Falcons Head To GVSU For The Big Meet

Allendale, Mich. – Grand Valley State University will host the aptly named Big Meet Friday and the Bowling Green State University track and field team will compete. The meet begins at 9:00 am with the 5000 and the Falcons will continue to compete through the 200 at 6:35 pm.

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THE BIG MEET SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

FIELD EVENTS
12:00 pm: Open high jump (Destiny Fernandes)
12:00 pm: Open long jump (Ayanna Burrell, Destiny Fernandes, Brianna Richard, Hannah Shoemaker)
2:00 pm: Open weight throw (Kaylia Black, Katie Seyfang, Daija Young)
Open shot put, following weight throw (Kaylia Black, Daija Young)
5:00 pm: Invite weight throw (Kaila Butler)
Invite shot put, following weight throw (Katie Seyfang, Ebonie Whitted)
6:30 pm: Triple jump (Ayanna Burrell, Brianna Richard)

RUNNING EVENTS
9:18 am: 5000 sections 3-7 (Libbie Gleason, Sarah Hunsley, Sydney Niekamp)
12:45 pm: 60 hurdles prelims (Destiny Fernandes)
1:15 pm: 60 semifinals (Jayla Currie, Jemeila Hunter, Savannah Nevels, Brianna Richard, Iyanna Ross)
2:35 pm: 5000 section 2
3:20 pm: 60 hurdles finals
3:30 pm: 60 finals
3:35 pm: 400 (Ryen Draper, Jazzlynn Gaiters, Anna Roach, Hannah Shoemaker)
4:20 pm: Mile (Megan Aalberts, Allison Holahan, Kailee Perry, Katerina Shuble)
5:20 pm: 5000 section 1
6:00 pm: 800 (Trinity Fowler)
6:35 pm: 200 (Jayla Currie, Ryen Draper, Jazzlynn Gaiters, Jemeila Hunter, Savannah Nevels, Anna Roach, Iyanna Ross)

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 – 6. Savannah Nevels 7.64, 10. Jemeila Hunter 7.70
200 – 7. Jemeila Hunter 24.85c, 8. Ryen Draper 24.88, 10. Savannah Nevels 24.90, 19. Iyanna Ross 25.42
400 – 3. Iyanna Ross 55.29c, 9. Ryen Draper 56.17c, 19. Jazzlynn Gaiters 57.71
800 – 17. Katerina Shuble 2:15.37
Mile – 6. Katerina Shuble 4:55.73c, 14. Kailee Perry 4:59.18c
1600 relay – 3. Bowling Green 3:46.61
Distance medley relay – 3. Bowling Green 11:57.46
High jump – 17. Destiny Fernandes 1.60m (5-3)
Long jump – 11. Brianna Richard 5.60m (18-4.5)
Triple jump – 7. Ayanna Burrell 11.96m (39-3) (aq), 16. Brianna Richard 11.30m (37-1), 19. Destiny Fernandes 10.67m (35-0.25)
Shot put – 4. Katie Seyfang 15.17m (49-9.25) (aq), 5. Ebonie Whitted 14.88m (48-10), 14. Daija Young 13.20m (43-3.75)
Weight throw – 1. Kaila Butler 20.36m (66-9.75) (aq), 13. Kaylia Black 17.19m (56-4.75), 19. Daija Young 16.33m (53-7), 20. Katie Seyfang 16.20m (53-1.75)
Pentathlon – 10. Destiny Fernandes 3,073 points

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.

400 – 99. Iyanna Ross 55.29c
Distance medley relay – 71. Bowling Green 11:57.46
Shot put – 74. Katie Seyfang 15.17m (49-9.25), 94. Ebonie Whitted 14.88m (48-10)
Weight throw – 26. Kaila Butler 20.36m (66-9.75)

ALREADY IN THE RECORD BOOKS / MORE TO COME

A handful of Falcons have already etched their names in the Bowling Green record books.
Earlier this year at Eastern Michigan's Can Am Classic, sophomore Iyanna Ross ran the 400 in 55.94 seconds, a mark that made her the fourth fastest in school history. Just a few weeks later, she shattered that mark and the school record by running the 400 in 55.39 seconds.
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 56.55 seconds, set at the Akron Invitational earlier this year.
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. Earlier this year, Draper, Nevels, Jazzlynn Gaiters and Ross ran 3:46.61 for the second-fastest time in school history.
At the Akron Invitational, Kailee Perry, Anna Roach, Trinity Fowler and Katerina Shuble ran the fourth-fastest distance medley relay time in school history at 11:57.46.
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.
Redshirt junior Kaila Butler ranks as the fourth-best weight throw competitor in program history. Earlier this year, she threw a personal best 66-feet-9.75 (20.36).

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.

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Megan Aalberts

Kaylia Black

Chasatea Brown

Ayanna Burrell

Kaila Butler

Jayla Currie

Ryen Draper

Destiny Fernandes

Trinity Fowler

Jazzlynn Gaiters

Libbie Gleason

Allison Holahan

Sarah Hunsley

Jemeila Hunter

Jessi Lindstrom

Savannah Nevels

Sydney Niekamp

Kailee Perry

Brianna Richard

Anna Roach

Iyanna Ross

Katie Seyfang

Hannah Shoemaker

Katerina Shuble

Ebonie Whitted

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