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Gamec highly By BILL GRANT Sports Writer Carolina's swimming team defeated the University of South Florida 59-M, Wednesday night at (Pe University's pool at the corner of Sumter and Devine Streets. Carolina jumped out to an early hristmas Corner Or We invite I our selectiori We have soy mom, dad, bro also Christmas c et( The Camp Russell TI Galax3 NOW GOlI 6 NIGHTS All Studeni Come as 3 Wed. Night, Between all youct Al The 'Beer ne can1 Georgia Saturda Grass New Yea Martha Reeves ock sw, rated Q lead, was ahead all the way and never seriously pressed by South Florida. South Florida came into the meet highly touted, finishing in second place in last year's NCAA College Division swimming championships. Eight of USF's Shopping i Campus rou to see i of gifts nething for ther & sister; ards, wrappings us Shop House ze r Club IG ROCK A WEEK! :s Invited. rou are. Free Beer. an drink Prophets y...Nite Roots & The Vandellas -26. Cayce. S.C. immers )outh F swimmers were named NCAA College Division All Americas, while one, Joe Lewkowicz, holds the Division 200 yard butterfly mark. "They (South Florida) did just about what we expected them to, but we went out there, swam our best and beat them," said an ec static but unsurprised John Cahill, an assistant coach for USC. But Cahill says that Carolina will have to improve if they are to repeat their success against a "tough" North Carolina team, December 11, in Chapel Hill. Bob Warner, who turned in a new sophomore and career record in the 1000 yard freestyle, was voted "Gamecock of the Meet" by his teammates. Warner also narrowly missed victory in the 500 yard freestyle, in perhaps the most exciting event of the night, as he was touched out at the wall by South Florida's Dean Hardy. Freshman sensation Casey Claflin won two events, the 200 individual medley and the 200 yard backstroke, and smashed several records in the process. Claflin lowered the USC pool record for the backstroke to 2:06.0 and his career best time in the IM dropped Io 2:04.9. Gary Wetherhold, a former ACC diving champion, won easily in the 1 meter dive but was scratched from the three meter contest. "Gary had injured his hand earlier in the week and we felt that since the meet was decided at that point we would scratch him, not wanting Gamecock. (T) Zipper front nylon jac and draw string bottom. G and Gamecock emblem. DOWNTOWN, Third Floor DUTCH SQUARE T REn NHL PAAa drop lorida to take any chances of him rein juring his hand," explained CahilU. The Gamecocks jumped out its early lead as Claflin, Jeff Neubert, Jim Villa and Chip Newman swept to a comparatively easy victory in the 400 yard medley relay. Other winners for Carolina were: Newman in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 22.4 and Roger Rice in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 49.9. Ft. Jacks Biddies st Carolina's freshman basket ballers suffered their 'second setback in as many games, Wednesday night when a very strong undefeated Fort Jackson squad handed them an 86-79 defeat in Lee Field House. The Biddies remained in a close struggle throughout the initial half, trailing by only six points at the close of the period. The second half was to spell the eventual downfall of the Biddies as Fort Jackson stretched their slim halftime margin into a 16-point bulge and Carolina could manage to regain only nine of those points. Fort Jackson fielded a very strong, experienced team in cluding Charlie Powell, a former professional player in the American Basketball Association. Unsurprisingly, Powell paced all ction Jacket ket with elastic in cuff arnet with black stripe .: Sizes S, M, L and XL. :::: 10.00 Gary Wetherhold on hands cond loss of the game's scorers by pouring in 28 points. The only other Fort Jackson player to score in double figures was Don Davidson with 23 points. Donny Walsh Conversely, four of the Biddies recorded tallies in double figures. Spearheading the Carolina scorers was Clyde Agnew, the team's tall pivotman, with 22 points. Following Agnew closely was Tommy Cox, who scored 21 points. Cox had scored 33 points in the frosh's first game and remains the team's leading scorer. PERFECT CHOICE fsss, of fins color and ROOP JEWELER% 1221 Taylbr St. R.o@ge Sh. Cat. Welcomes stuent owdI. Watetb a Jamman M