{"id":11399,"date":"2019-06-07T18:02:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T18:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=11399"},"modified":"2019-06-07T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T18:02:09","slug":"christian-bothwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/07\/christian-bothwell\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTIAN BOTHWELL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Takes on the 10-event decathlon<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

By Emilee Mae Struss<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wood River High School senior Christian Bothwell is attending Lewis-Clark State College, in Lewiston, in the fall, to study exercise science. Photo credit: Noi Hogan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Christian Bothwell likes a challenge.
\nThe Wood River High School senior is a four-sport athlete who participates in track and field, cross-country, basketball and football. His main sport is track and field and next year, when he attends Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, he will be competing in an event he has never competed in before\u2014the decathlon.
\n\u201cWhat pushed me to do the decathlon next year is that it\u2019s so different and there\u2019s 10 events,\u201d Bothwell said.
\nThe decathlon is an event only offered at the collegiate level. It takes place over two days and includes a 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and a 1,500-meter run.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a different competition because it\u2019s based on how many points you get depending on other competitors and they combine your total amount for the entire thing,\u201d Bothwell said.
\nBothwell moved to the Wood River Valley with his parents when he was 2 years old from Twin Falls. He says his proudest moments at Wood River High School revolve around sports. He went to state championships three times\u2014as a freshman in cross-country and twice for track and field his junior and senior year.
\n\u201cI like how much track pushes you to the max while it\u2019s also a very mental sport,\u201d Bothwell said.
\nHe is also a focused student with a 3.6 grade point average and is a member of National Honor Society. He says his hardest class right now is Advanced Placement Statistics, balanced with classes like a \u201clifting period.\u201d Bothwell says he knows he has put in the hard work and his plan for his last semester at WRHS was to simply enjoy it.
\nNext year, at Lewis-Clark State College, Bothwell will study exercise science. He hopes to one day be a physical therapist or athletic trainer. As he moves on from the Valley, he says a few things have been very inspiring to him along the way\u2014his parents and his best friend, Taylor Koth.
\n\u201cTaylor is a competitor and a friend,\u201d Bothwell said. \u201cHe pushes me to be better and compete all together. And the coaches, too. I\u2019m really thankful for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note: Anyone who would like to recommend a Blaine County School District student for The Weekly Sun\u2019s \u201cStudent Spotlight\u201d feature should contact Emilee Struss at emilee.struss@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Takes on the 10-event decathlon By Emilee Mae Struss Christian Bothwell likes a challenge. The Wood River High School senior is a four-sport athlete who participates in track and field, cross-country, basketball and football. His main sport is track and field and next year, when he attends Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, he will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sponsored","8":"category-student-spotlight"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}