Men's track Striding into action T~ he Bisons men's track team placed only sixth overall at the ~Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference meet, but sent six individuals to compete in the NAIA national met. ~ Pole vaulter Ed Van der Kaaij, shot putter and discus thrower Doug Ogburn, milers Darryl Halbert and AI Bates and sprinter Atah Frimpong were Harding's representatives at nationals. Vander Kaaij was awarded NAIA All-American recognition with a pole vault of 15-9. He also received the Gaither Award, being voted the most inspirational by his teammates . First place in the AIC meet and All-AIC recognition went to Ogburn in the discus with a throw of 155-10 and Bates in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:51.46. They were voted Most Valuable for the Bisons in field and track respectively. Halbert placed third at the AIC meet with a 1500-meter run of 3:56.60. Frimpong had a slightly "off" season but managed to clock at 10.7 in the 100-meter dash to qualify for nationals . Freshman Jon Partlow received the Most Imporved Award for running distance. As a team the Bisons placed in several meets including second place finishes at the UCA invitational and the Harding Invitational. Coach Ted Lloyd emphasized dis tance and field events as the team's strong points. "We had some real outstanding individual efforts," Lloyd said, "but we just didn't get it together as a team. It was just because of the nature of the athletes. " Lloyd was named to the United States staff for the World University Games competition in the fall in Kobe , Japan. Lloyd was one of nine coaches appointed by the International Competition Committee of the Athletic Congress . In deep concentration. Top pole vaulter, Ed Van der Kaaij , a senior from Badhoev edorp, Netherlands, prepares to leap 14'2" during a competition against Southern Arkansas . - photo by James McCreary . Fierce force. Discus thrower, Doug Ogburn, a senior from Warren , Michigan, heaves the discus during practice . Ogburn threw the discus 128'2". - photo by James McCreary . Over easy. In a competition against Arkansas Tech . Jay Harriman , a junior from Miami , Florida , clears the po le at 6'2 " in the high jump. - photo by ]amesMcCreary . 122 Men's Track and Field
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