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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
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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
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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
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freestyle with a time of 26.64
and an 11th place finish in the
100-meter freestyle with a time
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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
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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.
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Gamecocks
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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
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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*
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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
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Fans and formal players als
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"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(
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"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
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The logo, designed by USC student
Tom Simpson, will appear on
all official publications and will
adorn all commemorative items.
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
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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
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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."
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jected a protest by the Italians and
5 Americans that the Austrians
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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.
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