'Skipping Chapel' Students run , walk and bicycle in order to raise funds to be sent to those in need in Aftrica. For the second year in a row Harding s tudents took the opportunity to "skip chapel" and put on the- ir running shoes for th people o f Africa. The run was scheduled to take place during chap I tim so tha t all Harding students could take part in the race, e ither by compe ting in the race or by watching. The twist to this year's run was that it also inc luded wheels. Besides tile usual walkers and runners , courses wer mapped o ut to inc lude bikers, roller bladers and wheel chair racers , too. Each participant donated an ntry fee of S I s to he lp buy m dical suppli es fo r a c lini c in Jinja, Uganda, suppli e-s for a secondary school in Eldore t, Kenya, and bicycle ambulances in Ghana. All participants also r ceived a Run for the ir Lives t-shirt with the entry fee In addition to th donations by the participants, several studen ts and local businesses donated money and supplies for the cause-. according to Chris Phillips. a member of the planning committee. WalMart donated money and Taco Bell and Pizza Inn donated prizes for the winn rs . Clubs were also able to participate in the event by sponsoring c lub members to run . "Members of my c lub volunte red to run , walk or bicycle and then the rest of the c lub sponsored them by donating a few dollars," explained senior Amy Conner, a member of ze ta Rho . When th s tarting gun went off, approximate ly 200 athle tes ran, w alk d, wheeled. skated and biked from the Benson s tage out onto the streets o f Searcy. Th chape l audienc participated by s ing ing and th n Ii tening and watching on video as Monte- Cox gave a d votional whi le running. His devotional tho ught . appropri a tely from I Cor inthi ans 9:24-2 7 , cent e red around th e apos tl e Pau l 's encouragement tha t we should a ll run to win the prize. Following tile period o f worship. th s tud nt body surrounded the plaza to watch the athle tes comple te the race. Students participated in tl1e rac for various reasons. "I didn't want to sit in chapel and just watch; I wan t d to be- invo lved." senior Faith Ort said . Lisa Gearhart asked, "Wha t is S 15 to us when it could go so much further in Africa." Most students agreed tha t the cause was a good one and that the activity was jus t plain fun. "I would do i t aga in ," freshman John Hauste in said. Winners of tile race inc luded Angel Martinez, winner o f the I OK bicycle race; Tyson Ledgewood, winner of the SK running race; and Tim Cox winner o f the 2K walking race. Cox was also awarded for being the over-all winner of the race "The race went well , without any problems," said Matt Miller, committee m ember. "All of the participants were able to s tay o n the course and there was no confusion about the route." The second annual Run fo r the ir Lives raised about S 1500 to be distributed among the hospital, school and ambulance funds in Africa. - Christie Mangrum / /u/ i : p/J('rSO/J - 1n·111g. TE'XilS /-:lii'.OIJC'i/J J::u1i110 - Tupelo. ~liss . 1\pril Fcors - 11ele11<1 . ,\rk _ All/JC/ Fislwr - Nasl1Yillc. Tc1111 .Joson Fli1J1 - Ponla11cl. Ore . .Justin Flori o - YC'll, ·tllc. ,\rk .Jess ico Fore/ - 11an·cs1. . \la . \ "o /i'ril' Ford - Powell. Ollio 1\ll(]ie Fours - Scare y .. \rk . Cluu Fowler - l'la110 . Tcx<•s E//c'/J Fowler - P111e Hlulf. Ark 13rcll/JU FO!J - San •\111onio. Texas 1'cll!J French - Sarn,,,01a. Fla . TClllllll!J Fusel ier - C<irlslJacl. C<1li1. \ 'it 1iw1 Com/Ji /I - semry.. \rk ,\/e/issu Gordni'r - Hc111011 . ,\rk . S o p 11 o Ill o r <' s 95 J> e o P I c'
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