Cleveland, Ohio – Bowling Green State University redshirt senior track and field thrower Aliyah Gustafson has been named the Mid-American Conference Scholar Athlete of the Week. Gustafson, who carries a 4.0 grade point average in Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies (HMSLS), broke the school record in the shot put Saturday.
Gustafson climbed four spots to No. 4 in the country in the shot put Saturday by throwing 57-feet-2 at the Meyo Invitational. That distance is more than 15 inches further than the previous school record and she leads the MAC in the event by almost six feet.