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By BRANT LONG
Assistant Sports Editor
The USC track and cross country
programs are now under new
leadership.
Greg Kraft, who spent the past
four years as assistant director for
track and field at the University of
Virginia, has taken over as head
coach for the Gamecocks.
Kraft will be assisted by his former
collegiate track teammate at
California Polytechnic School-San
Luis Obispo, Jeff Small. Small
comes from Florida Tech, where
he coached cross conntrv from
1985 until 1988.
Kraft's coaching career in track
and field has been impressive thus
far. He coached Virginia to the
ACC outdoor title in 1986 and a
sweep of the indoor and outdoor
categories in 1987. He has also
been an assistant at Kansas State,
Indiana State and his alma mater
California Polytechnic Insitute-San
Luis Obispo.
"I'm very happy to be here,"
Kraft said at a press conference
Wednesday afternoon. "At Virginia,
we graduated 95 percent of
our student athletes. We thought
we did things from all spectrums
of frarlr anH anH ronn
try. We hope to do the same thing
here at USC."
Though he has only been here
one week, Kraft is quick to point
out the strengths of this year's
track and cross country teams.
"The women's track team won
the Metro Conference title last
year and have the key individuals
returning this year, including three
All-Metro Conference selections,"
he said., "Also, we have three
freshmen that we think can contribute
to our program. We expect to
duplicate last year's feat again this
season and hopefully rise higher in
our region at the NCAA
Championships.
"On the men's side we graduated
two of our top runners, but
we still have Mike Hedgecock and
Paul Laymon to give us a solid
one-two punch on the team," Kraft
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Soccer head coach Mark Berson
loted that the Gamecocks, who are
anked third in the country in a
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this year.
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lot of experience in the back with
Tommy Loeber, Mike Gosselin
and Scott Henderson. All are solid.
The midfield is a blend of experience
and youth. Up front, we have
Jonas Gudjonsson and Clark Brisson.
We should be strong there
again this year.
"We are looking forward to this
season. I can't remember a year
where we worked harder in the
preseason. The team is in great
physical condition. We're just going
to have to lineup, play a few
games and see where we stand."
With quality leadership already
established in volleyball and soccer,
and new leadership taking
over for track and cross country,
the fall should provide some excitement
in Gamecock athletics.
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Berson said, "We're very young.
We lost goalkeeper Charles Ardnt,
but Chris Foley and Spencer Leuders
are looking great. We have a
DUKE AT USC: How dare any
team even consider beating the
Gamecocks in their first home
game of the season . . . USC,
27-20.
NO. 5 SOUTHERN CAL AT
ILLINOIS: Illinois will be better
than expected, but not good
enough to beat even a Pecte-less
Trojan football team . . . Southern
Cal, 21-17.
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Game I: Duke (7 p.m. Saturday
at Wiliiams-Brice Stadium).
Records: This will be the first
game of the season for both
teams.
Series History: Duke leads
24-15-2 (17-11-1 at Columbia).
The Last Meeting: Oct. 12,
1985 in Columbia. The Gamecocks
handily defeated the Blue
Devils, 28-7.
The Coaches: USC Head Coach
Sparky Woods became the 28th
head football coach in Gamecock
history this season. In his five
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By CHRIS SILVESTRI
Sports Editor
It's that time again.
Time for the craziness of college
football. That game which we all
know and love, that sends us tailgating,
cheering for those Gamecocks
and pulling for our other favorite
teams.
After taking over the sports editor
position this semester from Kevin
Adams ? at least I think that's
what his name was ... anyway, I
felt it was my duty to continue the
predictions column. Actually, I'm
doing it because I think I can finish
with a better percentage of
wins than he did.
I know. I know. You're all wondering
whether or not I am going
to pick our beloved Gamecocks
over Duke, and you probably wish
I would quit babbling, so on to the
games.
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years at Appalachian State,
Woods compiled a 38-19-2 record
and was named Southern
Conference Coach of the Year
three consecutive seasons between
1985-87.
Duke's Steve Spurrier holds a
12-9-2 record in his two years as
the Blue Devil head coach.
Next Game: The Gamecocks
will face the Hokies of Virginia
Tech on Sept. 9 at WiiliamsBrice
Stadium. The game is
scheduled for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
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SOUTHERN MISS AT NO. 6
FLORIDA ST.: Bobby Bowden's
new quarterback Peter Tom Willis
ruins the night for the Golden Eagles
. . . Florida St., 37-14.
NO. 7 LSU AT TEXAS A &
M: The Tigers have high expectations
this season, but the Aggies
will bring them back down to reality
. .. upset special. .. Texas
A & M, 21-20.
FURMAN AT NO. 12 CLEM- !
SON: If they don't let Terry Allen
drive to the game, it should be no *
problem for the Tigers . . . Clemson,
34-10.
NEW MEXICO ST. AT NO.
15 OKLAHOMA: Since you
can't watch it on TV, you'll have
to imagine what this Sooner rout
was like . . . Oklahoma, 45-6.
BALL ST. AT NO. 17 WEST
VIRGINIA: Major Harris begins
his bid to win the Heisman Trophy
. . . West Virginia, 38-7.
STANFORD AT NO. 18 ARIZONA:
The unpredictable Wildcat
offense should have no problems
dealing with Stanford . . .
Arizona, 24-10.
NO. 19 BYU AT NEW MEXICO:
Ty Detmer is the next Cougar
to try to extend their long line
of vintage quarterbacks, but
BYU's defense may be their best
weapon . .. BYU, 42-10.
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