1966 TRACK TEAM. FRONT ROW, M. Curry, D. Shenfeld, D. Coslon, D. Robb , C. Clark. J. Baker, R. Taylor, F. McClish. SECOND ROW, J. Crawford, D. Martin, P. Griffin, K. Smith, G. Parrish, T. Bateman, J. Moon, R. Rubia. TH IRD ROW, A. Whiddon, p. lomb, A. Richmond, J. Brown, B. Stokes. M. lawyer, K. Ellingwood, B. Dye. FOURTH ROW, l. Pennington, W. Huey, D. Cox, B. Forsythe, J. Brown, J. Street, J. Higgginbotham. TRACK Bisons claim second straight AIC track crown Harding entered the 1966 track season facing the challenge of matching the AIC championship of the year before. A large corps of returning lettermen plus early results were promising, but doubts remained. The Bisons were, as usual, strong in the distance events and relays but less impressive in the dashes and field events. Harding was better than the year before but so was the rest of the AIC. Cold revelation came in the AIC Preview Meet where Southern State more than doubled the score of second place Harding. The Bisons took warning and dug into their tough schedule and tougher workouts to gain the experience and conditioning needed. The AIC meet was the point of focus for the entire season, and the Bisons were ready. Despite unusually cold weather at the Russellville site, Cliff Clark, Jim Crawford, Jerry Baker, Phil Griffin and Tom Bateman came through with their usual top performances. The turning point in the close meet proved to be Kent Smith's clutch performance in the intermediate hurdles. Spurred by Smith's effort, the Bisons proceeded to a 49-38 win over second place Southern State and to their second straight AIC championship . HURDLER Kent Smith demonstrates his co-ordination, speed and enduro once , the perfect combination for his specialty, the 330 intermedia tes. 214
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