In a meeting at Monmouth College two weeks ago, the Grinnell College women’s basketball team used a big second-half rally to pull out the victory.
It was a case of déjà vu Wednesday at Darby Gymnasium, as Grinnell’s Ashley Jeannin ’12 scored the game’s final 10 points to help the Pioneers rally for a 60-57 victory.
The 10 Midwest Conference wins are the most for a Grinnell team since the 2003-04 season, and it marked just the...
Sparked by a balanced scoring attack, the Grinnell College men’s basketball team shook off a slow start to knock off Monmouth College 87-75 Wednesday night at Darby Gymnasium.
The Pioneers trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half before whittling the gap to 44-41 by intermission. The hosts then outscored Monmouth 46-31 in the second half to improve to 13-3 in the Midwest Conference and 17-3 overall.
Jesse Ney ’13, who...
Grinnell College’s Kelly Bruce ’12 has been named the Midwest Conference Women’s Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week.
Bruce, from Middleton, Wis. (Middleton), set a school record in one-meter diving and broke two pool records as the Pioneers won a 169-116 dual meet at Coe College Saturday. Bruce had a score of 277.50 while winning the one-meter event, breaking the previous program best of 275.60 set by Jo Schaalman in 1998.
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Kelly Bruce ’12 (pictured) broke a school record as the Grinnell College women’s swimming and diving team rolled past Coe College 169-119 Saturday in Cedar Rapids.
Bruce won the one-meter diving event with a score of 277.50, breaking the previous Pioneer best of 275.60 set by Jo Schaalman in 1998.
Bruce also won three-meter diving with a score of 287.02. She set pool records in both events, as well.
Other Pioneer...
Emanuel Spooner ’13 (pictured) won three events while helping the Grinnell College men’s swimming and diving team to a 111-65 victory over Coe College Saturday in Cedar Rapids.
Spooner won the 100-yard butterfly (56.54) and 200 individual medley (2:07.58) and joined Rick Bigler ’13, Dylan Gray ’14 and Ethan Drutchas ’13 on the first-place 200 medley relay (1:43.26).
Drutchas also won the 50 freestyle (22.93) and was joined by...
A late burst by St. Norbert College sent the host Green Knights to a 97-96 men’s basketball win over Grinnell College on Saturday.
Grinnell, 12-3 in the Midwest Conference and 16-3 overall, led 91-82 with 5:37 left before St. Norbert closed out the game with a 15-5 run. Brandon Gries hit the game-winning free throw with 1.8 seconds left.
Despite the loss, Grinnell still clinched a spot in the MWC Tournament for the second year...
Eloise Miller ’15 (pictured) shattered the Grinnell College school record en route to earning a victory in the women’s triple jump at the Cornell College Hilltop Open this weekend.
Miller had a winning leap of 35-5, breaking the previous Pioneer best of 33-9 ½ by Maria Stanislaw in 2001.
Grinnell had one other winner, Hannah Colter ’12 in the 3000-meter run. She had a time of 10:57.67. Also faring well in the 3000 were Cassidy...
Ben Tyler ’14 (pictured) claimed runner-up honors in the mile run to lead the Grinnell College men’s track and field team at the Hilltop Open over the weekend at Cornell College.
Tyler ran the race in 4:36.30, less than a second behind the winner. Grinnell had two other high finishers in the race, as Sam Krauth ’14 placed third in 4:37.00 and Evan Griffith ’15 was seventh in 4:41.00.
The Pioneers had a trio of fourth-place...
The Grinnell College men’s tennis team started the season on a strong note Saturday, blanking St. Ambrose University 9-0 at the Charles Benson Bear ’39 Recreation and Athletic Center Field House.
The Pioneers began the day with doubles wins by the tandems of Elliott Czarnecki ’15-Michael Cole ’12 (8-4), Conor Cunningham ’15-Aaron Lapkin ’15 (8-1) and Ishan Bhadkamkar ’13-Benjamin Charney ’15 (8-4).
Grinnell continued to roll in...
