Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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CROSS COUNTRY provided a lot of competition for the few runners MSU had on their team this year. C oach Hedgecock said the lack of runners was due to MSUs not offering scholarships for cross country run- ners Those who participated did so on a totally volun- teer basis. FIRST years are rough for most team members, espe- cially when it's the coachs first year too. Most of the members on this year's cross country team were com- peting for the first time on a college level. None of the females had competed before, but four members of the male team had some cross country experience! ALL PHOTOS BY HERB HEDGECOCK

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FEW runners made it difficult for the men to score in meets leff Collier, a junior, led the man as the number one runner. Collier also placed seventh overall in the OVC. Skipping Across the C ountry 1986 was Dr. Herb Hedgecockts first year as cross country coach. Although he had worked with the team for three years as a volunteer, he had never coached a team of any kind before. Coach Hedgecock faced several problems this year that even the most experienced coach would find trying. First, both the men's and womenis teams got off to a late start. This was due to the fact that the teams had no coach until Dr. Hedgecock took over in August. Then Coach Hedgecock realized he had another problem - lack of female runners. Coach Hedgecock placed signs in the womenis dorms asking for female runners for the team. The ads brought in barely enough runners. They did bring in the num- ber one runner, freshman Missy Dann- heiser. Missy had run in high school, but had not planned to run at MSU. Then she saw the signs and decided to join. The woments team had four other runners on a regular basis, none of whom had any experience running in college competitions. The team's win-loss record was not impressive be- cause lack of experience and short num- bers worked against them. Still, the women managed to improve as individuals and gain valuable running experience in the compe- titions. The men had a more experienced group of runners. The team had four previous run- ners and two new runners. Jeff Collier, a junior, led the men as their number one runner; he placed seventh overall in the OVC. Still, with their few runners, the men had a difficult time scoring in meets. The lack of runners on both teams was caused in part by the fact that MSU does not offer scholarships in cross country, making it hard to give athletes an incentive to participate, other than sheer love of run- ning. However, both teams, though small, managed to fulfill their basic goals of im- proving, doing their best, and enjoying themselves. BY JOAN ALTMAN ? SIGNS in the dorms, put up by Coach Hedgecock, persuaded Missy Dannheiser to join the team. She was a freshman and had run in high school. Dannheiser was the number one runner for the females.

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WITH THE FLIGHT of a butterfly, an MSU swimmer emerges victorious. The team ended a successful year with a season of 7-2, LEAPING into the water, an MSU swimmer gets a headstart on his opponent. The team was coached by Michael Ford, former instructor at a Louisville YMCA. 122 A Stroke of Genius it. TEAMMATES Gretchen Veigal and Marrialana Prince are two of the seven women on the team, At the conference, Veigal broke the record for the mile and five-hundred meter free style.