Meet Preview: Coast-to-Coast Competition Hopes to Bode Well for Falcons
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- From sea to shining sea, the BGSU track & field squad will be well represented this weekend.
On Wednesday, April 16 to Friday, April 18, six Falcon distance runners will compete in Azusa Pacific's Bryan Clay Invitational in the hills of Southern California. The meet is one of the nation's fastest and most competitive.
Then on Friday and Saturday, Bowling Green will compete in 13 different events at the Virginia Challenge held at the University of Virginia in another highly competitive meet.
Please see more information about both meets below.
BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL (all times listed are eastern time)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16
- 10:30 a.m. 10,000m Open B: Regina Rose, Rachael Withrow
THURSDAY, APRIL 17
- 1:30 p.m. 5,000m Open C: Madison Foster
- 6:50 p.m. 800m Invite: Rachael Hoover, Reese Reaman
FRIDAY, APRIL 18
- 10 p.m. 1,500m Invite: Kylee Cubbison, Rachael Hoover, Reese Reaman
VIRGINIA CHALLENGE
FRIDAY, APRIL 18
- 11 a.m. Hammer Throw: Kami Baker, Trista Fintel
- 4 p.m. Long Jump: Morgan Patterson
- 4:30 p.m. 100m prelims (7:15 p.m. finals): Alexis Parchman, Kiersten Franklin, Erinae Coleman
- 6:30 p.m. 400m Hurdles: DaMya Barker, Christabelle Obi
- 7 p.m. High Jump: Katherine Mendenhall, Bianca Staples, Jaden Carey
- 7 p.m. Shot Put: Sierra Brinson, Lane Anderson, Trista Fintel
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
- 1:45 p.m. Discus: Sierra Brinson, Emma Hoffman, Trista Fintel
- 1:50 p.m. 100m Hurdles: Morgan Patterson, DaMya Barker, Christabelle Obi
- 2:30 p.m. Triple Jump: Sabrina Imes, Bianca Staples
- 2:30 p.m. 4x100m Relay: Morgan Patterson, Alexis Parchman, Erinae Coleman, Kiersten Franklin
- 2:50 p.m. 400m: Reagan Campbell, Ashley Kisor
- 3:50 p.m. 200m: Alexis Parchman, Reagan Campbell, Kiersten Franklin
- 4:30 p.m. 4x400m Relay: Reagan Campbell, DaMya Barker, Ashley Kisor, Kiersten Franklin
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