Two Former Area Throwers At Upper Iowa
It wasn’t that long that Tipton’s Caitlin Himes and Durant’s Brinn Grunder competed for conference and state titles in the shot put and discus rings. Last year in fact. Both 2016 graduates are members of the Upper Iowa University women’s track and field team as freshmen. Both, have been throwing for the Peacocks.
Grunder has set and broken her own shot put record in the outdoor season. Grunder set the school record in the first Upper Iowa outdoor meet and broke her own record this past week at the Tulsa Dulas in Oklahoma. Grunder set a new record of 42-feet, 9.5-inches. Grunder had set the school record in the Peacocks first outdoor meet of the season which was good for fourth at the Upper Iowa Dingles/Brueggen Open in Fayette.
Grunder is the daughter of Tracy and Brian Grunder and is a Gerontology and Psychology major.
HImes, threw 141.11 in the discus at the Peacocks latest meet, at the NSIC/MIAA conference showdown in Maryville, Missouri. The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association is a three-day track extravaganza. Himes is the daughter of Thomas Himes and Rachel Lewis and is an athletic training major.
Sportscast Media Announces Summer Schedule
Three of the four Conservative coverage area and five of the 13 River Valley Conference schools will have regular summer sports games broadcast over the internet. Sportscast Media out of Mediapolis recently announced the schedule for summer baseball and softball for Durant, North Cedar and Wilton teams. Below are listed games that will be broadcast over the internet at the web addresses listed after each school. Postseason assignments will be made later, and games past the first round will be determined at a later date.
Start Times Listed for Games. Broadcast begins with pregame 15 minutes prior to time:
Durant: Wildcat Cast - www.thewildcatcast.com
Basbeall — Monday, June 5 - Home VDH with West Liberty 5:30, Tuesday, June 13 - Away VDH with Wapello 5:30, Monday, June 19 - Home game with Camanche 7:30, Tuesday, June 27 - Home VDH with Keokuk 5:30, Wednesday, July 5 - home game with Mediapolis 7:30, Saturday, July 8 - Baseball Districts TBD.
Softball — Tuesday, May 23 - Home game with Keokuk 7:00, Thursday, May 25 - Home VDH with West Branch 5:30, Thursday, June 1 - Away game with Cascade 7:30, Thursday, June 8 - Home game with North Cedar 7:00, Monday, June 12 - Home VDH with Wilton 5:30, Monday, June 26 - Home VDH with Iowa City Regina 5:30, Wednesday, June 28 - Away game with Wapello 7:00, Monday, July 3 - Softball Regionals TBD.
North Cedar: Knight Cast - www.theknightcast.net
Baseball — Monday, May 22 - Home VDH with NE Goose Lake 5:30, Monday, June 19 - Home game with Wilton 7:00, Thursday, June 22 - Home game with Tipton 7:00, Thursday, June 29 - Home VDH with Cascade 5:30, Saturday, July 1 - Home game with Midland 5:00, Monday, July 3 - Home game with Calamus-Wheatland 7:00, Saturday, July 8 - Baseball Districts.
Softball — Tuesday, May 30 - Home Game with Mid-Prairie - 7:00, Thursday, July 1 - Away game at West Branch 7:00, Tuesday, June 6 - Away game at Iowa City Regina 7:00, Thursday, June 8 - Away game at Durant 7:00, Thursday, June 15 - Away game at West Liberty 7:00, Monday, July 3 - Softball Regionals TBD.
Wilton: Beaver Cast - www.thebeavercast.com
Baseball — Monday, May 22 - Home VDH with West Branch 5:30; Thursday, May 25 - Home VDH with Tipton 5:30; Tuesday, June 6 - Home VDH with Davenport Central; Wednesday, June 14 - Home game with Mt. Vernon 7:00, Monday, June 19 - Away game with North Cedar 7:00, Thursday, June 22 - Home game with Cascade 7:00, Thursday, July 6 - Home game with Fairfield 7:30, Saturday July 8 - Baseball Districts, TBD.
Softball — Tuesday, May 23 - Home game with Williamsburg 7:00, Friday, May 26 - home game with Keokuk 7:00, Friday, June 2 - Home game with Ft. Madison 7:00, Monday, June 5 - Home VDH with Iowa City Regina 5:30, Monday, June 12 - Home VDH with Durant 5:30, Thursday, June 29 - Away VDH with West Liberty 5:30, Monday, July 3 - Softball Regionals, TBD.
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