PELLA — Four Central College track and field freshmen took part in the Dutch Early Bird Pentathlon Friday night, including a winning performance from Olivia Bohlen (freshman, Belle Plaine).
           
Bohlen totaled 2,971 points, topping the other two female competitors by over 500 points.
           
"Considering we've taken four weeks off, she had really good marks," associate head coach Jim Fuller said. "She had PRs in the shot put and in the 800-meter run. She's basically at the same spot she was at Doane in December, which I'm happy with."
           
On the men's side, Grant Miller (freshman, Norwalk) was No. 2 in the nine-man field with 3,126 points. Gage Huyser (freshman, Pella) was third with 3,025 points and Gavin Smith (freshman, Audubon) was fourth with 2,817 points.
           
"When our other multi-event guys were freshmen, they had very similar scores," Fuller said. "They all three have a great future and they all seem to be having fun. I was especially pleased with the way we high jumped after we've done very little work there."

Central hosts the Dutch Athletics Classic at noon on Saturday.