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Track and Field Dj
MIAMI, FLA. The
South Car- p,
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women's track W(
and field teams f0
opened the 1999 gj
outdoor season by
winnincr five and -x
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A j 10 events, respectively,-at
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the FIU/Lottery
TRAMMELL Track and Field ai
Invitational Saturday
in Miami, Fla. The men post- ^
ed three automatic and four provisional or
marks for the NCAA Championships,
while the women posted seven provi- ^
sional marks. f
The women broke the school record ^
in the 100 and 200-meter dashes, ^
the 100-meter hurdles, the 400 hur- sj,
dies, and the 4 x 100-meter relay. a
The Barber twins are at it again, ^
breaking the school record in their first 0f
tries in the 100 and 200 dashes.
Me'Lisa Barber won the 100 at u,
11.41 seconds, an NCAA provisional ro
mark. Twin sister Mikki was second ^
at 11.52, also an NCAA mark. ^
Later, the two switched places in gj
the 200, with Mikki posting an NCAA p?
provisional time of 22.99 seconds to ja
win the 200 and Me'Lisa finishing sec- w
ond at 23.16, another NCAA mark, g]
Ellakisha Williamson won the
women's 100 hurdles at 13.41 seconds,
an NCAA provisional mark and school
record. to
Char Foster was third at 13.61. to
Foster later won the women's 400 hur- a
dies at 57.89 seconds, an NCAA provisional
mark and school record. Taci- ^
ta Bass was second at 1:00.04. u:
The women's 4 x 100 relay team te
also qualified for the NCAA Champi- s?
onships with a win at 44.86 seconds, js
shattering the school record. The ai
women's 4 x 400 relay was also victo- t j
rious, at 3 minutes, 42 seconds. gj
USC women won all four throwing
events. Michelle Fournier won both W
the women's shot put with a toss of D<
13.78 meters and the hammer, at 58.44 dy
meters. pi;
Freshman Alana Robinson won the an
discus at 58.44 meters, and Candy po
Mitchell won the javelin, at 44.76 me- on
ters. On the men's side, Terrence Trammell
was third (the first collegiate) in ro
the 100 dash with an NCAA-automatic sti
performance of 10.18, defeating Fc
Olympian Jon Carter.
CJ Anderson won the men's 110- co
meter hurdles, at 14.15. The men's 4 a
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100 relay was first, at 39.48, and the Lotte
relay was second, at 39.74. Both qual- Lady
ed provisionally for the NCAA Cham- titior
onships.
Brad Snyder won the men's shot Swii
it at 19.03, an NCAA-automatic BAT
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r the NCAAs. Snyder was second at of th
1.16, an NCAA provisional mark. Frid?
Bert Sorin won the men's hammer onshi
; 61.84, an NCAA provisional mark. Ji
Jimmie Hackley was second in the overt
)0 dash, at 20.86. vanct
Carolina returns home Saturday adva
id Sunday to host its first meet of 494.9
le year, the Weems Baskin Sprint the n
elays. The NCAA Outdoor Champilships
are in Boise, Idaho, June 1-5. Men
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ALLAHASSEE, FLA. - The men's 4-3 1
>lf team survived a final-round charge Gam
r N.C. State to win the Seminole Clas- and ]
c by one shot. The Gamecocks shot No. 1
final round of 12-over par last No. 7
rednesday to go with their first round teent
'3-underpar. Mark
Kyle Thompson won the individ- Jouri
il title with a 1-over-par 73 for a two- doyo
und total of 2-under-par 142,. Thomp- A
m beat out Mark Gauley of N.C. State boa c
r one shot. Junior Eric Ecker finished Olof.
th with a twn-rnnnH total nf 2-nvpr- Chad
ir 146 (70-76). Seniors Mark Cata- nineno
and Stewart Ginn tied for sixth, Ii
ith a total of 147. Sophomores John Gam
loomfield and Lars Cederqvist shot Garni
>0 (73-77) and 154 (76-78), respec- patrii
yely. were
Originally slated for 54 holes, the and i
urnament was shortened to 36 after
rrential rain in the first round forced J^??1
two-hour delay.
"Our big guns, Eric Ecker and Kyle m0"1
bompson, are starting to put up the con ^
nd of numbers that give the entire
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am a mi/, tuatu x uggj xiiav.ruiiuu .
lid. "The good thing about our squad coc^}
our depth, as evidenced by Stew1
Ginn, who played as an individual as ?
lis week and finished tied for ma^
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3MINICAN REPUBLIC - The La- last
Gamecock golf team was in third In
ice out of 13 teams after the first won t
Ld second round of the Casa de Cam- the st
i Ladies Intercollegiate Champi- T1
ships. the tl
The Lady Gamecocks had a two- 7-1 oi
und score of 629 after Friday, five wasn
pokes behind leader Tennessee. Wake 5,6-4
irest was in second, with 628. C<
Top scorers for the Lady Game- Eich<
cks were junior Emma Lofgren, with Tama
two-round total of 157, and senior gles r
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ON ROUGE, LA. - Two Game- s
livers continued their hot streaks
iccessfully placing in the top 13 S
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onior Chad Sheldon finished 12th
ill with a score of 483.30 to adi,
while freshman Brandon Hulko
need with an overall score of
15. Stefan Ahrens of Miami won
leet, with a score of 576.30.
's Tennis
XVILLE, TN - The No. 11 men's
s team defeated No. 15 Tennessee 1
ast Friday. With the win, the F
ecocks improved to 8-4 overall
L-l in the SEC. In singles action, g
r0 Vladimir Pavicevic defeated h
6 Mark Parsons 7-5,6-1. Seven- t!
h-ranked Guillaume Legat beat s
: Way 6-2,6-1, and No. 83 Jerome
Ion defeated No. 12 Peter Han- h
7-6,6-4. g
lso for the Gamecocks, Juan Gamlefeated
A. Carey 2-6, 7-6, 6-1. a
Akesson, ranked No. 92, lost to o
[ Copenhaver 6-3,6-4, ending his b
match win streak. s
l doubles play, the team of Legat- o
boa was the lone winner for the t
ecocks, defeating Way-Mark Fitz- 1
:k 8-6. On the losing side for USC c
the teams of Jourdon-Pavicevic
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VEGAS, NEV. - On a windy
ing, the women's tennis squad
rned its perfect season by down- x
o. 26 BYU Friday, 8-1. The win
1 the 15th-ranked Lady Gameto
8-0 on the season. g
le victory didn't come as easily
i score indicated, as three singles t
les went three sets.
eshman Katarina Markovski, j
lg in the No. 1 spot, lost the first ^
5 before battling back to win the r
no 6-3 and 6-4, respectively. j
the No. 6 spot, Lynn-Yin Tan ^
he first set 6-1 before dropping
icond set 4-6. ^
le freshman would come back in t
lird set to win 6-4 to improve to '
i the season. Jennifer Radman
t as fortunate, dropping a 2-6,7decision.
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jlberger (6-3, 6-4) and No. 84 v
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In doubles, the teams of Markovs- /
i-Regnier, Radman-Mandy Carval- x
lo and Tan-Eichelberger each won
o put away the match. Carolina has et
to lose a doubles match in the spring ^
eason. ?
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urned home after 18 straight road be
?i games to split Lc
Saturday with
8 No. 17 Illinois hi
I Chicago. UIC ea
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I game 5-2, but op,
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bounded to win
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J Freshman
'IETRO Megan Matthews ^
started both a(
;ames for Carolina, getting decisions
a each. In Game 1, the Flames took wj
he early lead on a Stefanie Christofer- m
on home run.
Three Lady Gamecock errors didn't
telp the Carolina team get back in the
:ame- re
USC's offense returned in Game 2,
nd the Lady Gamecocks capitalized
n UIC's errors. Carolina got on the _
ioard first, scoring four runs in the
econd inning. Catcher Adrienne Gen- m
vese started the action with a single co
o center, later scoring on a Leanna Wl
'roesh single. Three hits later, two 01
aore Lady Gamecocks had scored.
"We had much more intensity in
he second game," Head Coach Joyce ^c
"ompton said. "We seemed more fo
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litched a good game."
Wednesday Matthews picked up
wo wins, as the team swept a pair of
;ames in Gainesville, Fla.
Carolina defeated the Lady Gators yc
i-l in Game 1 and 6-5 in nine innings ?
n Game 2 to improve to 23-6, 3-1 in th
he SEC. hi
In the first game, junior Sondra ly
lall had a homer and four RBIs to lead re
Carolina to victory. In the fourth inling,
Matthews doubled in Kim Pietro. m
n the fifth, Hall drove in both Joyce gr
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In the nightcap, Carolina trailed it
>y three runs heading into the top of
he seventh before McMillin's three- it
un home run tied it up and sent the nc
;ame to extra innings.
Carolina's run in the top of the fy
tinth wasn't matched by the Lady ^
Jators, and Carolina escaped with the
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EW YORK -Lennox Lewis and HolyJ
zander Holyfield's battle for the undis- ^ a W^'
ited heavyweight championship will Henry A
s forever disputed ? especially by HiS 1
rwis and his fens. WBC ma
1am in disbelief," Lewis said after tember.
s 12-round draw with Hoiyfield Then
rly Sunday. lie demai
So were many others in a sellout fight lad
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fet, but he got the nod of only one of ^ ^
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e three judges. who wf?i
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ird called the fight even, making it
draw. ,rt1oAnf
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ho once trained Hoiyfield, was out- ?*S1X
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It looks like the judges were rigged Pu?ox &
almost," Steward said. ^ doi
On the decision, Hoiyfield said: It's -1 scon
al simple ? the people around the ed," Will
ag aren't the judges." Willi
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jht, Lewis lifted his right arm in tri- Stanley (
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as announced, and boos rained down scored g
i the ring.
"I feel that I am the undisputed
savyweight champion," said Lewis, a ?Tf ^
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e WBC champion, while the 36-year- w0? a s*
d Holyfield retained the WBA and sa*aIF
titles. "I
"This was a situation where poli- travesty
:s was involved," Lewis said. "When Holyfielc
rn've got a fight of this magnitude er judgei
<Fm not saying Don King had any- viction
ling to do with it ? but this is one of said,
s shows. I am in America.... The on- Whili
thing I can do is call for an automatic and land
match." lacked po
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oter of the fight, said: "All the in- j(
edients spell, let's do it again. Let's sa
>t use judges as a scapegoat. Let's do ?
again.' . ,
, missed a
In six months, if he wants to get
on, well get it on. Six months ain't
) problem with me." ter "
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ture, Seth Abraham, president of ene^ the
me Warner Sports, wasn't optimistic. Still,
"I don't think we'll be able to be- *1 ha<
use they have mandatories," he said. "Thi:
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TVKO, and Lewis has a mulntract
with them."
ield's next fight will probably
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kinwande.
BF mandatory and Lewis'
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also might not be a big pubad
for a rematch because the
ted drama, especially in the
alf.
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Lewis, won two of three
ainst 6-2,1/2-inch Holyfield,
ghed 215 pounds Saturday
s landed 348 of 613 punches
385 for Holyfield, and in each
inds, Holyfield landed fewer
punches, according to Com
IC.
a't care who the winner was.
xl by the blows that connectiams
said.
ams scored the fight 115-113
ounds to five) for Holyfield.
iThristodoulou of South Africa
adit 116-113 (7-4-1) &r Lewis.
r O'Connell of Britain (WBC)
; a draw ?115-115 (5-5-2).
IP scored it 117-111 (9-3) for
Connell had scored the final
* Lewis, Holyfield would have
>lit decision," Christodoulou
nk that many think it was a
of justice ... I really believe
I lost this fight. But [the oths]
might have the same conabout
their decisions," he
3 Lewis outpunched Holyfield
ed 187 jabs, many of the jabs
wer. His most effective weapon
fht-hand lead.
?ked like an old man in there,"
id.
looked slow to me, and he
lot of punches."
3, however, grew cautious affth
round instead of applying
)f pressure that could've shortfight
Lewis seemed a clear winner.
1 to say it," Steward said.
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