<p>Is anyone on the XC team @ Grinnell??? I'm a runner in hs, and I think I want to continue running in college. I'v heard that sports aren't exactly all the rage at Grinnell :), but if anyone does know about XC, that'd be great!!</p>
<p>My daughter has played two sports at Grinnell - and her roommate is a runner on xc team. I think it's a decent size team. Also, I think about 30-40% of students play sports. I bet if you emailed the coach he would get you the names of some students to email about it.</p>
<p>Thanks, snorky!</p>
<p>I run xc and will probably be running at Grinnell next year... contact coach Freeman...</p>
<p>I visited Grinnell last month and there was an article in the college newspaper by a current student. She was telling about how when she was a prospie on a campus visit she was walking along the railroad tracks through campus with her mom and the men's XC running team ran by naked! I guess that naked running is some kind of tradition there because now she has done it too. Does that scare you away or make you more interested?</p>
<p>The Crosscountry team definitely streaks through the campus and the dorms. They like to do it when they know that a ton of prospies are in. It's amazing really.</p>
<p>When I was up there, I was talking to a guy on XC and he said that he wish he'd known we'd be there sooner or they would have organized a special streakfilled welcome for us!</p>
<p>i run xc at grinnell and the team is pretty awesome. did you already visit? you should e-mail coach freeman (<a href="mailto:freemanw@grinnell.edu">freemanw@grinnell.edu</a>) and let him know you're interested, he'll set you up with a visitation or get you in touch with some of the current runners.</p>
<p>The XC teams are very, very good. Both the men's and women's teams won the conference championship this past season.</p>
<p>Sports are more popular on campus than many would have you believe. A lot of people participate, and Grinnell is currently atop the standings for the Midwest Conference all-sports standings for female sports and 4th for male sports. If I recall correctly, they finished #1 and #2 last year in the all-sports standings.</p>
<p>Grinnell has had six total conference championships so far this season (both XC teams, both swim teams, women's tennis and women's soccer). The next closest school is Monmouth with three.</p>
<p>Don't buy all of the counter-culture crap you hear. Sure, that's here, but so are athletes.</p>