Bowling Green Falcons track and field

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Bowling Green Falcons track and field
UniversityBowling Green State University
Head coachLou Snelling
ConferenceMAC
LocationBowling Green, Ohio
Outdoor trackWhittaker Track
NicknameFalcons
ColorsBrown and orange[1]
   

The Bowling Green Falcons track and field team is the track and field program that represents Bowling Green State University. The Falcons compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mid-American Conference. The team is based in Bowling Green, Ohio, at the Whittaker Track.[2]

The program is coached by Lou Snelling.[3] The track and field program officially encompasses four teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports.[4]

Middle-distance runner Dave Wottle won the 1972 Olympic gold medal in the 800 meters while competing on the Bowling Green Falcons team. In 2023, he became the first Mid-American Conference athlete to be inducted into the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame.[5]

In March 2002, the university announced they would cut the men's track and field teams at the end of the school year.[6] Alumni opposed the cuts, and athletes including Sid Sink lamented the cuts through 2020.[7][8]

Postseason

AIAW

The Falcons have had one AIAW All-American finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships.[9]

AIAW All-Americans
Championships Name Event Place
1976 Outdoor Debbie Romsek 400 meters hurdles 4th

NCAA

As of August 2025, a total of 8 men and 8 women have achieved individual first-team All-American status for the team at the Division I men's outdoor, women's outdoor, men's indoor, or women's indoor national championships (using the modern criteria of top-8 placing regardless of athlete nationality).[10][11]

First team NCAA All-Americans
Team Championships Name Event Place Ref.
Men's 1960 Outdoor Walter Killian High jump 7th [12]
Men's 1960 Outdoor Bernie Casey 110 meters hurdles 4th [13]
Men's 1965 Outdoor Henry Williams 100 meters 5th [14]
Men's 1965 Outdoor Bob Pratt 4 × 100 meters relay 7th [15]
Rich Greenberg
Tom Wright
Henry Williams
Men's 1965 Outdoor Tom Wright 4 × 400 meters relay 6th [16]
Ralph Canady
Henry Williams
Bob Classen
Men's 1966 Indoor Henry Williams 4 × 400 meters relay 4th [17][2]
Tom Wright
Ralph Canady
Bob Classen
Men's 1966 Outdoor Tom Wright 4 × 400 meters relay 5th [16]
Bob Classen
Ralph Canady
Henry Williams
Men's 1969 Outdoor Sid Sink 3000 meters steeplechase 4th [18]
Men's 1969 Outdoor Sid Sink 5000 meters 8th [19]
Men's 1970 Indoor Dave Wottle Mile run 4th [20]
Men's 1970 Outdoor Dave Wottle Mile run 2nd [21]
Men's 1970 Outdoor Sid Sink 3000 meters steeplechase 1st [18]
Men's 1971 Indoor Sid Sink 3000 meters 2nd [22]
Men's 1971 Outdoor Sid Sink 3000 meters steeplechase 1st [18]
Men's 1971 Outdoor Sid Sink 5000 meters 5th [19]
Men's 1972 Indoor Dave Wottle 800 meters 1st [23]
Men's 1972 Indoor Sid Sink 3000 meters 1st [22]
Men's 1972 Indoor Craig MacDonald Distance medley relay 1st [24][2]
Ted Farver
Sid Sink
Dave Wottle
Men's 1972 Outdoor Dave Wottle 1500 meters 1st [25]
Men's 1973 Indoor Dave Wottle Mile run 1st [20]
Men's 1973 Outdoor Dave Wottle Mile run 1st [21]
Men's 1979 Indoor John Anich Distance medley relay 5th [24]
Ivor Emmanuel
Kevin Ryan
Bob Lunn
Men's 1980 Outdoor Kevin Ryan 1500 meters 5th [25]
Men's 1981 Indoor Terry Reedus 4 × 800 meters relay 5th [26]
Dave Agosta
Chuck Pullom
Jeff Brown
Men's 1981 Indoor Terry Reedus Distance medley relay 6th [24]
John Anich
Steve Housley
Jeff Brown
Women's 1988 Indoor Tracy Gaetke 800 meters 8th [27]
Women's 1988 Outdoor Beth Manson Discus throw 8th [28]
Women's 1989 Outdoor Beth Manson Discus throw 6th [28]
Men's 1993 Outdoor Todd Black 800 meters 8th [29]
Men's 1994 Indoor Scott Thompson 55 meters hurdles 5th [30]
Women's 1994 Indoor Nikki Lessig Shot put 7th [31]
Men's 1994 Outdoor Scott Thompson 110 meters hurdles 3rd [13]
Women's 1995 Indoor Nikki Lessig Shot put 7th [31]
Men's 1997 Indoor Rah'Sheen Clay 200 meters 7th [32]
Women's 1997 Outdoor Emily Cokinos Javelin throw 7th [33]
Women's 1998 Indoor Huina Han Triple jump 4th [34]
Women's 1998 Outdoor Huina Han Triple jump 6th [35]
Women's 2001 Outdoor Stephanie Heidt High jump 7th [36]
Women's 2013 Outdoor Brooke Pleger Hammer throw 7th [37]
Women's 2014 Outdoor Brooke Pleger Hammer throw 3rd [37]
Women's 2015 Outdoor Brooke Pleger Hammer throw 3rd [37]
Women's 2019 Indoor Aliyah Gustafson Shot put 7th [31]

See also

  • Category:Bowling Green Falcons men's track and field athletes (2)

References

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