Southwestern College - Moundbuilder Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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Kuilders 161114 Strong arf? -lgiiiili' E, Sufi Miha ' ' 1' nails. 1 The 1979 Cross Country team included Coach .lim Helmer, Rick Cotton, Terry Couch, Craig. Wamsley, Dennis McDade Dennis McN1ch Mike Lambing, Al Renner - Captain, and Jim Podschun. Tina Lansing and Pat Cramer are not pictured. The 1979 cross country team could be classified as young and inexperienced, but very talented. Six of the nine members on the team were freshmen or sophomores, but the team was balanced and each runner progressed well. Although there were several good races for the team, and several outstanding individual performances, the lack of exper- ience was felt throughout the season at different times. Freshman Mike Lambing led the Builders the entire year, placing second in the Kansas Collegiate Championships, third in the KCAC Championships and tenth in the District 10 meet with a personal best time of 25:19 for five miles. The season started off with big wins in the OBU-Bethel-SC triangular and the OBU T dual, with Southwestern nearly earning perfect scores in both meets. SC runners l continued to perform well as a team throughout the season, finishing strong in most of the meets in which they participated. The Southwestern Invitational was one of the highlights of the year, as six Builders set personal records in the five mile distance. Tina Lansing was the only woman to compete in cross country for SC this year, but 9 she held her own very, well. She set a personal best time in the three mile at 20:48, placing second in the Southwestern Invitational. Tina came on strong a strong at the end of the season to become the first women's KCAC champion in SC history. Tina is only a freshman and should become an outstanding college runner. The 1980 season promises to be one of the best ever for SC. Every returning runner is a letterman and there is a fine group of prospects to add depth to the team. 1 - L -

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7 11- Right: Woops! Curt Davison seems to have lost something and is surrounded by somebody else who wants it. 2 ij Right: Here Big John Washington shows the strength and drive he possesses to break tackles. He believes in running over tacklers, not around. Left: Bill Gies and Clay Stone display the look of how the season went this year - frustrating, lt's pretty hard to accept a 4-5 season and know that four of those five losses were by a touchdown or less.

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I . ew- i- ' LQgI1V'1'J'5,m2!f2?i-.--Q,:Qf,p3'1 ' ' 'fiafgga ' W -1.1 if-, f.:-351: .-' ' ff'fifJ.s.sf',! .va-.qrf:?5,5'1,gf9Cf:2 iiflfe-i5. '7 -:A - j1,g::yxLt, I jg 134.61 - ,,:4ll:nEL PQ- ' , f. I I dahfiw Above: Mike Lambing strides easily as he did all season long. Above right: Rick Cotton shows the intensity of a hard five mile race. Below: Dennis McDade and Mike Lambing were All-KCAC for SC, placing 7th and 3rd place respectively, in the conference meet. Below Right: A trio of SC runners push to the Enish. Dennis McNich1eads Rick Cotton and Pat Cramer in the last stretch. Opposite page: Dennis McNich strains to run as fast as possible. I 9 uk. , .-..-.f 'rf + r 1979 Cross Country Results SC-OBU-Bethel fat SCI OBU Dual OCC Invitational Bethany Invitational SC Invitational Pittsburg State Invitational 4th Kansas Collegiate Championships 3rd KCAC Conference Championships 3rd District I0 Championships 6th ., wif I I -I x I lu in L, . .Va ,, Lv Fist ,yt- 4 Ist Ist 5th 3rd 3rd .1 fir: