• 8 * THE HARDING BISON, Searcy, Ark. May 11,1966 TrackSquad Sweeps t By Don Johnson rider Wa'SDJ) Roper in the 880. to the five-point two-mile with The pace was slow fr,QDi'the start a 39-35 advantage. The Southern State College ~ a 56 quar1;eJ' _ alld Roper Kent Smith came up with a Muleriders have a victory cake opened a 20-yar.dlead o.ver Baker 38.2 on the 336-intermediates, his that they don't know what to in tb@ last lAp. Griffin took third best time of the ~. coming, on do with, and . freshman Dick . Shenfel.d strong to win by two feet. K¢nt The Muleriders, confident cJ.. came", in wlth a fourth ~r one also took third! in the 440· 'be– winning last night's AIC Meet point. ' hind Jim Tarkington 'of ASTC at Russellville, had a big~ cake J ackie Seale sped through a and Freddie King of A~M. King that said "AIC Champs;, on .close 220 in 2.f.2; breaking the has been favo~d:· to wq,. the AIC top. They were going to feast record that Totn.llly Maddex set in the 440 for two years, and he after the meet. last year. George Eriquezzo hasn't dl)ne it .m. But Harding spoiled · their finished second. The Muley$ were ,Robb ·out plans and probably made them even stronger than ex:pected in ':ftardmg was hurt by the loss choke on the cake. The Bik>ns, the sprints; they also got fust of senior sprinter Dwigiht Robb, who were somewhat over-Con- (Eriquezzo), second (Seale) and who inj.\JMfi J:Us.,· leg here last fident themselves, took a 49-38 third (Danny NiX) in the 100- week. Dwight probably would victory and their second str;ught yard dash. have placed iri both the 100 and AIC crown. \fetiley Ties Mark the 22Q (be's 11un a 9.8 and a Poor Conditious a_ard:ing's sprhi.t medley team 21.8) and also added zip to the A cold, windy night and a soft tied the_ AIC record of 3:31.2 440 and 880. rebiy teams. Har– track combined to hold down the that a s·taclted A&M delegation ding didn't place JJ1 the 440 relay times, and hardly any event was set last year. Phil Griffin kept the when anchorman Rick Taylor run as fast as it usually went. Bisons even with his 440 leg and couln't bring up something extra Four records were set officially, Garry Parrish and 41~~~~~ at the ~d,. He ran a 22;0 openone by Jim Crawford; one was ing legJ of the 880 relay and set unofficially by. Tom Bateman, Parrish, Rubio $d Mike Curry and another was tied, Harding' 8 t..lolseiii'Y..we~r"-a..,.l""va:rMo.,jdllo.s..oilo"'"n"""-Er...lioliglolou'"e•z~zg,..llliilll.~~ ended it up wit]i:. a 1:29.S total, sprint medley. Fred MoClish Ud Roger Ses- bu~ . Southern S~te topped:_ it Crawford won the mile in a sions of SoUthern State· were with a 1:28.S. ~So did' Tech's 4:13.9, an average race for him. about even when the 880 started. 1 : 2914 · He didn't shake off ASTC's gutty Harding'ended' the •ineet with Sessions couldn't take the paee · Ricky Richardson until the l·ast a flourish, winning the mile relay for long, and John Merritt of · lap. They and Cliff Clark were in a near~ecord $:18.3, ASTC Tech stayed with Fred for 600 · running ·together at the 880 in yards. adedd ins~t to the .Muley's in2:09, five seconds off the pace. juries by l!litting se~nd by five Richardson passed Cliff with 100 Then Fred starte4 his kick yards. Curry opened 1t up with a yards to go, and Fred McClish, and went by Merritt ,like he was 49.1 but trailed Wayne Roper by who came in with a fine 4:19, running. ·on a treadmill. Fred ran two y.ards,. Jerry Brown g10t the g10t A&M's John Howell for a 1:55..3 and won by 15 yards. two back and Jerry Baker, still fourth. That sprint me<Hey gave Har- smarting from losing the 880, got Richardson thrilled himself and ding the lead to stay. The Muleys a 10-yard lead for Kent Smith. the ASTC contingent by beating w~nt into it drawing their last Kent kept it over Jim Tarkington both Crawford ll.lld Clark in a gasp, since they knew the two- and! the Bisons had their victory. record 9:27.1 two-mile. It was mile followed, Harding's pro- Tarkington, a Searcy junior, slow all the way until the la~, vince.. Efarqmg ~ the one- was the meet'& high~pofut man lap; Cliff led at the mile with a wint Lead they had a:Hwent in- with 10%. . • 4:43.4. Bateman Makes 6'7lfz" Tom Bateman won the high jump with 6'6" but failed to set an official record. After getting 6'6" he had the bar moved to 6'7%", ~" over the record Jim Williamson of Southern State set in 19&4. Tom missed it on his three official tries but made it on the fourth that didn't count. Slirthern State runners gJQt the ·other records. Phil Griffin and Jerry Baker couldn't come up .with- their fine performances of last week and lost to Mulem~~~i!.:m"i!! By Dennis Organ Harding's AIC championship bowling! team brought home a
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