The Bowling Green men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to Kent State University this past weekend to compete in the Central Collegiate Championships, where the men placed seventh out of 13 teams and the women finished fourth out of nine teams.

This year’s meet marked the first time the women competed in the Central Collegiate Championships. The women’s team accumulated 61.5 points, finishing behind Kent State, Marquette, and Ohio University.

The bulk of Bowling Green’s points came from the field events. The falcons were led by sophomore thrower Kerri McClung, who placed first in the shot put with a throw of 14.34 meters. In addition, junior Mary Willems and senior Lori Williams placed second and third in the weight throw with throws of 17.12 meters and16.66 meters respectively. Coach Scott Sehmann stated, “We have a great tradition in the throws and our throwers did a nice job.”

Sehmann also believed that the jumpers performed well. Rachel Perme finished fourth in the high jump, Nichole Carter finished fifth in the triple jump, and Bridget Kozy finished seventh in the long jump.

As for the womens’ 4×400 meter relay team, they finished second to Kent State. This was despite being placed in the first heat. However, the team improved their time from 4:01.08 to 3:55.03. Additionally, Alicia Taylor was fifth in the 60 meter hurdles, Ellen Alkire sixth in the 400 meter dash, Sarah Lohrbach sixth in the 3000 meter run, Marquita McGowen seventh in the 200 meter dash, and the distance medley relay team sixth.

As for the Bowling Green men’s team, they scored 31 points to finish seventh behind Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Kent State, Toledo, Central Michigan, and Akron.

Leading the team was junior Zerian Peterson, who finished second in the 400 meter dash with a time of 48.10 seconds and fifth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.07. Furthermore, junior Josh Cook finished third in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:53.53.