SCOREBOARD 1987 AIC WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM POIN1S Harding .. . ... . . . .... . ..... .15 Central Arkansas .... . ... . . ... 71 Arkansas Co ll ege ... . ... .. .. . . 74 Arkansas Tech Universi ty .... . 102 Universi ty of the Ozarks ...... 127 Univ . of Ark . at Monticello ... 136 Leader of the pack. Coach Ted Lloyd takes a break from practice to have his photo taken . Coach Lloyd worked with the women 's cross country team in order for them to better prepare themselves for meets. A Jot of the success of the women 's cross country squad could be attributed to him. photo by Ken Bissell. ' ~~n~a~r~;~ Country team left little to be desired this season as they won five meets , including a clean sweep of the AIC/NAIA District 17 tournament. Head coach Ted Lloyd hoped that the women's team would forge a win- . ning tradition in the con- . ference like the men's team, and after two consecutive conference titles, Lloyd agreed that the women's squad was well on it's way to the winning tradition. "The women's team has established itself as the team to beat in the AIC, and we are setting our goals higher and higher every year," Lloyd commented. The Lady Bison runners ran proudly in the conference and district finale because they had achieved a national ranking of 12th, which was the highest national ranking of any women's team in the six year history of the program. All seven Harding runners were named All-AIC and All-NAIA after their performance in the meet, and they made the list by nothing less than team effort, and individual will to win. The seven runners all placed in the top ten, and junior Cheryl Bednosky shattered the 5-kilometer course record for the course with a time of 17:26. Beverly Gardner bagged another record for Harding by becoming the first female in AIC history to earn All-- AIC honors four consecutive years. The women's team earned one of its best victories early in the season by winning the Washington University Invitational in St. Louis, Missouri. The team finished the meet with convincing individual finishes, including a powerful individual finish by Melynda Davis to grab the championship, and a runner-up finish by her teammate Cheryl Bednosky. After gliding to a vieWomen's Cross Countr tory in the last regularly scheduled meet for the Lady Bisons, the conference and district finale , another meet was tacked on to their schedule - the NAIA National · Championship which was held in Kenosha, Wisconsin. There, the women finished 19th in the nation with two individual finishers in the top 100 runners. The team would defend their second consecutive conference title in the next season, with their sights set on higher goals, according to Lloyd. "The team has proved itself in the conference, and we have fared well in the national competition. That includes some finishes this year in meets such as the Washington Invitational and the dominant win in the conference meet. I think we can begin to make goals that aim for excelling to a higher competition on the national level." - Greg Taylor Women's Cross Country. Front row: Cigrang, Durham, Davis, Parks, Pollard, Wayne, Fiscus - assistant coach , Eoff, Crider, Murray, Frey, Bassett, King - trainer, Lloyd -head coach. - photo by Ken Bissell. 1 g4Athletics Women's Cross Country
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