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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
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or another season of competition and
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chedule with a September 15th date .
gainst Western Carolina at home Home ^ j
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very Friday on P.E. Field "B", between a ^
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a sports team, this team also
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besides the comparatively unusual
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dpment, and pay for their own travxpenses,"
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sport, the team does not receive
type of funding that any of the othnajor
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