Upper Iowa junior Brinn Grunder is set to compete in the weight throw at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships on Friday, Mar. 8 in Pittsburg, Kan.
 
This year's NCAA Indoor Championships are taking place in the Robert W. Plaster Center on the campus of Pittsburg State University. The women's weight throw is scheduled to begin at 2:25 p.m. on Friday.
 
Grunder, UIU's first Northern Sun Conference champion in women's indoor track and field, won the conference title in the weight throw with a mark of 18.72 meters, or 61'5", her best mark of the season. The throw ranks the Durant, Iowa product twelfth in the nation heading into the championships.
 
Grunder is one of 17 competitors in the women's weight throw event with three others joining her from Northern Sun member institutions.
 
A pair of throwers from the University of Indianapolis, Katie Monk and Hilary Paxson, have bested 20 meters this season, while eight others have thrown over 19 meters this year. Grunder has improved with leaps and bounds as this season has progressed improving by more than 5 meters from her first competition to the NSIC Championships.
 
Grunder's Weight Throw Marks for the 2018-19 Season
12/7 - Mel Tjeerdsma Classic – 13.64 meters
1/11 - Minnesota State Invitational – 16.10 meters
1/25 – Mark Schuck Open – 17.27 meters
2/2 – Ted Nelson Classic – 18.03 meters
2/15 – Maverick Invite – 17.64 meters
2/22 – NSIC Championships – 18.72 meters