Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Aim for new U.S., Runners By Jim Corbett Staff Writer USC graduate student Ray Krolewicz will be joined by a field of six other long distance runners attempting to break several world and U.S. distance records this weekend. The race, which will last 24 hours, is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Carolina's Weems-Baskin track, located between the Roost and the Roundhouse. The partcipants will be trying to break a track record in the 100 mile category, and will continue running in an attempt to set a record for the most miles run in a 24 hour race. Included in the field will be Don Marvel, who will try to break his own mark of 13:36 in the 100 mile race, which was the second best time in the U.S. in 1980 and fifth in the all-time U.S. list. Sports briefs hH Fredrick H| stili No. 1 By Jim Corbett j. '' Staff Writer Carolina basketball co- I | captain Zam Fredrick is still I the nation's top scorer Ii| (through games of Wed- < i? nesday night), but his lead J over second place challenger ; Mike Ferrara of Colgate has j |pF Fredrick is averaging \ jlfi 28.93 points per game. |Bk totaling 781 points in 27 , games. After Ferrara's 36- j j point performance Tuesday j pirn night, the 6-4 senior guard's i scoring average jumped to However, Ferrara's 36point game came in a loss to - ' Maine in the first round of j the Eastern College Athletic |DJjHp Conference. With a 11-18 record, Colgate is an unjlkely choice for the f Nagjbnal Invitation Tour*> napl^nt, so Ferrara's l stjfrtics are probably -y C: complete for this season. ^ f ffvin Magee of Cal-Irvine iwaa scheduled to play last yL * nigjfit in the opening round of the* pacific Coast Athletic C As$&c iation tournament. f Magee is the third leading scorer in the country. tallying 729 points in 2G games for a 28.04 scoring average. Magee would have needed to score 52 points in last ; Svllljp night's opening round game | against Utah State, to tie i ^ Fredrick. | Both the Gamecocks and tti'1 An'eaters are probable cbaiics !or I he NIT, givint. T rccirw1-- in 1 Mageoa chanc? t<> add to ihei" statistics in I add-1 n. d Cal-Irvine w?n The semi-finals and finals I [ on March 2A and 2r> Sites for Bids for the NIT will be ; I issued Sunday, March 8 ff Carolina accepts a bid to j I (he NIT and hosts a first Ip round game, tickets will go i on sale to (Jamecock Club I I members Monday, March U, : ||] and to the general public on j Tickets will cost $6 each. world marks try to brca OTHER ENTRANTS include Frank McMillan, who completed the rugged Old Dominion 100-mile cross country endurance race, veteran miler Eddie i 1 ? ' i lump duu sevwai lucai runners. Krolewicz will try to improve on his own time of 15:35:30 for 100 miles, which was the tenth best time in the U.S. last year. The American record for 100 miles is 13:33 and the world record is 11:31. The world mileage record for a 24hour run is over 164 miles, while the American record is slightly more than 145 miles. Krolewicz is no stranger to ultramarathon events, having run the 205mile route from Clover (located in northern South Carolina near the North Carolina border) to Charleston in early January to publicize the USC Right to Life Rally. Krolewicz feels hehas a chance to match or break at > '*'#**'SB^Bb^ l&B&SjSfi : ';-BW^P^W -v fl :;ftfaJpR.^WBL \?.. ..a^b *. - ^ 1 I a "HI 'J "1 "1 * li H ? I 1 I I 1 'H "1 im 1 i ik records leasi iwo recoras aunng me unramarathon. "I think I have a legitimate shot at both the 100-kilometer and 100-mile records," Krolewicz said. The 26year-old Dent Middle School math teacher said Marvel has the best shot at breaking the world mileage record for a 24-hour race. KROLEWICZ said * ultramarathoners take their events seriously, and do not consider them stunts. "It's a race," he said. "We happen to be better at running long distances." The race is being co-sponsored by the South Carolina track team and fiup ,'irfl'J morphinlc Thorn Jo nn it i L it* cn cnamu: rncrc m iiv admissioncharge. but programswill be sold at the track to help defray costs. _. Hb>. ;;i i:--'i - K J ' ; - / T : ' :.' ';^-MT ." "~ L i i i 1 i 11 I " " H .^1 typewriter I EXCHANGE 12218 TWO NOtC I Cola. 254-789 I Denf l$5offwith I Student ID Care I One Day Servit I All Makes |__FREEEST I fVKl k ^''' iij (',11' ,1 ||??1 ?M| -."KS'fe-.' ' ' : ."-! ." ' :3 V ''"--.k"l: ' - ' j/j [ IMATBSjl