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Page 10 Track and fii ' of great finis TRACK continued from page 9 Special to The Gamecock Thrower Ryan Harrison and the USC track and field team will travel to Minneapolis to take part in the NCAA championships. have the possibilities of scoring big points. You may not do as well as you expect, but you have to have the possibilities and the numbers. Veiy few times does someone come out of the woodwork to win the NCAAs, Frye said. The 4x100 meter relay will look for a top five finish and an improvement on the school record of 39.01 seconds. "The women are not hard to motivate. I am learning a lot about this young team. I am learning a lot of thines that are veiy important to them. When I reduce the things that are not related to track, then they have a hard time dealing with track. They want to look nice when they compete and they want to have fun," Frye said. "Growing with them is enjoyable. They aren't hard-core with a do-ordie mentality. They are having fun. They like going to a track meet especially NCAA's. I like their approach." "We're not going in resting on our laurels. Young athletes teach a young coach 'I am happy, I am accomplished, I am enjoying college OPtHME 933-9505 > Serving 8oz. Burgers, Wings, Steaks, LowFat Pitas, Salads & Subs, and Much More! Dine In, Take-Out, or Delivery Pyropeppermania Hot Sauces Now Available ?2d capable h in NCAAs and enjoying this experience at Carolina. But I am not going to stress," Frye said. "Having champions like Dawn Ellerbe and Lisa Misipeka helped us. There are lots of sleeping giants, waiting to wake-up. We have woken up," Frye said. "We have some great athletes. It can't be too big of a surprise to people because we are an SEC school. It might be a surprise to people that we moved up the SEC ladder so feist, but you have to expect any SEC school can be a contender at NCAA's." "Texas, UCLA, Southern Cal, Georgia, LSU - they will be battling for top five," Frye said. "After the top five it gets scrappy. We are a top 1U team. It we don t come back in the top 10, it will be a disappointment because I know we are capable of it Better than top 10? It will take some extraordinary things to do that," continued Fiye. "We have some plans in the next few years, but we aren't going to stress out our athletes at this meet. We will run Ellakisha in just the 100 meter hurdles, not both hurdles races. We will ask her to do that next year, but not this year. It won't help us win the title. Same with Mikki Barber. "She will run in the 400, and next year she will run in the 200 meter and the 400 meter. You can't use your athletes like that when they are young. "You can't make them feel used. That isn't good coaching to put that kind of pressure on than when they are so young." Frye said. The S.C. women's team is ranked No. 10 by TYackwire, while the men sit at No. 11. The SEC is widely considered the top conference in the country in track and field, and this year is no exception. Six SEC men's teams, including five in the top 11, and five women's teams are ranked in Trackwire's top 25. ^rs"n Per I CAROLINA SPORTS Braves] on Natic By Brad Walters Braves Report Atlanta 8, Milwaukee 7 (Ma1 27) W: Millwood (5-3) L: Karl (5-3) S: Seanez(2) Despite a relatively ineffectua start from Kevin Millwood, the Brave were able to leave Milwaukee havinj taken three of four games in the series Catcher Javy Lopez extended hi hitting streak to seven games, am Chipper Jones belted a three-rvu homer, his third dinger of the series The Braves held an 8-4 lead h the game before Milwaukee crep back, but Rudy Seanez shut the doo for his second save of the year. This was the last game Atlanta will play at County Stadium befon Milwaukee moves into its new pari next year. The Braves will play Milwaukee again July 26-28 in Atlanta. Atlanta 4, Los Angeles 2 (Ma1 28) W: 0. Perez (3-2) L: Dreifort (5-3) S: Rocker (9) Odalis Perez had the outing o his career in blanking the Dodger: through eight innings and, in doinj so, bolstered his chances for < permanent spot in the rotation. Pere: didn't allow a run until Raul Mondes hit a two-run homer, his league-leading 18th, in the ninth inning. ^* /Maui Jim kN/^ Arnette RcVO HI 1Z, |SUN( Gargoyle %SA Yuamet Killer Loop ^flHTTTTFZYYn We ieep Strang )nal Leagu Darren Dreifort had control S: S problems tor his second straight start against the Braves, giving up ^ three earned runs in five innings. Doc John Rocker struck out the last ove two batters of the game for his ninth save. bet oft Los Angeles 2, Atlanta 1 (May anc , 29) its 1 oft ? W: C.Perez (2-6) hoi ' L: Glavine(3-6) S: Shaw (11) Bel 1 fro] Dodger starter Carlos Perez came the into this game with a 6.39 ERA and hel< j a six-game losing streak, but he and in t t three Dodger relievers held the Braves to three hits. pitc L.A. picked up their two runs in wii a the fifth inning, when Tom Glavine she Q walked two in a row with the bases of t t loaded. The runs Glavine gave up were At) 2 unearned, and his ERA dropped back below 5.00. W: Chipper Jones continued his hot L: I streak, hitting his 13th homer of the S: I year in the eighth inning to cut the Dodger lead to one. The Braves posed a mild threat pit in the ninth against Dodger Mil closer Jeff Shaw, but were unable to and capitalize. Ped f The loss snapped the Braves' four- wir s game winning streak. 7 sco] i Los Angeles 5, Atlanta 4 (11 twc z innings) (May 30) i sok y W: Borbon (1-1) fell L: Remlinger (2-1) Bra AA/Li Ray-Ban ^7 Bolle' JQE % Suncloud I 3LASS? " LEU! _T Oakley* I Costa Del Mar I \/ \f "Large selection of Oakley products I T available, but not discounted. I dnesday, June 2,1999 | ^lehold O T^Qcf Shaw (12) An error by Ryan Klesko led the Igers to their second one-run victory ir the Braves in as many days. The starting pitching matchup ween two of the premier pitchers he '90s, Atlanta's Greg Maddux I L.A.'s Kevin Brown, lived up to billing, with the first Braves run he game coming off a Maddux ner. A three-run blast from Adrian tre in the fourth and a solo shot m Devon White in the fifth gave Dodgers a 4-1 lead, which they 1 until the Braves rallied for three he eighth off Brown. Former Brave Pedro Borbon :hed two scoreless innings for the 1, and Dodger closer Jeff Shaw it down the Braves in the bottom he 11th to preserve the victory. lanta 3, Colorado 1 (May 31) Millwood (6-3) iSTACIO (4-5) toCKER (10) Hie Rockies continued their recent ching dominance, but Kevin lwood pitched out of some trouble [ was able to outduel the Rockies' ro Astacio for his fourth consecutive L Brian Jordan hit a pair of runring hits, and Bret Boone scored i of Atlanta's runs. The Rnekies' nnlv rim rame nn a ) shot by Vinny Castilla. Astacio to 2-12 in his career against the tves.