Four members of the Grinnell College women’s swimming and diving team took home titles from the Pioneer Invitational Saturday in Cedar Rapids.
The meet had been slated to be in Grinnell, but was moved when the pool here was closed due to duct work repair.
Beth Gillig ’15 won two crowns for Grinnell, taking first in the 50-yard freestyle (25.96) and 1000 freestyle (11:21.30)
Other winners were Emily Bajet ’12 in the 500...
One day after breaking the 100-yard backstroke school record, Grinnell College’s Nikki Pyle ’14 has another Pioneer mark to her credit.
Pyle swam the 200 backstroke in 2:12.37 Sunday at the 2012 Midwest Conference Championships in Appleton, Wis., to break the Grinnell mark of 2:12.56 set by Julia McHugh in 2007. Pyle finished second in the event.
Morgan Bober ’12 earned a victory for Grinnell on Sunday, doing so in the 200...
Morgan Bober ’12 (pictured) set a new Midwest Conference Championships record in the 100-yard butterfly to lead the Grinnell College women’s swimming and diving team at the 2012 league meet Saturday in Appleton, Wis.
Bober won the race in 59.19, breaking the old mark of 59.36 set by Lauren Tracy of Carroll in 2006.
Additionally, Nikki Pyle '14 set a Grinnell school record in the 100 backstroke during the preliminary round. She...
A trio of runner-up finishes led the Grinnell College women’s swimming and diving team to second place after the opening day of the 2012 Midwest Conference Championships Friday at Appleton, Wis.
Morgan Bober ‘12 and Beth Gillig ‘12 were each on the runner-up 200-yard freestyle and 400 medley relays that had clockings of 1:41.11 and 4:02.50, respectively.
Sara Hannemann ‘14 and Grace Gallagher ‘14 completed the 200 freestyle...
The Grinnell College swimming and diving teams are hoping to continue their dominance at the 2012 Midwest Conference Championships this weekend in Appleton, Wis.
The men’s team is seeking its 11th league crown in a row, while the women are pursuing their 14th.
Kelly Bruce ’12 is seeking her fourth MWC Women’s Diver of the Year award in 2012, while Michael Brus ’14 is hoping to become the MWC Men’s Swimmer of the Year for the...
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...
Grinnell College’s Beth Gillig ’15 has been named the Midwest Conference Women’s Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week.
Gillig, from Frankfort, Ky. (Northfield Mount Herman), was a perfect 4-of-4 in the Pioneers’ dual meet victory at Macalester College on Saturday. She won individual titles in the 100-yard backstroke (1:04.28), 100 freestyle (56.91) and 400 individual medley (4:57.65). The latter two times each rank fourth in the...
The Grinnell College women’s swimming and diving team posted nine event victories on its way to an easy 163-114 win at Macalester College Saturday afternoon.
Individual winners for Grinnell were Emily Bajet ’12 in the 200-yard butterfly (2:28.80), Morgan Bober ’12 in the 100 butterfly (1:02.90), Beth Gillig ’15 in the 100 backstroke (1:04.28), 100 freestyle (56.91) and 400 individual medley (4:57.65), Kelly Bruce ’12 in one-meter...
A pair of high finishes helped push the Grinnell College women’s swimming and diving team to a fourth-place finish at its own invitational Saturday at Russell K. Osgood Pool.
Kelly Bruce ’12 earned an NCAA Division III National provisional mark for the second time in two days, doing so in three-meter diving with a score of 421.35. She placed second with that effort.
Danielle Phillips ’15 added a third-place finish in the 100-...
