The sky was the limit for Wartburg’s Skye Morrison on the opening day of the 2012 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships Friday at Grinnell College.
Morrison soared 6.17 meters (20 feet, 3 inches) in the women’s long jump to break the NCAA Championships record of 5.96 meters set by Wheaton’s Shimera Daniels in 2002.
Other individual champs on the opening day were Elizabeth Evans of Rose-Hulman in the high jump (1...
Hundreds of the elite track and field athletes were on hand Thursday night as Grinnell College hosted the 2012 NCAA Division III Indoor Championship Banquet at Darby Gymnasium.
Among the speakers were Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Grinnell College President Raynard Kington. The keynote speaker was Olympic coach Joe Vigil.
The national meet is Friday and Saturday at the Charles Benson Bear ’39 Recreation and Athletic Center Field...
Qualifiers were announced Monday for the NCAA Division III National Indoor Track and Field Championships slated for Friday and Saturday, March 9-10, in Grinnell.
Nine women’s individual champs and four men return to defend titles in the meet, which will be contested at Grinnell College’s Charles Benson Bear ’39 Recreation and Athletic Center Field House.
Returning male champs are Ben Scheetz of Amherst in the 800-meter run,...
Grinnell College’s Kyle Moorehead ’15 jumped onto the Pioneers’ all-time list in the men’s 800-meter run Saturday at the Iowa State University Qualifier last chance indoor meet in Ames.
Moorehead finished second in his heat with a time of 1:57.63, sixth-best in Grinnell history.
On the women’s side, Sarah Burnell ’14 and Eloise Miller ’15 continued their trend of breaking school records.
Burnell shattered her own school...
The Grinnell College men’s track and field team placed in seven events Saturday at the 2012 Midwest Conference Indoor Championships Saturday at Jacksonville, Ill.
Taking fourth were Dylan Boucher ’12, who tied his own school record in the 60-meter dash in a time of 7.12, and Kyle Moorehead ’15 in the 800 with a clocking of 1:59.05.
Ben Tyler ’14 was fifth in the 3000 in 8:57.58, while Andy Hirakawa ’12 broke his own school...
