Falcons Head to Cincinnati for Oliver Nikoloff Invitational, Neal to Throw at Texas

Friday, March 31

Cincinnati OH

Friday: 4 p.m. // Saturday: 10 a.m.

Bowling Green State University

Oliver Nikoloff Invitational

Photo by: David Nguyen

Falcons Head to Cincinnati for Oliver Nikoloff Invitational, Neal to Throw at Texas

March 30, 2023 | Women's Track and Field

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By: by David Dietrich, BGSU Strategic Communications

CINCINNATI – The Bowling Green Falcons Track and Field program will continue the 2023 outdoor season at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational, hosted by the University of Cincinnati on March 31-April 1. The meet will be held at Gettler Stadium, with the hammer and javelin being thrown at Coy Field. The Falcons will compete in the hammer on Friday, with the event starting at 4 p.m. All other events will be held on Saturday, with competition starting at 10 a.m. Live results for the meet will be posted HERE. A free live stream of the meet is available HERE.

On Saturday, April 1, Zaresha Neal will compete at the Texas Relays. The senior will throw the discus at 2:30 p.m. ET and the shot put at 5 p.m. ET. She will compete in the 'A' section of both events. A live stream of the meet is available on the Longhorn Network, found HERE. Subscription is required. Live results will be posted HERE. Tickets for Saturday can be purchased HERE.

Below is the schedule of Saturday's events at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational:

Field Events (begin at 10 a.m., men's and women's unless noted)
Discus (M)
Pole Vault (M)
Long Jump
High Jump (M)
Discus (W)
Shot Put (M)
Triple Jump
Pole Vault (W)
High Jump (W)
Shot Put (W)

Track Events (begin at 12:20 p.m., men's and women's unless noted)
3K Steeplechase
4x100 Relay
1500
100
400
110 Hurdles
800
400 Hurdles
200
5K
4x400 Relay
10K (M)

A full PDF schedule is available HERE. Heat sheets can be found HERE.

Breaking Down Bowling Green
The Falcons opened the outdoor season on March 17 at the Blizzard Buster, hosted in Oxford, Ohio, by Miami (OH). Zaresha Neal won the shot put and discus, ranking first in the MAC in both events. For her efforts, she was named MAC Field Athlete of the Week for the fourth time this season and sixth time in her career. Also seeing success was Mateya Haintz, who won the hammer in her first time competing as a Falcon. Reagan Emberton (4^th, shot put), Katherine Mendenhall (4^th, javelin, PR), and Jenna Lucas (5^th, javelin) also added top-five finishes in throwing events. Lucas was one of seven freshmen to make her outdoor collegiate debut, a group that included DaMya Barker and Ashley Kisor, who ran identical times of 1:00.71 to tie for seventh in the 400. Senior Katerina Shuble ran unattached and won the 800.

At last year's Oliver Nikoloff Invitational, the BGSU shot put group placed three in the top five. Zaresha Neal won the event, with Ebonie Whitted (3^rd) and Reagan Emberton (5^th) backing her. Neal also won the discus with a PR, an event that featured a 10^th-place finish from Emberton. Tianna Mulligan placed fifth in the 200 and ninth in the 400, with her 400 time marking a PR. Darian Braddix also notched a PR in the 100. Also adding top-10 finishes for BGSU were Alexis Parchman (8^th, 200) and Elise Johnson (9^th, 3K Steeplechase)

Up Next
Bowling Green will travel to Knoxville for the Tennessee Relays, hosted by the University of Tennessee from April 7-9. For meet information, start times, and more, be sure to visit the Track and Field page on BGSUFalcons.com.

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