Relay Queens Break Another Record As Falcons Win Gibson Invitational

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Terre Haute, Ind. – The Bowling Green State University track and field team won five events and the 400 relay team broke the BGSU school record as the Falcons scored 130 points to win the Gibson Invitational, hosted by Indiana State Thursday through Saturday.

Northern Iowa was a distant second in the team standings with 97.5 points and the host Indiana State finished with 97 points. Central Michigan placed fourth, followed by DePaul and Dayton. In total, 16 teams scored at the meet.

FULL RESULTS

400 RELAY BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD

Earlier in the season, BGSU broke the school record in the 1600 relay. On Saturday, the Falcons broke the school record in the other relay event, the 400 relay.
Ayanna Tommy, Jemeila Hunter, Ryen Draper and Savannah Nevels posted a time of 45.70 to edge out the previous record of 45.72 seconds, set in 2015.
At the Gibson Invitational, Bowling Green placed first in the event. The Falcons rank third in the MAC this year with that time.

OTHER NOTABLE RESULTS

Savannah Nevels won the 100, posting a time of 11.90 seconds in the prelims and then a wind-aided time of 11.58 seconds in the finals, a mark which would have been a school record. Her 11.90 places her fifth in program history in the event.
In the 200, Nevels again recorded a personal best and won the event, this time with a time of 24.10 seconds. It is the eighth-fastest performance in program history, earned her a MAC automatic qualifying berth, and makes her the fourth-fastest individual in school history.
Kailee Perry made her outdoor collegiate debut in the 1500, winning the event in 4:29.70. That time is a MAC automatic qualifying mark and is the tenth-fastest performance in school history. She ranks as the No. 4 individual in school history.
Katerina Shuble was just behind Perry in the 1500, running a PR 4:30.15 to place second and move into fifth all-time at BGSU.
Jemeila Hunter was third in the 100 with a time of 12.04 seconds in the prelims and then 12.02 in the finals. She moved into 10^th in program history in the event with the result.
Hunter finished second (behind only her teammate Nevels) in the 200 with a personal best 24.12, putting her as the fifth-fastest individual in school history and the ninth-fastest performance. It was also a MAC automatic qualifying bid.
Ryen Draper was third in the 200 with a time of 24.39 seconds, just .01 seconds shy of a personal best. She also ran a season-best 56.44 in the 400.
Iyanna Ross won the 400 with a personal best and MAC automatic qualifying time of 54.95 seconds. That makes her seventh in school history with the tenth-fastest performance.
Kennedi Gephart recorded a personal best time in the 400 at 58.38 seconds.
Megan Aalberts recorded a personal best time in the 800 at 2:21.26.
Jessi Lindstrom ran a season-best 2:22.81 in the 800.
In the 400 hurdles, Hannah Shoemaker (64.30) and Darian Braddix (66.86) both improved their personal best times.
Katherine Mendenhall scored 4,366 points in the heptathlon to move into tenth in program history.
In the long jump, Izzy Klett had a wind-aided PR of 18-feet-3 (5.56m).
Reagan Emberton set a pair of new PRs, doing so in both shot put (42-0 / 12.80m) and in the hammer throw (130-10 / 39.89m).

UP NEXT

BGSU will split its team between three events during the upcoming weekend – the Drake Relays, the Gina Relays (hosted by Hillsdale), and the Clark Wood Open (hosted by Louisville).

Gibson Invitational
100 prelims – 1. Savannah Nevels 11.90, 3. Jemeila Hunter 12.04, 10. Iyanna Ross 12.34 (wa)
100 finals – 1. Savannah Nevels 11.58 (wa), 3. Jemeila Hunter 12.02 (wa)
200 – 1. Savannah Nevels 24.10, 2. Jemeila Hunter 24.12, 3. Ryen Draper 24.39, 14. Tianna Mulligan 25.31
400 – 1. Iyanna Ross 54.95, 4. Ryen Draper 56.44, 12. Jazzlynn Gaiters 58.18, 13. Kennedi Gephart 58.38
800 – 11. Megan Aalberts 2:21.26, 18. Jessi Lindstrom 2:22.81
1500 – 1. Kailee Perry 4:29.70, 2. Katerina Shuble 4:30.15, 31. Kaylee Kahl 5:01.51
400 hurdles – 2. Chasatea Brown 63.42, 5. Hannah Shoemaker 64.30, 9. Darian Braddix 66.86, 12. Payton Gorman 68.30
400 relay – 1. Ayanna Tommy, Jemeila Hunter, Ryen Draper, Savannah Nevels 45.70
Heptathlon – 8. Katherine Mendenhall 4,366, 10. Destiny Fernandes 4,287
Long jump – 4. Izzy Klett 18-3 (5.56m) (wa), 11. Brianna Richard 17-1.25 (5.21m)
Triple jump – 3. Brianna Richard 37-8 (11.48m), 8. Ayanna Tommy 36-6.25 (11.13m) (wa), 13. Chloe Amoroso 34-2.25 (10.42m)
Discus – 2. Zaresha Neal 166-9 (50.83m), 16. Reagan Emberton 128-8 (39.22m)
Shot put – 4. Zaresha Neal 48-10.25 (14.89m), 6. Ebonie Whitted 47-3.75 (14.42m), 16. Reagan Emberton 42-0 (12.80m)
Hammer throw – 29. Reagan Emberton 130-10 (39.89m)
Javelin – 5. Izzy Klett 119-2 (36.32m)

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