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By CHARLES JONES
Staff writer
Many athletes spend years training
to get one chance to compete in the
Olympics.
This dream came true for USC student
Gary Binfield.
Binfield, a member of the USC .
swim team, competed in the 1988
Summer Olympics for his home
team, England.
Aiinougn i aid not piace, says
Binfield, "being in Seoul was
everything I thought it would be. 1
got a chance to swim with the world's
best."
However, this was not Binfield's
first time competing internationally.
He also swam in the 1987 European
Championships and the Commonwealth
Games and said traveling
was one of the main reasons he enjoyed
competing.
"I've been able to go all over
Europe, visit the United States and
the Orient," Binfield said.
Binfield has also gotten a chance to
compete against some of the top
swimming countries in the world,
such as East Germany and the Soviet
Union.
"There are many American
misconceptions about the Soviets,"
Binfield said. "Yes, they are very
competitive, but they are human, not
machines. I have made many Soviet
friends that I keep in touch with."
Binfield said he began swimming
seriously at 15 at his home in Milton
Keynes. But, he said, this only came
as a result of something he could not
do.
"I always wanted to go fishing,"
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while the others around me were
fishing, I was swimming."
The major reason he came to
school in the United States was
because American schools allowed
him more time to practice, Binfield
said. He has an early morning practice
four days a week from 6 to 7
a.m. Afterward, he goes to class, and
USC swimmer Gary Binfield swam
this past summer.
Hunt leads USC
in win over FSU
The Lady Gamecock basketball
team overcame a seven-point secondhalf
deficit Monday evening to defeat
Metro Conference foe Florida State
76-68 at the Tully Gymnasium in
Tallahassee.
(JSC's win broke the Lady
Seminoles' 11-game winning streak
at home this season, while the Lady
Gamecocks improved their record to
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then at 2:30 p.m., he practices with
the USC swim team for the weekend
tournaments.
Binfield says he had two big adjustments
to make when he came to
USC.
"The weather here is very humid,
and I had to adjust to the change in
language," he said, adding that the
Southern dialect is ''very
interesting."
Now in his final year at USC, Binfield
plans to concentrate on his
schoolwork and his role with the
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"I hope to serve as a person some
of the younger members can look up
to because of my experience," he
said.
Binfield's best events are the individual
medley and the backstroke.
He earned Honorable Mention AllAmerican
honors for the last three
seasons. He also set British records in
the 1986 World Championships in
the 200-meter backstroke and the 200
individual medley and holds the USC
school record in the 100m and 200m
backstrokes.
Therefore, it is not surprising that
he has been the Metro Conference
200-meter backstroke champion for
the past three years. Binfield will
once again lead the Gamecocks in
their quest for their sixth consecutive
Metro crown beginning Thursday at
the Carolina Natatorium.
Swim team head coach Kris Kirchner
described Binfield as "the most
versatile swimmer the Gamecocks
have ever seen."
"Kris and I came in together,"
Binfield says. "We have a lot of
mutual respect for each other, and he
is a great coach."
Binfield said he has no plans to
compete in the 1992 Olympics.
"Although I enjoy swimming,
there is no money in amateur
sports," he said. "I feel now is the
time for me to get serious and start
making a future for myself."
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iy-5 overall and iu-1 in tne Metro.
Gamecock jumpers
continue competing
Though the USC indoor track
team did not participate in an invitational
this past weekend, seniors Paul
Wiechern and Dale Gerke traveled to
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ships to be held this week at the Carolina
Swim teams
to Metro/IN
From staff reports
The USC men's and women's F
swim teams will be host to the 1989 S
Metro Conference/NIC Swimming ir
and Diving Championships for men N
and women Feb. 22-26 in the
Carolina Natatorium in the P.E. C
Center. R
USC's men's squad will be attemp- b
ting to capture their sixth consecutive ti
Metro title, while the women will be N
trying for their fifth Metro cham- S
pionship in the past six years.
The Gamecocks will feature senior 1
Wade King, who won a gold medal at 1
the 1987 Pan-American games in the d
400-meter medley relay. King was
runner-up in the 100-yard butterfly 1
last year and will be shooting for the 2
NCAA national title in 1989. r
Thp i qHv PcnnaH in- d
eludes Isabelle Arnould, an Olympic 1
finalist for Belgium this past fall in a
Seoul. t
LSU and Eastern Michigan, respec- 1
tively, where they both turned in (
outstanding performances. 1
On Friday night, Wiechern com- '
peted at the Tiger Open held at the
LSU Field House. With a jump of
6' 11 3/4", Wiechern finished in a tie t
for third place.
Competing in the 18th annual 1
Eastern Michigan Indoor Track i
Classic on Saturday, Gerke came 1
through with a second place finish in
the pole vault by leaping 16'8". I
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-meter diving preliminaries begin at
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iving event begin at 6:30 p.m.
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medley, 50-yard free, men's
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nd 400-yard medley relay. Finals for
hese events will begin at 6:30 p.m.
USC baseball team
oses season opener
The USC baseball team dropped
heir season opener Sunday to
Jacksonville, 8-5. The Gamecocks
illowed a 3-0 lead to vanish when the
Dolphins, 5-0, picked up eight runs
n the seventh inning on only two
nits.
USC, now 0-1, was scheduled to
3lay at Georgia at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
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Men's tenn
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\y MATTHEW ROBERTS
laff writer
The 9th-ranked USC men's tennis
earn remained undefeated this
eason with a 6-3 victory over No. 19
Mississippi Sunday at The Bubble.
The Gamecocks were forced to
ome from behind early in the match,
ts Mississippi led 2-1 after the first
hree singles matches were
ompleted.
Senior Steve Longley fought off a
et point in a second-set tiebreaker
ind held on to beat last year's NAIA
ihampion Keith Evans, 6-2, 7-6 in
4o. 1 singles, but the Rebels won two
dose three-set matches over USC's
econd and third players, Stephane ?
>imian and Ken Diller.
The turning point of the match
:ame when Gamecock Louie Gloria u
nade a comeback in his match r<
igainst Jim Williams. Down 7-6, 5-1 n
vith Williams serving for the match,
Gloria fought off five match points, w
ieveral with clean winners, and went
an to win 12 of the next 14 games and u
he match, 6-7, 7-6, 6-1. The comiback
was even more impressive con- u
iidering the fact that Gloria was a
lampered by a painful foot injury t(
hat worsened as the match progress- P
:d. This injury ultimately resulted in
Gloria leaving the match on crutches ^
after competing in doubles action. d
Gloria, who has retained freshman ^
eligibility because of an injury hard- 11
ship last year, never gave up in his *match.
"I usually like to come from n
behind, but not from that far
behind," Gloria said. "When 1 was *
down 5-1, I started taking one point S
at a time, which allowed me to string h
together a few points that got me E
back into the match. h
"I saw that the team was struggl- S
ing, and I realized the team really >
needed my match," he said. "1 just (
tried to hang in there and do it for the Is
team." V
Head coach Kent DeMars said this I11
spirit and determination is what b
makes his team special. >
"The character Louie Gloria n
showed is what gets a team inspired I
and pumped up," DeMars said. "He Is
showed a great deal of determination d
by simply refusing to lose the match. r
This outstanding effort gave us an in- d
spiration to win and really motivated I*
the rest of the players to play some C
outstanding tennis." 6
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:st was all USC, as the Gamecocks
ailed to their third straight victory.
"Mississippi was a Top 20 team
ith a lot of talent," DeMars said.
This match was a good barometer
) see where we stand and if we could
ve up to our ranking, which I think
e did. It was also an'important step
nd boost in confidence as we head
5 the National Indoor Team Chamionships
this week in Louisville."
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oon.
JSC-Mississippi results
ingles:
Jo.l Steve Longley (USC) d. Keith
[vans (M), 6-2, 7-6.
Jo.2 Dave Randall (M) d. Stephane
imian (USC), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Jo.3 Derek Brooks (M) d. Ken Diller
USC), 4-6, 6,-3, 7-6.
Jo.4 Louie Gloria (USC) d. Jim
Villiams (M), 6-7, 7-6, 6-1.
Jr? S Ir>han k'arlpn M H Milp
Inowles (M), 7-5, 6-2.
4o.6 Dave Herman (USC) d. Tomay
Alfano (M), 6-1, 6-2.
)oubles:
Jo.l Simian/Diller (USC) d. Ranlall/Brooks
(M), 6-2, 6-2.
?Jo.2 Longley/Richard Lynch (USC)
1. Evans/Brooks (M), 6-4, 6-3.
40.3 Dan Brooks/Williams (M) d.
jloria/Erick Sydow (USC), 6-2, 0-6,
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