Falcons To Open Season Friday At Youngstown State Collegiate Holiday Classic

Friday, December 10

Youngstown, Ohio

2:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Youngstown State

Falcons To Open Season Friday At Youngstown State Collegiate Holiday Classic

December 09, 2021 | Women's Track and Field

By: Pershelle Rohrer, BGSU Strategic Communications

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University indoor track and field team will open their 2021-22 season Friday (Dec. 10), competing in the inaugural Youngstown State Collegiate Holiday Classic.

The meet will begin at 2 p.m. at the Watson and Tressel Training Site (WATTS) on the campus of Youngstown State University. The final event of the evening is scheduled for 6:40 p.m.

Teams slated to join Bowling Green at the meet include Ashland, Carlow, Case Western, Geneva, John Carroll, Malone, Seton Hill, Walsh, Westminster (Pa.), and the hosts.

To view a list of entries, click HERE.
To keep up with the event's live finishing results, click HERE.
To view the indoor track and field school records, click HERE.

Track Events
2:40 pm: 60 hurdles prelims – Darian Braddix, Destiny Fernandes, Katherine Mendenhall
2:50 pm: 60 prelims – Jemeila Hunter, Tianna Mulligan, Alexis Parchman, Brianna Richard
3:50 pm: 400 – Jazzlynn Gaiters, Jemeila Hunter
4:40 pm: 60 hurdles finals
4:50 pm: 60 finals
5:20 pm: 200 – Darian Braddix, Jazzlynn Gaiters, Tianna Mulligan

Field Events
2:00 pm start
Weight throw (following men) – Reagan Emberton, Mateya Haintz
Shot put – Reagan Emberton, Zaresha Neal, Katie Seyfang, Ebonie Whitted
Long jump – Ayanna Burrell, Izzy Klett, Katherine Mendenhall, Alexis Parchman, Brianna Richard
Triple jump (20 minutes after long jump completion) – Ayanna Burrell, Destiny Fernandes, Izzy Klett, Brianna Richard

**Finals in field events will consist of the top nine marks from the qualifying rounds.**

Falcons Return Four MAC Champions

Bowling Green returns four athletes who earned titles at the 2020-21 MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships.
The Falcons placed third of twelve teams in the MAC Championships last season, scoring 86 points. The performance was the team's best since 1999 when Bowling Green tallied 110 points to win the MAC Championship.
Three members of the 2020-21 distance medley relay team will return for the Falcons this season. Katerina Shuble, Jazzlynn Gaiters, and Kailee Perry won the MAC Championship a year ago with a 4000m time of 11:38.02, the second-fastest time in school history.
Sprinter Iyanna Ross also returns for the Falcons for her senior season. She was a two-time MAC Champion last season, earning her first individual title in the 400 and anchoring the 1600 relay team to its second consecutive title.

Looking To Add To The Record Books

The Falcons return multiple student-athletes with their names already etched among the all-time greats.
Senior Iyanna Ross is the school record-holder in the 400, setting the bar at 54.44 in the 2020 MAC Championships. She also holds three of the top five fastest 400 times in program history. Ross ranks second in Falcon history in the 300 with a time of 39.80, set in the 2019 BG Opener.
Redshirt Junior Katerina Shuble ranks second all-time in the mile with a time of 4:50.36, set at the MAC Championships in 2020.
Junior Kailee Perry holds the school record in the 3000 with a time of 9:35.88, set in GVSU's Big Meet in 2021. Perry ranks third all-time in the mile, setting a personal best of 4:51.47 in 2021.
Seniors Jazzlynn Gaiters and Iyanna Ross ran the third and fourth legs of the 1600 relay at the 2020 MAC Championships, breaking the school record with a time of 3:41.47. Ross is a member of the four fastest relay teams in program history, with Gaiters joining her for the fourth-fastest Falcon time during the 2020 season.
Kailee Perry, Jazzlyn Gaiters, and Katerina Shuble won the 2021 MAC title in the distance medley relay, running the second-fastest time in Falcon history at 11:38.02. The trio also ranks third all-time in the event with a time of 11:45.12, set in 2020. Perry and Shuble were also members of the sixth-fastest team to run the DMR, setting a time of 11:57.46 in 2020.
Redshirt Senior Brianna Richard ranks sixth all-time in the long jump and triple jump. She jumped 19-feet-4.25 (5.90m) in the long jump at the 2020 MAC Championships to earn a sixth-place spot on the podium. Her triple jump distance of 40-feet-1.25 (12.22m) placed her fourth in the 2021 MAC Championships, putting her second behind Huina Han in Falcon history. Han holds the top-five Falcon records in the event.
Senior Ayanna Burrell holds the eighth-best triple jump in program history at 39-feet-8 (12.09m), set at the 2020 MAC Championships.
Redshirt Senior Zaresha Neal's distance of 52-feet-6.75 (16.02m) in the shot put ranks eighth in program history. She set her personal best to win The Big Meet in 2021.
Kaila Butler holds the sixth-longest weight throw of all time at 67-feet-4 (20.52m), set at the GVSU Big Meet in 2020.

Quotable
"It's always exciting to start a new season! We'll look to build on a ton of solid performances the team had at our Orange vs. Brown Intra-squad before Thanksgiving." – Lou Snelling, Head Coach

Up Next
The Falcons will return to competition in early 2022, traveling to Ann Arbor, Mich., on Jan. 8 to compete in the Michigan-hosted Wolverine Invite. The meet's starting time is to be announced.

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