Eighteen Brevard Sophomores
Selected To 1983 Who’s Who
Eighteen Brevard College
students will be included in the
1983 edition of WHO’S WHO
among students in
AMERICAN JUNIOR COL
LEGES. The students have been
selected as being among the
country’s most outstanding cam
pus leaders.
Selection of these students is
based on their academic achieve
ment, service to the community,
leadership in extra-curricular ac
tivities, and their future poten
tial. Students are chosen by a
vote of their peers, a faculty vote,
and a final confirmation by the
editors of the annual WHO’S
WHO directory.
The eighteen students join an
elite group of students selected
from more than 600 institutions of
higher learning in all 50 states,
the District of Columbia, and
several foreign countries.
Brevard College students
receiving this honor for the
1982-83 academic year are: Peter
S. Andersen, son of Mr. & Mrs.
Thomas C. Andersen of
Asheville, NC; Daphne G. Berry,
daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Maxwell
R. Berry of Norcross, GA; Paul
A. Brim, son of Mrs. Barbara M.
Brim of Greensboro, NC;
Katheryn Suzanne Awara Con
rad, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
J.L. Conrad of Atlanta, GA;
Deborah A. Farran, daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Farran of
Macon, GA; James C. Hickey,
IV, son of Mrs. & Mrs. James C.
Hickey, III of Cocoa, FL; Darryl
K. Lester, son of Mrs. Marilyn
Lester Johnson of Carey, NC;
Robert S. Merusi, son of Mr. &
Mrs. W.F. Merusi of Cincinnati,
OH; David A. Metoyer, Jr., son of
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Metoyer, Sr.
of Marietta, GA; Andrea L.
Nalley, daughter of Mr. & Mrs.
Charles E. Nalley of Shelby, NC;
Cedric A. Nash, son of Mrs. Mar
tha N. McMorris of Asheville,
NC; Joel A. Neilson, son or Mr. &
Mrs. Alan M. Neilson of
Asheville, NC; Ernest L. Nelon,
II, son of Mr. & Mrs. Ernest K.
Nelon of Black Mountain, NC;
Richard S. Pitts, son of Mrs.
Brenda Gail Pitts of Blowing
Rock, NC; John S. Slaton, son of
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Slaton of
Miami, FL; Susan M. Traynor,
daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Edwin A.
Traynor of Roswell, GA; Suzanne
T. Updike, daughter of Mrs.
Marilyn J. Updike of Winter
Park, FL; and Jon M. Zillioux,
son of Mr. & Mrs. Don G. Zillioux
of Brevard, NC.
Congratulations from the
CLARION to each of these
outstanding student leaders.
Your contributions to the
Brevard campus and community
are indeed worthy of recognition.
elation
Tuesday, November 23, 1982
Volume 50 Brevard College Brevard, North Carolina 28712
Tornado Harriers Secure National Championship
By Jeff Shore
For coach Norm Witek, every
conceivable goal but one had
been achieved during his tenure
as cross-country coach at
Brevard College.
Top ten national finishes and
numerous All-Americans had
been produced under his pro
gram, but somehow the national
championship had eluded his
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grip.
That, of course, has changed.
On a warm afternoon last
August he met for the first time
with a group that would eventual
ly turn his top goal into reality.
“Look around you,” he said, “the
amount of talent we have sitting
in this room is unbelievable. We
have the talent to win the national
championship this year.
“How close will we come will
depend entirely on us.” After
months of hard work and deter
mination, Brevard would put
together its top performance to
win the school’s first ever cross
country national championship
on a cold and windy New York
afternoon.
Brevard outdistanced
Clackamus (Ore.) and defending
champion Southwestern
Michigan by 11 and 21 points to
win the prestigious team title.
The top 25 individual places
constituted All-American, and
four of those spots went to har
riers in blue and white.
The top finisher for Brevard
was Kenyan Sam Obwocha (5th
overall) who made first team All-
American. Brad Albee (9th
overall, 4th American overall),
Jim Hickey (13th), and Eric Day
(14th) placed on the second team
All-American.
Gerald Hutchinson (31st)
rounded out the top five with
Mike Miller (82nd) and Mike
Peveto (102nd) playing the roles
of “pushers” in the team scoring.
In addition, coach Witek was
named NJCAA National Cross-
Country Coach of the Year.
The team left from Asheville on
Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in order to
look over the course ahead of
time, and deal with any problems
due to the plane flight.
What the team found course-
wise was exactly what they had
expected and hoped for. “The
course was mostly grass, with a
few rolling hills. The part we lov
ed was the two major hills at 2
and 3 miles. Those two stretches
would determine the outcome of
the race,” said Jim Hickey.
Gerald Hutchinson had a dif
ferent view of the course, but
basically shared the same idea.
“It was the kind of course that
you couldn’t come back on. Once
you established your position,
that was pretty much it.”
By race time the weather was
shaping up to be at Brevard’s ad
vantage. Tight rain, snow flur
ries, and a 25-degree
temperature sent the 25 teams
and 232 runners participating, off
at the sound of the gun.
While the leaders opened up
with a 4:50 mile, the Brevard con
tingent was content to hold off the
race with a 5:00 first mile. The
race did not begin to shape up un
til the front group reached the
first major hill at 2 and one-half
miles.
Brevard then began to move to
the front as many of the opposing
runners faded due to the
demands of the rough terrain.
Just as the hills played a big part,
so too did the final mile of the
race, which was all downhill.
The Brevard College cross
country team ended its most suc
cessful season ever with five ma
jor invitational wins, a national
championship, and a win-loss
record of 115-3.
Kappa Chi Sponsors
Campus Dinner
Tonight, Kappa Chi is sponsor
ing a special Thanksgiving Din
ner for the campus, along with
some special music too.
Christmas caroling and the
the Christmas story, and the Col
legiate Singers, Chamber Choir,
and college band will all be there
to help bring in the Christmas
season on the Brevard College
lighting of the Christmas tree are campus.
on Kappa Chi’s agenda for next If you’re interested in joinmg
an exciting Christian club, come
This year’s annual Christmas to Kappa Chi s dinner meetings
Tornado national champion runners include (back the tree on Thursdays at 5 p.m. in the
fow, 1-r) Brad Albee, Eric Day, Gerald Hutchinson. ,ake place on December 5 at
Mike Miller, and (front row) Mike Peveto, Sam Ob- ^ Berry, p es
woeha and Jinri Hickey. /
On The Inside
Bad Checks Bouncing, p. 2
Letters, p. 3
Who’s Who Pictures, p. 4
“Belle of Amherst” review,
p. 5
A Look at Day Students, p. 6
Tornado Basketball, p. 7
Soccer Update,- P- 8