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Wednesday, June 9,1999
Trammell
could be as
popular as...
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a wider fan base of more than just 14year-old
girls.
Last week in Boise, Idaho, at the
NCAA Outdoor Championships,
Trammell brought home two titles.
After finishing second place his
freshman year in the 110 meter hurdles,
Trammell won this year's event with a
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seconds.
He also ran the second leg of the
men's relay team that won the 4 x 100
meter title the day before his individual
conquest.
What was TVammell's response after
his histoiy-making run? "I felt okay. I
didn't do my best."
Excuse me? Trammell went on to
say he ran a "terrible technical race,"
but still torched the rest of the
competition.
By the way, in case anyone is
wondering how fast he really is, for all
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a 4.3-second 40-yard dash and has been
clocked at 4.1 seconds several times.
No, that's not a misprint. In my 20
years here on earth, Fve thought it to
be humanly impossible for a man's legs
to run that fast If 4.3 is flying, 4.1 is...
uh, well, faster than flying, whatever
that might be.
The type of times TVammell has put
up this year are Olympic-caliber.
Next summer, Trammell should be
competing in Sydney for the 2000
Summer Games, and he'll barely be in
his 20's.
He will only get better, scary as it
sounds, and the strange thing is, most
of the university, let alone the city, doesn't
have a clue who this guy is.
If USC would start marketing this
guy, he could be huge. There are certain
NCAA rules against that kind of thing,
Fm sure, but who ever Mows the rules?
With rumors circulating that he has
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wanting to play for Lou, my mind fills
with visions of future ESPN highlights.
Suit Mr. Trammell up, let him return
kick-offs, let guys create a wedge, make
a few blocks, and no one is going to catch
the man.
The only question is... can he take
a hit?
Coach Holtz, here is my suggestion:
after he wins the gold medal in 2000 in
Australia, put him through a rigorous
spring training, teach him a few slant.
routes, give him whatever number he
wants, and let him loose.
I might be a dreamer, but we all
know that if you are a Carolina fen, you
have to be.
Tferrence Trammell, however, is not
a dream. Somehow, he is real, and
somehow, he is here.
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By Brad Walters
Braves Report
Atlanta 7, Colorado 2 (June 1)
L: B. Jones (1-4)
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John Smoltz returned fiomthelSday
disabled Est and pitched six scoreless
innings Tuesday night, leading the
Atlanta Braves over the Colorado Rockies
7-2. Smoltz, activated eariier in the day
He walked none and struck out five.
Smoltz, 18-2 since last year's All Star
in the NL to Chicago's Kevin Tapani
(2.30). ^ ^ ^ and an RBI
single. The Rockies made four errors
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that led to three unearned runs. Uaorado
pitchers walked 11 and hit a batter.
Colorado 3, Atlanta 2 (June 2)
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give the Colorado Rockies a 3-2 victory
over the Atlanta Braves.
Jerry Dipoto (2-2) got the victory
with two scoreless innings of relief for
Two men':
named All
Golf Roundup
Special to The Gamecock
USC men's golfers Eric Ecker and
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to the 1999 Ail-American Collegiate
GolfTfeam.
The honors mark the first time in
USC golf histoiy that two players have
earned spots on either the first, second
or third teams in the same season.
Thompson, a native of Easley, S.C.,
who now lives in Columbia, led the
Gamecocks this season with six top
five finishes, five coming in the spring,
and earned second team All-American
honors.
He finished second on the team
with a 73.28-stroke average after
capturing medalist honors at both the
NCAA East Regional and Seminole
Classic in the spring.
Thompson fired an eight-under 63
in the final round of the regional to
surge past last year's national players
of the year, Georgia TMi's Bryce Molder
and Matt Kuchar, for indivklual honors.
Named a third-team Ail-American,
Ecker, a native of Fergus Falls, Minn.,
led the Gamecocks with a 73.10-stroke
average and was tops on the team with
CAROLINA SPORTS
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The BoAks loaded the bases with
no outs m the 8th. John Rocker came
Larry Walker on a shallow fly to left
Hamilton. But Neifi Perez hit a tworun
single to put Colorado up 2-1.
Brian Jordan, who hit a solo homer
in the seventh inninp for Atlanta's first
run, tied it 2-2 on an RBI single with
two outs in the ninth.
Boston 5, Atlanta 1 (June 4)
out 16 to lead the Red Sox over Tom
Glavine and the Braves.
Atlanta^ run came on Ryan Kleskos
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shot that landed just inside the rightfield
foul pole in the seventh inning.
Martinez, who wan his ninth straight
start, walked just two and was far
superior in a matchup of the National
League's last two Cy Young Award
winners.
Glavine (3-7) fell behind 3-0 after
three innings before settling down.
s golfers
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also was
Carolina's most
consistent golfer
team rounds
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the year.
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was third at the
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The duo, who for the second year
in a row earned first team All-SEC
honors last month, led the Gamecocks
to a final national ranking of 11th in
the Golfweek/Sagarin Computer Tbp
20.
As a team, the Gamecocks set a
school record with 11 top five finishes
this season, including the title of the
Seminole Classic and second place
showings in Louisiana and at the Billy
Hitchcock Invitational and NCAA East
Regional tournaments.
Carolina finished 20th in last week's
NCAA Championships, failing to make
the cut for the final two rounds.
livision fror
Atlanta 6, Boston 5 (June 5)
W: Maddux (5-3)
L: Gordon (0-1)
S: Rocker (11)
ninth inning gave the Braves a 6-5
victory Saturday over the Red Sox.
Maddux appeared to be on his way
to his fourth straight loss since April
29, when Boston scored two in the e^ath
before Gordon blew his first save in his
last 55 chances.
Maddux allowed five runs and 11
hits in eagfit inninp before John Rocker
pitched the ninth for his 11th save.
Atlanta 3, Boston 2 <10 innings)
(June 6)
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Javy Lopez delivered the winning
hit for the second straight day, an. RBI
single in the 10th inning that lifted
Atlanta over Boston 3-2.
Braves starter Kevin Millwood held
Boston hitless until John Valentin
singled to begin the seventh. Troy
OLeary hit a tying homer later in the
.
Both men's a
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"I wanted the whole race. It's a bad
habit. I knew we had to do it. (BYU
came in undefeated): We didn't know
that until last night. We didn't run
against them at any big meets this
year," said Price, a native of Norfolk,
VA.
Mays said, "I thought Tferrence was
going to run me over. He gave me the
stick real well, and I just went from
there"
Mays, who played wide receiver for
four years for the Gamecock football
team, said "It feels real good to say I
am a National Champion.
"We didn't have a good football
season last year, but to finish my college
career as a national champion - that's
really nice."
It is Coach Frye's fifth NCAA relay
title, but he called it "the sweetest and
the fastest because of their calmness
and confidence."
The women's 4x100 meter relay
was nitn witn tnree tresnmen ana a
junior transfer.
Hie relay, Mikki Barber, Demetria
Washington, Ellahkisha Williamson
and Melisa Barber, ran a time of 44.29
seconds.
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with a single off Mark Portugal (3-4)
and moved up on a sacrifice by Bret
Boone. Chipper Jones was walked
intentionally and, with two outs, Lopez
Rocker struck out the side in the 10th
for his 12th save in 15 chances.
Atlanta 9, Tampa Bay 5 (June
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starter John^tz qx&ed
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Atlanta went on to score nine runs
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Smoltz also wW Ms 2,000th career
strikeout in the gattas, hecoming the
63rd pitcher in league to
accomplish such a feat.
iWpa Bay third baseman Wade
Boggs committed two costly errors, but
he also went 2-for-4 to get within 46
hits of3,000. Jose Canseco hit his magcr
league-leading 22nd homer in the fifth
off Smoltz, John Rocker got the final
out of the game for his 13th save.
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100m race with
BARBER a school record
time of 12.92.
"I was one of the last people to that
last hurdle. I just chased people down.
I have to put it together tomorrow,"
Williamson said.
"We did our best We weren't in the
best lane, but that's not a bad start for
three freshmen. I don't have any
complaints about that race."
The Gamecocks suffered a huge
blow, however, when two-time SEC
heptathlon champion Erin Narzinski
suffered a concussion during the fiSt
event of the day. Narzinski hit the first
hurdle and fell, she had to withdraw
from the competition, and was taken
to the hospital.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with
Erin. She is a team leader and true
champion," Frye said.