Outdoor Season Set To Begin Saturday At Miami

Saturday, March 23

Oxford, Ohio

Bowling Green State University

Miami Blizzard Buster

March 22, 2019 | Women's Track and Field

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

Oxford, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University track and field team opens the outdoor season Saturday at Miami's Blizzard Buster. The meet is scheduled to begin at 9 am and will conclude with the 1600 relay at 4:15 pm. Following a ninth place finish at the 2019 Mid-American Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships, the Falcons will look to open the outdoor campaign on solid footing.

HEAT SHEETS

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

MIAMI BLIZZARD BUSTER SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
9:00 am – Javelin (Andrea Weirauch)
9:00 am – Hammer Throw (Kaila Butler, Allie Farmer, Aliyah Gustafson, Daija Young, Katelyn King, Ebonie Whitted)
Following Hammer – Shot Put (Zaresha Neal, Ebonie Whitted, Daija Young)
Following Hammer – Discus (Aliyah Gustafson, Zaresha Neal, Daija Young, Katelyn King, Andrea Weirauch)
10:30 am – 5000 (Claire Reynolds)
11:00 am – Long Jump (Ayanna Burrell, Brianna Richard)
Following Long Jump – Triple Jump (Ayanna Burrell, Brianna Richard)
11:15 am – 3000 Steeplechase (Kelsie Mothersead)
11:55 am – 1500 (Allison Holahan)
1:00 pm – 400 (Jazzlynn Gaiters, Mis'cha Sellers, Savannah Nevels)
1:25 pm – 100 (Ryen Draper, Iyanna Ross)
1:55 pm – 800 (Katerina Shuble, Lauren Jackson)
2:45 pm – 200 (Ryen Draper, Jazzlynn Gaiters, Iyanna Ross, Mis'cha Sellers, Savannah Nevels)

RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS

School record-holders Rachel Walny and Aliyah Gustafson return for their final outdoor seasons of their collegiate careers. Both are two-time All-Americans during outdoor season.
Walny is the school's all-time 10,000m record holder and has qualified for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Championships twice. In fact, Walny holds all of the top six times in the event in program history.
Walny is also close to breaking the school record in the 5,000. Her career-best of 16:27.67 is third all-time and less than two seconds from breaking the program record.
Aliyah Gustafson is the program leader in the shot put and has also qualified for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Championships twice. She also has the top six marks in program history in the event.
Gustafson ranks second in school history in two other events – the hammer throw and discus. Her career-best in discus of 171-feet-11 is four feet shy of the program record.

LOOKING BACK TO SEE AHEAD

Bowling Green tied for seventh at the 2018 MAC Championships with 58 points. The Falcons return members of the team who accounted for 42 of those points.
Redshirt senior Aliyah Gustafson accounted for 21 points by winning the shot put, placing third in discus and fourth in the hammer throw.
Redshirt senior Rachel Walny returns after a runner-up finish in the 10,000 and a seventh-place result in the 5,000.
Junior Chasatea Brown was the MAC runner-up in the 400 hurdles. She also paired up with sophomore Savannah Nevels as half of the 400 relay team that finished sixth.