Th« Clarion October 1, 1990 Page 11
BC runners improving with season
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Sprinting for the finish line at the BC Invitation
al Cross Country Meet with State, BC's Craig
Goodroe keeps his lead over the Wolfpack's
Dvorak (who tranfered to State from BC) .
Scott
Tales from between the hedges...
And now for the Pepto Bismol Prune Bowl...
by John Wellenhofer
Clarion Sports Editor
been able to
dopey NCAA
I have never
understand these
conferences.
Being that there are about 14 or 15
conferences in the NCAA there is
almost no way to tell who has the best
college football team. They are now
attempting to clear it up a bit, but they
only end up confusing the average tube-
head guy like myself even more.
The latest and greatest news is that
FSU is joining the Atlantic Coast
Conference (ACC, for the sports
expert).
Boy, will they have a tough time
of it. They will have to deal with power
houses such as Wake's Demon Deacons
and UNC-Chapel Hill's 0-12 Tarheels
(or elephants).
What about the puppies from N.C.
State or the mighty Virginia Cavaliers
and Duke Blue Devils (who had such a
close one the other day. Virginia barely
squeaking by with a 58-0 win.)?
UM is considering joining the Big
East conference (as usual I didn't know
they had big East football). USC
appears to be the only team with any
cojones as far as this matter is
concerned. They will just joined the
SEC Conference with tough teams such
as 'Bama, LSU, UF. Vandy and UGA.
as 'Bama, LSU, UF, Vandy and UGA.
South Carolina oeserves more
credit than they get, but as usual you
will have to find a Virginia Tech Hokie
fan to tell you different
With all these conferences jumping
for the big Independents its a wonder
that those Mormons out in Utah haven t
used their power from above to rise to
No. 1. BYU has a tough road schedule
with big teams like San Diego State (I d
forgotten that San Diego was a state)
Wyoming and Air Force - all games
which can be seen on ESPN at 4 a.m.
Oh boy.
Now it is all up to the ever-
popular bowl games - the Q-Tip
Cotton Bowl, Bud-Fiesta Bowl, Pepto
Bismol Prune Bowl, Daisy Bowl,
Cantaloupe Bowl, Melon Bowl and for
the religious Granolas, the Quaker Oats
Trail Mix Bowl, to pick no. I.
After the big bowl game, the
pencil-pushing sports writers (I don't
own a pencil but I wish I did) and the
coaches decide from there.
It looks as if it is going to be
another cream-puff season for most of
the big boys - aside from Notre Dame
and a few others. If by chance BYU does
win the national title well, Im gomg
fishing on the whiteface. I'd rather see
SMU win it, after all. they did ^t
Vanderbilt and they used to be the best
team money could buy.
We could always live with a tie,
too, so on that note, just remember
what my good Buddy Lou Holtz always
says, "A tie is like kissing your sister,
but it sure beats kissing your brother."
by John Wellenhoffer
Clarion Sports Editor
Brevard College and some of the
top XC teams in the nation squared off
in Winston-Salem last weekend.
BC's men's and women's teams
butted heads with NCAA top-ranked
teams such as Wake, Georgetown,
Dartmouth, William and Mary, Houston
and others.
BC's best, Chris Griggs, Jeff
Campbell and Craig Goodroe, finished
17th, 18th and 19th with times of
25:16, 25:17 and 25:25. The men's B
race top finishers were Chris Hogan
(12), John Steele (22), and Mike Kinne
(31).
The women’s team finished much
stronger than their last meet. Holly
Higgins (29), Heather Weldon (43) and
Allison Cottrell (49) were the top
finishers on the women's team.
While both teams turned in a fine
performance, the team as well as the
coach agree that the course was faster
than they were used to. "The Wake
Forest course lacks the hill factor that
we are used to, thus making it easier to
roll into good mile splits." says Mike
Kinne, sophomore runner. While the
XC team did not fare as well as they
would like to , they were far above
satisfactory. Coach Rinker was pleased
with the results but would like to sec
the team close the gaps from the third
man to the fifth man.
The overall outcome of the team
was good. Brevard placed 6th overall in
the meet, beating the University of
Houston, Virginia Tech, Appalachian
State and almost beating Georgetown.
BC was the only two-year school in the
meet.
BC's top woman at State
teammate Tina Wiegerink.
meet, Allyson Cottrell, right, exults with
(Clarion photos by Jock Lauterer)