2019-20 Brevard Cycling News
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Fall 2020 Athletics Update: USA South Adjusts Conference Schedules
July 14, 2020The USA South Conference has provided an update regarding the 2020 Fall sports seasons, adjusting the conference schedules in upcoming Fall sports in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. -
112 Brevard College Student-Athletes Selected to USA South Academic All-Conference Team
June 10, 2020The USA South Conference announced its annual USA South Academic All-Conference list, selecting a school-record 112 Brevard College student-athletes as Academic All-Conference selections, part of a conference-record 1,702 overall selections. Brevard’s 112 selections onto the Academic All-Conference team gives the Tornados 21 more selections than the 2018-19 season, as BC ranks tied for sixth out of the 18 USA South institutions in overall selections. A total of 32 student-athletes earned “With Distinction” honors, a significant growth of 15 selections from last academic year. The BC men’s soccer program claimed the most selections onto the Academic All-Conference team with 16, as every single team at Brevard was recognized by the USA South. In order to be selected to the USA South Academic All-Conference team, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.30 GPA in each of the two semesters in the academic year to be eligible. Any student-athlete participating at any Conference institution is eligible thus the participant does not have to compete in a Conference-sponsored sport. Additionally, any student-athlete earning a 3.90 GPA or above earned the All-Academic honor "With Distinction".
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Spring Senior Profile: Carson Beckett #ThankYouSeniors
May 15, 2020Senior Carson Beckett, a four-year member of the Brevard College Cycling team, is the next honoree in BC Athletics' Spring Senior Profile series, highlighting and honoring 2020 seniors in Spring sports who had their respective seasons cut short due to the impact of COVID-19. Beckett, a native of Benton, Kentucky, graduated from BC with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science with minors in Biology and Coaching. His future plans include pursuing work as an endurance cycling coach with SET Coaching, LLC. while continuing to race professionally on the mountain bike circuit. Beckett aims to stay in the Brevard area after graduation to continue planting roots and growing his network in the cycling community.
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Brevard College Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Announced
April 24, 2020Brevard College has announced the selection of Robert “Bob” Gray (Cross Country/Track & Field), Andy Latimer (Track & Field), and Thad Walker (Cycling) as the 2020 inductees into the Brevard College Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Ten Brevard College Student-Athletes Named USA Cycling Academic All-Stars
April 09, 2020The ten USA Cycling Academic All-Stars mark a program high for Brevard College after placing seven cycling student-athletes on the list last year.
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Spring Senior Profile: Hannah Arensman #ThankYouSeniors
April 08, 2020Senior Hannah Arensman, a four-year member of the Brevard College Cycling team, is the next honoree in BC Athletics’ Spring Senior Profile series, highlighting and honoring 2020 seniors in Spring sports who had their respective seasons cut short due to the impact of COVID-19. Arensman, a native of Valdese, North Carolina, will graduate from Brevard with a double major, as she will complete Master’s degrees in both Exercise Science and Wilderness Leadership Experiential Education (WLEE). Post-graduation, Arensman plans to guide outdoor activities in North Carolina for the next couple of years, followed by exploring the possibility of guiding opportunities in the Western part of the United States alongside other countries. Alongside her career in outdoor guiding, Arensman plans to continue to race Cyclocross professionally.
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Brevard College Cycling Adds Industry Nine as Sponsor
April 06, 2020The new sponsorship with Brevard College Cycling is in conjunction with BC’s ongoing partnership with Sycamore Cycles
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Brevard College, USA South Conclude Spring Sports as Response to COVID-19
March 13, 2020After careful consideration in the wake of nationwide cancellations and postponements in the intercollegiate and professional sports landscape as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, and in the best interest of the health and well-being of student-athletes, family, staff, and fans, the USA South Athletic Conference has announced the conclusion of the 2020 Spring regular season. This also extends to all USA South Conference championships and the 2020 USA South Spring Sports Festival, originally scheduled for April 23-26 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. As a result of this news, and in alignment with the USA South and the NCAA, the Brevard College Department of Athletics will be suspending all athletic-related activity - including competitions, practices, and travel – for the remainder of the 2020 Spring semester. This extends out to current Spring sports in their traditional season of competition as well as Fall sports entering into their non-traditional practice seasons. The cancellation of all athletically-related activities includes Brevard College's non-NCAA sports of Cycling, Climbing, and Competitive Cheer & Dance, while also extending to the use of on-campus athletic facilities such as the weight room and gymnasiums, among other areas.
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Brevard College Launches Nation’s First Collegiate Gravel Racing Team
February 19, 2020Brevard College has become the first collegiate cycling program in the United States to launch the discipline of Gravel Racing to its offerings for student-athletes. Gravel Racing, widely regarded as the fastest growing cycling niche in the U.S., will be added immediately to 10-time USA Cycling collegiate national champion Brevard College’s current disciplines of Mountain Biking, Cyclocross and Road Cycling.
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Arensman, Orschel of Brevard College Competing at Cyclocross World Championships
January 31, 2020Brevard College student-athletes Hannah Arensman and Tyler Orschel will compete this weekend at the UCI Cyclocross World Championships to be held Saturday and Sunday in Dubendorf, Switzerland.
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BC Finishes Second at 2019 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships
December 13, 2019Following a dramatic second-place finish in the Team Relay, the Brevard College Cycling team finished runner up in the final Team Omnium standings at the 2019 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships held Thursday and Friday at Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, Washington
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BC Starts Strong at USA Cycling Cyclocross Nationals with Men's Varsity Podiums
December 12, 2019Brevard College student-athletes took two of the five podium spots at the Men’s Collegiate Varsity national championship as junior Tyler Orschel finished second and sophomore Tyler Clark placed fourth.
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Brevard College Ready for USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships
December 09, 2019Coming off a highly successful regular season, the 10-time national champion Brevard College Cycling team heads across the country to compete at this week’s 2019 USA Cycling Collegiate Cyclocross National Championships
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Arensman Wins UCI Elite Race; Big Results for Tornados at North Carolina Grand Prix
November 25, 2019In total, Brevard College earned four race wins, 12 podium finishes and 22 top-ten results to cap off the regular season in the Cyclocross discipline.
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Big Results for Tornados at NCCX Charlotte Race; Next Up: NCCX Grand Prix in Hendersonville
November 19, 2019The Brevard College Cycling team accumulated several strong results at the North Carolina CycloCross (NCCX) Series event held Sunday, November 17 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The race served as a precursor to this weekend’s NCCX North Carolina Grand Prix event in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
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Tornados Open Cyclocross Season in Style at NCCX Winston-Salem Event
November 04, 2019Brevard College sophomore Dalton Collins won the Men’s Category 4-5 race, defeating a deep field of 45 riders.
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Clark Wins Omnium National Title; BC Earns Nine Podiums, 16 Top-Tens at Mountain Bike National Championships
October 13, 2019Brevard College sophomore Tyler Clark won the Men’s Varsity Individual Omnium national title to cap off a highly successful trip to the 2019 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships for the Tornados Cycling team which earned a total of nine podiums and 16 top-ten finishes
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Tyler Clark Captures Second Podium to Lead BC on Day Two of National Championships
October 12, 2019Sophomore Tyler Clark earned his second podium finish of the weekend to lead the Brevard College Cycling team on the second of three days of racing at the 2019 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships in Big Bear Lake, California. Clark finished fourth in Saturday’s Men’s Varsity Short Track race for his second podium in as many days. On Friday, Clark placed third in the Men’s Varsity Cross Country event. As a team, Brevard placed three racers in the top ten for the second straight day with a strong finish in Short Track. In addition to Clark’s fourth-place result, BC’s Tyler Orschel earned a sixth-place finish while Tornado senior Carson Beckett finished seventh.
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Four Top-10s for Tornados on Day One of Mountain Bike National Championships
October 11, 2019The Brevard College Cycling team recorded a total of four top-ten finishes on Friday in the first of three days of racing at the 2019 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bikes National Championships in Big Bear Lake, California. Three Tornado cyclists recorded top ten results in the Men’s Varsity Cross Country event to start the day off for Head Coach Brad Perley’s squad on Friday morning. BC sophomore Tyler Clark paced the five Tornados in the event with a third-place podium finish. Clark finished with a time of 1:54:07, just over three minutes behind race winner Cole Paton of Fort Lewis College. Senior Carson Beckett finished sixth, while junior Tyler Orschel placed 10th to give BC three racers in the final top-ten of the highly competitive that featured 74 entrants. BC’s Ryan Johnson (22nd Place) and Tyler Miranda (24th) both placed in the top-25 in their collegiate nationals debut.
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Brevard College Cycling Heads to California for Mountain Bike National Championships
October 09, 2019The 10-time National Champion Brevard College Cycling team will compete at the 2019 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships this weekend on the slopes of Snow Summit at Big Bear Lake, California.
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Winning Ways Continue for Brevard College on Mountain Bikes
September 30, 2019The Brevard College Cycling team continued its successful mountain biking season with multiple wins and podium finishes over the weekend at the King University MTB Race in Bristol, Virginia.
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Impressive Mountain Biking Performance by Tornados for Second Straight Week
September 23, 2019The Brevard College Cycling team produced an impressive performance for the second straight week with multiple podium finishes over the weekend at the High Country Collegiate MTB Challenge
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Tornados Dominate Rock & Roll MTB Showdown
September 16, 2019Brevard College’s Carson Beckett, Tyler Orschel and Tyler Clark swept the top three spots in both Men’s A Cross Country and Men’s A Short Track.
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Orschel, Pageau of Brevard College to Compete at Mountain Bike World Championships
August 28, 2019Brevard College student-athletes Tyler Orschel and Rachel Pageau will represent their home nation of Canada at this weekend’s UCI Mountain Bike World Championships held in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada.
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Big Weekend of Podium Finishes for Brevard College in Mountain Bike Season-Opener
August 26, 2019The Brevard College Cycling team opened its 2019-20 Mountain Biking season with a resounding flurry of podium finishes at the Ramblin Race Weekend hosted by Georgia Tech University
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Grand Opening of Brevard College Tornados Official Online Store
August 23, 2019The Brevard College Department of Athletics and BSN Sports have launched the Brevard Tornados official online team store, offering fans the latest in branded Tornados gear including many NIKE products.
