Bode concludes standout career with third All-America 10K finish in a row

GENEVA, Ohio – Senior Alison Bode of the St. Olaf College women’s track and field team concluded her standout career by earning her third consecutive All-America accolade in the 10,000-meter run with a seventh-place performance on Thursday evening at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the SPIRE Institute.

After entering the meet as the No. 15 seed, Bode was between fifth and eighth at the conclusion of all 25 laps on her way to breaking her previous school record by nearly 10 seconds in 34:54.92. The senior’s seventh-place finish was the best national performance of her three showings in the event after she placed ninth in 2024 and eighth in 2023.

Bode’s time of 34:54.92 made her the first Ole to break 35 minutes in the event and her seventh-place performance was the third-highest finish by an Ole in the event. With the seventh-place finish, Bode became the second Ole outdoors and the third indoor or outdoors to be a three-time All-American in the same event.

Bode is one of two Oles (Emma Lee ’13 – 2011-13) to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships three times in the 10,000-meter run and one of just three different student-athletes in program history to run in the national meet in the event. The seventh-place result earned St. Olaf two points in the team standings to put the team in a tie for 27th after day one of the three-day meet.

Junior Isabel Wyatt will run in the prelims of the 800-meter run on Friday, May 23 at 3:15 p.m. CT on day two of the championships.