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Williams shatters si
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decathalon record
USC track star Phillipe Williams ^
continued his outstanding season tf
over the weekend at the Mt. SAC h
Relays in Walnut, Calif.
Williams finished second in the
decathalon while shattering the ri
USC school record. Williams fin- j
ished with 7,598 points, surpassing
Wade Brantley's 7,406 points in
1988. He also became an automa- v
tic qualifier for the NCAA Track C(
and Field Outdoor Championships P
to be held May 30-June 2 in Dur- "
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utner uamecocK penormers
were Darren Davis, whose pole k
vault of 16' 4 3/4" was a personal *(
record. The 4 X 100 and 4 X 400 n
relay teams also turned in their ^
best times of the season. The 4 X
100 team of Robert Brooks, Nigel
Stoddart, David Arnold and Chris
Love finished in fourth in their
section with a time of 40.84.
The Gamecocks and Lady
Gamecocks will be in action on
Saturday as they host the Gamecock
Invitational at the Weems Baskin
Track on the USC campus.
The event begins at 9 a.m.
Williams named
player of the week
USC junior pitcher/outfielder
Brian Williams was named the
Coppertone National Player of the
Week by Collegiate Baseball
magazine.
Williams came within three outs
of pitching a no-hitter last week
against Georgia Tech, the 12thranlwl
ttvtm in thft rmintrv
WiHiams, who is from Fort
Lawn, S.C., was a pre-season AllAmerica
pick and struck out 13
batters in that contest. It was his
second career start and second
two-hitter against Tech.
Softball team wins
two in Chattanooga
The Lady Gamecock softball
team won two and lost one game
in the partial Chattanooga Tournament
Friday. The remainder of the
toumey was cancelled due to rain.
USC crushed Furman 11-2 in
their first game as Dawn Lantiere
was 4-for-5 from the plate with a
triple and an RBI.
The Lady Gamecocks blanked
Georgia State next 2-0. Angie Lear
was the winning pitcher, improving
her record to 26-11. Lear's
season ERA is .82.
USC lost its final game of the
day to Northwest Louisiana by a
3-2 score.
USC's record is now 45-12.
Next action is today as the Lady
Gamecocks will meet Furman in a
doubleheader. The first game begins
at 3 p.m. at the Lady Gamecock
Field. A free trip to Myrtle
Beach will also be given away
during the doubleheader.
Golfers finish 11th
in last tournament
The USC men's golf team finished
the regular season this
weekend as they placed 11th in the
Bank South Eagle Invitational
Tournament, played in Savannah,
Ga.
The Gamecocks, who finished
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by junior Brett Quigley, who finished
in a tie for seventh place.
Quigley's scores were 72-69-72
for a tournament total of 213.
Senior Rick Williams, in his last
tournament appearance as a Gamecock,
finished in a tie for 28th
place with scores of 70-77-72 for a
total of 219.
USC looks toward
Metro and NCAAs
The Lady Gamecock golf team
finished in fourth place at the
Woodbridge Collegiate Tournament
at the Woodbridge Golf Club
in Kings Mountain, N.C.
USC improved their chances to
go to the NCAA Championships in
May by finishing ahead of Furman,
Kentucky and Duke, who
were all ranked ahead of the Lady
Gamecocks.
Sophomore Debbie Eckroth
once again led the way for the
Gamecocks, finishing in a tie for
seventh place with a total of 229.
The Metro Championships begin
May 4 in Destin, Fla. at the Sand
Destin Resort. USC will play host
to the NCAA tournament May
23-26 at the Arthur Hills Golf
Cpurse on Hilton Head Island.
Pep Talk Continu<
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5n W. agwm t Tee and Wagonner 6-3, 6-3 while
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win another Uon CuUk and Wicsc lcamc^up
,exS' ? , to defeat FSU's Ivy and Webster
, L.A. is atop the 5-76163
in DC June. My aaa. The Lady Gamecocks regular
scball fan who ig- season record now surnds at 17-5.
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