AKRON, Ohio –
Erinae Coleman decelerated as she neared the high jump area at the end of the runway in her Lane No. 5 on the Stile Athletics Field House’s blue and tan track.In her long Bowling Green orange-colored hair, she checked the scoreboard and clapped a few times as she smiled and was embraced by her teammate Kiera Bonds who ran the race two lanes over from her.
The freshman Coleman had much to grin about in just her third collegiate meet. She was fresh off winning the 60m final of Akron’s Al Campbell Invitational in a time of 7.47 seconds, marking the second-best time in the event in program history and was just 0.07 seconds off Jeannette Pettigrew’s BGSU record set in 2011.
It was one of six top 10 marks set in program history on the evening.
Running in the same race, Alexis Parchman finished right behind Coleman with a mark of 7.55, which is the eighth-fastest in BGSU history.
In the 200m in a field of 40 runners, Kiersten Franklin’s second-place time of 24.45 now ranks sixth in program history. Parchman, who came in fifth, ran a 24.73 – good for tenth-best in BGSU history.
Just four events later, Franklin ran the fourth-best time in program history in the 400m with a time of 55.33 and also finished fourth in the field. Reagan Campbell (58.01) and DaMya Barker (58.36) came in fifth and sixth, respectfully.
Reigning MAC Field Athlete of the Week Trista Fintel improved on her top 10 mark in BGSU history with a first-place finish in the shot put (15.53m), which is now tied for seventh all-time. The graduate transfer from Findlay threw 1.37m further than her second-place competition and additionally recorded a season-best mark in the weight throw (18.24m) that was good for second amongst the field.
Morgan Patterson notched a third-place finish in the 60m hurdles (8.97), while Raegan Burkey notched fifth in the 800m (2:17.33).
In the jumps, Bianca Staples won the long jump with a leap of 12.16m. She also placed third in the long jump (5.48m) while Patterson finished fifth (5.36m). Katherine Mendenhall leapt to a third-place finish in the high jump (1.70m).
The 4x400m relay squad of Campbell, Ashley Kisor, Christabelle Obi and Barker ran a runner-up time of 3:58.51. As for the rest of the throws, Lane Anderson notched third in the shot put (13.57m) with Sierra Brinson coming in sixth (12.63m).
Up Next
The Falcons will compete next at Eastern Michigan’s Bob Parks Memorial on Saturday, January 25 at 10 a.m.
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This article was published by Bowling Green Falcons on 2025-01-17 22:55:00
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