Hall of Fame
Paula J. Brunetto, ’87, was a four-time All-American runner. She became Southern’s first women’s National Track Champion, winning the 1500-meter in the 1987 NCAA Indoor Track championship with a time of 4:28.3, one second off the meet record. In 1986, she placed sixth in the NCAA Indoor Track championship. On the outdoor track, Brunetto set four Southern records, took fifth place in the 1986 NCAA championship and sixth place in the 1987 NCAA championship. She set 15 Southern cross country records. After graduation, she finished 12th in the 1988 United States Outdoor Track championship, and finished within thousandths of a second of the 1988 Olympic Trials qualifying time.
