BGSU Enters Pivotal Portion Of Season At Akron

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Bowling Green State University

Akron Invitational

Photo by: Isaiah Vazquez/BGSU Athletics

February 06, 2020 | Women's Track and Field

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

Akron, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University indoor track and field team begins the regular season stretch run Friday and Saturday at the Akron Invitational. Along with being the start of an important three-week stretch to end the season, the meet provides an opportunity for the Falcons to experience the facility in which the Mid-American Conference Championships will take place Feb. 28-29.

The Akron Invitational is broken up into two divisions. The gold division is by invitation, while events marked as blue are open division competitions.

LINKS TO KNOW

Live Results
Day One Live Stream (4:00 pm start)
Day Two Live Stream (3:00 pm start)
BGSU Performance List
Indoor School Records

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

FRIDAY
FIELD EVENTS
5:00 pm: Pentathlon 60 hurdles (Destiny Fernandes)
6:30 pm: Blue long jump (Brianna Richard, Hannah Shoemaker)

RUNNING EVENTS
8:00 pm: Distance medley relay (BGSU)

SATURDAY
FIELD EVENTS
11:00 am: Blue Weight throw (Daija Young, Katie Seyfang, Kaylia Black)
11:00 am: Blue Shot put (Daija Young, Kaylia Black)
3:00 pm: Gold shot put (Ebonie Whitted, Katie Seyfang)
3:00 pm: Gold weight throw (Kaila Butler)
4:30 pm: Gold triple jump (Ayanna Burrell, Brianna Richard)

RUNNING EVENTS (ROLLING SCHEDULE UNLESS NOTED)
10:00 am: Blue 3000 (Libbie Gleason, Sarah Hunsley, Sydney Niekamp)
Blue Mile (Allison Holahan, Megan Aalberts)
11:15 am: 400 (Anna Roach)
60 (Jemeila Hunter, Brianna Richard, Jayla Currie)
800 (Katerina Shuble, Trinity Fowler, Kailee Perry)
200 (Jemeila Hunter, Hannah Shoemaker, Anna Roach)
4:05 pm: Gold 400 (Iyanna Ross, Ryen Draper, Jazzlynn Gaiters)
4:25 pm: 60 finals (Jemeila Hunter, Brianna Richard, Jayla Currie)
4:50 pm: Gold 200 (Savannah Nevels)
5:40 pm: Gold 1600 relay (BGSU)

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 – t4. Savannah Nevels 7.64, 9. Jemeila Hunter 7.70, t20. Iyanna Ross 7.82
200 – 7. Jemeila Hunter 24.85c, t8. Ryen Draper 24.88, 10. Savannah Nevels 24.97c, 19. Iyanna Ross 25.42
400 – 3. Iyanna Ross 55.29c, 8. Ryen Draper 56.17c, 17. Jazzlynn Gaiters 57.84c
Mile – 5. Katerina Shuble 4:55.73c, 12. Kailee Perry 4:59.18c
1600 relay – 8. Bowling Green 3:59.52c
High jump – t16. Destiny Fernandes 1.60m (5-3)
Long jump – 11. Brianna Richard 5.60m (18-4.5), 20. Ayanna Burrell 5.44m (17-10.25)
Triple jump – 10. Ayanna Burrell 11.77m (38-7.5), 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), 19. Kaylia Black 12.50m (41-0.25)
Weight throw – 1. Kaila Butler 20.36m (66-9.75) (aq), 17. Katie Seyfang 16.20m (53-1.75), 20. Daija Young 16.08m (52-9.25)

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 – 79. Iyanna Ross 55.29c
Shot put – 70. Katie Seyfang 15.17m (49-9.25), 89. 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 makes her the fourth-fastest woman In program history. In total, it is the fifth-fastest team in school history.
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.
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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