Features: Athletics

  • ROTC cadets take 1st place in Ranger Challenge
    Members of the ROTC program's Ranger Challenge Team have brought home a championship trophy to Appalachian State University. The 11-member team won 1st place in their division in the 4th Brigade Ranger Challenge Competition held in late October 2012 at Fort Pickett, Va. [ more . . . ]
  • The Marching Mountaineers add to the spirit of Appalachian football
    At 230 members, the Marching Mountaineers marching band are a source of pride and "Mountaineer spirit" for the Appalachian community. The band performs for more than 28,000 fans at each home football game, provides support for the football team at select away games, and performs in exhibition at high school festivals. [ more . . . ]
  • Antique sports equipment is passion of alumnus and his faculty mentor
    Dan Hauser '92 '97 has amassed one of the most extensive collections of antique sports equipment in the United States. After 13 years of collecting, "several thousand" items fill his basement- from 19th-century baseball gloves to a high-wheeler bicycle, silver trophy cups and vintage uniforms. [ more . . . ]
  • Cycling Team Wins 2008 Division II USA Cycling Collegiate Cyclocross National Championship
    In less than three months, Appalachian State University's cycling team has captured its second national title by winning the 2008 Division II USA Cycling Collegiate Cyclocross National Championships Dec. 14 in Kansas City, Mo. The Mountaineers won the division's national championship in mountain bike in late October, as well as two individual national champion titles in women's cross country and men's downhill. [ more . . . ]
  • Cycling Team Wins 2008 Division II National Title
    Appalachian State University's Cycling Team, led by individual national champions Rebecca Tomaszewski and Michael Thomas, took home the Division II national title at the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships hosted by Lees-McRae College, October 24 - 26, 2008, in Banner Elk, NC. [ more . . . ]
  • Appalachian State University Cycling Team
    Besides offering an athletic outlet, club sports help develop students' leadership and life and career skills, because unlike in varsity sports, students must schedule their own events and travel arrangements, find team sponsorship and recruit membership. [ more . . . ]
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