Falcons Win Three MAC Titles, Place Third At MAC Track Championships

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Mount Pleasant, Mich. – The Bowling Green State University indoor track and field team earned three Mid-American Conference Championships Saturday and the Falcons posted their best MAC Championship finish since 1999 this weekend. BGSU scored 86 points and placed third overall at the MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships.

For Bowling Green, the 86 points represents an 18-point increase from a year ago and is the most since the team scored 110 to win the MAC title in 1999. The third place finish equals the team's result from 2018, which is the only top three finish for the program since that 1999 championship.

Savannah Nevels won the 200 and Iyanna Ross won the 400 for individual titles Saturday. Those two added another MAC title later in the evening as they partnered with Ryen Draper and Chasatea Brown to win the 1600 relay. It is the second consecutive year in which the program won that event with Nevels, Ross and Draper all competing on the relay in both seasons.

Combined with Friday night's victory in the distance medley relay, Bowling Green swept the relay races at the MAC Championships. It is the first time in program history that the Falcons have swept those two relay races.

COMPLETE RESULTS

MAC CHAMPIONS

Iyanna Ross won her first individual MAC championship, blitzing the field in the 400 with a time of 55.70 seconds. It was a season-best time for Ross and avenged a third-place finish at the MAC Championships a year ago in the event.
Savannah Nevels won her first individual MAC Championship in the 200 as she raced to a season-best time of 24.65 seconds. In fact, she edged out teammate Jemeila Hunter for the crown.
BGSU's 1600 relay team won the MAC Championship for the second consecutive year, winning the final event of the night with a time of 3:45.85. Ryen Draper, Chasatea Brown, Savannah Nevels and Iyanna Ross was more than four seconds faster than any other team. For Brown, it was her first MAC championship.

ON THE PODIUM

Sophomore Kailee Perry set a new personal record and placed fourth in the mile with a time of 4:51.47. It is the third-fastest mile in program history and was her second podium finish of the weekend, adding to her anchor-leg championship in the distance medley relay.
Savannah Nevels ran a personal best in the 60 for the second consecutive day, racing to a time of 7.51 seconds to place third. The time ties her for the third-fastest individual in program history. It was her second consecutive year placing third at the MAC Championships in the event.
Making her first appearance at a MAC Indoor Track & Field Championship, Zaresha Neal placed second in the shot put. She threw the ball 52-feet-5.5 (15.99m) to earn the silver medal, just 3 centimeters shy of her personal best.
Ebonie Whitted earned a fifth place finish in the shot put for the second straight year. She posted a distance of 50-11.5 (15.53m) to garner a podium spot again and set a new personal best mark.
Sophomore Jemeila Hunter made her biggest splash of her career on the MAC Championship stage, placing second in the 200 behind only teammate Savannah Nevels. Hunter ran a season-best time of 24.86 seconds.
Senior Ryen Draper was one of three Falcons to place in the top five in the 200. She tied her season-best time of 24.97 seconds to finish fifth overall.
Brianna Richard entered the triple jump seeded No. 14 but she set a new personal best mark on three separate leaps, finishing in fourth place with a mark of 40-feet-1.25 (12.22m).

OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

Katerina Shuble ran the 3000 distance for the first time in her career, placing 12^th overall with a time of 9:59.38.
Sydney Niekamp set a new personal best in the 3000 with a time of 10:09.33. Entering seeded No. 22, she placed 16^th.

Northern Illinois 121, Akron 104, Bowling Green 86, Central Michigan 60,
Eastern Michigan 59, Kent State 51, Miami (Ohio) 49, Ball State 29,
Toledo 20, Buffalo 17, Western Michigan 16, Ohio 12

BGSU RESULTS
60 – 3. Savannah Nevels 7.51
200 – 1. Savannah Nevels 24.65, 2. Jemeila Hunter 24.86, 5. Ryen Draper 24.97
400 – 1. Iyanna Ross 55.70
Mile – 4. Kailee Perry 4:51.47, 21. Katerina Shuble 5:15.50, 23. Megan Aalberts 5:15.84
3000 – 6. Kailee Perry 9:45.51, 12. Katerina Shuble 9:59.38, t22. Sydney Niekamp 10:09.33
1600 relay – 1. Ryen Draper, Chasatea Brown, Savannah Nevels, Iyanna Ross 3:45.85
Shot put – 2. Zaresha Neal 52-5.5 (15.99m), 5. Ebonie Whitted 50-11.5 (15.53m), 9. Katie Seyfang 45-1.75 (13.76m)
High jump – t15. Katherine Mendenhall 5-1 (1.55m)
Triple jump – 4. Brianna Richard 40-1.25 (12.22m), 12. Chloe Amoroso 37-1.25 (11.31m), 16. Izzy Klett 35-2 (10.72m)

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