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Friday, February 20,1998
Brad Snyc
Snyder, Bronmlee and the
| rest of the Gamecock track
and field team can be seen
this weekend when they host
the Gamecock Invitational,
asst. sports editor NATHAN BROWN
If s impressive that the USC men's
and women's track and field teams are
ranked No. 2 and No. 6 respectively in
the nation.
While Carolina's rankings are no^
table, the Gamecocks throwing duo of
P Brad Snyder and Crystal Brownlee are
just down right amazing.
These two towers of throwing power
dominate the SEC and recently
cleaned house at the Husker Invitational.
Snyder threw a new school record
and an automatic NCAA qualifying
toss of 65 feet 11 inches, while Brownlee
improved her season-best and automatic
qualification to 55 feet four^
and-one-quarter inches.
W Being two of the best throwers in
the nation, Brownlee and Snyder have
learned quite a bit from one another
and have developed a reciprocal relationship
where they help each other to
improve.
"Brad is a great competitor," Brownlee
said "He's been doiner this for a
while. He's an Olympic athlete. So even
practicing with him, you get a good feel
for how to be one of the best competi^
tors because thafs what he is. [With
him] ranked No. 1 in the country,
you can't have a better person to work
out with."
Snyder also views Brownlee as a
helpful asset to his training.
"Crystal is older than I am," Snyder
said. "[Ifs nice] to have someone
with the experience that she has. She's
been as many places as I have. Even
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the best throwers in college athletic
the nation in the shot put. Brownl
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though she's not a guy, ifs like training
with an equal.
"We drive each other and push each
other. It's definitely ft bonus to have
her around."
Both of these tremendous athletes
have enjoyed multitudes of success.
Brownlee is a five-time All-American,
three-time SEC Champion and
participant of the World University
Games.
She holds the SEC outdoor shot put
record and the indoor and outdoor
school record.
Not only can she throw the shot put
a long way, but she also can throw out
the right answers in class, which led
to her being named to the SEC Academic
Honor Roll last year.
But Brownlee isn't satisfied with
what she's accomplished so far.
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"Last year, I broke the outdoor SEC
record, which was 14 years old. This
year, Fm hoping to better my mark anc
put it out there as far as I can
Maybe [my record] will last a little
longer."
Breaking records and having success
has been a regular occurrence foi
Snyder, as well.
Snyder is a three-time All-American,
three-time SEC Champion, a competitor
in the World University Games
and the World Championships, and ?
two-time team captain.
Most notably, Snyder represented
Canada in the 1996 Olympics. Last
week, Snyder was named National
Track and Field Athlete of the Week
Dy 1 racKwire magazine.
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and appears confident that he will.
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"Yes [my goal is to win the NCAAs].
The battle is already fought," Snyder
said. "I've trained harder than I have
in any other year. Staying uninjured
is the advantage that I've had this year
over last year. If I don't [win], if 11 be
a disappointment to me and hopefully
to other people. Since the beginning
of the year, that's all that I've thought
about. To be honest, I don't plan on losing
from this point on in my college career.
"The 2000 Olympics is obviously
one of my goals down the road. Ifs not
on ine iruni Dumer ngni now. i in mainly
worried about the NCAAs."
USC Head Coach Curtis Frye has
no worries about the performances of
Brownlee and Snyder.
"Brad is an outstanding competiI
tor," Frye said. "He has a wealth of
knowledge from his international ex- s
periences.
"He looks to be a national contender
; for a national championship. He's do[
ing well academically, and his strength
I levels are high. He can almost power
cling 500 pounds,
s "Crystal is a senior and an outstanding
student, a marine biologist.
She's leading the women in the throws.
She's heading in the right direction.
"These are two young people that
well continue to see over the years other
than just as Carolina graduates but
as some of America's future in athleti
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If you want to see these two phenomenal
athletes in action, come to
Carolina's Weems-Baskin track facility
behind the Roost.
The throwing competition begins
at 11 a.m. with the other events following
at noon in the fieldhouse.
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staff writer JOE QUINN
South Carolina diver Chad Sheldon
finished fifth in the one-meter diving
competition Thursday at the SEC
Championships in Gainesville, Fla. The
sophomore from Moultrie, Ga., scored
523.5 points, just .55 points behind
Williams to J
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WILLIAMS, continuedfrom page six
Fogler looked for something, anything
to get USC back in it. He called
on LeRon Williams.
Williams delivered. Williams' stats
in the final 4:30: seven points and five
rebounds.
If Williams isn't in the game in those
final frantic moments, the Gamecocks
lose to Florida.
Score tied at 70, less than a minute
left, Williams rebounds a missed Florida
shot Bj Mckie misses a jumper, Gallman
gets the rebound, at least he thinks
he does.
A mad scramble ensues after Gallman
is stripped of the ball, during which
Williams makes a sacrifice of Rodmanian
proportions, diving into the
seats, all the while bouncing the ball
off a Florida player's legs and giving
USC precious possession.
Then, Fogler calls a play that always
works and always has. It worked
last year, time and time again. It worked
this year, too. Game on the line, take
your pick: Mckie or Watson. Drive the
lane. Make an acrobatic circus shot or
draw foul. Game over.
Mckie, ever the chosen one, drives
and tosses up one of those off-balance,
impossible shots that everyone who
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fourth-place diver Paco Rivera of
Kentucky.
Sheldon finished in ninth place Sunday
in the the three-meter competition.
Sheldon, USCs top male diver all
season, set a school record earlier in the
season in the three-meter competition.
He also is a member of the SEC Academic
Honor Roll.
ace old team
me in Florida
knows anything about knows will go
in. But something strange, and almost
unprecedented, happens. With the game
hanging in the balance/Mckie's shot
circles the rim, drops off.
Then, sweet vindication within
~ his grasp, Williams rescues the ball
from its descent, slams it home, then
hangs on the rim for just an extra second,
likely to rub it in Donovan's face
just a bit more to give him something
extra to think about on the ride back.
After the Gators scored again to tie
it, another USC shot clanged off the
rim, this one Watson's, and Grant played
the hero, tipping the ball in with less
than a second left. But on this night,
Williams was the true hero, rescuing
s his team, surely himself, from a humiliating
defeat.
r Florida did everything to win that
night: 51.9 percent shooting, all the 3pointers
and a 12-point lead halfway
[ through the second half.
1 The Gators played a great game,
just not great enough. They couldn't res
bound, offensively or defensively. It'll
likely be the same story tomorrow. Perhaps
Donovan's players know what
i they're missing without Williams. They
needn't blame him-for leaving,
i For that, they can only blame coach.
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