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Pat t
Mason 1<
Lady Gai
Staff R
USC women's basketball
Lady Gamecock squad Frit
with the athletic department
The 5-7 guard said Wome
Parsnns askpd hpr to lpavp
session Friday.
"She told me to turn in nr
had no choice."
Parsons was unavailable i
Mason said Parsons told 1
the rest of the season. "She
bench because I didn't bel
needed to work more on my
was using my grades as a sc
Mason said she believed *
being manipulated by P
department. "Parsons and <
basketball organization are
sons) is Jim Jones," Masoi
be manipulated to the point
my own."
Mason, a transfer from K;
year as a junior. She starte
averaged 11 points per gam
j Since coming to Caroline
the Lady Gamecock's 12 g
per contest.
Mason is the 16th membe
team to leave since Parse
1977.
Runner
By Jim
Staff
Attempting to run 200 mi
anybody's idea of a fun week
| has become an annual event.
Krolewicz, a 25-year-old U
from the North Carolina Sou
! S.C. at 12:40 last Saturday wi
days away ; Charleston.
| As he did last year, Krolewi
i to Life March and Rally hei
House in Columbia.
| Krolewicz completed 200 mi
i than he ran last year. He hac
the end of his travels in order
| scheduled him to arrive in Ch?
| AS IT TURNED out Krolewi
bit into his planned rest time
hours.
At 5:30 he attended his nutr
Ion Tuesday morning he repo
grade Math teacher at the Dei
Not bad for a man who p
I Marathon with a career best ti
? One may seriously questio
believes 4 'everybody is crazy.
I Why did he attempt such
shrugged a weary Krolewicz?
' Rus.se 1 House Sunday morn
, the trip. "Everything has b?
publicize the Right To Life Ra
> How did Krolewicz get invc
' not as if somebody conned me
I I'm doing."
? The idea first struck the B
< ago, and he looked arounc
publicize the run. After consit
Club, the Heart Associatioi
| associations^ KrolewiiCZiwas \
. Fair and spotted the USGStuci
[ KROLEWICZ WENT up to
a finger at her and stated,
sponsor me on my run." 1
Kathleen Poole asked him to i
replied, "I'm listening." And I
In retrospect, Krolewicz sai
was the most appropriate
Associaton, the Lions Club ar
- with death," Krolewicz sa
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player Pat Mason left the
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n's Basketball Coach Pam
the team after a practice
y uniform," Mason said. "I
'or comment.
ler she wouldn't be playing
: told me I would sit on the
ieve in her and because I
grades," Mason said. "She |
apegoat," she added.
>he and other players were
arsons and the athletic
everyone affiliated with the
i like a cult and she (Pari
said. "I wasn't willing to
that I didn't have a mind of
ansas came to Carolina this
;d last year for Kansas and
e.
i she has started in four of
ames, averaging 6.6 points
r of the women's basketball j
3ns became head coach in j
Dromoi
Corbett
Writer
les in 48 hours may not be
;end but for Ray Krolewicz it
SC graduate student, set out
ith Carolina border in Clover
1th his goal 205 miles and two
cz traversed the annual Right
Id each Jan. 22 at the State
iles of his trip, 35 miles more
I to cut out five miles toward
' to stick to his itinery, which
irleston at noon.
icz was 25 minutes late, which
i or exactly live ana one nail
ition course in Columbia and
rted back to his job as a 6th
rct Middle School in Columbia,
laced 22nd in the Savanah
ime the previous weekend,
n Krolewicz's sanity, but he
i a feat? "What's to say?"
as he finished breakfast in the
ing, about halfway through
;en said in the media. It's to
lly."
rived in such a venture? "It's
into this. I know exactly what
oston native about two years
I for a suitable sponsor to
Jering and rejecting the Lions
i and several other service
talking ground tfye 1079 State
lents For Life booth. - one
of the volunteers, nointed
rou're the one who is going to
'he startled volunteer, Mrs.
repeat his statement and then
that was the beginning.
id that the Right to Life cause
for his run. "The Heart
id those types are associated
id while traveling through
Tennis team in
use
By Tammy Kilpatrick
Staff Wrhar
The USC men's tennis
team, aided by the newest
rrnn nf intprnatinnnl nlavprc
recruited by coach Ron
Smarr will start their season
in early February with an
appearance in a prestigious
NCAA-sponsored tournament
featuring the
preseason top-16 teams in I
the country.
Playing in the NCAA Indoor
Tournament Feb. 5-8
for the second time in its
three year history, Smarr's
team will make their spring
debut in a field of tough
competition.
"I feel like we hopefully
will win one or two matches
out of the three we play,"
Smarr said. "I feel like we
have the talent to compete
with anybody in the country
except maybe the top
three."
SOUTH CAROLINA'S first
appearance two years ago at
the Memphis-based tournament
was disappointing to
Smarr when the team lost all
three matches, but he feels
his team will be prepared for
the competition this year.
"It's (the early tournament)
kind of pushing us
to get ready," Smarr said,
"but we'll be as ready as
anybody because we've got
excellent weather and indoor
courts to practice on."
tesRigh
Chester County Saturday afte
Life) is about life."
Krolewicz is not a stranger
known as ultra-marathon ever
several 100-mile races and is
country in two road racing evei
This involves extensive trair
used to. During the past year I
260 days, twice a day, rain or si
Road training is not without
father of three. Dogs, throwi
looking to scare him off the roj
a regular runner encounters Ki
But in the end, it's all wortl
who compared himself to a m<
down. "Running is an end in its
Running through two nights
as low as 22 degrees, there wer
wondered if his goal could be r<
His family, who had driven <
journey was ended, gave him t
which enabled him to complete
When he entered Charles
T V.cameras and reporters u
pick up. But, as an observer c
Krolewicz. "His adrenalin p
flashing lights, and he has pe
it's the showman, the perform
ir? _* l i - *
isxoiewicz nas pians 10 pern
and to complete the entire jc
compared the success of his i
Life Cause, saying that he did
year, and next year he will re;
will the pro-life cause, Krolew
IN THE meantime, Kro
marathons of 50 and 100 mile
portant event.
The ConVe^se1 Shoe comj
colintfy r&cfe in the sumlrViet4
Angeles on Apfil 15 And finish
First prize will be $225 and o
first place award will be givei
cities and fastest time of the d
Krolewicz's ultimate goal ii
his grasp; if past achieven
ability are indicators of his fut
As the marathoner said,
greatest ultra-marathon r
known."
v/ited to NCA/
Irank
\
The team, which will play
three matches in Memphis
has been practicing twice a
* ? t i _ ml
day. ana on weeKenas. ine
tournament will not affect
NCAA standings.
USC will be supported by
six new players brought in
by Smarr this year, including
three foreign
students.
JOSE NETO. who
currently holds the numbertwo
spot on the team after
transferring from Florida
State last year, is a native of
Sao Paulo, Brazil.
"He's a hard worker,"
Smarr said. "Usually
transfer students bring
whatever problems they had
with them, but he's working
out real well. He transferred
because tennis was not
emphasized down there as
much as it is here."
Neto's fall victories included
a win over a Clemson
AH-American.
Also playing in the top six
is freshman Daron Roberts
Y m M*
t to Lite
srnoon. "This one (Right To
to long distance road racing
its. Krolewicz has completed
ranked in the top ten in the
its of over 50 miles.
ling, something Krolewicz is
ie has been on the road over
line.
its hazards, according to the
11 bottles and thrill seekers
id are the biggest headaches
rolewiczsaid.
1 it, according to Krolewicz,
icnine wnen ne nas nis stride
;elf," Krolewicz said.
when the temperature fell to
e times when even Krolewicz
cached.
iown to be with him when his
he lift just outside Charleston
i all but five miles of his trip.
>ton with a police escort,
raiting, Krolewicz seemed to
ommented, that's normal for
icks up when he sees those
ople to cheer him on I guess
er in him," the observer said,
orm the same feat next year,
>urney right on schedule. He
mempted run to the Right to
well the first year, better this
ach his goal; and hopefully so
iczsaid.
lewicz will be running in
ts to gear up for his next im>any
is sponsoring a cross
of 1982 that1 will bctein in I^os
in Neto York 77 tiayslater.'
ther prize money totalling the
- ? it t a a ii i '
ii iui me iasiesi nme Deiween
ay.
s far reaching and yet within
lents and confidence in his
:ure success.
his goal is to become "the
unner the world has ever
V tourney
ed in t
'We have the ta/em
anybody in the cou
the top three.'
from Nassau, Bahamas, who
holds down the numberthree
spot. "He's potentially
one of the best freshmen
we've brought in," Smarr
said. "He had a very good
fall season."
Roberts teamed with Bill
Heiser, a former junior
college doubles champion, to
win consistently at doubles
during the fall matches.
THE TWO newest recruits
have a good chance of
breaking into the top six
during the spring season,
Smarr said. Zoran Petkovic
of Tuzla, Yugoslavia and
Nathan Jones of Portland,
Ore .^till must play the top
seven in challenge matches
to determine the top six
players.
"Both Jones and Zoran
have to play their way on to
this team no matter how
good we think they are,"
Smarr said.
Petkovic, the number
three player on Yugoslavia's
Davis Cup Team, was
recruited by former
H; "J
4.
A th/ete oi
ZamF
For his outstanding per
man's basketball team to <
Marquette Warriors Satu
has been named Athle
Gamecock.
The 6-2, 180-pound s
Matthews tied his career t
muji fjvirns m a game w/l
including 21 points in the
Runners-up this week
Jimmy Foster and Kenn
Robbi Bedford, Jude DeSi
All nominations for At
accepted for considera
Address nominations to:
Drawer A, Campus Mail.
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-Coach Ron Smarr
Gamecocks Arthur
Anastapoulo and Bob Kapan.
Jones, fifth in the PacificSouthwest
juniors rankings,
was rec ruited by foi liiCi AilAmerican
Gamecock Chris
Mayeotte.
Chip Conk of Richmond,
Va. and Heiser of Linrv
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recruits. CotiK is eighth on
the team, while Heiser plays
the number seven spot.
THE TOP six is completed
by number one Ulf Pettersson
of Sweden, number
four Chut * Hodgin, Trevor
Raal of N *ssai Bahamas at
number five and Brian
MacDon; M at sixth. Dru
Kefalos and Wink Coleman
round out the top twelve,
while sophomore Greg Meko
has been red-shirted for the
year.
"In positions one through
eight we're very even,"
Smarr said. "We don't have
a real super player, but
we've got eight who could
play for anybody."
Smarr said the team will
be strongest at numbers
four, five and six singles and
numbers two and three
doubles teams.
: the Week
redrick I
form a nee in leading (JSC's
9 y 7-tfy upset win over the
trday night, Zam Fredrick
te of the Week by the
senior co-captain from St.
scoring mark at Carolina for
}h 31 against the Warriors,
0~i n //
??MKk/lf U IICMII .
include basketball players
y Holmes, and swimmers
tndo and Colleen Collins,
h/ete of the Week will be
tion by the Gamecock.
Gamecock Sports Desk,