1983 Miracle Yearbook

SPORTS Men's Track The men'strack team highlighted their year by earning a share of the NCCAA champion- ship. The men's track team had a super year as they ended up a co-champion in the NCCAA Nationals, sharing the title with Mid-American Nazarene College. The Yellow Jackets put to- gether their best effort of theyear to earn a share of the title. This marked the third time the Jackets hadhad a piece of the crown having won the title outright in both 1975 and 1976. The track squad proved its confidence and consistency by placing in the upper half of every meet it was in. Coach King received outstanding performances from rookies as well as the needed leadership from the veterans. As he reflected on the NCCAA Nationals,King said,"We'lllose only one runner from this team that competed there, and I guess that's the exciting thing in looking forward to next season." ThisPage,Above:DeMaurice Smith and Craig Slater stretch before a meet. Upper Left: Dave Christmas wins the 1(X) meter dash against Wittenberg and Capitol. Middle Left: Doug Roberts. Lower Left: Gary Anderson crosses the finish line and breaks the tape. Opposite Page,Top:The Men's Track team,Standing:Coach Elvin King,Mike Kniowski,Stephen Henry,Jay Yoder, Dave Moody, Philip Hulbert, Clarence Eddy, Doug Ostrurn, Doug Roberts,Scott Hannay,Craig Slater, Gary Anderson,Norman Cook. Kneel- ing: Dean Johnson,Dave Schumaker,DeMaurice Smith,Jonathan Reid,Dan Bisbee, Dave Christmas, Don Pensworth, Kirk Wesselink, Tim Lord. Lower Left: Gary Anderson. Lower Right: Dave Schumaker. 73