Cross Country Cross Country Runs Toward Sucess

Ihewomen'scross countryteampickeduptwokeyfreshman athletesinthe 1992 season.

Freshmen J'aime Cowan and AllisonWest were an importantpartofthe 1992 season.

"Thegoodpreparationofour returningrunnersandsurprising contribution of freshmen enableus tohaveagoodseason and defend The Big South Crown," Coach Brant Tolsma said.

Highlightsofthewomen'sseason includedasecond-place finish out of 23 schools in the Winthrop Invitational. The number onerunner, Urlene Dick,will return next year for afinalseason. She barelymissedtheconferencetitle in ahighlycontroversial finish.

The men were ableto replacetheloss of fourofthe top sevenrunnersby the excellent progress of Bill Khan, Dave McCombsandJasonKrull. The additionoftransferEricWelling alsohelped.Mark Rexrothand Brandon Horton added to the team's season, along with redshirtsGeofElijahandJason Hoffacker.

Bill Khan easily defended the Big South Championship titlethis year,and was again named Big SouthRunnerofthe Year. Dave McCombs wasthe strongrunner-up. fa

— By Christianna Rininger

Eric Welling was the top recruit of the year for the crosscountry team,