Indoor Field Athlete-of-the-Week: Tysen Grinde, Dakota State (S.D.)
Grinde, a junior from Spring Grove, Minn., was named the Field Athlete-of-the-Week.
He had a monstrous meet at the Mount Marty (S.D.) Opener as Dakota State (S.D.) returned from Christmas break. He won a pair of field events, winning the high jump title with a tied school record clearance of 2.08 meters (6 feet, 9.75 inches). His high jump ties the school record in 1985 by Doug Vlasman.
Grinde’s high jump currently ranks No. 1 in the NAIA as of Tuesday.
He also tied for first place in the pole vault with 4.20 meters clearance (13 feet, 9.25 inches). He also placed fifth in both prelims and finals of the 60-meter hurdles, clocking a time of 8.91 seconds in the prelims and improving his time to 8.85 seconds in the finals.
This is Grinde’s first career Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Men’s Indoor Field Athlete-of-the-Week.