Intramurals Offers Many Activities For Women "It is so important in our fast·paced society to have a program designed to help relieve frustration and tension in a fun and well-ordered manner," commented Barbara Barnes, director of the women's intramural program for 16 years. 'This is what I want to offer in the women's sports program - activities that are designed for fun and competi· tion in a flexible, well·organlzed pro· gram. The women's intramural athletic pro· gram offered many things to the young women at Harding. For the highly skill· ed, there was participation in "A" club sports and intramurals. For those young women who wanted the opportunity to learn a new sport, develop a higher level of skill, or play just for fun, lower·level sports activities were available. New to the program for 1981·82 was flag football and a basketball officiating clinic. Serving as intramural assistants this year were Carol Atchley, Terri Har· mon, Cheri Hostetler, and Lynn Watson. Outstanding participants through Janu· ary were Susan Griffin, Terri Harmon, Tammi Jones, Carla Phillippi, Lisa Reed, Marla Upton, and Lynn Watson. In club competition through January, Kappa Delta won the major club slow· pitch softball championship and Theta Psi won the minor club championship. Kappa Delta won major club volleyball and Shantih was the minor club winner. Sigma Sigma Sigma Delta was the speedball champion. In a special chapel program near the end of the 1981 spring semester, Lisa Reed was awarded the high·point trophy for the 1980·81 season. Cheryl Sloan received the individual sportsmanship - .... --- - ..... 276 ·Intramurals award and Shantih received the club sportsmanship award. In addition to Miss Reed, the following women received intramural jackets: Lisa Jenkins, Cheryl Sloan, Melanie Harding, Marla Upton, Hermette Smith, Susan Griffin, Lynn Watson, and Lee Belew. In the spring of 1981, Theta Psi won the club tennis championship and Ko Jo Kai won the club swimming championship. Tri Kappa and Kappa Phi tied for the track and field club championship with each club scoring 281/2 pOints, the first time that two clubs had tied for the championship. In fast·pitch softball, Kappa Phi won the major club cham· pionship and Tri Kappa won the minor club championship. In the first Arkansas basketball freethrow postal tournament last spring, Harding women were first with a total of 219 pOints. Arkansas State University and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock tied for second with 203 points. Kerri Swink, Lee Belew, Marla Upton, Susan Keller, and Lisa Reed were the top shooters for Harding. Commenting on the intramural program, Tammi Jones said, "The intramural program has enabled me to meet many people who have helped me grow as an individual. This program helped me to learn about leadership and it helped me with my attitude toward winning and losing. The program en· abled everyone to get involved whether they are great athletes or not." Lynn Watson, who has worked with Mrs. Barnes for four years as an intramural assistant, commented, "We have an excellent intramural program for women at Harding. I have talked with _ ChTUtophv Thompson several women from other universities in the area and no other school seems to have the student participation or interest that we have. Growing out of the intramural program was the women's intercollegiate softball team in the spring in 1981 and the women's cross country team in the fall of this year. Competing against other intercollegiate teams in Arkensas, the softball team, coached by Dr. Ted Altman, had a \3·3 record. The cross country team, coached by Ted Lloyd, won the NAIA District 17 meet at Bate.ville and did well in the NAIA na· tional meet. Several recent graduates who were jacket winners in the intramural program are achieving very successful records as high school coaches. cj;f. - Eddie Cagle
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