University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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dames Turner stretches out to re- trieve a pitch from second base. Top: Baseball offense involves little from the team except a good batting average and team ea | support. j r j Above: Jerry Owen crosses home plate with James Turner on his heels. : Athletics 241

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BASEBALL A Front: Ed Wells, Frank Bowers, James Turner, Richard Friday, Billy Allen, Jerry Rodgers, Lamar Gandy, StevéStrahan, Robert Chambers, David Brooks, Darrell | Owen, Calvin Rowe, Chris Roan, Jay Crowley, Coach John Rollins. Row 2: Rich Rhodes, Mitch Goldman, Charles Gray, Cary Qualls. | RHODES, OWEN | PLACE THIRD IN NATION Darrell Rhodes and Jerry Owen were among the most prolific base stealers in | the nation this year. Rhodes, a sopho- | more from Pine Bluff, stole 19 bases in 22 attempts. Owen, a Pine Bluff fresh- man, stole 18 out of 21 bases. Their lar- cenous ability to steal bases put Rhodes and Owen in a third place tie in national standings. | JERRY OWEN DARRELL RHODES : 240 Athletics )

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Wyle te ARE RANKED 242 Athletics THINCLADS 2ND IN AIC Led by All-American Milton Williams of Cabot, UAM’s 1980 track and field team rolled to a second place finish in the e.. Arkansas Intercollegiate Con- ference. Williams, a 240-pound soph- omore, dominated the AIC in both the discus and shot put to earn regional and national hon- ors. Williams threw the discus 177 feet in the national NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Abilene, Texas, to break his own school record by 12 feet. Earlier in the year Williams heaved the shot 55 feet seven inches to break an eight-year-old school mark. His fifth place finish in the shot at the NAIA National 4 Indoor Championships in Kansas City - earned him a spot on the NAIA All- American team. Lionell Moss bolts out of “Td have to say Milton was one of our the starting block in the 400-meter dash. Dumas senior Mike Gill demonstrates his award-winning 400-meter hurdle form. big strengths all season,” said UAM track coach Harry Denson. “He just had an outstanding year. But so did a lot of other people. All in all, I was pleased with our performance this year. I said before the season started that we could finish in the top three in the league, and that’s what we did.” Four Weevil thinclads were named to the All-AIC team. In addition to Williams, the honor squad included Greg Culp, a freshman from Springdale; Lionell Moss, a senior from Helena; and Mike Gill, a senior from Dumas. Gill and Williams each won their indi- vidual events at the AIC championships in May. Gill took first place in the 400- meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 52.98 seconds. Williams won the shot put with a toss of 50-2 4, and finished second in the discus with a 165-2 % ef- fort.