CROSS-COUNTRY • Cross-Country team WinS Ha rdin g Coll ege ha rrier s captured the AlC crown with Cliff Cla rk of H a rdin g and Bobby Ri chm'dson of ASTC fini shing in a dead h eat for th e co-indi vidua l champi onship . Cla rk wa s ATC ch ampi on la st year, al so. \tVinnin p; four of s ix m eets, th e Searcy team fini shed twelfth in th e National Association of Int ercolleg ia te Athleti cs championship mee t at Omaha . Ne braska . Out of th e 35 teams r epresented. Howa rd Pay ne College took the ch ampionship honors. The outstanding teams com - pe ti ng- w (, re from small colleges and univers iti es ac ross the na tion . As w inn ers o f Distri c t 17 o f the NATA. the Bi son team earn ed the right to enter compe titi on at Omaha. Determ ination. prac ti ce. and ha rd work paid off as the tea m was able to l ook back on a success ful season - H arding's third . second championship ~ '- , . -- . -:. " ..... . '. ~ ... ~ ~ Thnt often ll C'C'dcc1 word of encouragclll cnl or ex tra littl e prod came from R. T. Clark, Jr ., I larding's Vi cc President in Charge of Resear ch who ri ollhkd as cross-country and track coach . Wor king cl osely with him was Dr . James A. Hedri ck. Professor of Accounting. TENSION mounts 0' A. I. e. runners prepare fa, another grueli ng race. LEADING all the others, Cliff Clark sprints for record finish . PHILIP MERRELL , struggling to maintai n a grueling pace, strides for a fi nish. CROSSING the finish line, Cliff Clark climaxes a competitive race . "~ t Of EXHIBITING a smooth stride. Bobby Smith runs his 3 1/1 mile route.
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