Lynn Atwood

Participating in athletics at collegiate levels not only requires the skillsand talentnecessarytocompete but also demands the willingnessto work coupled withadeterminedattitude. Lynn Atwood, a senior from North Bay, Ontario, possesses all these things as she has proven to be an extraordinary athlete.

Athletics has always been a big partofAtwood's life. While in high schoolinNorthBay,whichisjustfour hours north of Toronto, Atwood played sixdifferent sports. Her primary interests were basketball and gymnastics, but she ran track and crosscountry on theside.

Also, during thewinter she competed on herhigh school'svolleyball team and crosscountry skiing teams. Atwood found herself attending an earlymorning practiceand then two practicesat night.

Basketballwas Atwood's biggest sportinhighschool,and upongraduation she attended Briarcrest Bible College in Saskatchewan. She L>™ achieved success on the basketball court while at Briarcrest by making the All-Canadian Collegiate team.

ButAtwood saw an opportunity toparticipateinan up-and-coming NCA A program at aChristianuniversity, and shedecided to transferto Liberty.Her busy, hard-working schedulemaintained while playing numerous sports carried over tothe Lynchburg campus.

After red-shirting during basketball season of her firstyear,Atwood played out her sophomore season. Sheopted notto playherjunioryear, running trackinstead. Butthe contributionsthatAtwood has given tothe crosscountry team arenot easilyforgotten.

The Mason-Dixon ConferenceChampionships in thefall of1989presentedAtwood with the opportunity to help the Lady Flames Cross Country team to a conference title. All Atwood did was seta course record inthe5,000meters attheUniversity of Md.-Baltimore inleading her team toits fifthconsecutive conference championship.

Atwood fulfilledyetanotherdream this pastyearby playingDivisionIbasketball. This, ofcourse, interfered with Atwood's participationintrack, but shewas abletowork outher schedule so thatshe could compete in the primary track meets oftheyear.

Respectand admirationaretwo complimentspaid toAtwood. Butsuchcomplimentsare deserving tosuch a fineperson and athletewho possesses such skilland determination.