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m^n^^uSgm* ?. > ; * { > ( s i - ? I ~rw~ i ^ ** ?.? v>%s>*> $5* / /Si V ' "x .r^jp>* J- *&' ** * i ?yi Teeing off USC senior and golf co-captain Fred Wadsworth team's first tournament will be March 2-4 at the T 1 i racK Continued from page 11 from two years ago is returning so it an looks like it will be a good year there cai for us." ' Members of that 3:09.77 mile relay wil team were Andrew Mattison, Artis alw Johnson, Harold Butts and Verlon get Rhodes. 5 "Verlon is coming off an injury and be has run U/plI in fllf inHnnr Cfliinn " l- - . ?... .. v.. 1*1 IIIV 1UV4WV/1 OVWJV;II, LUC Strong said. "He's the record holder in the 600 meters and 200 meters, and I ' think he'll be a real leader in the Ca sprints." the lasl STRONG SAID freshman sprinter the OUie "Haywood" Taylor should add a 1 lot to the depth of the team. sch "OUie has run better than 1 had ever 60anticipated before the season," he the said. "Ollie, Andrew, Verlon, and thr Tony Coleman should make up our Ion No. 1 400 meter relay team ' Strong said the team should surprise the some people in the 1,500 meters and be< up. pu "We have two real good 1,500 meter J runners," he said. "It's one place that wil we have really improved froiu last year do to this year. "IN THE past we really have not ver been good in this area, but this year we sai have a lot of runners and that's in unusual ror us." is ( Strong said Alan Drosky and Ken (pe Baseball Continued from page 1983, and Boyle led the team with 16 home runs and 54 RBI while hitting .307. In the outfield, senior Harvey Heise (.341) will start in left field. Junior Scott Mackie (.304) is in center, and senior Jim St. Laurent (.376) will be in right. Other players on the roster include soohomore infielder Allen Mirrhpll whr? quarterbacked USC's football team this past season; junior outfielder Keith Killian; freshman catcher Bobby Miller; junior outfielder Rob Rinehart; junior catcher Derek White; and third baseman Mark McMillian. use FINISHED 1983 with a 35-13 record, after dropping the first two games in the NCAA East Regional playoffs at Chapel Hill, N.C. It was the first time Carolina HHT y By Jeff RO0 \\ - HBj of preseaso NiP^- best team e ^ Foster said j'-tmi. 4 arrived. i ., W . s,ai rounds and Photo by Joseph Garnett ancj Sweatt practices Wednesday behind the Roost. The rounds. As ImperiaLakes Invitational at Lakeland, Fla. strokes per ? ? ? -'iM. d Mike Costello should he siwnifi it point contributors this season. . 'In the future, the race for Drosky *?&&&Wfcj0:"Ji 1 be the 5,000," he said. "He's /ays had the speed, and now he's ting more endurance and strength." >trong said the field events should another surprise to people around conference. , 'RON YARAB is the first South j(|L^^Sfe rolina man to throw over 60 feet in SfcWiiSX'' ?p shot put," he said. "He was hurt I t season, but I look for him to be in 60-foot range again this season." ifarab holds the indoor and outdoor tool shot put records with throws of 2 and 58-4 respectivly. Yarab has Charlie Strong : school's second longest discus USC track coach ow at 175-6, and the school's third leest iavelin Ihmw at JlA.n _~:j ? v? j -- - ? ouung bctiu any nui 'He has tremendous ability in all at Carolina could ma! : throwing events, and should tional Collegiate Athl ;ome an all-American in the shot Track and Field cham t before he finishes his eligibility." Strong said he has been very pleased "I think that anyw] :h the high jumpers so far in the in- eight runners could or season. NCAA's, and there m, ty of a few of these r 'GLEN LISTER has been jumping far as the Olympic tri; y well in the indoor season," he "What we need d. "He's been jumping around 6-8 weather on the week every meet, and his personal record said. "Last year it rail 5-9 so he's been jumping at his PR weekend, and that mal rrsonal record) the whole time." a good time." 11 didn't win a postseason baseball game. g The Gamecocks play 57 games this year, along with the Metro tournament May 10-13 ; in Tallahassee, Fla. USC will compete in the northern division ra| of the Metro against Virginia Tech ? Louisville and Cincinnati. In addition to the conference schedule, the t Gamecocks face such teams as Miami of Florida, Georgia Southern, Ohio State and > The Citadel. |I COOK IS slated to start on the mound for ^ USC during its season opener tomorrow against Baptist College. The Gamecocks meet Methodist College Sunday at Sarge Frye Field for their home June Raines opener. USC baseba coach says ly for spring lers USC Liccessful fall season and months nament 11 workouts with what he calls his champi ver, USC head golf coach Bobby collegia he's happy the spring season has season, tion by ted working when classes began I it seemed like the season would ere," he said. "The weather has sure ex. and we've played more than we na!!?n. before the season, so we're id ready to go play." lVan the coi i's first tournament will be March Foster nd, Fla., for the ImperiaLakes In- that ar( Foster said Fred Wadsworth, ltzleman and Greg Sweatt have FOS' ) three positions and the other two off-sea 1 be chosen by Tuesday. golf the tea LAYERS were chosen on how ancj rai the fall, their work habits in practl/O l^iri 1/ tin 11 Ka IV/ VTV IIIUIIN. Will Ut lilt 5l^dUlCdl I UMv >ughout the season," Foster said. work h the fall, Fred deserves to be No. and he1 nd Greg are playing about even "Thi "I coul as called Wadsworth a potential habits.' i golfer, and Wadsworth said he's ward to playing up to Foster's , . have lr outstar to try and play a leadership role (nation ad coach Foster looks to me to is 16th m," Wadsworth said. schools shed the fall season ranked 14th, said. we'll live up to that ranking." use ORTH FINISHED the fall ranked aging 72.5 strokes per round over Chris S 3f play. Heintzelman played 12 tercolle averaged 73.7 strokes per round, real tes averaged 73.3 strokes over seven the Ra a team, USC averaged 74.5 April 2 round over the past season. tournai at Women': foiaiio From Staff Reports USC's women's golf t at the Lady Gator Invit Three players return Brannon, Lise Russell a Noonan said she is coun Marianne Morris to cor Russell finished first c strokes per round. Bra followed Russell, respec As a team, the best fii at the University of Kent oi 13 teams. Tiber of runners Here is the team's spring ke it to the Naetic Association Feb. 24-26 pionships. March. 9-11 here from six to qualify for the ?o ay be a possibiliunners going as als." April 6 8 is some good end meets," he 15-17 led almost every kes it hard to get 27-29 Wf.' W * ? \ ' Co A it I II coach his team season finished at least fourth in five tours durina the fall season, including a onship in the South Carolina Interite Tournament. At the end of the fall the team was ranked 14th in the nathe Associated Press. lite the ranking, Foster said he's not actly where his team stands among the s best. on't know if we're better or worse o. 14, but I can't think of 15 teams in mtiy that could beat us right now," said. "I know there's not many teams e as well-conditioned as we are." I'ER SAID the team's goal during the son was to be the best-conditioned im in the nation. To reach that goal, m lifted weights three times a week l two days a week. it said his second goal was to set good labits for the conditioning program, s pleased with the results. s is the best team I've had," he said. Irln 't Kn or**/ korvrvinr um# K f Kair tifrvflr iv4ii i L/V uu; WILII mwii i Foster said other schools in the area nproved as well. "The competition is iding. North Carolina is rated sixth ally), Clemson is eighth, Wake Forest and Georgia is 18th. That makes six i in the top 18 from this area," he WILL get a chance to play nationally teams from around the country in the chenkel Invitational and Southern Ingiate tournaments, but Foster said the t for USC will come in Mexico during fael Alarcon Invitational beginning 7. All 15 schools participating in the riont o rn ronl/A/4 ? ^ 1IV.1U ait laimcu 111 111C iup Z.U. > golf team sason today earn will begin its spring season today ational in Gainesville, Fla. from the past year's squad ? Kelly nd Robin Abare. Head coach Donna ting on freshmen Sandy Persingcr and it ribute. >n the squad in stroke average with 79 nnon, Persingcr, Morris and Abate tively. ush was in the Lady Kat Invitational ueky, where they finished fourth out j schedule: Lady Gator Invitational at Gainesville, Fla. Lady Trojan Invitational at Eufala, Ala. Lady Paladin Invitational at Greenville, S.C. Duke Invitational at Durham, N.C. uancellation Classic at Pikeville. Tenn. Women's Southern Intercollegiate Championships at Athens, Ga. over I credits I ver nhotoeranh? r\ r> cock spring sports special were 11 by the following staff members: U aseball: Sohail Khwaja. 11 Dftball: Ruth Shooler. rack: Joseph Garnett. M olt: Joseph Garnett. ; | ennis: Joe Jackson. Ui