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Schedule ■ SEC meetings, July 25-27, Birmingham, Ala. ■ US Olympic Trials run through July 23 ' Barber finishes fifth at trials USC Sports Information South Carolina rising junior Miki Barber finished fifth in the finals of the 400m at the US Olympic Trials. Dawn Elleibe and Can dy Mitchell both advanced to the finals of their respective throw ing events. Barber ran a 51.17, just off her personal best of 51.04 from the semi-finals. USC volunteer coach Monique Hennagan was fourth in the same race at 50.82. The normal procedure for the selection of the 4x400m relay team is the top six are picked and nm at least a round at the Olympics. Due to this, Barber and Hennagan should be selected for the relay, but the relay won't be finalized until a later date. Dawn Hlerbe, who won the hammer and qualified for the Olympic team on Saturday, was third in her flight of the discus. Ellerbe ad vances to the finals today seated No. 7 with a toss of 184’ 3. Candy Mitchell threw 166'5 to finish 11th overall and qualified for today's finals in the javelin. The US Olympic Trials run through Sunday, July 23. Glover sets world record in hurdles by Rob Gloster Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif, — Compared to teaching a classroom of second graders, winning the women’s 400-meter hurdles at the I U.S. Olympic track and field trials was child’s play to Sandra Glover. ■ Glover, who until this year split her time between the track and an elementary school classroom in Sugarland, Texas, made the U.S. team for the Sydney Games with a time of 53.33 seconds Monday that was the fastest in the world this year. “1 had a full-time job and was training at the same time. It was hard,” she said. “After working eight hours with 4- and 5-year olds, it was tough.” Glover’s career-best race came on a quiet night at the trials, with just four finals. Melvin Lister won the men’s long jump in 27 feet, 3 3/4 inches, the shortest winning mark at the U.S. trials in 20 years; Lynda Blutreich captured the women’s javelin, and Seilala Sua won the women’s discus with a throw of 216-2 that was the longest by an American woman in 14 years. Lister s leap was me only one over 11 ieet at the trials. At the 1996 U.S. Olympic trials, five men surpassed that mark. For the United States, which has won the long jump gold medal in 20 of the 22 Olympics in which it has competed, winning any ^ medal at Sydney is a long shot. Not counting the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games, an Amer- e ican has won the long jump in every Olympics since 1964. That V streak includes a world-record jump by Bob Beamon in 1968 and - four straight golds by Carl Lewis, the last in 1996. , Though his winning leap would have been good for just third ] place at the 1996 U.S. trials, Lister quickly proclaimed himself a | gold-medal favorite. “I’m the one to beat in Sydney. I’m a good jumper just wait- f ing to happen,” he said. “A person without confidence might as , well stay at home." Lister, the NCAA champion in the triple jump this year and - he long jump last year from Arkansas, was joined on the U.S. team by Dwight Whips and Walter Davis. All three are collegians and will be competing in their irst Olympics. Fourth-place finisher Robert Howard was livid, claiming he was cheated of spot on the team. He contended his best jump of 26-5 3/4 was improperly measured by seven inches. He yelled for a remeasurement, but it was too late - the pit already had been raked. Glover SEE PAGE 9 £ to USC Sports information 999 SEC and NCAA representatives: (front row) Gerald Pressley nd Michelle Fournier; (second row) Coach Curtis Frye, Miki arfoer, Usa Misipeka; (back row) Terrence Trammell, Demetria Washington, Brad Snyder. Mitchell finishes fifth with career throw USC Sports Information South Carolina senior Candy Mitchell finished fifth at the US Olympic Trials on Monday with the javelin. Mitchell threw a lifetime best toss of 174' 8. Former Gamecock Dawn Ellerbe, already a member of the Olympic team with the hammer, finished eighth in the dis cus. Her best throw was 183' 7. The US Olympic Trials run through Sunday, July 23. Hurdlers, Barbers to compete on July 23 Rising senior Terrence Trammell and USC volunteer coach Allen Johnson will compete in the prelims of the 110m hurdles Saturday, July 22. USC volunteer coach Melissa Morrison and Ellakisha Williamson will begin competition in the 100m hurdles on Sat urday, July 22. Miki and Lisa Barber will both begin competition in the 200m on Saturday, July 22. All three finals are set for Sunday, July 23. Lister wins long jump, Glover takes 400 hurdles, Sua captures discus by Bert Rosenthal Associates Press SACRAMENTO, Calif — Collegians Melvin Lister, Dwight Phillips and Whiter Davis made the U.S. team in the long jump at the Olympic track and field trials Monday night, but will they be good enough to extend the Americans’ domination at the Sydney Games? The United States has won every Olympic long jump competition since 1964 except for the 1980 Moscow Games boycott. i ne streaK or seven straight gold medals, including the last four by Carl Lewis and the world record jump by Bob Beamon in 1968, now appears in jeopardy. Lister’s best jump of 27 feet, 3 3/4 inches, was the short est winning performance at the trials since Larry Myricks’ 27-2 in 1980. Lister, the 1999 NCAA champion from Arkansas, of course, was elated, jumping up and down and pumping his fists in the air after he landed. “I’m the one to beat,” lister said, referring to the Olympics. “I’m a good jumper waiting to happen. A person without con fidence might as well stay home.” But his excitement has to be tempered. Since Lewis retired in 1997, U.S. long jumping has de teriorated. Only two Americans were ranked in the top 10 last year — Erick Walder at No. 4 and Roland McGhee at No. 10, - and the United States was shut out of medals at the World Championships. Wilder finished sixth and McGhee seventh Monday night. United States SEE PAGE 9