Falcons Building Momentum For Week Two Of Outdoor Season

Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University track and field team heads on the road this weekend to compete at the Raleigh Relays, hosted by North Carolina State. Kaila Butler and Aliyah Gustafson will compete at the Texas Relays. Coming off of a successful opening weekend, the Falcons will look to build upon the five MAC automatic qualifying bids already earned.

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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 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY
10:00 am – Shot Put (Zaresha Neal, Ebonie Whitted, Daija Young)
11:00 am – Long Jump (Ayanna Burrell)
12:48 pm – 100 (Chasatea Brown, Savannah Nevels)
1:40 pm – 400 (Ryen Draper, Jazzlynn Gaiters, Iyanna Ross, Mis'cha Sellers)
2:15 pm – Discus (Zaresha Neal, Daija Young)
2:42 pm, 6:00 pm – 1500 (Katerina Shuble)

SATURDAY
9:45 am – Hammer (Allie Farmer, Zaresha Neal)
12:00 pm – Triple Jump (Ayanna Burrell)
1:00 pm – 400 Hurdles (Chasatea Brown)
1:35 pm – 400 relay (Bowling Green)
3:55 pm – 200 (Ryen Draper, Savannah Nevels)
4:20 pm – 1600 relay (Bowling Green)

TEXAS RELAYS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
THURSDAY
12:00 pm ET - Hammer Throw (Kaila Butler, Aliyah Gustafson)

SATURDAY
2:30 pm ET - Discus Section A (Aliyah Gustafson)
5:00 pm ET - Shot Put Section A (Aliyah Gustafson)

MAC LEADERS
In most events, the top 20 student-athletes in the conference will compete at the MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Listed below are all BGSU student-athletes currently ranked among that top 20:

100 – 11. Ryen Draper 12.24, 14. Iyanna Ross 12.41
200 – 9. Ryen Draper 24.85, 11. Savannah Nevels 24.93, 17. Iyanna Ross 25.48
400 – 11. Savannah Nevels 57.58, 14. Jazzlynn Gaiters 58.47, 20. Mis'cha Sellers 61:51
800 – 12. Katerina Shuble 2:19.57, 19. Lauren Jackson 2:23.42
5000 – 11. Claire Reynolds 19:16.03
3000 steeplechase – 3. Kelsie Mothersead 12:06.24
Long jump – 9. Brianna Richard 17-3.25 (5.26m)
Triple jump – 8. Brianna Richard 37-3.75 (11.37m), 9. Ayanna Burrell 36-3.5 (11.06m)
Shot put – 1. Zaresha Neal 50-10.25 (15.50m), 8. Daija Young 43-5.75 (13.25m)
Discus – 1. Aliyah Gustafson 164-6 (50.14m), 2. Daija Young 157-4 (47.97m), 7. Zaresha Neal 150-6 (45.88m), 14. Andrea Weirauch 127-0 (38.71m), 19. Katelyn King 113-1 (34.48m)
Hammer throw – 1. Kaila Butler 204-6 (62.33m), 3. Aliyah Gustafson 180-9 (55.09m), 6. Allie Farmer 172-0 (52.42m)
Javelin – 13. Andrea Weirauch 103-1 (31.42m)

MAC AUTO BIDS
The Falcons have clinched five automatic bids to the MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Those auto bids are listed below:

Shot put – 1. Zaresha Neal 50-10.25 (15.50m)
Discus – 1. Aliyah Gustafson 164-6 (50.14m), 2. Daija Young 157-4 (47.97m)
Hammer throw – 1. Kaila Butler 204-6 (62.33m), 3. Aliyah Gustafson 180-9 (55.09m)

REGIONAL RANKINGS
In most events, the top 48 student-athletes in the region will advance to the NCAA East Region Preliminary. Listed below are the Falcons ranked among the top 50 in the region:

3000 steeplechase – 45. Kelsie Mothersead 12.06.24
Shot put – 8. Zaresha Neal 50-10.25 (15.50m)
Discus – 14. Aliyah Gustafson 164-6 (50.14m), 36. Daija Young 157-4 (47.97m)
Hammer throw – 10. Kaila Butler 204-6 (62.33m), 47. Aliyah Gustafson 180-9 (55.09m)

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.

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Ayanna Burrell

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Allie Farmer

Jazzlynn Gaiters

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Zaresha Neal

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