New director leads wom.en's intram.urals During the fa ll of 1998, the women's intramu ral program was under new leadership for the first time in 32 years. Dr. Jessica Moore replaced Barbara Barnes, who retired atthe end of the 1998 spring semester. "I fee l the first semester went really well. Barbara Barnes left me a list of things that had been done in the past, so 1kind of had an idea what to do - not to mention the fact that, if! had a problem, I could just call her," Moore said. It took a lot more to run an intramural program than just the director. It took many people who wou ld donate thei r time and effort to referee games and keep score. Also important to the intramural program were the assistants. This year Moore was assisted by three undergraduate students and one graduatestudent. Heather All ison served as the grad assistant and Jennifer Holt, Annika Jacobs and Jeana Schweikhard were the undergrad assistants. "I love Dr. Moore; she is so great," Holt said. "She has really done an exce ll ent job. She had a big role to fill and she has done it with excellent service and a great attitude. I am very proud to work for her." Women participated in intramurals for many different reasons but the most popular seemed to be to meet new people. Junior Danna Johnson said, "I like to be involved in intramurals so 1 can get to know more people." "I liked doing intramurals this year because I got to meet people that I would not normally meet, especially because I transferred this year," sophomore Emily Montandon said. "It really he lped me get into things at Harding." All three of the undergraduate assistants had worked in the intramural program before, and the graduate assistant had done intramurals before. "Theywere all trained so wel l. My gradassistant, HeatherAllison, was trained very well; I really fe lt like I could just leave everything up to her and it would all be fine," Moore said. "The best thing about the women's intramural program is that we all strive for a Christian attitude and to have fun ," Holt said. "You can go out and play with your Christian sisters, not just to win but to have fun as well. And, after every game we pray to make sure our minds are where they are supposed to be." The sports offered during the fall for women's intramurals were softball , tennis and vo lleyball. During the semester approximately 100 women participated in softball, 30 in tennis and 100 in voll eyball. There were nowomen's intramural football teams. All of this was in addition to club competitions in these sports and flag football. - Meredith Hlasta "She [Dr. Jessica Moore] has really done an excellent job. She had a big role to fill and she has done it with excellent service and a great attitude." - Jennifer Holt, intramural undergraduate assistant • 232 ATHLETICS Junior Jodi Mmges keeps her eye on the ball as she swings for the fmces. Intramural softball was agreat way for girls to make many new friends while playing a sport they love.
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