- Ch ris Oe, 5 I " - Public Relations Office - Public Relalio"s Office with the Bisons' finish . "We did about as well as we could hope for ," said Lloyd. "We wanted to win again but realistically we didn't expect to score any more than 55 points ." Outstanding performers included Jeff Westover who placed second in the 800 meter run , AI Bates placed third in the 1500 meters and was second in the 5000 meter run, Mitch McCohn was third in the 5000 meter run behind Bates, Ed Van Der Kaiij placed third in the pole vault, Rod Teague took fou rth in the discus and Tony McCoy only managed a fourth place finish in the 200 meter run . Harding had a tough year, first the weather was extremely wet and then the injuries struck right before the conference championships . Harding only had four to qualify for the track events in the finals of the AlC Track and Field Championships. Although the Bisons did not win the title in ]983 they did have three to make the AIIAlC team . They were AI Bates, Mitch McCohn and Jeff Westover. Coach Lloyd also was honored. During the summer Coach Lloyd was inducted into the NAlA Hall of Fame. Iil!J 1. 1983 Track and Field Team. Front row: Christ. Deeter. Yill~lillg. Nesbit . McCoIlll , McCoy. Berry, Roblllson. Seco l1d row : Harriman O 'Co llor, Van Ocr Kaiii , Jackson. SuttOl/' Walters, Lawson, Rice, Ekpo. Back /'Ow : Lloyd~ coach. Legg, Teague. Glenn, Bates. Mu rral! Carter, Westo ver. Pinson . Wayne , Slwrp-coacll ' Sittoll -graduate assistant. 2. Mitch McCol!~ leads teammate .Ken Berry as th ey both come dowll the back stretch . 3. Tony McCoy sets up for the 200 meter dash. 4. Steve Holl oway hands off to Ken Lawson in the mile relay race during the AIC Track and Field Championship. 5. Rod Teague lets the discus fly. 1983 AIC Track and Field Records Southern Arkansas University 126 Ouachita Baptist University 92 Arkansas Tech University 81 University of Central Arkansas 70 HARDING UNIVERSITY 60 College of the Ozarks 42 University of Arkansas-Monticello 34 Henderson State University 18 Hendrix College 6 Arkansas College 0 Coaching Champions Coach Ted Lloyd stops to talk to Tom Ritcllie ill th e hall of tlte New Gym. Coach Lloyd, a professor of health, physical education and recreation, joined the Harding faculty in 1964 after serving as football and track coach at Harding Academy in Searcy from 1957-1964. Lloyd began coaching Harding's track team in 1966 and became the cross country team coach in 1968. The Bisons track teams under Lloyd have won conference titles in 1966, 1981 and 1982 and were runners-up in ]967, In the fourteen years Lloyd has been coach of the cross country team, the teams have won thirteen Ale championship titles. No coach or school has achieved such a succession of championships - thirteen consecutive titles and counting. Lloyd's biggest achievement came this summer when he was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame, at the Track and Field Division in Charleston, West Virginia. Lloyd has had other honors bestowed upon him. He served a two-year term as President of the NAIA Track Coaches' Association starting in 1977. Then, in 1978, at the National Outdoor Meet in Abilene, Texas, Lloyd served as head referee. He also directed the 1973 and 1974 national meets in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, He is currently serving as one of the NAIA representa tives on Track and Field Association of the Un ited States. Lloyd has served as first vicepresident of the Arkansas Association of AAU in 1966, 1976, 1977 and 1983. Definitely a high point in Lloyd's career was when he was selected to serve as head coach of the United States AAU Track and Field Team that participated in the Brazilian AAU Games of 1974 in Rio de Janiero. Earlier in 1972, he was one of twenty-five coaches nominated as assistants for the Munich Olympic Games by the Board of the United States Olympic Committee. Not only is Lloyd a good coach but he shares his knowledge of the sport with his athletes. This fact shows up in that fifteen of his athletes have attained NAJA All-American status. ~ - David O. Wall Track and Field 59
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