November 10,1994
Sports
Cross country finishes 1st and 2nd in SAC tournament
April Perkins
Sports Editor
The men’s and women’s cross
country team, in their second year
of competition at Elon, competed
two weeks ago in the Food Lion
SAC tournament and were very
successful.
On Oct. 29 the women’s cross
country team placed second in the
South Atlantic Conference tourna
ment while the men captured the
conference title for the second year
in a row.
Elon’s top placement for the
men's team was sophomore Brian
Keller who finished with a time of
29:45. Freshman Eric Hines fol
lowed close behind finishing fourth
with a time of 30:23. Also finish
ing in the top 10 were Chad Bebout
and Scott Breslin.
For the women, freshman Julie
Vance finished fourth with a time
of22:41. Also finishing in the top
10 for the women were Suzanne
Czarnetzky and Tricia Norris.
On Nov. 5 the teams competed
in the Southeastern Regional meet
in Spartanburg, S.C. The men’s
team placed 15th out of 20 teams
with Keller finishing 48th out of
135 runners with a lime of 36:54.
The women were successful plac-
ingseventhoutof I9teams. Vance
finished 29th out of 136 runners
with a time of 21:34.
Coach Bill Morningstar was
very pleased with the overall re
sults of the SAC tournament and
the NCAA regionals.
“In the conference race, we
ran as well as we have all year. It
was a great effort by all of our
runners,” Morningstar said. “In
fact it was probably the best race
we’ve had this year."
“In the regional meet the la
dies ran exceptionally well. But
the men looked a little ured. They
pul in a lot of effort for the confer-
Cross country individual conference
results for 1994 season
Co-Coach of the Year: Bill Morningstar
1st Team All-Conference: Brian Keller, Eric
Hines, Chad Bebout, Julie Vance, Tricia Norris
2nd Team All-Conference: Scott Breslin, Pete
Ormsby, Suzanne Czarnetzky
Conference Freshmen of the Year: Julie
Vance, Eric Hines
Conference Runner of the Year: Brian Keller
ence tournament so I think they
were a lillle tired from that,”
Morningstar said.
The cross country season has
ended for 1994. However, many of
the runners and Morningstar are
looking forward to next year’s sea
son. “Our team is very young, so
we’ll be looking forward to next
year,” Morningstar said.
Men’s basketball preview for 1994-95 season
Jeff Dunlop
Staff Reporter
The Elon College men’s bas
ketball team will head into action
this season with many new faces,
all trying to help take Elon to the
top of the South Atlantic Confer
ence.
Coach Mark Simons begins
his second season as Elon’s head
coach. His first season saw the
Fightin’Christians finish the 1993-
94 campaign with a 5-21 overall
record and a 3-11 SAC record. A
major concern for Simons is the
loss of several key players follow
ing graduation. Among those gone
from last year’s team are Jo Jo
Stuart and Tim Wallen.
Wallen led the team with a
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Transfer Rick Godfrey and
Brian Therriault share the bail.
19.4 points per game average and
was the team’s leading rebounder.
Stuart, Elon’s starting point guard,
was the team’s emotional leader
and led the team in assists and steals.
Other key losses include;
Lamoni Turner, Monty Bumper and
David Wyrick. With Turner,
Bumper and Wallen gone, the
Fightin’ Christians lose a consider
able amount of size inside. Wyrick
was valuable to the team with the
experience and veteran leadership
he offered.
Elon will counter these losses
with nine new players. Tliey in
clude: seven freshmen and two
transfer students frorn Lewisberg
Junior College in Virginia. The
two transfers, Rick Godfrey and
Chris Adcock, both add size to the
depleted Elon front line. Among
the freshmen are Ken Spell and
Adam Roberts, who were backcourt
teammates at Trinity High School
in High Point, N.C. The other five
freshmen are all guards, except
Wesley Berry who is a 6-foot-6-
inch forward.
Simons feels that the team is in
good shape, despite so many key
losses.
“We’re a better team than we
were last year," Simons said. "We
have more of a team concept this
year.”
Tlie Fightin’ Christians will
return three key players from last
year. Seth Chambliss and Bryan
Therriault return in the backcourt,
while Michael Deason returns to
throw his weight around in the low
m
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Elon's transfer student Chris Adcock goes for a layup during practice.
post. Chambliss is a scrappy point
guard who hustles on both ends of
the court, while Therriault aver
aged 12.2 points per game and is a
legitimate threat from beyond the
three-point line.
With nine of the l6roster spots
being guards, the Fightin’ Chris
tians will obviously be depending
on the perimeter aspect of the game
to account for much of the offense.
Simons, however, is impressed thus
far with the play of his inside men,
including Deason.
“Mike (Deason) has made a
dramatic improvement since last
year,” Simons said. “I would put
him and Rick Gottfried against any
post player in the conference right
now.”
Elon tips off the new season on
Nov. 29 against Averett College at
7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Gymna
sium.
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Athlete of
the Week
Bud Hoopes
Staff Reporter
Name: Brian Keller
Sport: Cross Country
Hometown: Long Island
N.Y.
Class: Sophomore
Major: Physical Education
Future Goals: "After
graduation I hope to go on and
possibly coach track on tlie high
school level."
Highlights of career:
Most valuable runner in SAC
last year
First team All-Conference
No. I runner last year in
beginning and end of season
when team won SAC
Coach Morningstar's
comments: "He’s got a lot of
ability as a runner. He works
very hard and we look forward
to him being with us for the
next two years."
Keller's thoughts on the
coming year: "I think we
are going to have a good team
this season with a possibilityr of
repeating as champs of the
SAC."
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in writing sports
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tact
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