Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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Mowbg M713 ifsf tl was motivated to greater heights by the attitudes and ability of my teammatesf said Dension All-American performances, and new school and confer, ence records characterized the track teamts season. The team, which has been in the building stages for the past couple of years, felt encouragement from their outstanding results. Coach Ted Lloyd was proud of the peaking of his athletes and their record set ting achievements. Although there was not a con- ference meet, competition was rig- orous and many participants re- ceived All-American honors. Jim- my Sloan, a freshman, set a new school record in the pole vault competition with a vault of 1593A? Harold Hall, a junior, set two new school records, one in the 300 meter run and the other in the 200 meter dash. His record times were 31.04 seconds and 2206 sec- onds respectively. In the 600 meter race, Eric Van- Matre, sophomore, broke the school record with a time of 112.03 seconds. VanMatre along with the other three members of the dis- tance medley relay team, Hall, Jim Lockhart7 and Jon Murray, replaced the record with a time of 10:29.01 minutes. GOING FOR THE TITLE. Ken Ed- wards, freshman, paces the leader in the 5,000 meter race held at the Har- ding Invitational Indoor meet. Ed- wards said he enjoyed being a mem- ber of this outstanding team. v-Photo by Ken Bissell. Hall said ttIndoor track is a large change from outdoor. It pro- vided many difficulties for me - a sprinter.n This was Hall's first in- door season and was tthesitanttt at first. ttCoach and the other guys did a great job getting me ready. I particularly remember running second leg on the 400 meter run. We were in the lead and as I turned the third corner there was a runner closing in. That,s when coach,s strategy came to play. He had told me to work the other guys toward the outside lanes. And it worked - we won, he said. William Baker and James How- alrd both broke the indoor record with jumps of 6i10h in the high jump competition. Baker and Howard were described as Hgreat technical jumpers by Walter Dension,,a freshman. uThey were a great motivation to me as they encouraged me and each other to greater heightsft Baker and Howard continuous- ly battled for first place as the sea- son went by. ttWe were each others best coach and competition, Howard said. eMelynda Davis ?x 5-1 NEVER STOP TRYING. Senior Bill Baker fails to clear the bar at the Harding Invitational meet. Baker captured first place in the high jump competition. Baker also took first place at the AIC National meet. - Photo by Kenvlaissell. Men,s Track and Field 15

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FOLLOW THE LEADER. Ken Ed- wards, freshman, races behind John Partlow, senior, in the 500 meter race. The race was held at the Har- ding Invitational outdoor meet and won by John Partlow. -Photo by Ken Bissell .3 MEFPS TRACK-Frum mw: Bobby Crews, Barry Ford, Fernando Kidd, John Partluw, .- Shawn Prine. Ken Edwards. Tim Seay, An- drew Guthrie. Mark LaValley. Russel Lin- coln, Gene Thomas; Back row: Stan King-train- er. Dezi PredmoredrainerJon Murray, Keith Kelly. Denis Leverson, Bill Baker. James SCORECARD golwardzflillesjgr Bengalrd. Baal: HalIl; Kelly Ouachita Baptist Esisevzaiggrazie 32a, 3;, siscusrazzz: umversity ------------ 146 coach. Ted Lloyd. -Photo by Leslie Downs Unlversnty Of Central Arkansas ............. 119 Harding University ...... 84 University of Arkansas at Monticello .......... 76 Henderson State University ............. 65 Fg 14 Playing for keeps

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Mprowbg bysszag The women's team, since its formation, set records with each passing meet,' said Davis hN; omen's track has been in the building stages since the team's creation in 1986. Head Coach Ted Lloyd has been working on this project and trying to develop a well- rounded team. The llemember squad managed, despite their number, to achieve the second place title at the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference meet with six members receiving All- AIC honors. The core of the teams strength was composed of distance runners with two sprinters who recently joined the team. Kara Hutchinson, a freshman, and Sharon Coleman, a sophomore, supplied added depth to the teams score. During the indoor season, the Distance Medley Relay team, com- posed of Cheryl Bednosky, Jodie Mur- ray, Maragaret Eoff and Theresa Dur- ham set a school record. Eoff also set a new school record for the 600 meter dash. The team competed in 10 of 16 events held at the conference meet 1-2-3. Cheryl Bednosky, junior, Leigh Bassett, senior, and Tracey Parks, freshman, held the first three spots in the 1500 meter race. Bed- nosky later won this event held at the Harding Invitational outdoor meet. -Photo by Ken Bissell. 16 Playing for keeps with outstanding results. Five team- mates achieved All-AIC, and Cheryl Bednosky broke two AIC records. One record was in the 1500 meter run with a time of 4:48.36 minutes and the oth- er in the 3000 meter run with a time of 10:49.32 minutes. Eoff, who also par- ticipated in the long jump competi- tion, missing the 200 meter dash re- cord by 3.49 seconds, finishing the race at 27.32 seconds. Eoff also won the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:01.69 minutes. The other five All- AIC members in the team were Me- lynda Davis, Teresa Durham, Hutch- inson, and Tracey Parks. Since 1986, Lloyd has worked on building a better woments track team. By looking at their record one can see that he has accomplished his goal. However, Lloyd said, 90f course we have made some progress, but no mat- ter how well you do there is always room for improvement eMelynda Davis BISONS IN A PACK. At the outset of the 800 meter race the competition was steep but Leigh Bassett, senior, managed to be in one of the top two spaces. Team unity was strong as the runners were always seen in a pack. -Photo by Jim Davis.