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Track team % staff writer JOE QUINN To be the best, you have to compete against the best. The South Carolina men's and women's track and field teams travel to Gainesville, Fla., this weekend for the ACC-SEC Challenge?which will feature five Top 15 teams for the men and five Top 15 teams for the women, including No. 1LSU. The meet pits the ACC's finest (North Carolina, Clemson, Florida State and Georgia tech) against the SEC's best (Auburn, Ole Miss, LSU, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia). 1 ^ South Carolina is currently ranked No. 3 on the men's side and No. 8 on the women's side by Trackwire. "We saw Tennessee and Kentucky the past ( two weeks so after this weekend we will have a better understanding of where we stand both in the i SEC and on the national level," USC head coach Curtis Frye said. "This is a good preview for us because this meet includes all the SEC heavies, with j the exception of Arkansas. "We will be able to see where we stack up. The j teams are coming together. I am proud of the progress i ^ we have made in just the past two weeks." ^ The two teams have combined for 13 NCAA automatic and provisional performances. In fact, three of their performances are currently No. 1 in the i ii. r j; Ik; CJJ teach lf yourself UlindrmtH f~ll IE 9 9 SSI99 W ? 8 9? WW VBiyP ^KKKKKJr''mHI in 24 hours Discover The Po * New Riders Ziff-Davis Press BooksCisco Press Adobe Press Macmillan Computer Put is an unlimited green rebate m; every book you purchase. The more Just find the computer book you ne ^ available in the bookstore, and ; a suggested retail No questions. No hassles. Hop over today ant r-^/V-7 ? \ uoRR"*1 * /L<?h??=.v3,sl_ ^ Copyright?-) 1997 Macmillan Computer Publishing US Lisa Misipeka -finished second at the NCAA Ir Championships last season at Indianapolis, Ind. 1 i ready fo: country?Terrance Trammell in the 55 meter h dies, Brad Snyder with the shot put and L Misipeka with the 20-pound weight. "We are looking pretty solid in a number of eas," Frye said. "I am pleased with the progr Corey Bridges has made. He is a more confidi sprinter, and adding Terrance Trammell to the i has helped. Marvin Watts is running more r ture and Brad Snyder certainly is a dominate f tor in the shot put. "On the women's side, I like what I've seer Tonique Williams this year. Tonique and Charma Howell will help us stay a top five team with f performances. Lisa Misipeka and Crystal Brov lee are the mainstays and have been perform: outstanding," Frye said. In the latest ranking from Trackwire, seve Gamecocks are ranked highly. In the 55 mete Bridges is ranked No. 2 in the nation, while Tra mell is ranked No. 8. Watts is ranked No. 2 in 1 800 meters, just 0.01 seconds off the leading tii Trammell is No. 1 in the 55 meter hurdles a Snyder is the top-ranked shot putter in the i tion. In the men's weight, Bert Sorin is ranked 1 5. On the women's side, Williams is ranked N< in the 400 meters. Kylene Nixon is No. 4 in the p vault while Crystal Brownlee is No. 5 in the si put In the weights, U I women are ranked fi I and second. Misipeki I fVio t/vn-ranlr<vt fVir/ru UHU uvp 1LUUILU Ulll Uf and Michelle Fourn competing at the V ginia Tech Invitatioi mances, while t women naa tnree i>vy automatic performan * and two provisioi - - ' marks. Special to The Gamecock ^ Women S wei| .door Track and Field throw, Mapefa wan event with a 1998 ( 3 riiJC PS f MM5 nsT miDi louiKir r ifiT wer. ruDLioniwu USSBm Waite Group Press sams.net Borland Press Red Hat Press fishing's hot new rebate progra ichine that puts money in your pocket books you buy, the more bucks you ge ied, follow the instructions on the reba you'll receive $10 back for every book \ . price of $14.99 and higher* Just clear solutions and money back. i send in for your $10 rebate! See store for rebate fo w Forms must be mailed by Feb) ^ I <S8lES33E Phone: 803/256-6666 Fax: 80c www.usc.bkstr.com A A Simon & Schuster Company The Publishing Operation ot Viacom. Inc * r Challenge lot ? L '' j-gt Special to The Gamecock lis Corey Bridges is ranked second in the ver nation in the 55 meters. ier legiate best of 69'7. Fournier threw 63'9 3/4 ? eslcj tablishing a new Canadian record. jr.' Bridges won the 60 meters with an NCAA pro.pi visional mark of 6.65. Trammell was the runner-up 3U^ in the 60 meters (6.74) and the 60 meter hurdles ,en (7.81). Both are NCAA provisional marks. ack On the women's side, Williams won the 400 meters with an NCAA provisional mark of 54.03. Ron e dena Barr was second in the 60 meters. er_ In the men's weight throw, Sorin threw 65'91/2 ^ ? breaking the track record. Sorin's mark is an jjr. NCAA automatic standard and a personal best, h e In the women's shot put, Brownlee won with a ^ 53'41/2 toss ? an NCAA provisional mark. Misipeka ^ placed second with a throw of 50'2 1/2 ? an iaj^ NCAA provisional mark. Snyder won the men's shot put with a mark of pht 63'7 3/4 ? an NCAA automatic mark. In the women's pole vault, Nixon won the event 01- with a vault of 10'6. Teammate Becky Studebaker was second. I P XZCA jvMfe WWWNKM ?-1 **??* - In ?M ~ v I I i Dm pur partner i Dapu tiorrf a !C ^ m for ' " """i? it back. _ ite form vith If you abc (A fin. wmmmmmmmmmmmmm?mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Th office of S, lSJ wit these issues yffl fa more in bSB at 7/ 1/252-0459 Singleton: Su] Souled Out a =i~ After spending a week or so^ in alcohol rehab, I returned to the liquor store to watch the 1 ''' ? ?J biggest shawn SINGLETON blowout of Singleton 3:16 the year. At least I thought I was going to watch the biggest blowout since the Pamela Lee tape. To paraphrase Ben Franklin, only three things are certain: death, the chances that the president will be involved in another sex scandal, and the NFC runs away with the Super Bowl. That is, until this past Sunday. This may have been the most exciting Super Bowl since my Giants beat Buffalo in 1991. Unless you were a Denver fan or some poor sentimental fool who wanted John Elway to finally win one, no one gave the jerks from the Mile High City a chance. Green Bay was a 12-point favorite in this game. They were the defending world champions. Combine this with ii. _ i.1. _ i. ai_ _ xmn i i 1 r? me iacis mat tne int u naa won id straight against the weaker AFC and that Elway was 0-3 in Super Bowls, losing by a combined total of 136-40, and you would think your money was safe, right? Hell no! Vince Lombardi must be doing the Bossanova in his grave right j now. It is so ironic that the trophy with his name on it would be lost by the team with whom he won the first two of these. The only really good thing about the game for me was Marilyn Manson killing Hanson and the Spice Girls during the halftime show. Green Bay ruined the party for the rest of the NFC. Their offensive line played like they all got jackknife power bombs from Kevin Nash. Brett Favre should go back to the painkillers; he UnHny pciiuillicu UCi/bCl . UUUC1 t U1UWU OilUUlU is yox TlOMSJi, CXACXl TO BE? 4 ' y Ml your partner not accept breaki t partner jealous and possessive u constantly putting you dim or m cause family and friends to be cone bout how your partner will react to 1 it /*/*.! . rtner have a history ot tigmg.u, '<%, L |;3p or bragging chit mistreating otk vemmtV . ? % J ? \-W\ V i:S - y | ^ -c^i^- TlOTlJUiAJlfimUlf Jim'/JlVJ" I' IT I -< vy ? % ir-inMmn ' ' ^ ^ ? | .* ^ -*WXW **??-? I) W 01 *Q|i9n8KtttlllMII0iMSbiMM*e? n check one or n ove, you may be busive relationsI exual Assault Services 2 jA srt /Vt/T rT//l/z?V?/-y? /7?W . yv LiLiii/uf viviciii,c yivi formation call Jennie or r7-8248 by f 6., per Bowl, nd students start dating Jenny Craig, and Reggie White gave a performance as The Invisible Man that H.G. Wells would have been proud of. Lay off the Chunky Soup, Reggie. Memo to all Washinton Redskins fans: the monkey is finally off your backs i.1 l i._ 1.1 i i. ? n mamts to tne cneesegraiers irom Denver. * However, in fairness to the victors, let me congratulate John Elway. After 15 years of getting the Heimlich Maneuver in big games, he finally got a piece of the championship pie that he could swallow. This was his Holy Grail; and just when you thought he had nothing left, he found enough heart left to win it all. Enjoy it, John. You've waited long enough. It is now time for me to move away from one football team to just a bunch of lazy students. I'm not even going to introduce the idiot award for there are i . ill. T i 1 ioo many 01 you out mere, instead, you idiots will feel the full wrath of Singleton 3:16. Word is more thanl,200 tickets available for Wednesday's game against Florida and 1,000 tickets available for 17th-ranked Cincinnati on Saturday. This is a real shame, people. All I heard during football season was how you students were waiting for basketball season because the football team was had a bad season. Now you have the chance to get back what you're pay ing in activity fees, and you're not picking up the tickets. This is not right. Save that attitude for the easy skins you try to hit at Tallyho. Support this team. This is your team so leave the apathy to the rednecks at Clem Tech. I don't want to have to say this again. ! > ! 7<r? ^ r if DUT J I ;ip 'ng up? ~ 'F w/irds wut ' ?r ru ^ r?? * -X'king you fed inferior! J * . , i"??? mied about pr safety? *"" ? .. *"* things p say or k 11 i ? icontwlmc ma, |ffl JjWIIIIIM l"" """"' tifij ... nr i i i i lore of the i in a up. i * i mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm S1CC IStlCslO iADDiDHAHVO up is forming now. Mary Ann 1998.