
After shattering a 21-year-old school heptathlon record, Central College’s Olivia Bohlen was named the American Rivers Conference Female Athlete of the Week. Fellow multi-eventer Kale Hobart was tabbed as the conference men’s field event athlete of the week.
Bohlen racked up 5,045 points in winning the John Green Combined Events at Doane University (Neb.) last Thursday. That eclipsed the mark of 4,943 points established by 2004 NCAA Division III champion Raegan Schultz and is third in Division III this season. Bohlen established new outdoor career-best marks in the 200 meters (25.81 seconds), 800 meters (2:25.99), high jump (5 feet, 3 inches), javelin (117-9), and shot put (37-8). It’s the third conference performer of the week honor for Bohlen but her first female athlete of the week award. She received CSC Academic All-American distinction last year.
Competing at the same meet, Hobart won the men’s decathlon with 6,922 points, which ranks sixth in school history and second in Division III this season. He placed fourth in the decathlon at last spring’s NCAA Division III outdoor championships.