Class of 1985: Nordic Skiing and Track & Field
Brigitte (Breuer) Ketterson ’85 was a key cog on Carleton’s nordic skiing team that won the National Collegiate Ski Association (NCSA) national title in 1984. Carleton placed second at the Midwest Regionals held in mid-February. At that competition, Breuer placed 14th as an individual in the 7.5-kilometer race and teamed with Ellen Anderson ’84 and Joan Scarborough ’85 as part of the first-place 3x5K relay team.
Three weeks later the Carleton squad headed to Steamboat Springs, Colo., for the NCSA national championships. Breuer concluded the week as an All-American and a national champion. She, Anderson, and Scarborough built upon their victory at regionals and again claimed the top spot in the 3x5K relay. Breuer also turned in one of her best 7.5K performances of the season, finishing 10th individually. Those results helped Carleton narrowly edge Washington State University for the top spot on the podium.
In 1985, Carleton placed third at regionals and returned to the national championships once again, finishing seventh in the team competition. When there wasn’t snow on the ground, Breuer switched sports in order to continue participating in long-distance racing. She ran on the cross country team that finished no worse than third place each season. She was an All-MIAC performer on Carleton’s women’s track and field team, finishing third in the 10,000-meter run at the 1985 conference championship.
Since graduating from Carleton, Brigitte has served as a tutor for Berlitz, was a social studies teacher and cross-country and track coach in Sharonville, OH, and was a German teacher and German assistant to the executive staff at Siemens Corporation in West Allis, WI. Brigitte earned her MAT in Secondary Education from Miami University in 1989. Since 1995, Brigitte has worked as a German and ESL tutor with Wyzant Tutoring. Brigitte has two sons and has been very involved in their upbringing, having served on the booster clubs for their various athletic endeavors and supporting them in their academic pursuits. Both boys have followed in their mother’s footsteps, having also taken up her love of Nordic skiing.