DISTANCE man Cliff Clark struggles to overtake his teammate Jim Crawford in the ever present riva lry that helped spur both to places of honor among NAIA athletes. STOP action shot dramatizes the co· ordination and balance necessary for competing in the long jump. TRACK Records, NAIA honors enhance track season The 1966 Harding track team set school records in most evehts and rose to national honors in some. Leading the assault were high jumper Tom Bateman and di stance men Cliff Clark and Jim Crawford. Bateman won the NAIA indoor high jump championship with a 6-7 effort. In the NAIA outdoor meet on June 4, Cliff Clark won the 3,000meter steeplecha se in the time of 9: 17, although it was only the second time he had nm the event. At the Southwest Missouri Relays, Clark was voted outstanding athlete of the meet. Jim Crawford set a new AIC mile record of 4: 13.9 and also posted a 4:08.3, the best regular season time in the NAIA. Other team members contributed to the assault on the AIC relay records, but, more important, to the overall effort that made it two in a row in track and field for Harding. Tom Bateman 216 NAIA LEADERS Cli ff Clark Jim Craw ford SMILES and congratulations for Jim Crawford are representative of a rite famil iar to Harding's Bisons throughout their chompionship season.
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