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12 Athletics de] fills two coa RYAN WILSON Sports Editor In a effort to fill some key coaching vacancies, the USC athletics department announced the hiring of two coaches Thursday, Aug. 24. The athletics department named Beth Harrell as the new women's swimming coach and Mark Linden as an assistant baseball coach, effective immediately. Harrell, a 21-time NCAA All-American who lead N. C. State to unprecedented success as its interim head men's and women's swim coach last season, was hired to replace Kelly Parker, who left this earlier this summer to enter private business. "We're excited about Beth joining our staff. She brings a competitive background, experience and spirit to the program," said Senior Women's Administrator Laurie Massa. "We feel she has the ability to motivate our student-athletes to reach an even higher level in the pool and the classroom." A native Alexandria, Va., Harrell was appointed to her most recent post in Nov. 1994 and proceeded to lead over 85% of the Wolfpack men's and women's swimmers to lifetime best times. Harrell led the men's squad to a first place finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference and a 13-2 overall record. One of Harrell's pupils, Carlos Santander, was ranked in the nation's Top 25 in three different events last season. Harrell served as an assistant coach for both men's and women's programs for three months prior to being named to the interim head coaching post. Harrell is a 1982 graduate of N. C. State with a bachelor's degree in sociology. She was the co-captain of women's swimming team and led the Wolfpack to a combined record of 36-4 in her four years, including a 13-0 fcark her senior season. Harrell participated in the World University Games in Sofia, Bulgaria her freshman season and at one time she held back the American record in the 200 freestyle relay. She is the current Masters Swimming World Record holder in the 50 and 100 meter butterfly. After her graduation in 1982, Harrell coached age group swimming at the Just a fraction of our tin could help bring mar It's so easy to help your W community, when you think W about it. * Millions of people have w helped make five percent of their incomes and what vou-get back is ii Cock-a-doodle. you. I Top Ten Ri Visit the G 10. To see what Redd is w 9. To catch up on the late 8 Dr? vmi nppH rhnnop9 w. ? v, ;vU 7. It's better than walkin 6. Anyone for a game of 5. Great up-to-date musi 4. Better than going to G 3. The best place on cam 2. The best place on cam 1. The Gameroom is just 1 Fall Businej Mon-Fri 9; Weekends 2 Located on the second floe partment | ching spots Raleigh Swim Association for one year before entering private business. She returned to coaching and began her own team in the Winston-Salem area in 1992. Harrell was the founder and owner d;,.Ar?i?k ~ ui tiic x lcuinuiit nijuaLii uuu, a jfcairound competitive swimming and diving age group program in the North Carolina triad area Harrell remained there j until being named assistant coach at N. C. State in August,1994. Linden, a Seattle, Wash, native who | will work with infielders and outfield- I ers, comes to Carolina from Wichita State | . University, where he worked the past | two seasons under the tutelage of coach 1 Gene Stephenson. The Shockers host- f ed the NCAA Midwest Regional both | seasons Linden was there, winning the ( Missouri Valley Conference both years. f Three of Linden's pupils were draft- I ed in the 1994 and *95 Major League Baseball draft, with all three picking up f All-America honors. "Marie is a y6ung and very energetic person who comes from a great program. I think Gene Stephenson is one of the | best coaches in the country," head USC coach June Raines said. "He brings a lot | with him, having played college and pro- 1 fessional baseball and having coached I at various levels. Mark has a real good knowledge of the game and some good ideas that we will be able to take advantage of." L Linden graduated from Whitworth College in 1991, with a degree in Busi- |y ness Management While at Whitworth, Linden played shortstop and centerfield for the Pirates, earning all-league hon ors his junior and senior years. He also picked up NAIA All-America honors in I football and was named the league's MVP his senior year as a running back, p Linden was drafted by the Chicago Cubs and played in their minor league system in 1989 and *90. Prior to working with Wichita State, ^ Linden was a player-coach with the P Cardiff Mets, a semi-professional football team in Cardiff, Wales. He also s played football for two years at the Uni- a versity of British Columbia. S linden replaced John Sullivan, who e resigned earlier this summer to go into t private business. 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Coach Puckett ft n 3 also excited about the amount of taint on the team. rou "We've got a great core of vets," he has aid, "we only lost 3 or 4 players from ing ast year and we picked up about 10 new nat ilayers who have had prior playing exterience. We also have a lot of guys with equ peed and size." el e Concerning the sport itself, the coach- var s are hoping the fans will come out for the he games in spite of some ignorant mis- er r onceptions about Rugby. Puckett put the Lifetim* I That's wh; |f w For more inform a I ITS " * - - ' .v: ' ' " II MHBIiHl : .* S V <>: - SWWM&MjA '? ??: ;; wmmmm *1, ........ .... ^; I ..:: ':: ..,/ >. % Is ......^W: li . Jjjy , 'r * ' _ ' '' ,::: 'V , iefore practica Tuesday on Practice Fiel prepares lis way, "Everyone has this miscontion about Rugby, but it's really a iking man's game. Ifs 80 minutes of i-stop action." Assistant coach Howard Hunt was a adamant about clearing up misceptions. "You get more serious inp? in fnnthall" be said "we bave rules tugby which prevent most serious ines. Even if someone gets cut, itfs not ig deal, they can get back in it in no e, unlike a knee injury in football." Hunt, who has been playing since he 3 a junior in high school, was clear ut the physical strength required to y Rugby. ^Endurance is the most imtant," he said, "out of soccer or footl, the transition is easiest for the socplayer, because he is used to the nonp running in the 40 minute halves, ever stops, it requires a lot of strength." Outside of all the usual issues surnding a sports team, this team also i unusual circumstances surroundit, besides the comparatively unusual ure of the sport itself. "Most of these players buy their own dpment, and pay for their own travxpenses," Hunt remarked. As a "nonsity" sport, the team does not receive type of funding that any of the othnajor teams at USC get. Even though team er\joys only "club" status, they mmm mmm e decisio ie made i y we are givi] Fraterni Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Tau Omega Beta Theta Pi Chi Psi Delta Tau Delta Delta (Jpsiion Kappa Alpha Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Sigma Lamba Chi Alpha Fraternity rednesday (Aug.30), 5-9 I Open Rush - M< Tuesday (Sept. Closed Thursday (Sept Friday (Sept.! tion, please contact the Frate i % * i dF. to tackle ne RuabvCalend | Sep. 15 Western Care ? Sep. 29 Olde Boys (Al p:;0d,:7;l|CitaderHII S Oct. 20 Old Grey : Oct; 281 State ToUrnaf: ; Nov. 4 a work out and train just as hard as any other USC team. The coaching staff is ar currently working to petition the uni- Ci versity for more support; but in the mean- on time, it is their determination merely to co play the sport they love that would put pli the pride back into amateur athletics in Ti the U.S. Fi ns should in a rush. ng you an entir< Ity Rush ' Omega Psi Phi Phi Beta Sigma Phi Delta Theta Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Phi Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Chi Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Tau Kappa Epsilon r Forum s 11 T T An r aissen House room zuo cBryde Quad 5), 8-1 lpm Rush . 7), 8-10pm 3), 8- 10pm mity Council Office at 777-5059 or Wednesday, August 30,1995 w ~ A . -??. ^yTWBL -f - * m ~j*r.9,:rr. |$ ? - w ' :"s , , liS * . . - * HMmy . 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