Falcons Close Regular Season At Michigan’s Silverston Invitational

Friday, February 21

Ann Arbor, Mich.

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Silverston Invitational

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Falcons Close Regular Season At Michigan’s Silverston Invitational

February 20, 2020 | Women's Track and Field

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

Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Bowling Green State University track and field team will close the regular season Friday at the Silverston Invitational, hosted by the University of Michigan. The Falcons will compete in limited events and spots to prepare for the MAC Indoor Championships.

Friday night's meet begins at 4:00 pm with both the shot put and the 60 hurdles. The final event of the night for the Falcons is scheduled to begin at 6:25 pm.

LINKS TO KNOW

BGSU Performance List
BGSU Indoor Records
Silverston Invite Live Results
Silverston Invite Live Stream

SILVERSTON INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

FIELD EVENTS
4:00 pm: Shot put (Ebonie Whitted, Katie Seyfang, Daija Young)
6:00 pm: Weight throw (Daija Young, Katie Seyfang, Kaylia Black)

RUNNING EVENTS
4:00 pm: 60 hurdles prelims (Hannah Shoemaker)
4:25 pm: 60 prelims (Jayla Currie)
4:45 pm: 60 hurdles finals (Hannah Shoemaker)
4:55 pm: 60 finals (Jayla Currie)
5:10 pm: Mile (Jessi Lindstrom, Allison Holahan, Riley Robertson)
5:31 pm: 400 (Hannah Shoemaker, Anna Roach)
6:25 pm: 200 (Anna Roach, Jayla 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 – 5. Savannah Nevels 7.63, 11. Jemeila Hunter 7.70
200 – 4. Savannah Nevels 24.56, 9. Ryen Draper 24.76, 11. Jemeila Hunter 24.81, 18. Iyanna Ross 25.23
400 – 3. Iyanna Ross 55.29c (aq), 7. Ryen Draper 55.70, 20. Jazzlynn Gaiters 57.71
Mile – 7. Katerina Shuble 4:54.47, 16. 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), 14. Ayanna Burrell 5.55m (18-2.5)
Triple jump – 7. Ayanna Burrell 11.96m (39-3) (aq), 12. Brianna Richard 11.68m (38-4), 20. 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), 15. Daija Young 13.20m (43-3.75)
Weight throw – 1. Kaila Butler 20.52m (67-4) (aq), 13. Kaylia Black 17.19m (56-4.75)
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.

Distance medley relay – 78. Bowling Green 11:57.46
Shot put – 84. Katie Seyfang 15.17m (49-9.25)
Weight throw – 24. Kaila Butler 20.52m (67-4)

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 after running a personal best time of 24.56 seconds last week at GVSU's Big Meet.
Iyanna Ross is the school record holder in the 400 at 55.39 seconds. A week later, Ryen Draper ran the distance in 55.70 seconds to place third in school 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.
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.
Redshirt freshman Katerina Shuble ran the mile in 4:54.47 at GVSU's Big Meet earlier this year, a mark that makes her the third-fastest in school history in the event.
Chasatea 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 67-feet-4 (20.52m).

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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