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...
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...
DES MOINES - Eloise Miller '15 leaped onto Grinnell College's all-time leader board in the long jump during the Jim Duncan Invitational Friday at Drake Stadium.
Miller placed seventh in the event with a jump of 16-1/2, which ties for fifth-best in Pioneer history.
Other top finishers for Grinnell Friday were Hannah Colter '12 in the 5000-meter run (ninth in 18:50.03), Jordan Young '14 in the discus (...
A new school record and several top-10 program performances paced the Grinnell College women’s track and field team at the Embry-Riddle Spikes Classic over the weekend in Florida.
Jordan Young ’14 (pictured) shattered the school record in the hammer throw with a toss of 125-11. That beat the previous Pioneer best of 118-0, set by Caitlin Shannon in 2006.
But Young wasn’t the only one to top the record. Heather Kubicek ’12 threw...
After losing its two-year stranglehold on the NCAA Division III National Indoor Track and Field crown last season, the Wartburg women reclaimed the coveted trophy in 2012.
The Knights piled up 99 points to easily win the meet, which concluded Saturday at Grinnell College’s Charles Benson Bear ’39 Recreation and Athletic Center Field House. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, which won last year’s title, was a distant second with 48 points and...
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,...
Two Grinnell College women’s track and field performers have made breaking school records a common theme in 2012.
Sarah Burnell ’14 and Eloise Miller ’15 continued that trend Saturday afternoon at the Iowa State University Qualifier last chance indoor meet in Ames.
Burnell shattered her own school mark in the 800-meter run, which she set earlier this year, when she won her heat in 2:15.51. Her previous best was 2:16.52.
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Yet another school record tumbled for the Grinnell College women’s track and field team at the 2012 Midwest Conference Indoor Championships Saturday at Jacksonville, Ill.
The quartet of Isabelle Miller ’13, Christine Ajinjeru ’14, Eloise Miller ’15 and Sarah Burnell ’14 destroyed the school mark in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 4:04.33. That was good for second place in the event and beat the old mark of 4:06.53, set earlier...
