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^ South Carolina volleyball coach fr Kim Hudson and former player Heather Larkin travel to Italy for the Nike Tour. Wednesday, June 10,1998 Snyder, sports editor BRY AN JOHNSTON BUFFALO, N.Y. - The men's and women's track teams traveled to Buffalo, N.Y., for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and came away with two individual champions and several outstanding performances. Overall, the women's team finished seventh at the Championships while f the men placed 11th. Brad Snyder successfully defended his indoor championship in the shot put and Lisa MisiDeka ended her ca reer on a high note by capturing the hammer title. The Gamecocks saved their biggest guns in Snyder, Misipeka and Trammed for the final day. They didn't disappoint. The three combined for two first-place finishes and a close second forTrammell. * ^Hv \ X^flnK-x i Loren Thouvenot, from left, Mich* Crystal Brownlee all scored points at placed eighth at the NCAA Outdoor hammer while Misipeka won the ev< Men's golf staff writer MttHOH* ISAAC ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Unfortunatelv savinor itc umrcf fn-w loot J ?, *?u nuiov 1U1 IttObj I?11C ninth-ranked University of South Car olina men's golf team posted an eightover par 296 May 30 and finished in 11th place at the 101st NCAA Men's Golf Championships at the University of New Mexico Championship Course. Top-ranked UNLV had a scare _ lA. _ 1 1- -i- - t ' 1 * * on uie uaix nine, dui neid on tor a three stroke team victory an the par 72,7,151yard course. Carolina entered the fourth and final round Saturday tied for sixth place, ^ but fell to 11th after the final 18 holes w as it could not duplicate its performance from the first three rounds. Hie Game I L. Misipet Misipeka closed out her collegiate career with her second NCAA title of the year in the women's hammer. Misipeka's throw of 209-feet-4 broke former Carolina four-time NCAA cham? rv rn?mpa a ?i u.. piuii uawii miciuca nv^nn ictuiu uy two inches. Misipeka closed out her Carolina career with the most-ever AilAmerican honors,11 total. 1 wasn't relaxed," Misipeka said. "I was trying to throw too far. It all started yesterday. It took forever for it to come I thought I would have thrown 220 feet because Amy [Palmer of BYU] came in with a great throw. I couldn't find a happy medium between being tight and relaxed. It was cold and I was tight. "It's a thrill to win. I am happy to get the record and having Dawn here cheering me on to victory." JfFjBf Hp n aw f \r SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK elk Fournier, Lisa Misipcka and the SEC Championships. Fournier Championships in the women's int. finishes lit! cocks had never posted a sub-par team round in 27 tries in eight previous NCAA Championship appearances, but turned the trick in each of the first three rounds this year. Though USC shot an eight-over 296, Carolina finished the tournament with an impressive six-under par 1,146 score, crushing the previous school best of 1,170 (1984 in Houston, Tex.) by 24 strokes. This year's Gamecock squad, which features three underclassmen (two sophomores and one freshman), was not expected to make the championship cut this season, but became the fifth team in school history to play the final two rounds at college golfs premier event. WORT', The Gamecock [a claim The Temecula, Calif., native was unbeaten indoors (201b. weight) and outdoors (hammer). Misipeka, who won the SEC title three weeks ago, is currently No. 10 in the world in the hammer. Snyder remained unbeaten, indoors and outdoors, as he won his second NCAA title of the year. Snyder's throw of 64-feet-4 3/4 bested the competition by more than two teet. Snyder is just the sixth person in NCAA history to win the shot put indoors and outdoors. "I am pleased, but I should have thrown farther," Snyder said. "I just didn't feel intense enough. I am glad I won, though." Trammell nearly captured thellO meter hurdles title, but finished a close second at 13.41 to the only collegiate to beat him outdoors this year. Texas A&NFs Larry Wade, a fifth-year senior, won the title at 13.38. "I didn't feel like I ran my race," the freshman from Atlanta, Ga., said. I felt positive going into the race. I felt like my mechanics were ok, that I was turning over. But sometime along the race, things kind of got out of hand." On Wednesday, baring temperatures in the 50s and wind gusts up to 20 miles an hour, freshman Tanya Bovey placed seventh in the 10,000 meter final shattering her own school record by more than 36 seconds. "Tanya did a great job in the 10,000," USC head coach Curtis Frye said. "Those two points will help us out." Junior Erin Narzinski was in fourth nlarp sftpr thp first Hnv of thp tivrv-rJav heptathlon. Narzinski scored 3,379 points in the first day. Her marks included 110m hurdles (14.21), high jump (5-feet-5 3/4), shot put (39-feet-10 3/4), 200 meters (24.43). ti in nation Carolina's low scorer Saturday was its lone senior Jake Kransteuber, a native of Greenville, S.C., who fired an even-par /z ana nmsnea tne tournament tied for 29th place with a threeunder 285 tally. Hie 285 score ties Fred Wadsworth (1984 in Houston, Tex.) for the best four-round score by a Gamecock in the NCAA Championships. Kransteuber's first round 68 broke Wadsworth's 69 set twice in 1984, but that record stood just two days as Conway, S.C., native and sophomore Brent Roof posted a six-under 66 Friday to pace the Gamecocks. While disappointed with the final round performance, Head Coach PugGOLF page 11 02 B.J ^ the ^ 11a1 y the titles at 1 was pleased with my hurdle race, I was consistently fast," Narzinski said. "I was disappointed with the high jump because I felt really good today. The shot nut. wasn't, the hest. T tensed lin I ell's time of2:03.66. Howell was pushed 0 and spiked on the first lap and with P 300 meters to go she was in dead ^ last. She quickly picked off seven run- *ners to finish as the runner-up. It is the fifth race Howell has finished as the runner-up to Clark (four SEC races s and at the NCAA Outdoor meet). "It was so cold out there," Howell e said. "My legs got tired. At first it was ok, but after the first 200 meters, every Chicago a lc shawn SINGLETON Singleton H6 After a relatively long hiatus, 1 USCs Most Dangerous Man has come j out of retirement to resume his life t of crime for your reading pleasure, j The last few weeks have produced ( some eventful happenings in the t world of sports that are really starting to leave me quite perturbed. f With the NBA Finals going into Game 4 tonight in Chicago at 9, many j fans as well as most of the media have r already started crowning the Bulls . champions and with good reason. The 200?I am so confident with my speed right now. I finished up as strong as I could." Going into the final event of the grueling two-day heptathlon in third place, Narzinski couldn't hold on and finished fifth overall in the event The Saint Louis, Mo., native finished with 5,601 points, just 36 points out of third place. Narzinski's marks on the second day included 19-feet-9 I in the long jump, 123-feet-6 in the I javelin and 2:26.87 in the 800 meters. Senior Crystal Brownlee was seventh in the women's shot put with a toss of 55-feet-5. Brownlee picked up Vi op eivfVi All_ A mnmnon knnnr it* tKn UUi OlAUl i. Ul i U11V/1 lvau 11UUU1 ill UiC event. s "This was the best shot put com- s petition I have competed in at NCAAs," * Brownlee said. South Carolina picked up a run- t ner-up finish, two sixth places and an I eighth place in the third day of the t Championship. ^ Senior Charmaine Howell went out I in style, finishing as the runner-up in ^ the 800 meters. Hazel Clark, who t had to post a personal best of 2:02.16 t.n hold nff Hnwpll nnlv hpstpd How- c . says we are just 87 days away from ftamwnrks' first fnnthall ramp Caroli will play host to Ball State on Sept. 5 in season-openerPage 9 NCAAs SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK k>phomore Brad Snyder won the hot put competition, defending he title he won at the Indoor championships. ody started pushing and shoving, and got spiked so I dropped back to the iack. I knew I wasn't going to finish ast, but is was too late for me to win. just wanted to get to the front, to the inish. I am satisfied, especially with his weather." Snyder finished eighth in the disus with a toss of 187-feet-4, his secnd-best throw ever. Snyder had only iracticed the discus once since winling the event two weeks ago at the 1EC Championships because he had ieen concentrating on the shot put. *r ? ? ~i.. ~i ?J a 1 Oill CAUGIIlCiy piCil&CU, U1C YY I11U" or, Ontario, native said. "Pretty good erformance with my second-best throw ver." TRACK page 11 >ck for title They only have a shooting guard vno is worm $iu Diiiion to our econ)my, a small forward who could get lway with murder on the court, a wwer forward who skips practice to lang with pro wrestlers (not like hat's a bad thing), a genius of a coach o bring this all together and an own;r and general manager who want o DreaK mis ining up. The Chicago Bulls are the closist thing to a sure thing in sports. Not even Bill Goldberg can ompare to them. They are the perect combination of legends and -ole players molded into an unstop316 page 10