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^.,x. SK&^ ^?-- ;vffj|w| " USC catcher Keith Taylor fites the ball past first baseman Jim CurI into right field while trying to complete a double play in the Gamecocks' 5-3 loss to Mercer Saturday night. Nu< i (JSC runner 1 ay liz uhandier running in Boston i Gamecock Staff Writer gob Nugent, a Each Patriots Day, a Monday in Carolina track te mid-April, the people of qualifying time Massachusetts take the day off and participate in the head toward Boston. Over a festivities. million people line the streets from HODkinCton to Rnstnn tn "iw ^ _ v.?vi mi"* 1T1VJO1 IVl some 4,000 top-trained runners the highest plat* during a 26-mile road race. medal in the Olyn The 83rd annual Boston is the Boston Mf Marathon will be held April 21 this ultimate," Nugenl year. Only runners who post Running his qui qualifying times of less than two hours and 43 i hours and 50 minutes in an ac- Carolina Marath( cepted marathons prior to the "I was just ti Softball team ti By Liz Chandler Gamecock Staff Writer If practice makes perfect, then the Lady Gamecock Softball team should be in good shape on their trip to Texas where they will meet some of the best teams in the nation. Head coach Judy Martino kept her squad on the parctice field for four solid hours on Saturday morning hoping to prepare the team for the stiff competition they'll be facing at the end of the week. "We're at the touehest nart of our spasnn rioh* ?<J r Vm Igiav ?IVTT , but we're going to Texas with a good head and we're going to show we can win on the road too," Martino said. REMAINING IN Columbia for most of spring break to play, the Gamecocks boosted their record to a 21-1 mark. Their only loss came earlier in the season to East Stroudsburg. "Over-all we've played well. We still have to iron out the mental mistakes and eliminate the little errors," Martino said. With little competition in the South, the Gamecocks Gamecocks split weekend series By Richard Meyers Gamecock Staff Writer Mercer University banged 12 base hits off Carolina pitchei Saturday night to hand the Gamecock baseball team a 5-3 loss. The wi gave the Bears a split in two game series. USC, ranked second in the nation in the latest collegiate baseball pol dropped to 22-6 on the year. The Bears threatened to score early on Carolina starting pitcher Dc Gordon, but could not get a runner across the plate stranding six rui ners in the first four innings. Mpanwbilp I ISP'q hat? wprp cilonf DiflhthonHor Cnnff Unfnhnnpn Ci , v v ^ w vw T* N/? X/ Uiax/aav. a vi^iivilUHUV/1 VJVWLl UUI UUV/UOV/ O ? down the nrst 14 batters he faced. With two outs in the bottom of th fifth inning, third baseman Rod Carraway sliced an opposite fiel double to right field jusf inside the foul line to break the no-hitter, but h was left stranded. GORDON YIELDED three singles, two of them infield hits, to loa the bases in the sixth inning. Second baseman Wayne Ryle the bounced to Carraway who threw to catcher Keith Taylor for a forceoi at the plate, but then Taylor tried to double up Ryle at first base an threw the ball past Jim Curl into right field. Mercer first baseman, Dave Jedenski, then singled to center fiei knocking another run. Bobby Kish replaced Gordon and retired leado litter Jay Ross on one pitch to end the inning with the Gamecocfc railing 2-0. Joe McCarthy and Robby Vollmer received two-out walks froi Barnhouse in the sixth inning and they each moved up a base on Etienr Parauharson's illfiplH hit Rut Rarnhnneo ani nlomim Mo. ..... ^rv?v JUTV4 4 .I..VUUV VIVUtlUp IIlll^l lVlCU Boatwright to bounce out to third base with the bases loaded to end tt nning. The Bears picked up another run in the seventh inning on two single j fielder's choice and an error by shortstop Greg Jonson to go ahead 3A TWO OUT double by center fielder Frank Millerd gave the Beai mother run in the eigth inning. The Gamecocks bats came alive in the bottom of the eighth and som loppy fielding by Mercer also helped USC to score two runs. Tor 'Termite" Williams opened the inning with a pinch hit single to rig! ield. Jonson reached on an error by shortstop Skeeter Sommers. Then McCarthy singled to center field, scoring Williams. Jonson an McCarthy moved up a base when the Mercer catcher could not hold o o the throw to the plate. Fred Heatherington replaced Barnhouse an etired Vollmer on a sacrifice fly to right field which scored Jonson. Farquharson reached on Sommer's second error of the inning t Boatwright flied out and Farauharson was raucht t rvinu tr? ctnal cnr>r\ M ?"O"*" J w O WUi VJV/V/U base to end the rally. Designated hitter Mike Ryan open the top of the ninth with a doubl Sommers knocked in Ryan with a two out single to left field for a ! lead. See Gamecocks, page 1 ^ lent qualifies in Carolina Marati yrenares for Bos M e/ " " an compete. Boston's qualifying time." said. member of the A maximum time of 2 hours and Nugent hat im has made a 50 minutes must be run by men two month and hopes to ages 40 and under to qualifyperiod and fe Boston race and Masters, men ages 40 and over, are run in April. allowed a 3 hour and 10 minute a marathor maximum and women must run a around the 2: NNERS minds, time of 3 hours and 20 minutes to never really au is the gold qualify for the race. going to do ir pics and second it's a devast rathon. It's the AN INTENSE training period of said. said. at least two months is required to Running V lifying time of 2 prepare for a marathon according Nugent sets < tinutpc in t? m..-??* * * ? ... ??v. iu i^ugeiu. i>o novice can jusi go for speed wo n, Nugent said, out and run a marathon. You have sleet, or snc ying to break to have a distance base," Nugent stacles for i Nugent, you 1 i rT% conditions wi avels to I exas ? PEOPLE lave played only teams from the North so far simply have caught ecause they provide better competition, according some never g n nitrhpr TinHv WqIIo^? a chance to U "WE HAVEN'T really faced any exceptional Serious n itching yet, but we have been hitting aggressively turnaround fi nd our defensive play is solid," Martino said. are used to 1 J lust an pnnp; Leading the offensive attack are shortstop Debbie Nugent said. Eiohr, second baseman Amy Lyons and catcher T*ie main * Shirley Ashburn. The pitching chores have been a marathoi candled by Wallace, Holly Booth and Tammy Love. according to "We have a lot of new players this year who have out there sol* *eally come through for us. We pull for each other concentrate ind don't fall apart when we make a mistake," body steps in Martinosaid. Marathon physically di "THE TEAMS WE play in Texas will be ?train is P"* "epresentative of what it will be like at nationals," three m Wallace said. make a con After the tournament, the softball team will come back so y?u :>ack to play to Orlando Rebels in two succesive energy that y iouble-headers on May 3-4. 22 m^e mark *? ? ) - ^HnBnHHK: ?^^BMHKfiBSM^ , f+? <_^Rjl ^%s#- |?* n / m '? JBSHl^ v" [ |H;:::9HBHg|^aKH^^pm:, _-yfjliw in Bjj|9 2t ^ \ in ||. * jt M*/ / / id mmi:LJJ ^mMrnms?amm^mm^^mmj (i "V P 16 m " ^ o. e l|fS|3SlSi^ft|W MS n pf W Ij I d ^|j|, Dave Robacl^^GAMECOCK nd Coach June Raines watches from the dugout during his team's loss to Mercer o Saturday. THR HGnnnH-mnlearl r - - 5-2 made some costly errors and did not come up ? with key hits when they had men on base in the loss. Hon ton Marathon MANY RUNNERS have exi already started his perienced what is referred to as extensive training hitting the wall. The wall is simply els he will be ready to "the point where your muscles "J will be shooting for have nothing left, and your body is i time somewhere just unwilling to go any further," 30 range, but you can Nugent said. predict what you are At age six, Nugent became inI a marathon because terested in running but decided to ating race," Nugent become a runner at age eight when he was inspired by a race that he 0 to 15 miles daily, saw. Living in Scarsdale, New one day a week aside York at the time, Nugent and his rk and sprints. Rain, brother watched an annual nine ?w should not be ob- mile race which was run around unners according to the streets by his house. never know what the II be on the day of the 4*it was cold and rainy and I thought: How in the world can anybody run nine miles? The look ALL over America 0n those runners' faces amazed me on to rnrminc* hut 1 * j-j " - ? ? - - --o? ? <?iiu i enviea mem so mucn tnat 1 ;o near a starting line. cried. My brother and I im- > > because it gives him mediately went out in the back ;st himself. yard and started running around, inning is a 180 degree and two years later we ran in that rom what most people same nine mile race and both of us in gym class. It's not won our age groups," Nugent said, avor, it's a lifestyle," Nugent also participated in team ciwrtc ? L**A 1 opvt co w ime giuwing Up, OUl IlC :ey to finishing well in finds individual sports much more 1 is concentration, challenging and rewarding. Nugent. "You've been Dng that it gets hard to ,4YOU ALWAYS have somebody and that's when your else to blame in team sports. In and kills your drive." running, it's you against the running is not only elements, and in racing it's you raining, but an added against the watch. There are no on your mind. "The time outs. There's no excuse at the iles or so you have to end of a race," Nugent said. scious effort to hold As Nugent counts down the days can have that extra until the Boston Marathon, his 'ou didn't waste at the time will be filled with plenty of ," Nugent said. hard work.