he men's track team, led by Coach Ted Lloyd , wrapped up another season with a few victories, a few losses, and at least one major mishap, which was often characteristic of almost any athletic team anywhere. In the indoor finals meet, four of the top six high jumpers competed for Harding, with junior Te Howard, from Clyde, TX, taking first place with a 6'8" jump. Other athletes from Harding placed in field events, including such as the long jump, the shot put, and the triple jump. In the running events, Harding placed third in the distance medley. The team also placed in the two mile run , 440m dash, 600m dash (with Bison runner Eric VanMatre, a sophomore from Rolla, MO, taking first), 880m run (with Darryl Halbert , a postgraduate from Lakewood, CO, taking the win) , 60m dash , lOOOm run (with VanMatre again pacing the pack), the 300m dash and the mile run (with Halbert breaking the tape. In the outdoor men's finals , Harding athletes placed in the long jump, discus , shot, (with Oles- .ter Bernard, a junior from Nassau , Bahamas, taking first with 50'7' ' throw) , 1500m run (with Halbert again placing in the lead), the llOm hurdles, and the lOOm run. Harding also had contenders for positions in the high jump, with Howard taking first, pole vault , and the 800m run with VanMatre taking second and setting a new school record of 1:51.5 in the national meet qualifying heat. The major mishap which took place mvolved four of the tracksters. A car accident on the same day as the outdoor final injured the four while seriously injuring Eddie Neal , a senior from Searcy. He suffered from a broken jaw and a separated shoulder. Coach Lloyd really enjoyed the work of his track team. "I've spent 30 years working with athletics, most of which has been the Harding track team. It 's always been rewarding. I believe that this team had achieved well, in spite of the accident," Lloyd said. Howard had strong feelings about being on the men's track team. "Being on the track team takes up a lot of my time. I have to put a lot of work into giving my best for the team, but the feeling of winning makes it all worthwhile." - Darin Martin Men's Track. Front row: Walker, Arnold, Bernard, Kidd, Lecave, Frimpong, Murray, Van Matre, Lockhart. Back row: Lloyd - coach , Fisus - assistant coach, Ford, Koonce, Partlow, laws, Neal , Prine, Howard, Baker, Christ, Stegall, Brewer, Alexander, Sharp - coach. - photo by Ron Pacheco. 14 0 Athletics 0 Men 's Track Men's Track SCOREBOARD 1987 AIC MEN'S TRACK TEAM POINTS Universi ty of Central Ark.. .. . 106 Univ. of Ark . at Monticello . . . 931 /i Ouachita Baptist University .. . .. 88 Harding University .. .. . .. .. 67112 Arkansas Tech University . .. .. .53 Southern Arkansas University ... 50 Henderson State Universi ty .. . . .44 College of the Ozarks .. .. . . . . . 12 Arkansas College . ... ... . . . . . .. 7 Univ. of Ark . at Pine Bluff . .. . .5 Hendrix College . .. . ... .. . .. .. .0 -- Peptalk. Encouragement was very important on a team. Attah Frimpong, a senior from Kumasi, Ghana, takes time out to talk with one ofhis teammates. Both Frimpong and his teammates had a very successful season . - photo by Bill Tripp. I
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