Back On Track: BGSU To Compete At Michigan Saturday

Saturday, January 11

Ann Arbor, Mich.

11:00 AM

Bowling Green State University

Wolverine Invitational

January 09, 2020 | Women's Track and Field

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

Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Bowling Green State University indoor track and field team will return to the track Saturday as the Falcons compete at the Wolverine Invitational, hosted by Michigan, beginning at 11:00 am. The meet is scheduled to be completed by 4:00 pm.

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Teams scheduled to compete at the meet include fellow Mid-American Conference opponents Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Toledo. Also, Michigan, Michigan State, Miami (Fla.), Grand Valley State, Guelph and Western Ontario will be in attendance.

BGSU has had more than a month off since opening the season at home for the BG Opener Dec. 6. Despite the break, the Falcons rank among the top 10 in the MAC 11 times, including Kaila Butler, who is the top-ranked competitor in the MAC in the weight throw.

FIELD EVENTS
11:00 am: Shot put – Katie Seyfang, Ebonie Whitted,
11:00 am: Long jump – Ayanna Burrell, Hannah Shoemaker
1:30 pm: Weight throw (following men) – Kaila Butler
2:00 pm: Triple jump (following long jump) – Destiny Fernandes

TRACK EVENTS
11:00 am: 60 hurdles prelims – Chasatea Brown, Destiny Fernandes
11:33 am: 60 prelims - Savannah Nevels, Iyanna Ross, Jayla Currie
12:05 pm: 60 hurdles finals
12:15 pm: 60 finals
1:00 pm: 400 – Anna Roach
1:24 pm: 600 – Lauren Jackson
2:15 pm: 200 – Ryen Draper, Iyanna Ross, Hannah Shoemaker
3:35 pm: 1600 relay – BGSU A (Brown, Draper, Nevels, Ross, Jackson, Currie), BGSU B (Gaiters, Hunter, Roach, Shoemaker, Jackson, Currie)

FALCONS IN THE MAC RANKINGS
Listed below are all BGSU track and field student-athletes ranked among the top 20 in the MAC in a particular event. Times listed with a "c" are converted for track size.

60 – 2. Savannah Nevels 7.64, 16. Jemeila Hunter 7.85, 19. Chasatea Brown 7.90
200 – 7. Hannah Shoemaker 25:70c, 14. Jayla Currie 26.59c
400 – 9. Anna Roach 59.97c
800 – 5. Lauren Jackson 2:21.81c
60 hurdles – 14. Destiny Fernandes 9.29, 15. Chasatea Brown 9.34
1600 relay – 5. Bowling Green 4:01.12c
High jump – 15. Destiny Fernandes 1.45m (4-9)
Long jump – 4. Brianna Richard 5.60m (18-4.5), 14. Hannah Shoemaker 5.26m (17-3.25), 16. Ayanna Burrell 5.24m (17-2.25)
Triple jump – 6. Ayanna Burrell 11.64m (38-2.25), 9. Brianna Richard 10.60m (34-9.5)
Shot put – 3. Katie Seyfang 14.34m (47-0.75), 5. Ebonie Whited 13.99m (45-10.75), 14. Daija Young 12.16m (39-10.75)
Weight throw – 1. Kaila Butler 19.78m (64-10.75) (aq), 14. Daija Young 15.25m (50-0.5)

FALCONS IN THE NCAA RANKINGS
Listed below are all BGSU track and field student-athletes ranked among the top 100 in the country in a particular event.

60 – 57. Savannah Nevels 7.64
800 – 57. Lauren Jackson 2:21.81c
Long jump – 71. Brianna Richard 5.60m (18-4.5)
Triple jump – 64. Ayanna Burrell 11.64m (38-2.25)
Shot put – 49. Katie Seyfang 14.34m (47-0.75), 61. Ebonie Whitted 13.99m (45-10.75)
Weight throw – 13. Kaila Butler 19.78m (64-10.75)

ALREADY IN THE RECORD BOOKS / MORE TO COME

A handful of Falcons have already etched their names in the Bowling Green record books.
Savannah Nevels ranks as the fifth-fastest woman in school history in the 200 with a personal best time of 24.66 seconds at the MAC Championships a year ago.
During that same meet, Ryen Draper ran the 200 in 24.72 seconds to nestle in just behind Nevels as the sixth-fastest in program history.
Draper is also the fastest woman in program history in the non-traditional 300. She ran that distance in 39.00 seconds at the BG Opener earlier this year. Draper is also fifth fastest in the 400 with a time of 56.70 seconds in Feb. of 2018 at Grand Valley State's The Big Meet.
Iyanna Ross ranks second all-time in the 300. Her time of 39.80 seconds in the BG Opener in December would have broken the school record if not for Draper's time in the same race.
Chasatea Brown is fourth all-time in the 400, running 56.65 seconds at the same meet in 2018.
Brown, Nevels, Ross and Draper broke the school record in the 1600 relay at last year's MAC Championships. They posted a time of 3:45.49.
Sophomore Ayanna Burrell broke into the top 10 in the triple jump as a freshman a year ago. She leaped 38-feet (11.58m) at Notre Dame's Meyo Invitational to reach seventh in program history.
Senior Kaila Butler ranks as the fourth-best weight throw competitor in program history. Her distance of 64-feet-10.75 (19.78m) in the BG Opener in December ranks as her personal best.

POSTSEASON SCORING EXPERIENCE

Bowling Green returns a handful of student-athletes who have scored in the postseason during their careers.
Senior Kaila Butler placed fourth at the MAC Championships in the weight throw a year ago. A second team All-American in the hammer throw during outdoor season, Butler has international experience as a member of Team Canada.
Butler also placed sixth at the MAC Championships in the weight throw as a sophomore in 2018.
BGSU's 1600 relay team placed sixth at the MAC Championships a year ago and all four members of that unit return. Senior Chasatea Brown, juniors Savannah Nevels and Ryen Draper, and sophomore Iyanna Ross make for a strong foundation in the relays.
Draper also earned an eighth place finish at the MAC Championships in the 400 in 2018.
Junior Jessi Lindstrom was a member of the distance medley relay team that finished sixth at the MAC Championships in 2018.

FOLLOW THE FALCONS

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