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Softball Headed South, Set For Eight Games In Arizona
St. Peter, Minn. – The Gustavus softball team is headed south for the weekend, as it will play eight games in five days in Tucson, Ariz., beginning Thursday afternoon. After opening the season 2-2 at the Rochester Community and Technical College Dome on March 1st and 2nd, the Gusties will escape the snow and continue […]
Slow Start For Swimming & Diving At NCAA Championships
Indianapolis – The 2014 NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships opened with the preliminaries of the 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle, 200-medley relay, and the men’s three-meter diving competition on Wednesday morning. The 2014 NCAA Championships are being held at the IUPUI Natatorium located on the campus of Indiana […]
Swimming Travel Blog: Finals Night, Day One
7:33 a.m. – Good morning from Indianapolis! Today marks the beginning the 2014 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships and you can sense the feeling of excitement throughout the team. I forgot to mention in my blog yesterday that Indianapolis is in the eastern time zone, so all the times I report in these entries will […]
Swimming Travel Blog: Indy Or Bust
Gustavus's competitors at the NCAA Championship Banquet held Tuesday night in Indianapolis. 11:32 a.m. – Greetings from Indianapolis, Indiana, the site of the 2014 NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. I flew into the city via Minneapolis with a layover in Chicago this morning and made my way to the hotel […]
Nordic Skiier Tyler Gustafson’s Journey To The Junior World Championships
Tyler Gustafson competed in the IBU Junior World Championships in early March. (Photo courtesy of IBU). St. Peter, Minn. – A typical Monday for junior nordic skier Tyler Gustafson (Grand Rapids, Minn.) includes linear algebra, managerial finance, and intermediate Swedish – all before lunch. The afternoon varies, depending on what homework needs to be done, […]
Seven Swimmers Set To Compete At 2014 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships This Week
Photo courtesy of Dan Coquyt `14. St. Peter, Minn. – On Monday, March 18, seven members of the Gustavus Adolphus men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will travel to Indianapolis – the site of the 2014 NCAA Division IIII Swimming and Diving Championships. A total 243 women spanning 55 institutions and 237 men from 55 […]
Women’s Tennis Wins Sixth Straight, Sweeps Saint Benedict 9-0
Sophomore Sidney Dirks picked up a pair of wins on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Andrew Vold '14) Sartell, Minn. – The Gustavus women’s tennis team won its sixth consecutive match on Sunday afternoon, defeating the College of Saint Benedict 9-0 at Fitness Evolution in Sartell, Minn. With the win, the Gusties improve to 6-1 overall […]
Cameron Clause Highlights NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships With All-American Performance In Heptathlon
Lincoln, Neb. – Gustavus Adolphus track and field athlete Cameron Clause (Sr., Mankato, Minn.) highlighted the 2014 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with an All-American performance in the heptathlon. Clause scored a total of 5,065 points over the course of the two-day meet to place fourth overall. The NCAA Championships were held March 14-15 […]
Falk Places Third, Women Fourth At George Fox Westbrook Invitational
The Gustie women finished fourth in the George Fox Westbrook Invitational in Peoria, Ariz. Peoria, Ariz. – After combining for a team score of 318 (+34) yesterday, the Gustavus women’s golf team came back to post a 319 (+35) in difficult conditions on Saturday to take fourth in the George Fox Westbrook Invitational. The weekend […]
Men’s Tennis Goes 1-2 At Stag-Hen Invitational This Weekend
Claremont, Calif. – The Gustavus Adolphus men’s tennis team went 1-2 at the Stag-Hen Invitational hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona-Pitzer on Friday and Saturday. The Gusties suffered a pair of losses to nationally-ranked competition on Friday, then rebounded with a win on Saturday to finish the tournament. The Gusties fell to No. 7 Emory University […]