2 Women·s sports budget grows With an increase in the budget for women's intramural athletics from $500 to $4,000 per year effective for the 1976-77 school year, Director Barbara Barnes was able to implement a more extensive program that had at least 70 per cent of the women students participating. Mrs. Barnes expressed her enthusiasm about the developing program for women, stating that "the women have responded well to 0the increased activities and they have shown more talent athletically than ever before." Sandy Kinder and Terry Humphrey served as undergraduate assistants and Karin Robbins, a Harding graduate who had coached varsity tennis and skiing in Vermont for the past seven years, served as a graduate assistant. Team sports for 1976-n were softball, speedball, volleyball, basketball, swimming and track and field. Individual skill sports included racquetball, tennis, badminton and ping pong. In addition to the regular intramural competition, interest and participation in the program was enhanced by interclub competition. For most team sports, clubs were separated into "large" and "small" team categories, based upon their respective athletic potential. To further increase competition, each club was able to field A, B, C and D teams. ''The A teams can go out and win, and the others can go out and have fun," was the evaluation of Mrs. Barnes. At the time the yearbook went to press, club competition in softball, speedball and volleyball had been completed. Kappa Phi was the winner of large club competition in both softball and volleyball. Tri Sigma was the winner of small club softball and Theta Psi was the winner of small club volleyball. Kappa Phi won speedball also, but there was only one category of competition. To stimulate as wide a participation as possible throughout the year in both team and individual events, a point system was used to determine the recipients of jackets and other awards. For 1975-76, Vicki Emery achieved the highest number of points and was designated Miss Athletic Participant of 1976. Ingrid Melson won the Individual Sportsmanship award, and Kappa Phi won the Club Sportsmanship award in addition to winning three of the four club events during 1975-76. INTRAMURALS - 253
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