Cross Country To Host Falcon Invitational On Saturday

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men's and women's cross country teams return home on Saturday, Oct. 16, to host the Falcon Invitational.

Falcon Invitational
The Falcon Invitational will be held at the Bowling Green XC Course on Saturday, Oct. 16. The men's Bob Rothermel 8,000m race will kick off the meet at 11 a.m., and the women's Steve Price 6,000m event will follow at 12 p.m. Due to recent rain, parking is available in the paved parking lots around Doyt Perry Stadium. View the parking map by clicking the available link below.

To view an event parking map, click HERE.
To view the cross country 8,000m course map, click HERE.
To view the cross country 6,000m course map, click HERE.
To keep up with the event's live finishing results, click HERE.

Against the Field
The Falcons will host athletes from eight other schools this weekend. Both races will feature the hosts, Oakland, Wright State, Detroit Mercy, Kent State and individual athletes from Toledo and Miami (OH). Akron and Buffalo will compete in the women's event only.

Notable Quotes
"The Falcon Invite provides us with an opportunity to finish our preparation for the MAC Championships," women's Head Coach Lou Snelling said. "We'll experience many similar nuances with racing such as starting time and field size. With that, several athletes will have a chance to punch a ticket to the postseason. It is a newer meet, and we look forward to growing it into a fixture of the region that can showcase our phenomenal on-campus cross country course and the greater Bowling Green community." The Falcon Invitational is the second-to-last meet for the Falcons before the Mid-American Conference Championship, which will be hosted by Eastern Michigan in two weeks.

Last Time Out
The Falcon women competed in the Paul Short Run at Lehigh University on Friday, Oct. 1, taking 22nd out of 38 teams in the Gold Division 6k event. Katerina Shuble led the way for the Orange and Brown, earning a time of 20:56.4 and placing 42nd in the race.

The men's team finished eighth out of 61 teams in the Louisville-hosted Live in Lou Cross Country Classic on Saturday, Oct. 2. Three Falcons finished in the top 100 in the Blue Division 8k event, including Cesar Arellano, who finished third with a time of 24:40.1. AJ Haffa and Mikey Worboy placed 30th and 90th, respectively.

2020 Falcon Invitational
The Falcons opened their COVID-shortened 2020 season in the Falcon Invitational last year. The women's team finished third out of eight teams in attendance and the men finished fifth of six teams. Kailee Perry won the women's race with a time of 21:09.5, and AJ Haffa finished 21st overall in the men's race, crossing the finish line at 26:18.4.

About Bob Rothermel and Steve Price
Bob Rothermel is a 1965 graduate of the business program at Bowling Green and a supporter of the men's cross country team, providing gifts to the program. He is a 2017 member of the BGSU Academy of Distinguished Alumni, recognizing the accomplishments of alumni who have made significant contributions to their professional field. Rothermel retired after 37 years with Deloitte and Touche, working in client service and leadership.

Steve Price was the women's cross country and track & field coach at BGSU from 1989 to 1999. He led the Falcons to three Mid-American Conference championships (1995, 1996, and 1997) and was named the MAC Coach of the Year and Ohio Coach of the Year in those same years. His 1995 team qualified for the NCAA national meet, the first women's team in MAC history to do so. Price was the founder of the Kettering Striders, one of the largest track clubs in the country by the late-1970s, which he coached from 1966 to 1983. Price was inducted into the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches (OATCCC) Hall of Fame in 2015. He passed away in 2021.

Up Next
The Falcons will travel to Dexter, Mich., to compete in the EMU Fall Cross Country Classic on Friday, Oct. 22. Both teams will run a 5k at Hudson Mills Metropark, with the men competing at 4 p.m. and the women to follow at 4:30 p.m. The event marks the Orange and Brown's final meet before the Mid-American Conference Championship on Saturday, Oct. 30 in Ypsilanti, Mich.

Follow The Falcons
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Twitter – @BGAthletics and @BG_XCTrack
Instagram – 'bgfalcons' and 'bg_xctrack'
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