Ohio, and Rob Nesbitt and J ames Pinson from the little Rock·North little Rock area - gained valuable experience and condition· ing this year as they competed against their teammates and other Ale athletes. Junior Jerry Harris, sophomore Steve Hub.- bard and senior Marty Sewell also provided leadership for the B squad, which was good enough to finish second in one or two meets. Harris was often designated as the 'pacer' for the A team. The Bisons went 5~2 on the regular season, finishing eleventh of 31 teams at the Notre Dame Invitational October 1 and fifth at the Belmont Invitational October 30. They re· peated as AIC/NAtA District 17 champ ions, and held off a challenge from a strong Arkan~ sas Tech team. But perhaps one of the sweetest wins of the season was the Bison Booster Invitational on Harding's home course, the Bald Knob Country Club. NCAA Division I and II teams like Arkansas State University and Southwest Missouri State University traditionally enter and had won the meet the last severa l years. But this year the Bisons determined to win their home meet. It was perhaps the turning point of the season, when they got mentally tough and came together to prove their team had class. The team ended the season by compet ing in the NA IA nationdlsf November 20 at Kenosha, Wis. Larry Wayne finished first in 125th place, and the team finished 32 out of 37 teams. "'<:. 1. AI Bates and fomy Sitton run almost stride for stride. 2. The runners take off from the starting line at the Bison Invitational Meet. 3. 1982 Men's Cross Country Team.Front row: Pinson, Jackson, Bates, Nesbit, Woodell. Second row: Hubbard, McCohn, Berry, Woods, Wayne Harris. Back row: Lloyd· coach, OTonor, Sitton, Sewell. Westover, Kelton~ trainer. 1982 AIC-NAIA DISTRICT 17 MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS Harding University 36 Arkansas Tech University 74 Ouachita Baptist University 75 University of Arkansas-Monticello 108 College of the Ozarks 118 University of Central Arkansas 155 Henderson State University 173 Arkansas College 177 Southern Arkansas University 221 Hendrix College 279 _ Courtesy of Publ icity Offic~ Men's Cross Country/147
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