Plenty of PR's to Go Around in Day One of MAC Indoor Championship

YPSILANTI, Michigan – The Bowling Green State University Falcons completed the first day of the 2024 MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday (Feb. 23). After the opening day, the Falcons currently sit at 3^rd place in the team standings with 29 points. BGSU was led by seven PR's and Tianna Mulligan's two finals qualifying runs. The Falcons saw points come from Jenna Lucas (pentathlon), Katherine Mendenhall (pentathlon), Mateya Haintz (weight throw), Morgan Patterson (Long Jump), and Kiera Bonds (Long Jump). With a second place finish the DMR team also added points to the Orange and Brown total thanks to Ashley Kisor, Darian Braddix, Tianna Mulligan, Raegan Burkey. This is the fourth straight year that they have finished either first or second in the event, repeating back-to-back-to-back the previous three years. Additionally, Katerina Shuble(mile), Morgan Patterson (60 hurdles), and Tianna Mulligan (400 and 200) all qualified for finals.

Bowling Green Results
Pentathlon
3. Jenna Lucas 3700 (PR) 2^nd best in Program History
6. Katherine Mendenhall 3581, 7th best in Program History

Pentathlon Events
60 Hurdles
6. Katherine Mendenhall 8.98 (PR)
11. Jenna Lucas 9.23

High Jump
1. Katherine Mendenhall 5'8" (1.75m) (PR) t-7^th best in Program History
6. Jenna Lucas 5'4" (1.66m)

Shot Put
2. Jenna Lucas 43'14" (13.15m)
8. Katherine Mendenhall 34'81" (10.61m)

Long Jump
4. Jenna Lucas 17'68" (5.39m)
14. Katherine Mendenhall 15'78" (4.81m)

800
7. Katherine Mendenhall 2:31.49
10. Jenna Lucas 2:35.34 (PR)

Non-Pentathlon Events
Mile Prelims
9. Katerina Shuble 4:59.97 (Qualified for finals)

60 Hurdles Prelims
3. Morgan Patterson 8.67 (PR) (Qualified for finals) 9^th fastest in Program History

400 Prelims
3. Tianna Mulligan 55.67 (Qualified for finals) 8^th fastest in Program History
22. Ashley Kisor 59.85

60 Prelims
16. Kiera Bonds 7.76 (t-PR)

200 Prelims
4. Tianna Mulligan 24.67 (Qualified for finals)
18. Alexis Parchman 25.76
19. Darian Braddix 25.83

5000 Finals
15. Regina Rose 17:30.51

Distance Medley Relay Finals
2. Ashley Kisor, Darian Braddix, Tianna Mulligan, Raegan Burkey 11:35.21

Weight Throw
4. Mateya Haintz 60'5" (18.41m) (PR)
12. Reagan Emberton 52'2" (15.89m)
19. Kami Baker 47'6" (14.49m)

Long Jump
4. Morgan Patterson 19'1.5" (5.83m)
7. Kiera Bonds 18'7.5" (5.68m)

Falcon Facts

Pentathlete Jenna Lucas was the shot-put runner-up, set a PR in the 800 on route to a third-place finish. Her pentathlon total of 3700 is also a PR and is the 2^nd highest score in school history.
Pentathlete Katherine Mendenhall also posted a PR in both the 60 Hurdles and High Jump events of the pentathlon. Her first PR of the day was in the 60 Hurdles beating her previous time by 0.23 seconds. This was her first time in 60 hurdles under 9 seconds. Her PR in the high jump of 5'8" is tied for 7^th best in school history. With those PR's Mendenhall placed 6^th overall in the pentathlon while posting the 7^th best total in school history.
In the first event after the pentathlon Katerina Shuble qualified for the Mile finals. Shuble ran to a 9^th place finish with a time of 4:59.97.
Morgan Patterson then set a PR in the 60 Hurdles while qualifying for finals. Patterson's time of 8.67 was good enough to place 3^rd in the prelims and 9^th fastest in school history.
Tianna Mulligan followed Patterson's lead qualifying for finals and running to a top time in school history in the 400. Mulligan ran to a time of 55.67 which was good enough for 4^th in the MAC and 9^th in school history. This is Mulligan's second time on the top ten list in the 400 with her PR from earlier this season ranking 4^th all time with a time of 54.90.
Kiera Bonds then got in on the action in the 60 prelims running and tying her PR in the event with a time of 7.76.
The 200 prelims then saw the Falcons final qualifying time of the night with Tianna Mulligan notching another MAC final spot, this time in the 200.
The DMR team of Ashley Kisor, Darian Braddix, Tianna Mulligan, and Raegan Burkey placed second. This is coming off of three straight MAC Championships where the Falcons finished first in the event.
The field events opened with a PR and points for Mateya Haintz. Haintz threw a 60'5" in the weight throw which ranked 4^th in the MAC finals.
The long jump saw two Falcons add points to the scoreboard. Morgan Patterson added a fourth-place finish in the long jump to her day with a jump of 5.83m. Patterson was then followed by fellow Falcon Kiera Bonds placing seventh with a jump of 5.68m, securing two more points for the Falcons on the day.

Team Standings
1. Eastern Michigan – 36.5
2. Miami – 34.5
3. Bowling Green – 29.0
4. Kent State – 26.0
5. Ball State – 23.0
6. Toledo – 22.0
7. Buffalo – 17.0
8. Akron – 15.0
9. Central Michigan – 11.0
T10. Western Michigan - 10.0

Hear from Coach Snelling
"We established momentum early with the pent and weight. As they've been all year, when things got challenging later in the meet, the team just got gritty and found a way to keep that momentum. I am happy with our first day point total. We're in a position tomorrow to make an impact in most events and put up another top-tier team performance."

Up Next
The Falcons will continue MAC Championships tomorrow. Tickets for the MAC Indoor Championship can be purchased HERE and parking will be free around the facility, parking map can be found HERE. Live results can be found HERE and there will be no live streaming of the event. More information can be found on the MAC Championship page found HERE.

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