Bryan College Triangle

by Ericka Simpson
Assistant editor

Men's cross country team placed fourth in the Berry Invitational (Rome, Ga.) last Saturday/Photo courtsey of Allie Clarke

Bryan College’s men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the Berry Invitational (Rome, Ga.) on Sept. 11. The men placed fourth out of 15 teams.

Head Coach Rodney Stoker said that both teams entered the race to allow the younger athletes to gain experience at racing. He is not an advocate of racing often because it wears on the body, so he did not want his athletes to race hard the entire time but instead to be patient and “push down” the last mile. Read full story »

by Catherine Rogers
Staff Writer

Bryan College track and field team competed in Clemson (S.C.) University’s Tiger Tune Up this past Saturday where they took four top-five finishes and qualified four runners and a relay for the near NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships.

“We had a good weekend,” said Head Coach Rodney Stoker. “I didn’t have a lot of expectations. I didn’t want to put too much pressure on the young kids, but one of our guys, who’s been All-American a few times, was expected to win his race, and he did.”

Stoker was referring to senior Josh Bradley, who took the top spot in the men’s 800-meter race with a season best time of 1:54.36. Read full story »