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Sports 8 THE GAMECOCK Wednesday. April 20. 1988 j. | IbTcl Pep Tal x' By Wayne Washin y* /-/ /k yi i"? ?? y\ ^ ^ * /r yi > l iffiv uuea fiui iune i pain of close USC Ic Two years on the sports desk of uniform was spotless. The Gamecock allows one to witness He, like many oth many unforgettable things. Cornhuskers, was A scan over that period of time br- Nebraska players the ings two particular instances to mind. need to play. One: USC was leading highly- Later that afterno tanked Nebraska late one Saturday typical fashion, fuml afternoon at Williams-Brice away and lost the gam Stadium. I wo: I he Gamecock Comhusker head football coach host to Louisville twc Tom Osborne was bending down, and the game was tigh screaming instructions to his players. Late in the game, \ But close examination of the Cor- tied, a referee called a nhusker sideline would have revealed Michael Foster, sendir the true difference between a peren- Milt Wagner to the fi nial powerhouse like Nebraska and Throughout that se an upstart independent like USC. had converted more th Two players away from Osborne of his foul shots in was a Nebraska lineman who stood minutes of the game, around 6-foot-5-inches tall and must You figure out who have weighed more than 290 pounds. top. His massive arms were folded. His Louisville went on t blond hair waved in the wind. His tional championship. Kenyan wins Bo n _. nri A : ~ ~. J n T o nlrvrvmn oy lilt' /iwuilait'u rii-m unuci a kiuuii^ They began running in the scenic fashioned one of the i countryside west of Boston. They finishes in the 92 Bost found themselves, 26 miles and 385 starting with the fir: yards later, a single stride apart amid 1897, when John J. M the city's skyscrapers. by 6 minutes, 52 secor Hussein won by one Just 100 yards from the end of **I like to make histc their punishing journey through eight sein, who bolted past cities and towns, Ibrahim Hussein 100 yards left. "It's ? nnH Inmri IWanoaa wnro rln^r* onmiah firct Afrir*nn tr* wii to touch each other. The two East Marathon." Africans were so close that both thought they could win. The native of Keny; But more than two hours after he in another way. His i began the Boston Marathon on a tory was the smallest ( rainy Monday, Hussein took off surpassing the two-se down the stretch, a long-distance sur- of Bill Rodgers over vivor with the kick of a sprinter. 1978 and Alberto Sal; UMItJKUF KAP presei The Uni AWARD Thursday April 21, ON THE HC Reception immedi at the Preside Public cordia Departments and Org over 1!>0 awards to or m T. I . L I J .1 n it vy jj tone neio in me Kusseii noust Rugby cli ?, Willi wiiiiimiiin gton / flj monstrous the team SV^ e. ^| s were playing '$flSfig ? ) seasons ago TBlf^ia vith the score ./ffifpBjjy lO UU1J V 11 i ee throw line. 3m Jfl ason, Wagner lan 90 percent % 4 the final two i came out on o win the na- Members of USC's rugby club fig and C. >ston Maratho rl/., Unrcnin ti 1,1 I _ IflOl iiuaaviu utaiUMty 111 170^. nost sparkling "1 wanted to concentrate on rela on Marathons ing and letting Ikangaa do the work st running in by setting the pace until it was time i cDcrmott won pull ahead, Hussein said. ids. : second. "I thought that I had won tl iry,"said Hus- race" until Hussein whizzed past li Ikangaa with right shoulder, and then "It was ii ;reat to be the possible (to catch up) because it w i the Boston too late," Ikangaa said. Although Hussein had won li three previous marathons, skepti i made history questioned his ability. He had nev maroin of vir- rnn in a tnn-flioht fi/>IH liWf Rncfrm' :vcr in Boston, and he had never run a rnarath< cond victories faster than 2 hours, 11 minutes, Jeff Wells in second. azar over Dick On Monday, he won in 2:08:4 J DELTA PA its versity S DAY iqaa at 9 nn pm >RSESHOE ately following nt's House. lly invited tanizations present ' J itstanding students ; Ballroom in case of rain ( \ lib finishes third 'jjgpr V * it > . <' * * ht for the ball with players from the Citadel this past Sunday on in with snrint in ' M.M. KJ JLJBLJl ^ -B..H.JR the second fastest time in Boston to among the about x- Rob de Castella's 2:07:51 in 1986. He tries in Monday's was within two minutes of the world Tuija Jousimai to record of 2:06:50 set by Ethiopia's ed second in 2: Belayneh Dinsamo in Sunday's Rot- LaPierre of Car terdam Marathon. 2:30:35. le "1 think this will convince a lot of lis people," Hussein said. Hussein and 1 n- Rosa Mota of Portugal, a big medalist at the IS as favorite, scored her second con- won $45,000 an< secutive victory in the women's por- more than $35,( lis tion of the race by a convincing became a virtual cs margin of nearly five minutes. the 1988 Olympic er In the wheel* s, Her time of 2:24:30 was faster than Moussetapha Bad 3n her 1987 winning time of 2:25:21. the world record < 1 Joan Benoit Samuelson, the 1983 of 1:43:19. The o winner in 2:22:43, is the only woman was set by Andre 3, to run faster in Boston. She was not 1986 in Boston. 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The tourne> : was held from April 9 through 10. [ The USC's Rugby Club finished j third by virtue of wins over Duke's j club and a Charleston rugby club. Ifk Although rugby hasn't exactly | 'tmS* rnnohf lISP hv ?Jnrm snmf IJS( i fans got to see how it is played Apiil 5 16. The USC club took on The Citadel April 16 on intramural fields B ami C, winning 36-4. DDY LtPP/Thf Gamecock yS(; club will finish their Spi intramural fields B jng season on April 30th when they host Virginia Tech. ldct 100 varHc JL W J MM V^kJ 6,700 official en- Philippe Couprie, also of France, race. was second in 1:54:58. t of Finland finish29:26, and Odette Rodgers, a four-time Boston lada was third in champion, had the best time of any American, 2:18:17, and finished 28th. Having turned 40 last Mnta. the hron/e Dccpmhcr. he ran in ttir? maeii'rt' )84 Olympics, each competition for the first time and i a car valued at was second to Ryszard Marczak of 300. Hussein also Poland, who was 25th overall in certainty to run in 2:17:53. s in South Korea. :hair competition, In the regular portion of the race, id of France, broke Ikangaa finished second in 2:08:44 with a winning time and John Treacy of Ireland was third ild mark of 1:43:25 in 2:09:15. Two Italians finished Viger of Canada in fourth and fifth, Gelindo Bordin in 2:09:27 and Gianni Poli in 2:09:33 ^ ffPClffTES I STUDENTS I a NATIONAL DIRECT MG OR HEALTH PROFES hile enrolled at UbC and will is semester, you must have up the Repayment Schedule can receive a diploma or a LLIAMS BRICE NURSING 127, as follows: 14V &DPII 01 f r~\ I J f~\ I 111 I? Cm I r i 30 PM, 4:00 PM and 5:30 PM I APRIL 22 ?:00 PM and 3:30 PM I s book as you will be required I '9 iRVIEW questionnaire form. ! EOF THE GROUP EXIT IN- g to place a HOLD on your i ill prevent you from receiving delay future registration. I lIH nail 777-ft1An hofnro Ariril