Grinnell College’s Elliott Czarnecki ‘15 has been named the Midwest Conference Men’s Tennis Performer of the Week.
Czarnecki, from Sioux Falls, S.D. (O’Gorman), went a perfect 3-for-3 at No. 1 singles against MWC foes over the weekend. He posted wins over opponents from Knox College, St. Norbert College and Lawrence University to improve to 17-13 on the season. He also had a doubles win against Knox.
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A dominating pitching performance and timely hitting led the Grinnell College baseball team past Central College, a team receiving votes in this week’s D3baseball.com national rankings, by a 3-1 score Tuesday afternoon at North Diamond.
Will Pahos ’14 led a tandem of four Pioneer pitchers who shut down the Dutch as the hosts improved to 8-12 on the season.
John Spacapan ’15 belted his first homer of the season and Michael...
NORMAL, Ill. – Stephanie Spahr ’14 paced Grinnell with a 179 at the Illinois Wesleyan University Spring Fling golf event over the weekend.
Spahr shot an 84 on Saturday and followed that up with a 95 Sunday to finish in a 65th-place tie.
Kayleigh Kresse ’15 added a 95-87-182 to tie for 71st, and Alex Plemmons ’15 tied for 84th with a 94-95-189.
Finishing out Grinnell’s lineup were Elaine Teo ’12, who tied for 88th with a...
WAVERLY – Peter Marsho ’12 came back from Saturday’s opening-round 3-over-par 75 to shoot the same score Sunday en route to a 12th-place finish with a 150 at the Wartburg College Invitational.
Next in line for the Pioneers was Marsho’s brother, Chris ’14, who had an 82-82-164 to tie for 63rd.
Jon Cohen ’14 tied for 75th with an 83-83-166, Jimmy Borrasso ’12 had a 78-89-167 to tie for 79th and Ian Luby ’13 tallied an 81-87-168 to...
DES MOINES – Grinnell College women broke a pair of school records at the Jim Duncan Invitational track and field meet Saturday at Drake Stadium.
Eloise Miller ’15 shattered the school mark in the triple jump with a runner-up leap of 36-2. That topped the previous Pioneer best of 34-4 ¾ set by Skye Langs in 2003.
Also getting a new school mark was Jordan Young ’14 in the hammer throw. She had an effort of 130-0 to finish sixth...
DES MOINES – The Grinnell College men’s track and field team came up with some strong efforts at the Jim Duncan Invitational Saturday at Drake Stadium.
Gavin Warnock ’14 was eighth in the long jump with a leap of 20-3 ½, Jake Lindstrom ’14 was ninth in the pole vault at 13-7 ¼ and Eric Ragan ’12 took 10th in the 400-meter hurdles in 58.12.
Sam Krauth ’14 and Ian McCallum-Cook ’12 were 14th and 19th in the 1500, respectively,...
MOUNT VERNON – Gus Fulgoni ’12 won the high jump and leaped onto Grinnell’s all-time leader board in that event at Saturday’s Cornell College Invitational.
Fulgoni leaped 6-3/4 inches to win the event. That height ranks sixth all-time for the Pioneers.
Zack Angel ’15 was third in the 800-meter run in 2:02.32, while the Pioneers placed fourth in the 4x400 relay in 3:36.04.
Harpreet Singh ’15 added a sixth-place finish in...
MOUNT VERNON – The 4x800-meter relay team placed fourth to lead the way for the Grinnell College women’s track and field team at Saturday’s Cornell College Invitational.
The squad ran the race in 11:11.40.
The highest individual finishes came from Catherine Bisignano ’12 in the 1500-meter run and Jacqui Vautin ’13 in the 5000. Both were ninth in times of 5:20.33 and 20:25.96, respectively.
Sarah Jensen ’15 placed 10th in...
APPLETON, Wis. – The Grinnell College men’s tennis team went a perfect 3-for-3 in matches with Midwest Conference North Division teams over the weekend.
The Pioneers stopped Ripon College 8-1 on Friday, and then came back Saturday to top St. Norbert College 7-2 and Lawrence University 8-1.
Grinnell, ranked 15th in the Central Region of NCAA Division III, improved to 21-5 with the wins.
In the victory over Ripon, Grinnell...
WAVERLY – Peter Marsho ’12 fired a 3-over-par 75 to lead the Grinnell College men’s golf team on the opening day of the Wartburg College Invitational in Waverly.
Marsho, who is tied for 19th, had a 38 on the front nine and 37 on the back.
Jimmy Borrasso ’12 recorded his best round of the year by six strokes with a 78, going 40 on the front and 38 on the back. He is tied for 41st.
Ian Luby ’13 also had a season-best score...
