Page 4 The Clarion November 19, 1986
Cross-country teams win Nike Cup in nationals
In two dramatic races filled with adver
sity and bad breaks, both Brevard cross
country teams brought home second place
finishes in the National Junior College
Athletic Association Cross-Country Cham
pionships Saturday at Hagerstown, Md.
For the men, a second place finish
meant relinquishing their standing as four
time national champs to Ricks College of
Idaho. For the women, it was their best
finish ever, and the combined victory gave
Brevard College the Nike Cup, awarded to
the team with the best combined national
finish for men and women.
But the men’s loss was a disappoint
ment, conceded Coach Dave Rinker who
said, “Ricks just beat us. They went out
fast and set a pace...we just never were
able to catch them.” Also, Brevard’s
numl)er two runner, Paul Carpenter was
spiked and later requierd 10 stitches.
Carpenter managed to finish the race in
26th place in spite of the wound, and earn
All-American ranking as well.
Carpenter said, “I was spiked at the
half-mile point and realized how hurt I
was. But considering the circumstances, I
was happy with my finish, though disap
pointed with our second place finish.”
Of the 21 teams and 234 runners,
Brevard’s top runner, John Christiansen,
finished fourth with a 25:17 over the hilly,
rainy, five-mile course, a minute behind
Central Arizona’s first place finisher.
Mark Roberts. Christiansen earned first
team All-American honors again for his ef
forts.
Chris Dunn, finished second for Brevard
and 10th overall, making All-American
too, with a 25:52. Glenn McDonald finished
26th with a 26:33 followed by Nick Embrey
with a 26:44, Dan Schneider in 32nd with a
26:51, and Dean Duncan in 86th with 27:59.
In team scoring, Ricks won it with the
low score of 58, Brevard followed with an
84, squeeking past Alfred Tech and Central
Arizona who tied for third with 86.
The women’s race was that close too.
Barton College of Kansas won it with a 62,
Brevard scored 65, just outdistancing
Phoenix with a 66 for third. Of the 12 teams
and 125 runners, Brevard’s top runner was
Heather Chamberlain with a 12th place
finish of 19:37 over the three-mile course.
She was followed by Terrie Jackson in 15th
with a 19:39, Michelle Lambert in 20th wiht
a 19:55 and Kim Nelson in 23rd with a
19:58.
Kim, usually Brevard’s top runner, ran
a strong first half of the race but then
became exhausted and collapsed just short
of the end of the uphill race and had to
crawl across the finish line. Coach Rinker
praised her sUmina: "If Kim hadn’t
finished, we would have been knocked out
of second place. Plus, it was just a bear of
a course."
Terrie Jackson said. "We were a lot
stronger going in the race and 1 think on
another day we could have won it. Com
petition this year was tough."
Other Brevard finishers include Heather
Barclay in 48th, Eileen Spalding in 68th
and April Piercy in 105th. The race was
won by Alfred Tech's Julie Osden with an
18:55
Four Bt' women also earned All-
Amencan ranking: Heather Chamberlain.
Terru’ Jack.son. Michelle Lambert and
Kim Nelson.
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The BC cheerleaders include, left to right, Sharon Sentz, Ann McDaniel, Regina Pardue, Rachel Makupson,
Melissa Miles, Yoshiko Sato, Nikki Johnson, Missy Hall,and Cindy Edmonson. (BC Photo)
Men win Region X, then bow out
By Rebecca Russ
The third-ranked junior college soccer
team in the nation knocked Brevard Col
lege out of the first round in the Southeast
Regional Tournament in DeLand, Fla.,
Friday afternoon.
Miami-Dade Community College New
World Center blanked the Brevard men,
3-0, ending the 1986 season for BC. Tor
nado Coach Don Scarborough, noting that
the opposition Friday was significantly
larger and older than the Tornadoes, said,
“The average of their players was bet
ween 26 and 28... I mean they were men,
and most of them were Haitian nationals.”
Scarborough said that after Miami-Dade
established a 2-0 first ahlf lead, “it was a
very competitive game. We actually
dominated the second half, and if we
played them again I think we’d win.” The
Tornadoes’ ended the season with an 11-6-1
record.
The Region X Soccer Tournament vic
tory highlighted Parents’ Weekend, Satur
day, Nov. 8.
Brevard has had a season-long rivalry
with the nth ranked, undefeated Anderson
College team. They had beaten Brevard
both times the two teams had met. To top
everything off, it had rained so hard and so
long that Assistant Coach David Taylor
was scooping buckets of water out from
the goals.
The first five minutes were shaky for the
Brevard team, and through the entire first
half Anderson was more on the attack.
However, Brevard chose to defend the
least soggy side of the field in hopes that
the Anderson goalkeeper would have poor
footing. With eight minutes left in the first
half, a left corner kick by Brevard bounced
off of the goal. The ball was played in
again, until Paul Holmes toed it and Yong
Song kicked it in to score.
In the second half, Brevard took over the
ball frequently at midfield, which led the
team to its second goal. David Novak
overlapped into the offensive third to make
the score 2-0. Taylor said, “At that point 1
thought we might win. But Anderson is
good and if they scored, the momentum
could have changed.” David Chun beat
defenders three times to score Brevard’s
final and winning goal.
Goalkeeper Jakob Christensen made*
some muddy saves, but Anderson seemed
to have given up trying to come back in the
15 minutes left in the game. “We just
played really hard. Nothing was given to
us by the mud.”
Lady Tornadoes awarded for performances
by Kerry Wells
Brevard’s own Paige Jackson has reach
ed great heights in women's soccer by hav
ing the top number of personal goals in the
NJCAA as of press-time.
Jackson ended her season with a total of
37 goals and has been named by Coach
Julie Johnson as Most Valuable Player.
The Lady Tornadoes wrapped up their
season with two matches against UNC-
Asheville and UT-Knoxville. The women
skunked Asheville with a score of 7-0. Even
though they beat the same team 9-2 last
year. Coach Johnson felt that it was a
"decisive win — much more so than last
year's."
Though the Lady Tornadoes lost to the
Knoxville team 0-4. Johnson still felt they
played a good game. "It was very disap
pointing. she said, "we played t>etter
against them this year, but they played
better too."
Johnson is counting on next year’s team
to be a strong one and to have a winning
season. She said, “We played nationally-
ranked teams, at least five in the top 20 —
we played them to learn.” By playing
stronger teams with a young, inexperienc
ed team, Johnson feels that the returning
freshmen will be more confident against
strong teams.
Other Lady Tornadoes recognized for
outstanding performances this season are
Rebecca Grassie — Most Valuable Offense
and Samantha Douglas — Most Valuable
Defense. Captain Amy Cearley was named
Most Valuable Midfielder as well as Most
Dedicated. Most Improved went to
goalkeeper Mary Nall. These individual
awards were voted on by team members
only.
Tornadoes win opener
by Kim Belanger
The men’s basketball season started
with a 98-70 win in their opener against
Blanton’s Junior College last Thursday.
Nov. 13.
Four players scored in the double-digits:
Kevin Harper with 23 points. Tony Plem-
mons with 19, Maurice Little adding 12,
and Rodney Deyton with 10. In rebounding!
Harper led again with eight rebounds,
Deyton picked up five,a nd Plemmons had
four.
Coach Rogers said, “Everyone who
played put in good team effort. I was pleas
ed with our win.”
The meet game comes Nov. 21-22 when
the Tornadoes test their skills at the
Montreat-Anderson Tournament. The
Lady Tornadoes next play this Friday
away at Chowan.