April 17, 2008

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University track and field team will go up against Ohio's best this weekend as they will compete in the 2008 All-Ohio Championships, host by the University of Cincinnati. The field will feature a total of 29 teams throughout Ohio.

Event Schedule

All-Ohio Field
Akron, Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Dayton, Kent State, Miami, Ohio, Ohio State, Toledo, Wright State, Xavier, Youngstown State, Ashland, Central State, Findlay, Tiffin, Cedarville, Malone, Mt. Vernon Nazarene, Myers, Notre Dame, Ohio Dominican, Rio Grande, Shawnee State, Urbana, Ursuline, Walsh, Wilberforce.

Falcons Take Second Place at Miami Last Weekend
With just four meets left before the MAC Championships, the BGSU women's track and field team continued their successful outdoor season. The Falcons completed their third outdoor meet of the season with the Miami Team Challenge coming to a close this past weekend. Miami took first place with 212 points. BGSU finished a distant second with 92 points. Buffalo (88.50), Ohio (80), and Dayton (74) round out the top five performing teams. BGSU finished the day with eleven top five finishes, including three first place finishes.

Hartman Named MAC Thrower of the Week
Bowling Green State University junior Whitney Hartman had her best performances of the outdoor season, capturing the hammer throw crown and finishing sixth in the discus at the Miami Team Challenge this past weekend. For her efforts she was named Mid-American Conference thrower of the Week.

In the hammer throw she had a career-best toss of 181-04, which also qualified her for Regionals. Her throw was also the fourth longest in school history. Her mark of 137-02 in the discus was good enough for sixth place.

Other Top Performances From Miami Team Challenge
Shantell Lewis finished third in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.25, which was just .06 seconds off the pace of second. Lewis' continued her successful day when she posted a fifth place finish in the 200 meter dash. Her time of 25.96 was just .96 seconds from placing her second in the event.

Carly Bates contributed ten points to the Falcon's total with her first place finish in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:17.12.

Heather Conger added a top five finish to her resume with her fifth place finish in the 800 meter run. Conger's time of 2:17.42 was just a half a second from placing her first in the event.

Lyndi Springer posted a time of 11:36.01 which was good enough to place her second in the 3,000 meter steeplechase.

Barbara Powers added a sixth place finish in the 3,000 meter steeplechase.

The 4x100 meter relay team continued their success on the season with their second place finish in the event.

Sabrina Forstein was the lone score for the Falcons in the pole vault. Forstein's high mark of 11-01.75 placed her fourth in the event.

Lauren Bryant took second place in the discus throw with a mark of 145-08 feet. She also had a third place finish in the hammer throw which took place Friday.

TaKarra Dunning was the lone score for the Falcons in the shot put. Dunning took first place with her throw of 47-06.50. Dunning's performance also qualified her for the NCAA Regionals.