2021-22 Brevard Cycling News
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Brevard College Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Announced
July 07, 2022Brevard College has announced the selection of Tristan Cowie (Cycling) and the 1982 National Championship Men’s Cross Country team as the 2022 inductees into the Brevard College Athletics Hall of Fame. Cowie and the 1982 Men’s Cross Country team will become the 44th and 45th inductees into the college’s Athletics Hall of Fame. -
Brevard College Places Record 167 Student-Athletes on USA South Academic All-Conference List
June 09, 2022Brevard College placed a school-record 167 student-athletes on the USA South Academic All-Conference Team for the 2021-22 academic year. BC’s 167 academic all-conference selections shatters the previous record of 129 set in 2020-21. Brevard is among the top-five schools in the USA South in total number of honorees, joining Piedmont University (215 honorees), Huntingdon College (199 honorees), Southern Virginia University (197 honorees), and Methodist University (158 honorees) in the top-five of USA South Conference institutions.
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Brevard College Tornado Student-Athletes Honored at 2021-22 BESPYs
April 29, 2022The Brevard College Department of Athletics hosted the 2021-22 BESPYs, the college’s annual Athletic Awards ceremony on Monday, April 25 at the Boshamer Gymnasium. It marked the first in-person BESPYs awards banquet since the Spring of 2019.
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School-Record 17 Tornados Named USA Cycling Academic All-Stars
April 29, 2022A school-record 17 Brevard College Cycling student-athletes have been named USA Cycling Collegiate Academic All-Stars for the Fall 2021 season.
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Brevard College Cycling and Cognative MTB Begin Partnership
April 18, 2022The ten-time national champion Brevard College Cycling team and Cognative MTB, a premier Mountain Bike apparel manufacturer located in Hendersonville, North Carolina, have entered into a new sponsorship partnership beginning this Spring. The partnership kicked off with a photo shoot and team ride at the college’s dual slalom and short track course at Savannah Hill on the BC campus.
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Brevard College’s Cycling National Champions Presented with Commemorative Jerseys
April 01, 2022Brevard College Cycling student-athletes Tyler Clark, Erica Leonard and Tyler Orschel were honored with a special presentation of custom national championship jerseys to commemorate the combined six individual USA Cycling national titles won by the Tornados this past season.
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BC Finishes Third as Team at Cyclocross National Championships; Orschel Wins Individual Title
December 10, 2021Brevard College senior Tyler Orschel won the Men’s Varsity Collegiate national title and the BC Tornados finished third as a team at the 2021 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships with the collegiate portion of the six-day event concluding Friday at Cantigney Park in Wheaton, Illinois.
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Brevard College Cycling Ready for Cyclocross National Championships
December 08, 2021WHEATON, Ill. – The 10-time national champion Brevard College Cycling team is ready for competition at the 2021 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships at Cantigney Park in Wheaton, Illinois in the suburbs of Chicago. The Tornados will be racing in the Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Varsity competitions scheduled for Thursday morning followed by Friday afternoon’s Collegiate Team Relay.
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BC Cycling Ready for NC Cyclocross Grand Prix in Hendersonville
November 18, 2021Following a successful start to the 2021 Cyclocross season, the ten-time national champion Brevard College Cycling team is prepared for the North Carolina Grand Prix, presented by Hunter Subaru to be held this Saturday and Sunday at Jackson Park in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
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Brevard College Earns Five Individual National Titles; Finishes Third as Team at Mountain Bike National Championships
October 19, 2021The Brevard College Cycling team earned five individual national titles, more than any other participating school, and a third-place overall team finish at the 2021 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships held October 14-17 at Purgatory Resort in Durango, Colorado.
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Brevard College Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2021 Officially Inducted
October 13, 2021Brevard College inducted Jeff Wentworth (Cross Country/Track & Field) and the 2009 National Championship Cycling Team as the 2021 class of the Brevard College Athletics Hall of Fame in a ceremony held at The Porter Center on October 9. Wentworth and the '09 Cycling team became the 42nd and 43rd inductees into the college's Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Brevard College Cycling Heads to Colorado for Mountain Bike National Championships
October 12, 2021The 10-time national champion Brevard College Cycling team will compete at the 2021 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships, October 14-17 at the Purgatory Resort in Durango, Colorado. The Tornados will be seeking their 11th overall team national championship and seventh mountain bike national title at this week’s event.
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Two Omnium Championships Highlight Strong BC Showing at Conference Champs
October 05, 2021The Brevard College Cycling team continued its winning ways with several strong finishes, including two individual omnium championships, at the SECCC (Southeast Collegiate Cycling Conference) Mountain Bike Championships held this past weekend on the campus of Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina.
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Four Race Wins Highlight Another Strong BC Mountain Bike Performance in Kentucky
September 28, 2021The Brevard College Cycling team continued its Fall 2021 season with another strong performance this past weekend at the LWC Mountain Bike Showdown at the Lindsey Wilson Cycling Complex in Columbia, Kentucky.
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Tornados Continue Successful Start to Fall Mountain Bike Season in Bristol
September 14, 2021Through this season’s first two race weekends, the Tornados have accumulated a whopping 13 race wins, 36 podium finishes and 92 top-ten results.
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Tornados Shine at Successful Brevard College/Ride Kanuga Mountain Bike Race Weekend
September 07, 2021Intercollegiate mountain bike racing returned for the Fall, 2021 season with a highly successful inaugural Brevard College/Ride Kanuga Mountain Bike Race Weekend on September 4-5. The Brevard College Cycling team enjoyed exceptional on-track success throughout the weekend with a total of nine race wins, 21 podium finishes and 58 top-ten results.
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Brevard College/Ride Kanuga Mountain Bike Race Weekend Set for Sept. 4-5
September 01, 2021The ten-time national champion Brevard College Cycling program will host the inaugural Brevard College/Ride Kanuga Mountain Bike Race Weekend on Saturday, September 4 and Sunday, September 5. The Saturday action will take place at Ride Kanuga in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Sunday’s races will take place at Savannah Hill on the campus of Brevard College.
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School-Record Six Brevard College Tornados to Compete at UCI World Mountain Bike Championships
August 24, 2021A school-record six Brevard College Cycling student-athletes will represent their home nations at this week’s UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) Mountain Bike World Championships held in Val di Sole, Trentino, Italy. BC student-athlete Mazie Hayden will be representing Team USA, while five Tornados – Owen Clark, Tyler Clark, Tyler Orschel, Rachel Pageau and Cole Punchard - will race for Cycling Canada.
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Brevard College Student-Athletes Collect 229 Conference and National Awards in 2020-21
August 03, 2021A grand total of 229 conference and national awards were handed out to Brevard College student-athletes for their achievements during the 2020-21 season. A total of 31 national awards were garnered by Tornado student-athletes this past season, including 11 national academic awards.
