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Sports USC basketball drops Converse for Nike The Associated Press South Carolina basketball coach Eddie FogieFaid the team would switch from Converse to Nike this season. Fogler did not want to discuss fi nancial terms of the deal, which ends a relationship with Converse that dates to his days at Wichita State coach 14 years ago. “Converse is downsizing greatly and basically getting out of the college basketball promotional business,” Fogler said. “We mutually agreed that we should like elsewhere.” Fogler made about $ 150,000 from his Converse deal. Martin Newton, who is handling the deal for Nike, said the contract with South Carolina is not completed. Fogler said the Gamecocks will wear Nike shoes, uniforms and warmups. Slover rom page 9 “That cost me second place,” Howard sad Glover led all the way in the 400 hur les. World record-holder Kim Batten was econd in 54.70 and Tonja Buford-Bailey ot the third spot on the U.S. team in 54.80 nd celebrated near the finish line with 20 i onth-old son Victor in her arms. Glover’s time was two-tenths of a icond faster than the previous best this ear, 53.53 by Morocco’s Nezha Bidouane, nd immediately turned Glover — who filed to qualify in two previous trials - from an Olympic hopeful to a gold medal contender. Following her victory, she turned to Batten and proclaimed, “Sorry, Kim, but your record is going down this year.” She attributed her remarkable im provement — the time was almost a third of a second better than her previous best — to a spiritual awakening and the chance to train fulltime this year. , “I didn’t do it at 22 or 23, but I’m here and I’m grateful,’’Glover said. “Thir ty-one years old and running strong.” Glover’s time was so good that it might cost her husband his day job. Don Glover, who never ran track but studied hurdling so he could coach his wife, is a chemical engineer for Phillips Petrole um. Now he’ll help Sandra focus on Syd ney. United States from page 9 Phillips, this year’s NCAA runner up for Arizona State, was second at 26 8 1/2, and Davis, the three-time JUCO champion from Barton County, finished third at 26-7 1/4. Fourth-place finisher Robert Howard was angry, claiming he was robbed of a spot on the team. He contended that his best jump of 26-5 3/4 was improperly measured by seven inches. Howard yelled and screamed at an official for a remea surement but it was too late; the pit al ready had been raked. “That cost me second place,” Howard said. As he was talking, a replay of the jump was shown. “Look at that America, there’s proof! ” he said. Sandra Glover, an elementary school teacher in Houston until this year, ran the fastest time in the world this year in winning the women’s 400-meter hurdles in 53.33 seconds. In the process, she beat world record holder Kim Batten and the second-fastest ever, Tonja Buford-Bailey. Glover led all the way in becoming the No. 4 U.S performer ever and mak ing her first Olympic team. Glover was last year’s U.S. champion and fifth at the World Championships. Batten, who set the world record of 52.61 in 1995 at the World Champi onships, beating Buford-Bailey by 0.01 seconds, finished second at 54.70. Bu ford-Bailey, returning to competition af ter a two-year absence to have a family, was third at 54.80. “I’m faster this year, I’m stronger,” Glover said, “so I have to get used to han dling the speed. “I didn’t do it at 22 or 23, but I’m here and I’m grateful... 31 years old and running strong. There were times I did n’t have the same confidence tht I have now, and that’s going to be huge for me at the Olympics.” Then, she said to Batten, “Sony, Kim, but your record is going down this year. ” Four-time NCAA champion Seilalu Sua of UCLA won the women’s discus at 216-2, the second-longest ever by an American and the longest in 14 years, only eight inches off Carol Cady’s record of216-10. Sua set the American junior record three times in 1997 and has a habit of hit ting big throws in championship meets. “In big meets I know I can turn it on,” Sua said. “I’m very competitive.” Another former UCLA thrower, Suzy Powell, finished second at 211-10, and Kristin Kuehl was third at 202-7. Lynda Blutreich, the American record-holder in the javelin with the new implement, won the event at 191-2 — 13 inches short of her mark — and will be the only U.S. representative at the games if no one else reaches the ‘A’ stan dard of 196-10 by Sept. 11. Blutreich, an assistant coach at Duke, finished third at the 1996 trials, but did not go to Atlanta because she did not meet the qualifying standard. Kim Kreiner was second Monday at 187-2 and Emily Carlstein third at 186 11. Regina Jacobs, the women’s 1,500 meter champion and the American record holder at 5,000 meters, won her heat in the longer race at 15:36.09, as 10,000 meter winner Deena Drossir. finished second at 15:37.52. Amy Rudolph, the former U.S. record-holder, took the other heat 15:37.65. The Hauser twins—Brad and Brent — from Stanford finished 1 -2 in one heat of the men’s 5,000 at 13:43.33 and 13:43.86, respectively. American record holder Bob Kennedy finished seventh and also advanced to Friday’s final. Jason Stewart took the other heat at 13:40.36. Tom Petranoff, one of track and field’s most colorful characters, was in top form Monday. 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