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Coons, Misip By JIMMY DeBUTTS Assistant Sports Editor With two members of the USC wome track and field team provisionally qualified the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Boi Idaho, to be held June 1-5, team members the team is their second family. In only its second year in existence at U! the women's team has made its mark in c lege track and field. Freshman Lisa MLsipt provisionally qualified for the NCAAs with 1 Gamecock Invitational record in the disc She also holds the USC record for the si put with a throw of 50-10 1/4. The throw ca ified her for the USATF Outdoor Cham onships to be held June 16-18 in Knoxvil Tenn. Junior Leslie Coons set a new mark in t if t iw? ,, f niiiii I r7F7riirr^Bnl^^^^^^F ^ Leslie Coons, Marcia Chmura and Lisa Misip Kuj> if $A MltflRj MWw on c? your coLauraAboe* Acco Felissa Catter Guy Evang Joel good Keith Hoffi fipnroia Mpoarlrncnc A Casey Munn Lisa Nu Regina Phelps t. Heather Ricard Acco Lynn Z\ Brent Caulder CSC1 Shannon Wingard Accountin] Sylvia Cantj Maria Carter A Georgette Karen LaPoint Accc T Irn a A I L/isa mat ici t Jarrod R< Lisa Scholl Jackie Symonds ft. Karl Han Lee Mi Tracy F Kirsten Schultz ?v:.- - reier iuh Beverly Marcus Bo Michael Sunil E Jagroop D Melinda Gannt? Renee Ha Kevin Hamm Timothy Henke IV Matthew Steven Mirabell Joseph ft David Shirley 1 Sara Smil eka, Chmura lead hammer at the Gamecock Invitational with a A throw of 173-6. She also bettered the NCAA clas Provisional record in the discus with a throw as a tor of 160-10, placing second behind Misipcka. "1 Misipeka, a California native, said she big ' doesn't think about breaking records when she StflV 1 she competes. F "I just throw my hardest and whatever Dee i' comes with it comes," she said. "My only goal evei is to throw the best I can, and as long as I throw my hardest, I'm satisfied." get! ier Track and Field magazine picked Coons to er," us- finish fourth in the nationals. Coons, a native that lot from Poway, Calif., transferred from San Diego M >al* Mesa Junior College last year. toir ni. Ck., ? All ccr 1 All a : t r> jiil was an 7ui-jll, anu mw\uienLau ca.ii- iu d le, didate in the throwing events coming into the as a 1993-94 season. This year's nationals will be SI he the third Coons will participate in. tear S-:" * " iitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiifii^ k J9R 9k l|HH9| $112 - ' '' ' * eka will compete in the NCAA Outdoor Championships Jun 1 f*. frm fr [>. mmnAMj u uuuigvi ompleting | op experien unting McKesson Drug Company Finance McKissick Museum ;elista MBA Allied Fibers Accounting IBM & JEDA man MIS IBM & RBMG accounting USC Education Foundation Finance 9 Kinard Mortgage ssler Finance RBMG Accounting Dooley Richards Inc. unting9 ATT&T Global Info. 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ChemE US Dept. of Energy th* Civil Virginia Power Lady Gamecock lthough she is one of a handful of upper- "I wa smen on the team, she doesn't see herself peting,' leader. it's alw; [ really don't lead them, but I have been in phone ? meets before and know what to expect," Chmi said. team an reshman Marcia Chmura, from South She alsc rfield, Mass., said the team does just about name fc rything together. "I ha\ We practice six days a week, we live to- name fc ler, there's no getting away from each oth- plays pr Chmura said. "We study separately, but to be kr 's about it." Coon lisipeka said that her individual goal was in Califc nprove quickly and that the team goal was "My c uild a successful program. Her main goal She is 3 student-athlete is to get her degree. Coons ! ie also said the best part of being on the everyday i was sharing her success with her family. She S2 :|Hr SBF "i ^ 'f ^':.-.^^Bm^y WB /}?',: ' i * I! I .* ' ^ 1 ;''-;, ' '! ie 1-5 in Boise, Idaho. The Gamecock women's track \ | 5 guys 4 leg j B Yoi nniunnni rnurn rtiTrmiiiiiiriiT poii i nnnniiPTinn rwM! run tiiiMiiuli ma mumi iSlilHDHDwUiEHKIS ses-M^HIIHiiail WTWICTBP 1 faygf UNDER 17 REQUIRES ACCOMPANYING 1 flillll PARENT OR RDULT GUARDIAN | ^ UUUll THE BEAT IS C OPI s to NCAA Chi nt to keep having fun while I'm com- field ' she said. "After I throw really good, bette tys exciting to go straight to the tele- ?j ind call home." coulc ira said she liked the closeness of the ^ ^ d that being on the team is rewarding. > said the team is her way of making a >r herself in her large family. set a re five brothers and I want to make a "I < >r myself," Chmura said. "My brother said.' ofessional football, and I didn't want I mer ic k?c cictPi* (hit mo ? IV/ TV 11 no 1IIO OlOlVt, UlOi U11VVO 111V. JUSt n s said that her parents and her coach ys, >rnia support her and keep her going, oach at home inspires me the most. imPr< 2 years old and still throws the shot," Petinl said. "I see what she goes through a tear y and she keeps going." , "T1 Lid the worst part of being a track and We're %^#ij 5; ' ri S| IT1? mh 1 ^ and field team is in its second year. Give the gift of life, Give blood! American Red Cross South Carolina Regional Blood Services *** JK **' Bft. jjj^B ^5 r ackB i know the music, but only I km SCIiA/lOllEflEll/nwflliNni X [i viiLuin mil iuii imhui uuuli ii uliiiui i i inn 11 iluuii b? mniini MiHll SII1M ^llll IUIIU1 SOI! HIS Ml! II rf|>iBiitfflis| O? M 1 * 1 ( _J All Rights R OMING TO A TMEAT ENS THIS FRIDA impionships athlete is knowing you could have donje r after a meet is over, he worst part is when you know yo^i 1 have thrown harder," Coons said, "itjs iggest disappointment." , ! mura said she didn't realize that she ha)d record in the javelin throw, lidn't think about a record at all," shje 'I didn't even know what the record wa$. itally prepare myself before I throw. Itjs ne and my javelin when I'm out there J" i and Marcia said they just want to keej) ?ving in their next three years of ccm} g. They said they expect to get closer 3s 11 as they improve. le unity of the team is the best par(. a family," Misipeka said. ^ ? * it Photos courtesy of USC Sports Informatto, b $ I K Take the Keys. Call a Cab. Take a Stand. Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk. ^ iends 1 band Ep i < i EAT lialf the story. : * IIEIIIDIflWmM | UMiMMMiJiie uifotm nuiiii in us ?ioucEg ft uun nHJ phbocei thul wvmn i 4 PoiyGram Filmproduktion GmbH. J eserved. A Gramercy Pictures Release. CRA^E^CY ; RE NEAR YOU!< iY j ?