Cross· co,untr.y :teams wit!, AIC and NAIA; ~dvance to nationals in Kenosha, Wis. by Auon Hasten B1:;on r.ports writer Hot.'l of the Harding University cross colmtry teams left the other field members intheir dust Tuesday 1 Nov. 5, to take the 1991 AIO and the National Association of Inter– collet"tiate Athletics District 17 champion– ships at OBU. TheWin for the lady Bisons marked their si:xth straight title. The Ladies ran away frQm the pack with a s£ore of 32. Arkansas Co lege finished a distant second followed by Hendrix College. A deadly one-two punch {rom Shauna Queen and defending champion Kelsie HutS@l0~I~ahli~e;Jiji:z f!e:tJr Distri(:t 17 crowp ip !0pvs. They finished ,Y'jffi n!Spective times of 17:39 and 18:07; both were the individual bests. Queen's time was enough to claim honors as the third fastest ~'n school history. Two other Lady Bisons finished in the top 10. Andrea RObertson arid Keri Hutchinson fi.pish~eighthand!illltllwdllscoresof 19:!§ ru'iil'l9:51. ChaJtdraLatimer crossed the line with a personal best time of 20: 49 for the 15th position. Harding's men's team got back on track with smashing wins in their divisions after suffering their first loss in 20 years last fall to Henderson State. Henderson did finish second tied with Ouachita, and Uni.versity of Arkansas-Monticello came in third. Last year's individual champion, Sebas– tian Villalva from Henderson, did his best to eliminate Harding oncea~in. He topped the scoring column but was followed to the · finish-lineby threeconsecutiveBisons. Allen · Gill, Dave l{utson and 'Nathan Mills of the Bisons finished with respective times of 25 ~23~25:42~2~:47..J;)amon Work ranked 11th with a 'time. of 26:25 as ;TUn Seay notched in at 12thwitha 26:43; Brad Blan– ton roundedout the scoring in the18thslot. Both teams will compete tomorrow in Kenosha, Wis., at theNAIA championships. KELSIE HUTCHISON, a senior [tom Webu Citv. Mq, finished second behina teammate .Shauna Olleen .
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