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8 THE GAMECOCK Wednesday. April 20. 1988 j. |
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x' By Wayne Washin
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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
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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 ?
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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;
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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.
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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
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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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From staff reports
Sometimes unusual sports are like
comedian Rodney Danger*'eld.
1^- They don't get any respect.
The USC Rugby Club is attemp
^ ting to earn some respect this year, l! M
is looking forward to a young, I j
revamped offense this fall.
Within the past two weeks, the i
nlavers have started to eel into a real >
team even Rodney could be proud to j
call his own.
First, they posted a third plate '
finish in the first annual Jim Dufl\ (
Tourney in Charleston. 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 |
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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.
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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 ^
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