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Wednesday, April 15, 1992
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By AARON KNOWLTON
Staff Writer
The 1992 USC and Capital City
bodybuilding tournament drew a
capacity crowd this past Saturday
night at Booker T. Washington
auditorium.
"In the three years that I have
been involved in the bodybuilding
club this show was definitely the
best that we have had," said USC
Bodybuilding Club President
Lewis Lebus.
"The capacity crowd was a contributing
factor, but the fact that
the overall champions were
awarded with statue trophies for
the first time in several years gave
the competitors more incentive to
compete and train," he said.
In addition to a Mister and Miss
USC competitions, the tournament
consisted of six different divisions
of bodybuilding: teenage, masters,
novice, junior, female and open.
The divisions were split into
weight classes with the overall
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The softball team lost to Florida
Softball team
By ROB RODUSKY
Staff Writer
The South Carolina women's
softball team finished in second
place as they lost to 15th-ranked
Florida State 3-1 in the championship
game erf" the fifth annual
Tar Heel Invitational Sunday.
In Saturday's games, the Lady
Gamecocks notched a 2-1 win
over Coastal Carolina and .a 9-0
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By SEAN RYAN
Assistant Sports Editor
After two days of lackluster perfnrmonnAc
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golf team stormed back with a 299
final round total to capture seventh
place at the Woodbridge Invitational
in Kings Mountain, N.C.
Kentucky edged the North Carolina
Tar Heels by one stroke to
win the tournament. Following the
leaders were Texas and Duke in a
tie for third, Furman in fifth and
Florida in sixth. The Lady Gamecocks'
seventh-place finish was 13
strokes behind Kentucky.
Senior Debbie Eckroth posted a
three-day total of 227, which was
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The feature event of the night
for students was the Mr. USC any
competition. In the lightweight di- t0 h,
vision Kenny Wilson of Columbia ir
took the crown, while Bill Porter lw0
of Annadale, Va. claimed the mid- js ai
dleweight title. Epsi
Porter, a senior marketing ma- chap
jor, said his victory was the culmi- ^SS(
nation of four years of hard work GP/
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Porter started lifting weights to a 0)
improves his chances of making pen,
the Gamecock football team his hanc
freshman year. However, he h
started to enjoy bodybuilding and Sim
decided to focus his attention on lighi
the Mr. USC competition. fan
"I set the goal my freshman year char
to become Mr. USC and would often
look at the two second-place ir
trophies which I won in the tour- olde
nament my freshman and sopho- piec
more years for motivation to drive trop
me to my goal," Porter said.
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were junior outfielder Tanya S
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earn places 7th ?
good for a tie for 10th place. Eckroth
opened with a three-over par
75 in the first round, and followed
with rounds of 77 and 75.
Freshman Lea Bagwell finished I
two strokes behind Eckroth with a
total of 229 strokes. Her total secured
an 18th place finish. Senior I
Vikki Valentine struggled the first
two days of competition before firing
a team-low 73 on the final day. W
Valentine's strong finish put her in * A
24th place. \ A
ine Lady Gamecocks play this
weekend at the Southern Intercollegiate.
The tournament will be
held at the University of Georgia
course in Athens, Ga.
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Drter stressed he was drug-free
ughout his lifting career and
he would take a drug test at
time to prove his commitment
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i addition to lifting weights
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he Miss USC competition was
le woman show as Christine
3ws of Oak Ridge, Tenn. was
led the crown unopposed,
eavyweight champion Shane
mons of Easley, S.C. defeated I
[weight champion Bill Ray of
iden for the overall teenage
npionship.
1 the masters event for males
;r than 40, Willie Wooden of
lmont, S.C. won the first-place
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:ed up their third Southeastern
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