SPORTS

A half-mile of swimming. 13 miles of biking. And a three-mile run. Sound like fun? 15 Grinnell students certainly think so.

And with one final resurrection of Purple Jesus, football season is over. Yes, I know that could have been said after the Super Bowl, but even though the Pro Bowl is the worst all-star game in all of sports, and God knows I won't watch it, it's still football dammit. Now we'll have to wait months for another game.

After less than a year of searching, Grinnell has hired Max Hawsey to be the new head football coach. The vacancy was created when former head football coach of 20 years Greg Wallace took over as athletic director.

Last weekend, the Grinnell track team drove to Buena Vista University in Storm Lake to participate in the second meet of the new season, the Dennis Young Indoor Classic. Michael Hargadine '09 won first place in pole vault and Allison Louthan '08 took first in the 3000-meter run, but both athletes say that their victories were just practice for the spring track season.