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lEtie Gamecock Swimming and diving teams to take on SEC East BY MANESHKA Eliatamby The Gamecock The South Carolina swimming and diving teams are getting ready for their biggest challenge of the sea son thus far - the SEC East Challenge. All five teams competing in this meet, USC, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and Florida, finished in the top 20 of the NCAA last year. They meet in Knoxville, Tenn., today. With the caliber of the teams com peting, the event is expected to be very competitive. Tennessee, the host school, predicts it will be a “wild and intense competition.” All five schools boast a talented group of athletes, some of whom swam at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, this year. Nine seniors lead Tennessee into their first meet of the season today, •ncluding three returning All-Amer icans and one Atlantic-10 conference winner. Vol Michael Gillian, a returning All-American, will be joined by fel low teammate Zane De Witz in vy ing for honors in the the 50 and 100 yard freestyle events. Tennessee is coached by head coach John Trembley and strength ened by the presence of Gabi Cherech es, who represented Romania in div ing at the Olympics, and Evan Stewart a former ‘94 World Champion and Olympian who represented Zimbab we in diving. Diving coach Parring ton is also a former Olympian that led this years Olympic team from Zimbabwe. Georgia comes into this meet fresh off a decisive victory over North Car olina last weekend. Its decisive score of 160-138 is proof of the high cal iber of athletes Georgia has on its team. The Bulldog women won 11 of the 15 events held. The highlight of their meet was the breathtaking per formance of Ashley Roby, who stamped her ticket to the NCAA Championships by clocking in under the qualifying times in both the 100 and 200 yard freestyle events. Freshman Kyle Saiyards finished first in five of the Bulldogs 12 wins. A member of the U.S. Olympic team, Saiyards had good times in both the 100 and 200 yard breaststroke events. Both Roby and Salyards promise to pose a threat to the opposition at today’s meet. Another competitor to watch this weekend from Georgia will be An drew Mahoney, who will swim in the two endurance testers, the 500 and 1000-yard freestyle events. The University of Florida, which finished in the top 10 of the NCAA last season, looks to repeat their win ning ways this season and finish among the NCAA leaders for the sec ond year in a row. Florida’s hopes lie on three in ternationals, all of whom represent ed their countries at the 26th Olympiad. Alex Lopez represented Puerto Rico in the 100-meter breaststroke, while Carlos Lopez swam for Brazil in the 4x 100 freestyle relay. Ricardo Monasterio represented Venezuela in the 400-meter freestyle. The Gamecocks go into this meet with a team of 30 new freshmen who have competed in just two meets thus far for USC. Their first meet against College, of Charleston two weeks ago was a success, with USC winning nearly every event. However, the Gamecock women had their hands full at the Washing ton Invitational last weekend, taking a loss. Carolina head coach Dod Gibb is nevertheless optimistic for his young team. “It is still the beginning of the sea son and I think [highly of] the freshmen athletes,” Gibb said. The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hotmail.com. Soccer from page 10 The Gamecocks refused to go down quickly, however, and an swered almost immediately at the 53:20 mark to narrow the score. Becky Leeper recorded her third assist of the season as she tipped the ball to Amy Caddies for the score. Caddies, a freshman forward, has tow contributed three goals to the Gamecock cause this season. Furman sealed the victory soon after at the 54:38 mark to raise the lead to 3-1. Melissa Turner got the ball to Emily Turgeon, who scored on her second breakaway run for the last score of the game. The Gamecocks will end their I—— 2000 regular season at home Sun day with what promises to be an other tough game against the four time defending SEC Tournament champions, the Florida Gators. The Gators (12-6, 8-0 SEC) are having a banner year, as they remain undefeated in SEC play this season. They recently claimed their first ever SEC regular season title with a 6-0 victory over Auburn. Junior forwards Andrea Sellars and Abby Wambach are the offen sive power behind the Gator offense. Sellars leads the team in goals with 16 out of 74 total shots, and Wambach follows close behind with 15 goals and 8 assists. SEC Player of the Week Jordan Kellgren will be defending the Flori da net. Kellgren has recorded 80 saves and 25 goals allowed for the season. Head coach for the Gators is for mer national coach of the year Becky Burleigh. Burleigh, as well as as sistant coaches Victor Campbell and Steve Springthorpe, graduated from Methodist College in Fayetteville, N.C. In her five-year tenure at Flori da, Burleigh has led the women’s soccer team to a spot among the na tion’s premier collegiate soccer pro grams with an impressive record of 103-13-3. The Gators will be in the Car olinas before they come to Stone Stadium. Florida plays USC rival Clemson on Friday. The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hotmail.com. Tennessee-USC Ga. Tech-Clemson Georgia-Florida Ohio St.-Purdue Nebraska-Oklahoma Gamecock Sports Challenge ?rn Sports Editor (25-15) use Ga. Tech Georgia Purdue Nebraska Sports Editor (28-12) use Clemson Florida Purdue Oklahoma Editor in Chief (27-13) Tennessee Clemson Florida Ohio St. Nebraska Defending Champion (26-14) Tennessee \ Clemson ( Florida 1 Purdue ( Nebraska f Sean Rayford (26-14) JSC ia. 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