Phil Hostetler definitely improved.Going from 12th place in last year'smeet to second place this year, hepaced the harri ers to their seventhconsec utive AIC crown and fifthstraight District 17 championshipduring the meet held at Arkansas Tech<strong>University</strong> at Ru ssellville Novemberfourth ."We run for the glory of Godand the glory of our schooL"[Marshall Grate 1The lone junior on the squad,Hostetler took second with a time of25:47 over the five-mile course,finishing just six seconds behind MarkSegovis of UCA. For four and Y. miles,it was a two-man race betweenHostetler and Segovis. " During the lastquarter of a mile, I lost my concentrationand began to think of thehurt that was inside me rather thanbeating Segovis, " Hostetler said. Atthat point, Segovis pulled out in frontto take the victory." I was real pleased with the way Iran in the AIC meet," Hostetler added ." I had been preparing for this race forseveral weeks and it went just as Iexpected."Head Coach Ted Lloyd had highpraise for Hostetler saying that Phil didan "outstanding job."The harriers pl aced all seven of theirrunners in the top 12 positions,finishing with 26 points. Arkansas Techwas a distant second with 83 points.Matt Grate came in third, John Sills.fifth, Marshall Grate seventh, JimmyMcLain ninth, Mark Williams 11th,and Dave Edwards finished 12th. Thetop ten runners in the meet qualifiedfor all-AIC honors.Coach Lloyd said this year's teampl aced the highest in <strong>Harding</strong>'s crosscountry history. "We really dominatedthe race from the beginning. We ranwell and had all of our men in beforeany team had their second runner in."The harriers, competing in the NAIAmeet November 19th at the <strong>University</strong>of Wisconsin Parks ide at Kenosha,Wisconsin, finished 19th. It was theirsecond best finish ever and the firsttime to crack the top 20 since the 1973season ."Our boys did a fine job and we feelwe've made an important breakthrough,"said Coac h Lloyd. " It wasone of the largest meets we've hadwith 56 teams and more than 450runners. "Phil Hostetler again came in first forthe harriers, finishing in 46th position.John Sills came in second for theBisons in 78th position .Coach Lloyd stressed attitude as theingred ient behind the successfulseason. "The boys on the team werereal close-knit. They worked togetherand had fun running with each other. "He also said the squad ran 30" per centmore mileage than the sq uad did theyear before.Marshall Grate served as captain forthis year's team and was in partresponsi ble for the attitude of theteam . In a chapel program, Grate saidthe team runs "for the glory of God andthe glory of our schoo!.""Marshall is an excellent and veryunselfish runner," said Coach Lloyd."Whenever his brother or some otherrunner placed higher than he did, heprai sed them rather than be jealous."In retrospect, Coach Lloyd said hehad only one problem with this year'steam : " Determining who the top sevenrunn ers were each week, "Cross Country • 199
1. FACING HIS OPPONENT, Tim Flatt guards hisarea of the court, waiting for his chance to stealthe ball.2. BASKETBALL TEAM. Front Row: Morris-Mgr.,Quattlebaum, McClary, Flatt, Eckwood, Lowe,Futrell, Betts, Clinton-Mgr. Back Row: Asst.Coach Gardner, Asst. Coach Martin, Wilson,Thrasher, Binkley, Paxton, Stokes, Baker, Carter,Shackelford, Treadway, Wallace, Coach Bucy.3. lEAPING INTO THE AIR, Stan Eckwoodshoots for another basket for the Bisons.4. AIMING FOR TWO POINTS, Ricky Treadwaygoes up on one foot for a basket.5. GUARDED CAREFULLY by Ozark opponents,Ricky Treadway cautiously passes the ball toteammate Bob Stokes.200 • Basketball