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By MITCH SHERWOOD
Sports Editor
0. J. Simpson wasn't there. Nor was
Pete Rose, Franco Harris or Kyle Rote,
Jr. But 42 superstars competed
Saturday in the first (hopefully annual)
soutneast Greek Superstars at Bell
Camp.
Teams from Florida, Georgia Tech,
Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina
State, North Carolina and USC participated
in the competition. N.C. State
won the Superstar competition which
Carolina tracl
beats Clemsoi
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winning
First place finishes by George Cook i
Thomas Alan Chnnl?? T ? nAA
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Cook helped Carolina defeat 5,000-me
Clemson 79-73 Saturday afternoon run in t
at Weems Baskin Track. Gameco
"I told the entire team not to through
worry about setting qualifying The 18
times, but just go out and give your day, wai
best to defeat Clemson," USC Gameco<
track coach Charlie Strong said. win. In <
"The key to our victory was the points a
steady performances we received needed a
from George, Alan, Leon, plus the Carolina
people who came through for us in fiv*>
events that Clemson was favored place, thi
to do well in. It was a total team third,
effort that won the match for us."
COOK
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THOMAS WON the long jump, son's Da
the 100- and 200-meter dashes and "I was
anchored the winning Carolina 400- would cl<
meter relay team, which upset the 5,000 met
Tigers. knew bef
"I was looking forward to setting finish se<
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a uauoiim i]uttiuynig iiiuu ior me nave won
NCAA's, but, the way I ran, I was for settinj
fortunate to have won," Thomas easily wi
said. "I'm just glad we defeated After (
Clemson." meter rui
Shoultz won the 100-meter high milerela;
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included volleyball, 880 yard relay, an
obstacle course, canoe race, tug-ofwar.
and mint- nass and Hot TTcr? i
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Tennessee finished second and third,
respectively.
USC'S TEAM consisted of Chuck
Smith (Kappa Alpha), Greg Moman
(Sigma Chi), Richard Strauss (Phi
Kappa Sigma) and Carey Ayer, John
Burckart, and Mark Irvin (Sigma
Alpha Epsilon).
USC Inter-Fraternity Council ad
visor John Elkins, who thought up the
idea for a Greek superstar competition ^
and the 400 intermediate
and was a member of the
400-meter relay team.
ilso won two events, the
ter steeplechase and the
ter run. Prior to Cook's
he 5,000 meter run, the mJI
cks had a 74-64 lead .P^|HJP^|
thft Iftth Pvent
th, and final event of the
> the mile relay and the
:ks were not favored to
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needed to win. Cook
second-place finish to put
over that total. In track,
ts are awarded for first?
for second, and one
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WON with a time of clear the high j
imshing ahead of Clem- meet against Cle:
vidson. "
really hoping that Leon
>se out the match in the us to have won th
ers," Strong said. "Leon order to have woi
ore he ran that he had to probably would
:ond or better for us to George (Thomas^
i. i give mm all the credit Strong said.
g the pace of the race and Thomas, Shoul
nning." accounted for seve
book's win in the 5000- first places. Steve
i, the Gamecockr lost the high jump with a
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Mark Al?Msnd?r THB OA*
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iisplay athletic
two years ago, presented the idea last
fall to Bill Graves, manager of Budweiser
in Columbia. Graves then
presented it to Anheuser-Busch Inc.,
who thought it was also a good
promotional idea.
Elkins invited the six other schools to
participate, and each Budweiser
wholesaler iri cnh/vrJ'p
^sponsored
the team. Budweiser paid for the
teams' travel expenses, food and
lodging.
USC was in first plaop until the tugof-war,
the final event. N.C. State beat
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ump bar Saturday in a dual jump. 4
mson at Weems Raskins track. (JSC pe
e mile relay in the same height, but Wils
n the match, I declared the winner bees
have placed fewer misses.
in the event,"
THE GAMECOCKS took t
tz, and Cook three places in the triple it
ii ui uav, s nine Vernon Wilson won the eve
Wilson won the a jump of 46-5 three-fourths
height of 6-9. Clemson was led by senic
lemson jumped Columbus and Dean Ma
I Greek Superstars pass
batons to teammates
Saturday afternoon in the
880-yard relay. South
Carolina won the relay,
one event of six which
Southeastern Greek
collegiate athletes competed
in during the all-day
event snnncnro/t K..
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Anheuser-Busch at Bell
Camp.
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USC in the tug-of-war to win the
cuiuiKHiuon. usu earlier had won the
880-yard relay and the canoe race.
AL CAROSI, who works for
Anheuser-Busch College Market
Division, said the competition will
probably be regional again next year.
"We'll probably try it again regionally
next year, and maybe in two or three
years we can go national with it," he
said. "I'm pleased with how it turned
out today, and I think there's a good
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St?v? McCormack- THE OAMECOCK
Iwon the high jump event with a G-9
Carolina defeated the Tigers 79-73 as
Iformers w
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on was Columbus won two events; the shot
luse of put and the discus. Columbus also
placed third in the javelin. Matthews
won the mile run and the 800he
first meter run.
jmp as "The meet was very close all the
nt with ' way," Strong said. "We were able
inches, to get points in the events that
>r Mike Clemson had counted on for suptthews.
port."
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