Lees McRae College - Ontaroga Yearbook (Banner Elk, NC)

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Track Lees-McRae opened its track schedule at Salisbury against Catawba College. Following three away matches, the Bobcat thinclads returned to their new facility to host Brevard College. Last fall Lees-McRae completed a new regulation NCAA meter track as part of their new athletic facility under the ACT campaign. The ACT campaign, conducted by friends and alumni of the college, resulted in six new tennis courts, a track and renovation to the football field. The new facility has a paved triple jump runway, paved pole vault runway, and a paved 60-foot radius fan-shaped jumping area as well as a six lane track. The track was christened for its initial match against a national junior college power in Brevard. The Tornadoes finished in the top ten and cross-country in the nation for the past several years and have dominated the Region X cham- pionships for the past ten years. Hart Gordon — Lonely is the long distance runner. 180 Trark

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Ski team presents Southern Star Classic trophy to Dr. Evans. Team walked away with collegiate Southern Star races defeating N. C. State and ASU. Women ' s Final Standings Lees-McRae 105 University of Tennessee 56 Clemson 17 Appalachian 14 January 19 — Ski Beech Giant Slalom — Rained Out January 26 — Appalachian Slalom — With five colleges represented and 32 racers in the competition, LMC did very well, coming up with 48.5 points for the men and 30 (lead points) for the women. February 2 — Ski Beech Giant Slalom — Lees-McRae placed second in the men ' s competition running close to ASU. The women placed first again with Cindy Ingram leading. February 9 — Southern Star Classic — Bobcat Skiers won the Southern Star Classic with a time of 4:52.49, leading woman, Ruth Picket. Greg Hampton was the individual champion with a time of 41:42 and Harlan Cato finished second. February 16 — Appalachian Slalom — LMC ' s women ' s team once again took the lead at Appalachian. The men ' s team followed ASU with 63 points. February 23 — Ski Beech Giant Slalom — LMC finished the season with a total of 219 points for the men and 105 points for the women. Greg Hampton, Ruth Pickel and Cindi In- gram all received trophies. Ruth Pickel — Women ' s Champ Final SCSRA Point Standings Ruth Pickel LMC 40 Cindi Ingram LMC 37 Erica Tobler LMC 28 Gail Hawkins UT 26 Lisa Mcintosh LMC 18 BOBCAT SKIERS WDM SOUTHERN STAR CLASSIC The Lees-McRae ski team captured first place in the Southern Star Classic. It was the first running for the collegiate division of the classic and 15 racers competed from three schools. Lees-McRae skiers won with a time of 4:52.49 in the giant slalom. N. C State University (4:85.96) was second while ASU was next with a time of 5:29.82. Lees-McRae ' s Greg Hampton was the individual champion with a time of 41.42. Harlan Cato finished second for the Bob- cats. Steve Perry and Nash Shook finished fifth and tenth for Lees-McRae, respectively. FINAL SCSRA POINT STANDINGS Hampton — Champion Greg Hampton LMC Bobby Roland ASU John Lamprinakos ASU Tim Frankl ASU Harlan Cato LMC 89 86 82 71 70 Appalachian State University captured the final point standings in the men ' s racing divi- sion of the Southeastern Collegiate Ski Rac- ing Association while the Lees-McRae women finished number one. Greg Hampton was the SCSRA champion with a total of 89 points while Harlan Cato finished fifth with 70. Ruth Pickel led Lees-McRae to the cham- pionship followed by Cindi Ingram and Erica Tobler. Lees-McRae ' s Lisa Mcintosh finished fifth.

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1979 Track Schedule Lees-McRae 44 Catawba 98 Lees-McRae 68 Gardner-Webb 82 Lees-McRae 38 Brevard 106 Lees-McRae 44 Emory Henry 82 Lees-McRae 63 Gardner-Webb Region X Meet 82 Lees-McRae 21V 2 Ferrum 92% Brevard 67 Stan Watson takes baton from Bryan Moore. Front row: (1-r), Bryan Moore, Gary Riner, Keith Montgomery, John Phipps, Scott Woolwine, Ken Barber. Standing: Jeff Wheeler, Linwood Patterson. Matt McCargo, Calvin Gilmore, Rich Wiltfang, James Brewton, David Kavanaugh, Ron Burrell, Wm. Joe Walker, Terry Cox. Robert Johnson, Paul Zdanek, Tim Crosby, Ron Owens, Trainer Chris Scofield, and Dennis Roland, Coach. Track 181