Coming off their first meet of the indoor season, the Monmouth College Track & Field teams won three Midwest Conference Performer of the Week Awards on Tuesday. Caleb Toberman (Clifton, Illinois) and Eli Newton (Dallas City, Illinois) won the men’s awards while Maddie Boley (Beecher, Illinois) won the women’s field award. There wasn’t a nominee for the women’s track award throughout the entire conference.
At Central’s Dutch Holiday Preview on Friday, Boley delivered the third-best weight throw in Monmouth history with a PR of 17.68m as she led a 1-2-3 Monmouth finish in the event. Her throw is the best in the MWC so far this season by more than two meters and ranks third nationally. Boley also won the shot put at 12.92m, a top-10 throw nationally and the best in the MWC this season by more than a meter.
Toberman, won the weight throw with a throw of 18.52m, the fifth best throw by a Division III athlete so far this season. Toberman won the event by more than a meter and leads the MWC by more than a meter on the season. He also took third in the shot put at 14.66m, the best throw so far this season in the Midwest Conference.
Newton won the mile with a time of 4:33.48, just two seconds off his career indoor best. Newton won by 10 seconds and has the second-best time in the MWC this season. He also was part of the Fighting Scots 4x400m relay team that took second on Friday in 3:36.73, the best time in the MWC so far this season by seven seconds and just outside the top 50 nationally.
The Scots are off for the winter holiday break before returning to campus in early January. The next meet is the Fighting Bee Invitational at St. Ambrose in Davenport, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 18. The Scots will host the Midwest Classic in the Huff Fieldhouse on Friday, Jan 24 at 4 p.m.
***Courtesy of Nathan Baliva, Monmouth College***
