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

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Clockwise from above: Moss shows his All- Conference form out of the starting blocks. Freshman Greg Culp takes a spill in the hurdles, but rebounded to earn All-AIC honors at the conference championship meet. Lionell Moss strains to hit the tape first. Center: Milton Williams of Cabot, the new UAM record holder in the discus and shot put, demonstrates the form that made him an All-American. BB cao Rieiaiete: Athletics 243 bey

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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.

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244 Athletics Also in the AIC meet, Jesse Dyson, a freshman from Turrell, took fourth in the long jump at 22-3; Ricky Tucker, a Cam- den junior, placed fifth in the 1500-meter run with a 3:59.89 clocking; and Culp covered the 110-meter high hurdles in 14.94 seconds, good for third place. Moss and Jimbo Domanski of Camden finished third and sixth respectively in the 400-meter dash; Little Rock freshman Gary Davis took fourth in the 800-meter Left: Mark Karnes prepares to hurl the discus. Below: Ricky Cole (center) and Lionell Moss (right) are first out of the starting blocks.