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Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA | March 12, 2004

Gimme a break!
Spring break means migration south for all the spring sport teams on campus. The Pioneer baseball, softball, tennis, golf and track teams will be headed somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line to compete in a warmer climate and prepare for some all-important Midwest Conference competition later in the spring. The Grinnell softball team will head down to Fort Meyers, Fla., where they will play against some good competition from various places in the country and look to improve on their pre-season developments.  [more]

Track performs impressively at conference
Over the weekend, the men’s and women’s track and field teams put together strong showings at the Midwest Conference Indoor Championships in Galesburg, Ill. Monmouth won the men’s meet with 228 points, St. Norbert was runner-up with 110 and the Pioneers were right behind with 109. The Scots took the women’s title, also, with 175 points, followed by Carroll (165), Beloit (84.5) and Grinnell and St. Norbert (53 each). [more]

Divers to Nationals
Before coming to Grinnell, Eric “Country” Blevins ’04 never dove competitively.  But after four years as a Mad Dog, he, along with Sarah Stayer ’06, will represent the Pioneers at the NCAA Division III National Swimming and Diving Championships in St. Peters, Mo. [more]

Tennis victorious over Wartburg
At home Saturday, the Grinnell men’s tennis squad handily defeated Wartburg 5-2 for its sixth straight win, a win Jim Finnessy ‘04, a co-captain, admitted wasn’t as satisfying as past victories. [more]