Feb. 25, 2011
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Ohio distance medley relay team broke the school record and took first place at the MAC Indoor Championships at Bowling Green State University. Overall, the `Cats are in seventh place after the first day of competition.
The DMR team of Juli Accurso, Kiley Mathews, Courtney Weiss and Melissa Thompson finished the event with a time of 11:43.41, nine seconds faster than the school record set in 1998 by the quartet of Melissa Converse, Najah McFarland, Sabrina Miller and Julie Kline.
Annie Beecham continued her strong indoor season by finishing second in the 5,000 meters. Her performance was trumped only by Miami's Rachel Patterson who set a MAC indoor record with a time of 16:32.01, three seconds faster than Beecham.
Lauren McCullough placed first during her preliminary flight and wound up eighth during the finals, snatching a point for the Bobcats. The sophomore threw personal bests of 16.41 meters (individual toss) and 53-10.25 meters (combined throws).
The first event of the day was the pentathlon which saw Ohio's Brittany Tyree finish sixth. The junior achieved personal bests in the high jump (1.63 meters - fourth) and shot (10.49 meters - eighth), won the 800 meters with a time of 2:22.10 and placed ninth in the long jump.
Hope McCarty continued Ohio's impressive performance in the 800-meter portion of the event, finishing second as Olivia Vitou finished sixth. Vitou also earned top-10 finishes in the 60 meter hurdles (PR time of 9.13) and long jump.
The two-day event will continue on Saturday, with events beginning at 11:00 a.m. The meet will conclude at approximately 5:00 p.m. with the championship awards ceremony.
The 2011 championship meet is taking place at the Perry Field House on the Bowling Green campus.
You can follow along with the action on the MAC Championships page, located on www.mac-sports.com.
Tickets:
$10 Adult-Per Day
$5 Youth-Per Day (ages 3-12)
$15 Adult All-Session Pass
$8 Youth All-Session Pass
$2 Students with Mid-American Conference School ID's
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Combined Events
Men's Heptathlon
10:00am 60m Hurdles
10:45am Pole Vault
1:55pm 1000m Run
Field Events
11:00am Women's Triple Jump
Women's Shot Put
Women's High Jump
1:30pm Men's High Jump
2:00pm Men's Shot Put
Men's Triple Jump
Men's Pole Vault
Running Events
12:50pm "National Anthem"
1:00pm Women's Mile Run
1:20pm Men's Mile
1:40pm Women's 60m Hurdle Final
1:50pm Men's 60m Hurdle Final
2:05pm Women's 400m Dash Final (2 sections)
2:20pm Men's 400m Dash Final (2 sections)
2:35pm Women's 60m Dash Final
2:45pm Men's 60m Dash Final
2:55pm Women's 800m Run Final
3:05pm Men's 800m Run Final
3:15pm Women's 200m Dash Final (2 sections)
3:25pm Men's 200m Dash Final (2 sections)
3:35pm Women's 3000m Run Final
4:05pm Men's 3000 Run Final
4:25pm Women's 1600m Relay Final (2 sections)
4:45pm Men's 1600m Relay Final (2 sections)
5:00pm Championship Awards Ceremony
