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Volume 81, Issue 30 VJeb Edition
SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935
April 27, 2016
Cycling Team competes in
conference championships
and looks to Nationals
By Alex Laifer
staff Writer
The Brevard College Cycling Team competed
in Conference Championships at Clemson
University on April 23-24. Several of the racers
have qualified for Collegiate Road Nationals
in May.
On Apr. 23, the team competed in a crite-
rium or “crit” - a race in which competitors do
numerous laps on a short course. The duration
of the race is based on time - they range from
30 to 60 minutes depending on the racer’s
category. The race was held in the parking
lot of Glenview Middle School in Anderson,
South Carolina.
In the Women’s A crit, Janelle Cole won after
being the sole racer to break from the peloton.
Allison Arensman finished in the sixth place
and Nicole Miranda finished in 15th place.
In the Men’s A crit. Josh Cole finished with
the peloton in 16th place.
In the Men’s B crit, first year BC students
Zack Staniak and Zack Lowden finished in 11 th
and 12th place respectively.
On Apr. 24, the team competed in a road
race held in Central, South Carolina. All racers
competed on a 13 miles long loop with rolling
hills and several comers. Riders did a preset
number of laps based on their racing category.
Men’s Category C completed two laps while
Men’s Category A completed five laps.
In the Women’s A Race, Arensman and
Cole topped the podium, finishing in first and
second place respectively. Cole attacked the
peloton on one of the many steep hills on the
course. Arensman said that after Cole stated
in the breakaway, she “attacked and bridged
the gap solo.’’
Arensman said that the results of the race
gave the women’s team “confidence as we head
into nationals.’’
In the Men’s A race. Josh Cole and Ray
Dangelmaier finished in 16th and 17th place,
respectively after having stayed in the peloton
Photo courtesy of Alex Laifer
Janelle Cole (center left) and Allison Arensman (center)
on the podium for the Women’s A Road Race.
for nearly all 65 miles of the race.
Bradford Perley, the coach of the BC cycling
team, said that he was “extremely happy and
proud” of the team’s strong performance at
Conference Championship. He added that it
was the “result of hard work by everyone, not
just A riders.”
Nationals will be held from May 13-15 in
Marshall and Burnsville, North Carolina, both
of which are north of Asheville. The men that
will represent the team at nationals are Josh
Cole, Ray Dangelmaier, and Spencer Lowden
while the women that will represent the team
are Allison Arensman, Janelle Cole and Nicole
Miranda.
The team representing nationals this year
is smaller than it was in 2015. This is in part
because several student-athletes including Nick
Jowsey and Wyatt Briggs have since graduated.
Perley said that as a result of the team’s small
size, it will be focusing all of its efforts on the
road race and criterium.
While the team will be small, its roster is
strong. “The women have more experience
racing at Nationals, having raced last years. The
guys are prepared as they can be” said Perley.
Ross Hall
A brief history
By Kaelyn Martin
staff Writer
It was confirmed a few weeks ago that Ross Hall
would no longer be home to the WLEE Depart
ment, which plans to move in the basement of
Jones this coming fall semester. But now, what
will happen to this historic building once the
WLEE department moves out?
“In the next few months, when everyone is out
we plan to bring in an engineering firm to give
us an evaluation of the building. The board must
approve any improvements or even a tear down.
I doubt seriously we would have that information
before the fall,” Deborah Hall, Vice President of
Business and Finance said.
The Zachary family built Ross Hall as a sum
mer home in early 1900’s as summer tourist. The
building was constructed into two phases. The
first part of Ross Hall was built during World War
I and is solid brick with a stone foundation. The
second phase was built in the 1920 and was brick
veneer with a brick foundation.
Ross Hall received its name after a former
Brevard Institute faculty member Francis H.E.
Ross. Initially, Ross was used to house the men
that attended the institute. In 1940’s Ross tran
sitioned over into faculty living quarters, which
it would remain until it was turned into the Fine
Arts Resident Hall.
In the fall of 1994, the Wilderness Leadership
Experiential Education Program was founded.
It was shortly after that Ross would change once
again to accommodate the WLEE department.
Since then, the WLEE department has made
Ross Hall their home providing classrooms and
resources for outdoor learning.
Recently, Ross Hall has been deemed unstable.
However, it is unclear what kind of damage nor
the extent of the damage.
“A few years ago the fire marshal told us that the
building needed to vacated as soon as we could
find a home for WLEE,” Hall said. “There were
some fires in Ross over the years that caused some
damage that we were unaware of until he brought
it to our attention. We’ve had a general contractor
look at Ross but he was unable to give us an idea
of costs without an engineering study.”
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