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medal at the South Pacific Games, held ^
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;hrew the shot 50-5 1/4. Her Misipeka came as a
id was in the hammer, with a surprise. Misipeka brought
L-2. home a gold in the power
be hammer toss and the shot lifting event, an event she
South Pacific Games records, didnt think she could win.
"I wasn't expecting to
win," Misipeka said. "I was
just hoping to perform
well."
Misipeka added a
silver medal in the discus
with a toss of48.33 meters.
The woman who won
the discus has won it the
V. >? past seven years, so I was
I happy to win the silver,"
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Misipeka's gold medals
lit,, 1 were the first ever
1 American Samoa has won
at the South Pacific
Games.
Tm very proud to repres
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American Samoa and Misip
in California.
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said. "I knew she
had a chance to
win the hammer -km
and the shot put
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she works." iZLlh:
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Special to The Gamecock the only American Samoa
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Lisa Misipeka captured the silver medal in the
discus at the South Pacific Games.
only medals the governor handed out.
sent American "American Samoa is a great country
All-American with a lot of potential," Misipeka said,
rticipation in "They just don't have a lot of money and
er athletes in coaches."
:an Samoa." Judge said he happy for his pupil,
yas born in Tm really proud of Lisa. She has
eka was born worked so hard the past four years, lb
win three gold medals in her home
udge was in country must mean a lot to her," Judge
lames. said.
|P iHj The people treated me like
JB people in the States treat
Michael Jordan.
S Lisa Misipeka
k USC track athlete on winning three
gold medals in her native country
royalty after In other USC track news, Brad
Snyder, Crystal Brownlee and Dawn
e like people Ellerbe have been named to the World
ael Jordan," University Games teams for their
ke to me that respective countries,
but since I'm Snyder will throw the shot put for
to win a gold Canada, while Brownlee will throw the
really well." shot for the United States,
so well that Ellerbe, the five-time USATF hammer
can Samoa champion and four-time NCAA champion,
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