Brevard College freshman Alex Araneda made NCAA Division III football history Saturday, connecting on a record-breaking 63-yard field goal in the Tornados’ 48-3 victory over Methodist.
Araneda, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound kicker from Montclair, Calif., drilled the historic kick with 8:21 remaining in the first quarter at Ives-Lemel Family Field in Brevard. His field goal capped a six-play drive and gave the Tornados an early 3-0 lead.
The kick surpassed the previous NCAA Division III record of 62 yards, first established by Dom Antonini of Glassboro State (now Rowan University) against Salisbury on Sept. 18, 1976. Matthew Aven of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps matched that distance against California Lutheran in 2013.
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Araneda’s record-breaking kick came on fourth-and-9 after Brevard lost seven yards on a third-down play, moving the ball back to the Methodist 45-yard line…