On Saturday, April 20, the women’s track and field team competed at the Hendrix Invitational in Conway, Ark., along with eight other schools. Sophomore Shana Holmes placed first in the 400-meters and freshman Kelsey Taylor placed first in the 800.
Head track coach Steve Guymon said the women did well as a team and several achieved personal best times or marks in their events.
Freshman Tammy Kim, who is usually a distance runner, has been running the 400 the past few meets but at the Hendrix Invitational she ran in the 200.
Kim said she wishes her time would have been better, but is happy that she even got to run the 200 at the invitational.
“I personally like switching it up a bit,” Kim said. “It is fun to do the longer runs, but doing the sprints is just different to make running even more exciting.”
This season is coming to a close, but freshman Lydia Gordon said they are still getting ready for their next conference meet by training hard and setting goals for themselves.
“We do not set our goals too high,” Gordon said. “Just high enough so we can meet it and get better as we go along.”
According to Guymon, the girls have achieved their goals and have set five new school records just this season.
“Each meet, their performances improve,” Guymon said. “Performances aside, they are an extremely close team and are a joy to work with.”
Gordon also said she felt close with her teammates.
“My favorite thing about running track, especially here at Harding, is the team itself,” Gordon said. “Everyone is so supportive and I know I can count on them to be there for me, not only on the track, but outside of track as well.”
Kim said that she feels blessed to be a part of such a great team full of caring coaches.
“Even though we have a lot of people on the team, we still manage to get to know everyone, have fun and run for God,” Kim said.
The women’s track and field team will go against Arkansas State on Saturday, April 27. May 2 – 4 they will compete at the Lone Star Conference for their final meet of the season.
