Grinnell College’s women claimed gold in the sprint medley relay and broke numerous school records on the opening day of the 2012 Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships Friday at Jacksonville, Ill.
The foursome of Isabelle Miller ’13, Christine Ajinjeru ’14, Emily Clennon ’14 and Sarah Burnell ’14 ran the medley in 4:13.71 to beat runner-up St. Norbert College by just under a second. That clocking also snapped the...
The Grinnell College track and field teams will look for strong efforts when they compete in the 2012 Midwest Conference Championships Friday and Saturday at Jacksonville, Ill.
The Pioneers are looking to improve on last year’s finishes, when the women’s team placed fifth and the men sixth.
On the women’s side, the Pioneers enter the meet ranked first in the 4x400-meter relay. Sarah Burnell ’14 is second in the 800, while Eloise...
Grinnell College’s Sarah Burnell ’14 has been named the Midwest Conference Women’s Track Performer of the Week.
Burnell, from Grinnell, Iowa (Grinnell), played a part in two school-record performances at the Wartburg Indoor Invite on Saturday. In the 800-meter run, she toured the track in 2:16.52 to eclipse her school mark of 2:18.64, set last season.
Burnell was also part of the record-breaking 4x400 relay team that ran 4:06.53...
Four school records tumbled as the Grinnell College women’s track and field team placed third at the Wartburg Indoor Invite Saturday in Waverly.
Sarah Burnell ’14 shattered her own school mark in the 800-meter run, as she ran the race in 2:16.52 en route to a second-place finish. Her old mark was 2:18.64, set last season.
Burnell was also on the record-breaking 4x400 relay team that had a clocking of 4:06.53, which bested the...
An event victory and a school record highlighted the performance of the Grinnell College women’s track and field team at its own Darren Young Classic contested Saturday at the Charles Benson Bear ’39 Recreation and Athletic Center Field House.
The meet featured several national-caliber individuals and teams.
Grinnell’s win came from Sarah Burnell ’14 in the mile run, as she emerged victorious from a 20-runner field with a time...
Eloise Miller ’15 (pictured) shattered the Grinnell College school record en route to earning a victory in the women’s triple jump at the Cornell College Hilltop Open this weekend.
Miller had a winning leap of 35-5, breaking the previous Pioneer best of 33-9 ½ by Maria Stanislaw in 2001.
Grinnell had one other winner, Hannah Colter ’12 in the 3000-meter run. She had a time of 10:57.67. Also faring well in the 3000 were Cassidy...
A trio of event victories led the way for the Grinnell College women at the Dutch Athletics Classic indoor track and field meet Friday in Pella.
Catherine Bisignano ’13 won the mile run in 5:42.81, Stephanie Rouse ’13 was first in the 3000 in 10:46.03 and Jordan Young ’14 took first in the shot put with a toss of 35-3 ¾.
Rouse’s time moved her to ninth on the Pioneers’ all-time chart.
Also in the 3000, Diana Seer ’15...
Longtime Grinnell coach Will Freeman has been elected chairman of the NCAA Division III Track and Field/Cross Country Committee by a vote of NCAA committee members.
A member of the NCAA committee for the past three years, Freeman has been the liaison for cross country and indoor track and also the D-III representative to the NCAA rules committee.
It is Freeman’s second national chair position, having previously been the chair of...
The Grinnell College men’s and women’s track and field squads were named 2011 NCAA Division III All-Academic Teams by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Sixty-four men’s programs and 111 women’s teams earned the honor, which is given to squads with a cumulative grade point average of 3.1 or higher.
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Grinnell College’s Jacqui Vautin ’13 (pictured) and Lake Forest College’s Chris Paterakos have been named the 2011 Midwest Conference Female and Male Sportsmanship Award winners, respectively, as announced by the league office.
Selected by the Midwest Conference Awards and Recognition Committee, the MWC Sportsmanship Awards honor the top female and male...
