Tuesday, January 31, 2012

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...

Bajet
Saturday, January 28, 2012

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...

Phillips
Saturday, January 21, 2012

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-...

Friday, January 20, 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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