their Conference meet they took 3rd again with the top finishes being Gardner taking 4th place with a time of 20:42 and Clayton taking 9th with a time of 21:49 . Gardner was the only runner to qualify for Nationals in Kenosha, Wisconsin . Gardner and Clayton were both AII-AIC and Gardner was All District 17 of NAIA because of her fine individual performance . Ted Lloyd coached the women's cross country team and was assisted by trainer-manager , junior Ryan Tucker and sophomore Jon Beach . ~ Side by Side. Linda Pryor and Renee Stearns houe an Arkansas College runner between them as all three race towards the finish line in the Bison Inuitational. - photo by Public Relations Office. 1984 AIC Women's Cross Country Results Arkansas College 30 University Arkansas-Monticello 42 HARDING UNIVERSITY 62 University of Central Arkansas 107 Nursing Major Makes All-Ale During 1978-80 in Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Mich ., Amy Clayton had been a member of the varsity track team . In the fall of 1980, she enrolled in Michigan Christian College where her father served as Director of Development, but MCC had no cross country or track team. Because she felt a need for involvement in student activities, Amy sang with the MCC A Cappella Chorus for two years and participated in student government. In December of 1982, Amy enrolled in David Lipscomb College as a business major , but later decided to be a nurse and , for the spring quarter at DLC , scheduled courses required for admission to the Harding Nursing Program . Having heard reports of how demanding the Nursing Program is, Amy dared not participate in any cocurricular activities during 1983-84. In the fall of 1984, however , with the first professional year completed with better than a 3.10 GPA , she decided to participate in cross country and found Coach Ted Lloyd willing to accept her on an irregular practice schedule since she was carrying a 20-hour course load that included many clinical hours each week. On the day of the AIC cross country meet , Amy arose at 4:30 a.m. to go to Little Rock for a clinical , having studied until 2:00 a.m. in preparation for work with "her" patients. She drove to Conway to join her teammates for the race . Her shoe came untied about two miles from the finish but she just kept running and finished ninth to qualify for AII-AIC recognition. Coach Lloyd commented, "Amy is a very good competitor. She worked out about three-fourths of the time by herself but she participated in all six meets the Lady Bisons had . She was one of our top runners ." Amy completed the B.S.N. degree with better than a 3.10 GPA on more than 179 semester hours. She planned to concentrate on pediatric and critical care nursing and to pursue the M.S. degree in nursing at the University of Michigan. t":1Jf.~ - Dr. Joseph E. Pryor Women's Cross Country 137
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