GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: March 2012

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Grinnell Set To Host NCAA Indoor Track Meet

While nearly everyone has attended an outdoor track and field meet, that’s not necessarily the case for the indoor version of the sport.

Fans will get a chance to do exactly that, though, when the NCAA Division III National Indoor Track and Field Championships come rolling just over five weeks. The event is slated for Friday and Saturday, March 9-10, at the Charles Benson Bear ’39 Recreation and Athletic Center Field House.

Fourteen individual events and two relays will be contested in both the women’s and men’s divisions. The men’s championship field will consist of 13 qualifiers in each individual event and 10 teams in each relay. For the women, it’s 15 qualifiers in individual events and 10 teams per relay.

Overall, approximately 500 athletes are expected to compete during the weekend.

-Ted Schultz, Grinnell College SID

See the full information page here.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Pioneer Hoopster Named Central Iowa College Sports Athlete of the Year!

Grinnell College men’s basketball player Griffin Lentsch ’13, who made a big name for himself this season, has been rewarded for his efforts by being named the Central Iowa College Sports Male Athlete of the Year.

The award was presented Sunday by the Des Moines Area Sports Commission, which serves under the umbrella of the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Other finalists in the contest were Iowa State wrestler Jon Reader, Iowa State football player Kelechi Osemele and Drake football player Mike Piatkowski.

Lentsch, a 6-4 guard from Forest Lake, Minn. (Forest Lake), made national headlines in November when he erupted for an NCAA Division III national record 89 points in the Pioneers’ 145-97 victory at Principia College.

See the full release here.

The Honor G

The Honor G, the official emblem of Grinnell College athletics, was first used at the Iowa state track championship in 1892. Designed by Earnest "Skip" Atherton, class of 1895, the original Honor G consisted of a scarlet maltese cross with a black "I and "C" (for Iowa College) superimposed on the cross. Two years later in 1894, the "I" and "C" were replaced by a black gothic "G", and the modern day Honor G was born. The gothic "G", which was also used on letter sweaters and is now used on letter jackets, was replaced by an Old English "G" in the mid-1930's. After some protest, it was quickly changed back to the gothic "G", and it has remained unchanged since that time.