Six Earn New Personal Bests As BGSU XC Has Solid Showing In Bradley Pink Classic

Friday, October 18

Peoria, IL

3:30 PM

Bowling Green State University

Bradley “Pink” Classic

Six Earn New Personal Bests As BGSU XC Has Solid Showing In Bradley Pink Classic

October 18, 2019 | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

By: By Kellan Godfrey, BGSU Athletic Communications

PEORIA, Ill. – The Bowling Green State University men's and women's cross country teams took to the XC course at Newman Golf Course for the 2019 Bradley Pink Classic on Friday (Oct. 18) afternoon. The men's team took 10^th place in team scoring out of 20 teams in the field. The women's team also finished 10^th in team scoring out of 23 teams.

Men's 8k Red Race Event

The Men's 8k Red Race event had 165 competitors in total. The Falcons would earn a team score of 272 earning them a 10th place finish out of 20 teams in the field. BGSU bested hosting school Bradley at 16^th place.

Individual Performances

Coming in first for the Bowling Green Falcons in the men's 8k was sophomore Cesar Arellano coming in 25^th overall with a time of 24:55.1. This was his third race of the season, and the first time he has placed first for BGSU in team scoring this season. He bested his previous time at Bradley by over half a minute from a year ago.
Junior Kyle Hibinger came in second in team scoring for Bowling Green finishing 57^th overall with a time of 25:26.9. He shaved a little over a full minute from a year ago at the Bradley Pink Classic.
Senior Jonathan Voth finished third for Bowling Green and 64^th overall with a time of 25:37.1. He improved on his time in last season's Bradley Pink Classic by almost half a minute (25:54.6).
Junior Gabe Garbarino came in fourth in team scoring for BGSU at 69^th overall. His finishing time was 25:42.8. He also improved on his time in Bradley from a year ago (26:04.3).
Finishing fifth for Bowling Green was senior Raymond Berling. He came in 96^th place overall with a time of 26:02.9. He improved on his time in Bradley from last season (26:13.2).
Two places behind Berling was freshman AJ Haffa. Finishing 98^th overall, he earned a time of 26:03.7 and recording a new personal best for an 8k race by one second (26:04.8). This just one race after his last best at the Louisville XC Classic (Oct. 5).
Other in the field for BGSU were freshman Joseph Johnson III who would finish 109^th with a time of 26:20.6, and Vince Manning finishing 135^th with a time of 26:55.6. Manning earned a new personal best beating out his previous time in an 8k from the Spartan Invite earlier this season.

Coach Juan Carrillo's Take
"Things didn't go as we expected today. Coming off a great team performance at Louisville two weeks ago, today we couldn't match that. There were some things we did right like pass people throughout the race but also as a result of a conservative start. We are coming off from a hard week of training last week and the tired legs showed today. Now is about bouncing back from this and really let all the training we've done take effect in two weeks. Alexander Haffa ran a personal best and Cesar Arellano was our top guy running th cond fastest 8k time of his life."

FULL MEN'S RESULTS

Women's 6k Red Race Event
The Women's 6k Red Race event saw 180 participants in total. The Falcons finished 10^th in team scoring out of 23 teams total earning 286 points. Bradley took first place in team scoring on their home course.

Individual Performances

Coming in first for Bowling Green was sophomore Sydney Niekamp finishing 23^rd overall with a time of 21:52.2. She earned a new personal best in a 6k race having bested her time from this season's Spartan Invite (22:47.7). This was just her third race for BGSU.
Not far behind in 28^th place overall was sophomore Katerina Shuble finishing second for the Falcons. She finished with a time of 21:59.1 earning a new personal best in a 6k race. Her previous best 6k was in last year's Bradley Pink Classic (22:05.2).
Coming in third for BGSU was junior Sarah Hunsley finishing 59^th overall with a time of 22:31.5. This was just her second race of the 2019 season.
Finishing fourth for the Falcons was redshirt junior Allison Holahan. She finished 88^th overall in 23:01.8. She earned a new personal best for a 6k race having bested her time from the NIU Huskie Challenge earlier this season when she ran it in 23:31.5.
Coming in fifth for the Falcons was redshirt sophomore Allie Zofkie finishing 95^th overall with a time of 23:05.9. She too earned her best finish in a 6k race since last season's Bradley Pink Classic.
Also competing for Bowling Green was redshirt sophomore Megan Aalberts who finished 116^th overall with a time of 23:24.1. Redshirt Freshman Sydnie Firment finished 119^th overall with a time of 23:29.2. This was just her fourth race for Bowling Green and her time running at Bradley.

Head Coach Lou Snelling's Take
"Sydney took a great step today, huge PR, she was aggressive from the gun. As a team we had our ups and downs, so not a perfect day. We'll reflect a bit on the day and then get squarely focused on MAC."

FULL WOMEN'S RESULTS

Up Next
The Bowling Green State University men's and women's XC teams will have two final weeks to prepare for the MAC Championships which will take place Saturday, Nov. 2, in Illinois. The Falcons look to build on the momentum from these last two meets.

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