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Gamecc Poor free throw shot missing players hurt By TIM THORSEN Staff Writer Can it get any worse? USC's basketball team entered M; for its contest with the Mercer Bears 1 pick up a rare road win and some n for their battle with Arkansas Saturday Instead, the Gamecocks left the Ma seum wondering what else could go u season that has quickly turned into a d USC lost, 61-59, in a game typif; season to this point. With 4:39 left t the game, the Gamecocks held a 57 They would not score another basket field the rest of the game. Mercer wen run in the last 4:39 to claim the victor) Things won t get any easier tor the must now travel to Barnhill Arena a the 11th ranked Razorbacks. Folkr game, USC plays host to junior center O'Neal and his LSU Tigers next Wedr Hopefully, senior guard Jo Jo Engli healthy enough to play. Without En Gamecocks leading scorer is senior gu Manning, who averages just nine p game. Swimmers for Olymp at SEC coi By CHAD BRAY Sports Editor Two Gamecock swimmers qualified for the Olympic trials in March at the Southeastern Conference championships this past weekend. Senior captain Brent Mathers and junior All-America Anne Marie Wozniak qualified for the t_ i _ vyijuupic llldlS 111 UlUiaildpUllS, Ind. March 1-6. Mathers qualified with a fourth place finish in the men's 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2:06.10. The men's swim team came in fifth overall in the SEC championships in Tuscaloosa, Ala. with 451 points. The team beat out Auburn, LSU, Arkansas and Kentucky. Sophomore All-America captain Rik Leishman qualified for the NCAA championships with a second place finish in the men's 100-meter butterfly with a time of:54.50. Senior All-America captain Mark Smith posted two third place finishes in the men's 100and 200-meter breaststroke with times of 1:05 and 2:21.08. Other scorers included junior Jeff Palm with a fourth place finish in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:58.82 and sophomore Drew Ruggieri with a fourth place finish in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:06.19. The women's swim team came in sixth at the championship. They placed over LSU, Arkansas, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Wozinak scored in three events, including a fourth place finish in the women's 50-meter jPj The Sui :H FEATL P| 14 WOLF ISl OPEN 7 DA> BMon. - Thur: Friday 6am Saturday 9a Sunday 12 *NO APPOINTMEN JX 1 month unlimited $4 *USC Stud mmm *Only 5 minutes GREAT P 794-J ^103-^12thStreet-l2thStr >cks dro S, The presence of Engl . the closing minutes of leam cocks had no one to tur on the line. The loss dropped the the year. It was the si: the Gamecocks, as well aeon, Ga. tive road defeat, looking to lomentum The Gamecocks last home against Georgia, icon Coli- josl njne out 0f iast /rong in a ginning the season with isaster. ying their As usual, poor free o play in buted to the Gamecoc -52 edge. entered the game shoot from the which is last in the S t on a 9-2 The Gamecocks show f- from the charity stripe club, as it hit on au five free thro\ ind tackle wing that Unfortunately, they Shaquille shooting 62 percent, af lesday. of 11 free throws in th< sh will be five minutes, with the glish, the Gamecocks made but V ard Barry With six seconds left i >oints per guard Jamie Watson n would have tied the gar > qualify tic trials mpetition freestyle with a time of 26.64 and an 11th place finish in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 58.84. Junior Marci Iddings took a seventh place finish in the wo ents Only* V _vj H from campus* iW> ARKING! luffed SWf {461 IS! H eetPlaza^VestCofumbia trail men s tuu-meter Dreaststrotce with a time of 1:16.17 and a 13th place finish in the women's 200-meter breaslstroke. Freshman Sara Henninger finished ninth in the women's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:43. Other finishes included an 11th place finish by junior Christy Albert in the women's 100-meter backstroke, a 12th place finish by freshman Kristin Grant in the women's 200-meter breaststroke, a 12th place finish by junior All-America Leah Land in the women's 400-meter indivirlnol ai > n 1 7 fL t-?l a/>a uuai a ijui yidtv union by junior Lauren Halligan in the women's 1500-meter freestyle and a 16th place finish by freshman Sheri Bums in the women's 200-meter breaststroke. Also, the men's and women's diving teams came in second behind LSU at the SEC diving championship on Tuesday. Sophomore All-America Matt Borman came in second in the men's 1-meter and third in the men's 3-meter. Freshman Chris Gregory came in fourth in the men's 1-meter and eighth in the men's 3-meter. For the women, freshman Vivian Alberty posted a third place finish in the women's 1-meter and a first place finish in the women's 3-meter. Sophomore Julianne Bauer took a sixth place finish in the women's 1-meter and a fourth place finish in the women's 3-meter. i Salon j|9 JRING FSj F BEDS Egg (S A WEEK jg&| s. 6am to 2am jrjM to10pm jaggl im to 8pm I ygjfl to 8pm [ jjjgP TS NECESSARY* p sixth a; ish was sorely missed in I m ve the game, as the Game- ning. I CO n to when the game was Cause he virus tha percent." Gamecocks to 10-10 for tth consecutive loss for I as their sixth consecu Manning a test, as he wa won a game Jan. 18 at caused by a ; South Carolina has now age to play 3' 11 games, this after be- points, an 8-1 record. "I'm very ] -throw shooting contri- [uiate his effo ks loss. South Carolina virus lhat lef, ing a meager 60 percent, cock hcad co. outheastern Conference. -phe icacjin ed some signs of hope once again s in the first half, as they ston scored' v vs they attempted. high n rebo still finished the game chlPPed in v ter making only five out w 1 c junior 5 second half. In the last P?ints and Sra game on the line, the wo of five from the line. "I think 01 in the game, sophomore them to do. T lissed a free throw that The 61 point* ne. fensive job," I Gamecocks with year-1 By TIM THORSEN Staff Writer The upcoming Gamecock football season may be one of the most exciting in recent history. Not only will the Gamecocks be celebrating entry into the premier football conference in America, the Southeastern Conference, but USC will also commemorate its 100th year of collegiate football with a year-long celebration for the players, former players and fans. n "The entrv into the most com- 1 petetive collegiate football conference in America and the obser- v vance of 100 years of football will e make for an exciting year in tl 1992," Athletic Director King Dixon said. ai The university unveiled plans rr Monday for some of the festivities k which will be a part of the U celebration. These festivities include inviting p back all former players for the st Spring Game April 11, marketing b a 45- to 55-minute video of foot- cc ball highlights, holding a gala din- v< Former Soviet By The Associated Press rr Unified Team athletes captured tr two of the first three medals ever al awarded in the women's biathlon today. Anfissa Reztsova won the 7.5-kilometer race, Antje Misers- ^ kay of Germany took the silver 11 medal and Elena Belova of the Unified Team claimed the bronze. Blair, America's quadrennial c* t\t sweetheart, helped erase the disappointment of some early letdowns * and ensured that the U.S. team has sc a golden opportunity to surpass its w 1988 total of six medals, including ^ two gold. sc "This is great for her and great for us," said Mike Moran, spokes- ^ man for the U.S. Olympic Com- m F.N. 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Senior forward Chris Le 1 in ?i nui ij puiuid anu 1W ICUUUIlt forward Troy McKoy tallied ibbed five boards. ir guys did everything we ask< hey certainly gave it all they ha > that we allowed is a decent d Newton said. > enter 1C ong celet er and selecting two All-Tirr 'earns. Fans and formal players als /ill be honored during speci; vents surrounding home games i le fall. "We intend to have events th; re enjoyable to our students, fo; ler players and the Gamecock' jgendary cadre of loyal fans, 'SC president John Palms said. Tatum Gressette, captain of th 921 team, and Sterling Sharp( ar wide receiver for the Gree ay Packers as well as a Game )ck great from 1983 to 1987, ur siled a special logo for th s take two r whirh rpinnlwl itc Hlumni aining program in embarrassmer t the poor showing in Calgar )ur years ago. "It lifted a lot of apprehension, loran said. "We think we're o ack now." Apparently taking the cue lyler slid her way into medal intention by completing two run 3wn the 5,905-foot luge track i minute, 34.023 seconds ? .19 sconds faster than teammate Tei illegar. Austrian sisters Doris an ngelika Neuner were first an jcond. Myler, although weakened b ie flu, is at least in position t atch the best previous America c Co., Inc. 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Items such as T-shirts, caps, swea? ters and mugs, as well as other al collectables bearing the logo will be available for purchase through the 100-year Committee, chaired by Columbia advertising executive and former sportswriter Don Barton. tll, ytv ,,, ,. ,, o al A commemorative painting has in been commissioned for the centennial, and it will be created by Ted Watts, a nationally known sports r_ artist, from Oswego, Kan. Watts is known for his paintings of former Gamecock captains that ie line the wall of the Captain's Hall at Williams-Brice Stadium. Comn memorative prints of the painting i- will be available to the public, i- Barton revealed plans to have all e former players enter the stadium to nedals in wome [C finish, sixth by Bonny Warner of u Palo Alto, Calif., at Calgary. Wary ner was 18th in today's competition. "Cammy's runs were very comn petitive," said assistant U.S. coach Claire Sherred. "She could jump up into the medals tomorrow with s two good runs." IS An international race jury re" jected a protest by the Italians and 5 Americans that the Austrians ' gained an unfair aerodynamic ad^ vantage from elastic pointing devices they wore in their boots to help keep their feet straight, y Strolz had taken the lead of the 0 Alpine combined this morning n "! $25 Eye Are your eye If so, bring this < a $25 eye exam (1 Limited to US ([Dr. Jeffrey C | 256-2004 ___C^tome |J Sweethe; Si Mylar & rubber helium fill< I Candy, favors & decorati< Ipf Gift tins filled with tasty trc k0@0|0|E ^ f^: jfejijlj^^Jf I ^PS^ ll |R|^ ^^^^^ pP6*^fc*e j|^53 ^? ? Fj|e photo lyed 37 minutes and had eight >' 61-59 loss to Mercer. season lotions I the music of "2001." The oldest Gamecock football team alumni will enter the stadium first, followed by more recent team alumni. "Fans should make plans now to attend the Spring Game. This is truly a once in a lifetime event. You will have an opportunity to meet and socialize with players no longer living in the Columbia area. After the game, the current squad and thb former' players will be available to visit with fans on the field," Dixon said. South Carolina's first game was a Christmas Eve 1892 battle with in-state rival Furman. USC played the game without a coach or a captain and was defeated in Charleston, 44-0. The team boarded the train home "slightly disfigured, but still in the ring ... It might have been worse," the campus magazine, the Carolinian, reported. >n's biathlon with the fastest time in the first of two slalom runs. World Cup leader Paul Accola of Switzerland, the favorite after Monday's downhill portion of the event, missed some gates and fell out of contention, and Monday's leader, Jan Einar Thorsen of Norway, was a whopping 6.4 seconds behind Strolz in the first slalom run. A.J. Kitt of Rochester, N.Y., was 10th after Monday but did not start in today's slalom because of a bone bruise on his right shin, sustained in Monday's competition. A U.S, ski team official said he is still expected to compete in the super-giant slalom on Sunday. Exam 1 is worth it? :oupon in for Regularly $40) C students. ... Magunt) trist 2640 Gervais St., Suite B j art Deals ed balloons 1 1235 Assembly St. 779-2290 J 1 block from the Capitol