30th Anniversary History Book

With just a 3.1-mile run, Beacon College alumnus Constandinos “Dean” Logus hadn’t even worked up a sweat. You’d have to throw in a 12-mile bike ride and half-mile swim.

It was all in good day’s work out for the avid triathlete.

Diagnosed in childhood with autism and a central auditory processing disorder — a hearing condition that affects roughly 5 percent of school- aged children and “interferes with the way the brain recognizes and interprets sounds, especially speech,” according to KidsHealth.org — Logus found his stride with sports, and later found his spirit animal in triathlons. He competed in his first triathlon at 15 and earned third place in his age group.

Logus was hooked.

He carried his passion to Beacon, where Logus pursued a degree in studio arts and first-place medals in the sport he loved. In April 2015, he raced to first place for his age group at a Clermont triathlon with a combined time of 1:07:31 (swim: 8:04, bike: 27:05, and run: 28:01). It was his first of many as a Beacon student. Though triathlon isn’t a NCAA championship sport, Logus competed in the Florida Collegiate Triathlon Conference. The confederation featured the University of

Florida, the University of Central Florida, University of Miami, Florida State University, Florida Institute of Technology, Webber International University and Beacon College. With each meet, Logus singlehandedly kept Beacon College high in the rankings. Of course, in attending a school without NCAA sports programs, Logus was without a branded triathlon suit. That is, until his mother Jenny special-ordered a triathlon race suit for him. It was adorned with Beacon’s “navigator” mascot and the number 1989 — Beacon’s inaugural year. In 2017, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine named Logus to its second-team track and field squad as part of its 25th Anniversary team of Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars. Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars must maintain a 3.2 or better cumulative grade-point average and must excel at not only sports, but also practice a winning commitment to community service and activism. Logus capped his stellar Beacon career with his studio arts degree in 2018. A major coup for a college without NCAA-sanctioned sports programs.

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