes during the early signing 2017-18 early signing period.
The Falcons are excited to welcome Jazzlyn Gaiters (Worthington, Ohio / Thomas Worthington HS), Iyanna Ross (Columbus, Ohio / Pickerington Central HS), Katie Seyfang (Washington Court House, Ohio / Miami Trace HS), Olivia Clymer (White Lake Township, Mich. / White Lake Lakeland HS) and Katerina Shuble (La Porte, Ind. / La Porte HS) to the family.
Gaiters and Ross are sprinters, while Seyfang is a thrower. Clymer is a distance runner who will also compete in cross country and Shuble competes in mid-distance events and will take part in cross country.

THOUGHTS FROM COACH LOU SNELLING

"It will look different and feel different, but we should keep a lot of the good things rolling from the indoor season. Indoor season was a really positive experience and we had a lot of really good takeaways. Confidence is what we can really take away. Why not us? Why can't we eventually win a conference title?"
"I think we will get solid numbers out of our throws group this week. For the sprints and jumps, this meet is a bit more relay-based."

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ALL-ACADEMIC

Following the 2018 indoor season, 12 members of the BGSU Track and Field team were named Academic All-MAC. They were Kaila Butler, Rachel Durbin, Allie Farmer, Paige Geatz, Aliyah Gustafson, Elena Lancioni, Kelsie Mothersead, Mis'cha Sellers, Cortisha Short, Rachel Stute, Brianna Tidmore and Rachel Walny. Durbin, Gustafson and Stute all carry a 4.0 grade point average (both Durbin and Gustafson are working on graduate degrees).
BGSU's track and field team was named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for the 2016-17 season, posting a 3.43 combined grade point average.
Current team members Aliyah Gustafson and Rachel Walny, along with graduate Makenzie Wheat, were named USTFCCCA Individual All-Academic award winners.