Saturday, January 21, 2012

Kelly Bruce ’12 (pictured) claimed third place to pace the Grinnell College women’s swimming and diving team Friday at its own invitational at Russell K. Osgood Pool.

Bruce tallied a score of 411.55.

Danielle Phillips ’15 placed fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:35.26 and swam on the fifth-place 800 freestyle and 400 medley relay teams that had times of 8:26.80 and 4:16.26, respectively.

Beth Gillig ’15 also swam...

Thursday, January 19, 2012

The Grinnell College swimming and diving teams will host their own annual invitational Friday and Saturday at Russell K. Osgood Pool.

The men placed second at last year’s meet with 1254.5 points, just a bit behind champion Gustavus Adolphus’ total of 1312.5 in the seven-team field.

Grinnell’s women were fourth in 2011 with 556 points. The University of Nebraska-Omaha placed first in the 12-team meet with 1176 points.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Grinnell women’s swimming team took runner-up honors in a trio of events Tuesday during a dual meet with Connecticut College at Naples, Fla.

The Pioneers had second-place efforts from Beth Gillig ’15 in the 200-yard freestyle (2:04.45), Nikki Pyle ’12 in the 100 backstroke (1:04.38) and the 200 medley relay squad of Sara Hannemann ’14, Emily Bajet ’12, Kristina De La Torre ’14 and Lauren O’Hair ’12 (1:58.46).

Placing third...

Saturday, December 03, 2011

A pair of event victories Saturday sent the Grinnell College women’s swimming and diving team to its second Pioneer Classic title in as many years at Russell K. Osgood Pool.

Danielle Phillips ’15 (left) was first in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:09.88) and Kelly Bruce ’12 (right) captured top honors in one-meter diving (383 points).

Grinnell had a pair of runner-up finishes, with Emma Falley ’15 doing so in one-meter diving (348....

Friday, December 02, 2011

Grinnell College’s Kelly Bruce ’12 (left) captured the three-meter diving crown with a meet-record score of 389.25 at the Pioneer Classic swimming and diving event Friday at Russell K. Osgood Pool.

That effort helped Grinnell to first place in the team standings with 241 points, 51 in front of runner-up Coe College in the 13-team field.

Two other Pioneers finished in the top five in diving, as Emma Falley ’15 was fourth with a...