District, conference champs claim four All-Ale members "Well , we won it again," stated cross country Coach Ted Lloyd after the Bisons grabbed their fifth straight AIC title with a low total of 38 points. Ouachita Baptist finished a distant second in the conference meet with 57 points. The Bison Harriers placed four runners in the top 10 of the AIC with Marshall Grate finishing 2nd. Kent Johnson 6th. Mark Galeazzi 8th. and Phil Hostetler 9th. These four were also named to the All-AIC cross country team. For the 11th time in the past 13 years Harding has won the AIC title. The Bison runners took their 3rd straight NAIA District 17 championship. Marshall Grate took top honor in this meet winning the individual title. Harding had only 25 points. way ahead of Ouachita Baptist with 62 points. 1. CROSS COUNTRY TEAM: FIRST ROW: Cronin, Johnson, White, Grimes, Watson, Thrasher, Hostetler, Sewell. SECOND ROW: Lambeth, T rout, Wiederspan , Grate, Zakre vsky. Shepherd, Nixon , Galeazzi , Hamilton, Coach lloyd. 2. FRESHMAN Brad Watson experiences one of his first college meets. 3. VETERAN runner Mark Galeazzi strides for 8th place in the Ale. 4. WITH tiring endurance Kent Johnson shows his winning f orm. 5. KURT WIEOERSPAN paces to lead opponents. 6. PHYSICAL exhaustion is seen in the expression of Guy Zakrevsky, 7. BEGINNING the test of endurance, runners start the race. 8. THE NAIA District 17 trophy is presented by Tina Sparks. 9. VICTORIOUS Bisons are given Bison Booster Invitational trophy by Bill Harris. 10. AHEAD of the pack, Pat Cronin pushes to keep his lead. 11. RELAXING after the meet, Phil Hostetler flashes the smile of victory. 12. SPOTTER points the way to finish line along the course. 13. MARSHALL GRATE heads for the finish to win the NAIA District 17. 254 / CROSS COUNTRY - •
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