Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'RING GPA REPORT he USC athletic program sted its highest spring nester grade point average record with 13 of its sports ms showing improvement their GPAs from last year. ige 10 -i 11 *-* I laiiimcn 5 faster han flying ^At the end of last semester, we at auamecocK Sports used our last issue as an end-of-theyear award forum for harlie Wallace t ,h e be editor's desk students. HmmZZZZIIZlJ The staff came up h categories, and we let the student ly, via e-mail, vote for their selections 16 categories. Sraw wrp rrmfrnvPTsifll Sfimp wprp morous, and we did our share of pping on toes, not to mention creating Id discontent among a few athletes. (We apologize, equestrian team and urtney Leavitt We know you work rd.) But perhaps the biggest injustice it was caused was the winner of the ale athlete of the year" award. When the final results were bed (we promise no tampering took ee), BJ McKie received the most votes d won the award. However, upon further review, and er this past weekend's events, I have nded that the obvious winner of this rard should be track and field raier/sprmter lerrence irammeu. Now, before everyone starts writing and calling me names, I very well ow that BJ eclipsed the 2,000-point eer scoring mark this season, passing low Columbia native Alex English ing the way. I also am aware that McKie was the ie highlight of a dismal season and U played his heart out every second. At most schools, those credentials uld be enough, but USC is different n I the only one who notices that we everything different at this school? yway, that's another story.) However, when an athletic spedman h as Tferrence Tfcammell comes along, cannot be overlooked. If track were as marquee a sport as 3 in some parts of Europe, Trammell ulci be as famous as the Backstreet yrs, but nowhere near as irritating. Plus, he's only a sophomore and is sured a few more years of success, like the teen idols, and although his following isn't as numerous, he has WALLACE continued on page 11 c L Tramm two ev< Track Roundup Special to The Gamecock BOISE, IDAHO - What a weekend for South Carolina's Tbrrence Trammel! The sophomore sensation led the USC men's 4x100m relay team to a school and track record to win the 4x100 meter relay at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and the next day took first place in the 110-meter hurdles. Freshman Mikki Barber was the runner-up in the women's 400 meter, and throp-fimp NCAA rhflmninn Rrarl Snyder was beaten on his last throw by SMU freshman Janus Roberts and had to accept runner-up status. It was die first collegiate loss for Snyder since the NCAA Indoor Championships in 1997. The relay, consisting of Clint Crenshaw, Trammell, wide receiver Shah Mays and Jamie Price, ran a 38.92-second time. For the first time in school history, both the men's and women's programs finished in the top 10 at the same championship. The men finished with 30 points, while Arkansas won the team national chamDionshio vet again, totalling 59 Frye named 1' women's coac Track Roundup Special to The Gamecock Another first for Curtis Frye brings annfhor firct fnr Vinfh tKe 11ST atlH thp United States TVack and Field Coaches Association (USTCA) as Frye was named the USTCA National Women's Outdoor Coach of the Year Friday at a breakfast Hie award is voted on by the entire USTCA membership. Frye received the same honor indoors on the men's side and is the first coach in the history of the USTCA to receive the honor indoors and outdoors as a male and female coach. It's also a first-time honor for a Gamecock track and field coach. Frye received the honor after the Gamecock women won the SEC Championship three wedcs ago, winning five individual titles. The women also finished the year ranked No. 3 in the National Team Power Rankings. "Indoors, the award for the men was special. ) PORTS The Gamecock ell. men ;nts at N points. On the women's side, Texas won the national title with 62 points, and Carolina finished seventh with 24 i points. Thirty minutes after running the second leg for the new national champion relay team, Trammell H shattered the school record in the 100 H meter, running a time of 10.08 seconds to make the finals seated second. He went on to take an eight-place ^ finish in the final. On winning the relay, Trammell said "We felt coming in that we could II win. We just had to execute. It still m hasn't hit me yet that we won. Maybe it will later this weekend." "He is one of the special ones. What he can do on the track at his age is J amazing," Carolina Head Coach Curtis I Frye, said. In the men's relay, Crenshaw, a 11 high school teammate of Trammell's in Decatur, G A handed off to limnmeD, I who handed off to Mays, who handed off to Price. South Carolina led the entire time. Hi 19 TRACK continued on page 11 P'? 999 NCAA h nf th -Xi vyx uxv j I something that I was never I accomplished at I our university. 1 lp % jjjj But it's not just an award for me. "It's an award for our 1 staff, our academic advisor, < FKYb Mike McGee, 1 Laurie Massa, 5 the university. ] "This shows the recruits are j accomplished," said Frye, in his third year as the combined coach at South s Carolina. ] "It's the hard work from the total i university that helps us achieve these ] awards. 1 "This wasn't totally a surprise j because winning the SEC title means suiiit;tiling, rjveryuue in tnc tuuiiuj < has respect for the SEC," he said. j "This award goes to the team, the ; University of South Carolina and the South Carolina community." FROM "Hie wa^ mines its greatest t world, tx ) club wor Wed victorioi CAA Out awrvoisfT rdler/sprinter Terrence Trammel! (left) bro 99 NCAA Outdoor Championships last week iced first in the HO meter hurdles with a ti Three Dunuesn indicted on frac Sports Roundup Maritz Associated Press Derek PITTSBURGH - Nine Duquesne University students, including three . rooT basketball players, have been charged m n a federal indictment with taking Dart m an elaborate scheme to aetraud PNC Bank of nearly $36,000. ta^ The scheme involved buying bank t h e s 1 rait cards and unused personal checks unacc rom students, then using them to make necess 535,961 in fraudulent withdrawals and ^ noney orders between Feb. 22 and naulti\pril 12, prosecutors said Friday. Force, s Ogunlesi and Hunter, transfer other I students who had yet to play for PNC I Duquesne, are suspended from the person iniversity and the basketball team would r. 1 , TU/ sending tne outcome 01 tne case, said *w ;he Rev. Sean Hogan, executive vice used t< sresident for student life. studen Disciplinary action against the other Un ^udents, including reserve basketball from tl slayer Devone Stephenson, could come check ifter their arraignment scheduled June machii 15, Hogan said. purchi Also charged are Duquesne students check < 1 THE SIDELINES / a team plays as a whole detersuccess. You may have the xineh of individual stars in the jt if they don't play together, the it be worth a dime." -Babe Ruth nesday, June 9,1999 us in doors WMmwSL7m - Si /wmBUk BytlTT:x*\ ^n| 9 ^MPfv IH Special to The Gamecock ught home two titles at the end in Boise, Idaho. Trammell me of 13.45 seconds. e athletes id charges ;a Harvin, 19; Casey Cook, 19; Garrambone, 20; Onyekachi ;i, 23; Kenneth Rivera, 18; and Jordan, 19, all listed as residing rersity dormitories, j're disappointed," Hogan said, illegations are proven, "this is contrary to what we expect from tudents, and it's totally eptable, and we'll take all ary action." in Wisniewski, supervisor of the agency Federal Crimes Task aid Ogunlesi and Hunter solicited hiquesne students to sell their Sank Visa Check Cards and al checks, which the students later report as stolen. } personal checks were allegedly ) make phony deposits into the ts' accounts. oarumhi then withdrew money le inflated accounts by using the cards at automated teller ies, and he and Ogunlesi also ased money orders using the ards, authorities said.