enior Tyler Kemmerer dashes ahead to pass the aton to the next member of the 1,600·meter relay eam at the Harding Invitational April 8. The men's ,600·meter relay team advanced to nationals and hattered the school record during the preliminaries v'ith a time of 3 minutes, 11.17 seconds. (Photo by eff Montgomery) •, • I • ~oncentrating on the timing of her jumps, fresh· an Synda Veitenheimer leaps over a hurdle in the OO-meter hurdles at the Harding Invitational April . Veitenheimer ranked fourth in hurdles at the Uni· ersity of Alabama-Huntsville Invitational April 19. hoto by Jeff Montgomery) "The team grayS together before each meet. As 111f8118f8 for a race 1Clear my mind. Basically, each race is one, long prayer." II Mark Jones, freshman numberStrack 1928marked the first year a track team competed on an intercollegiate level at Harding . 2 runners, senior Tyler Kemmerer and junior Ryan Bond, earned recognition on the 2003 Verizon Aca– demic All-American Team. 9 runners, seven Bisons and two Lady Bisons, competed in the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Nationals May 22·24. 2003sChedUIe Indoor meets Arkansas State Invitational Missouri Southern Invitational Tyson Invitational Missouri All-Comers NCAA Division II Nationals Outdoor meets UALR Invitational Big Cat Classic Texas Relays Harding Invitational John McDonnell Invitational UAH Invitational Drake Relays UTA Open Emporia State NCAA Division II Nationals Jonesboro, Ark Joplin. Mo. Fayetteville, Ark. Warrensburg. Mo Boston, Mass. Russellville. A rk. Memphis, Tenn. Austin, Texas Searcy, Ark. Fayetteville, Ark. Huntsville. Ala. Des Moines, Iowa Arlington, Texas Emporia. Kan. Edwardsville, III. As the signal f lares, members of the Bison and Lady Bison track teams set their watch timers and begin their preliminary run at the Harding Invitational AprilS. The teams broke a combined 18 school records in 2003. (Photo by Jeff Montgomery). track II 239
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