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(Samccock Gamecock track and field impresses in season opener BY MANESHKA E L I ATA M B Y The Gamecock The Gamecock men and women’s track and field team started the year off with a bang at the Armory Collegiate Invitational in New York City last weekend The women’s team, ranked No. 1 in the nation by Sports Illustrated emerged triumphant at the meet, finishing with a total of 160 points. The men were able to secure a second place finish in the competition. USC’s Barber twins, Miki and Lisa, finished 1-2 respectively in the 60-meter dash with times of 7.45 and 7.50 seconds. Gamecock Demetria Washington won both die 200-meter and 400-meter events in NCAA qualifying times. Demetria, who clocked a time of 53.13 seconds in the 400-meter event, was followed by two teammates, Sheneka Griffin and Tacita Bass. “This is Demetria’s second year in indoor track,” Carolina head coach Curtis Frye said. “She looks as though she’s going to have a really good year this season.” The Barber twins, along with Washington and Bass, went on to win the women’s 4x400-meter relay with a NCAA provisional time of 3:42.02. That time currently stands as the fastest collegiate time in the country this year in the event. The Gamecock men’s 4x400-meter relay team came in second with a time of 3:12.31, also provisionally qualifying for the NCAA’s. The star of the weekend was Gamecock senior Pap Howard, who finished first in the men’s 200-meter with a time of 21.10 — an NCAA qualifying time. He shattered NFL wide receiver Marcus Robinson’s school record of 21.14, which was set in 1996. Howard then went on to win the 60-meter event with a NCAA provisional time of 6.71. “Pap Howard came from Texas Tech and is now in an MBA program and is a very dedicated athlete,” Frye said. “It looks as though he’s adapted very well to USC, and we are very proud of Pat for the work he’s done.” USC junior Gerald Pressley finished third in the 200-meter and 400-meter events with times of 21.70 and 47.62, respectively. Sophomore Corey Taylor won the men’s 60-meter hurdlers with a time of 8.10. Freshman middle distance runner Otukile Lekote, competing in his first meet for USC, came in second in the men’s 800-meter with a time of 1:52.58. The women’s 800-meter runner, Kristina Brown, was third in her event with a time of 2:12.36. Other Gamecocks represented the school well in New York. Freshman Tamara Budija, a native of Croatia and also participating in her first meet for USC, was seventh in the mile. Jackie Madison was second in the women’s 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.51, and junior James Law came in fourth in the 60-meter with a time of 6.90. In the field events, USC’s Antoinette Wilks won both the triple jump as well as the long jump events, while Lynette Keppeler came in third in the shot put with a throw of 47 feet 1 inch. Lori Tvarkunas was second in the pole vault with a jump of 11.5 feet. Frye, who said he was pleased with the team’s performance added, “I felt we handled ourselves quite well last weekend The athletes came back from their Christmas break during which time they practiced on their own, and they seemed to have all put in a lot of work on their own.” He also said this is the best opening meet they have had in four years, and he is confident the team will do well <* throughout the season. This weekend the team will travel to ' Lexington, Ky. to participate at the SEC ' Quad at the University of Kentucky. The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hotmail.com ‘The athletes came back from their Christmas break... and they seemed to have put in a lot of work on their own.’ Curtis Frye USC Track Head Coach Brick from page 8 [three-pointers] in a shooting drill,” Fogler said. “You do not luck-in or will-in 70 out of 100 shots. You just don’t do that.” “I was going to play him (against Vandy) no matter how much he missed.” Fogler stressed that the Gamecocks’ shooting problems are mostly psychological. He talked about the UNC-Charlotte basketball team that, after defeating the Gamecocks earlier in the year by hitting 16 out of 32 three-pointers, is now struggling itself to connect from the 3-point arc. “[That performance] was the best I’ve ever seen in person,” the coach said of Charlotte’s shooting against USC Dec. 2. “But in their last five or six games, I think they’re shooting 26 percent from three. They’ve lost all their confidence. They are no longer shooting the ball well. So there’s something mental to [the poor shooting].” According to Fogler, he will not change his offensive strategy. “We’ve had great looks,” he said. “(Jamel) Bradley has been open. ' Eidson has been wide open. (Michael) Boynton has been wide open. (Antonio) Grant has been wide open. David Ross has been wide open. What do you do? You’ve got to shoot the ball. If they’re playing 11 guys on the line of scrimmage (in football), you’re going to throw the ball. You have to.” - “We will work our way through this.” The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hotmail.com Travis Lynn/The Gamecock Chuck Eidson skies for a lay-up against Vandy. Eidson was two for nine in the game. USC s storybook season to be commemorated in special magazine by Street & Smith by Kyle Almond The Gamecock Gamecock fans still breathless over their football team’s remarkable season will soon be able to relive the moments of the season over and over again. Street & Smith, one of the oldest pub lishers in the nation for annual sports magazines, will unveil a 64-page, four-color commemorative issue recap ping USC’s season this Saturday. The collector’s edition will be shown for the first time at a press conference 11 a.m. at Williams-Brice Stadium. Head coach Lou Holtz will be on hand to view the magazine, which will be presented by Mike Kallay, Street & Smith’s executive editor, and Scott Smith, the publication’s editor. USC entered the 2000 season with questions after going 0-11 the previous year. The Gamecocks answered those questions by winning their first four games en route to a 74 regular season record. Carolina added an eighth win when they upset the Ohio State Buckeyes 24-7 in the Outback Bowl on New Year’s Day. The Associated Press ranked USC No. 19 overall at season’s end. Baseball tickets selling fast The USC ticket office has sold double the amount of baseball season tickets it sold last year, and for the first time ever, all seats at Saige Fiye Field are reserved. Additional seating for students is still available in the bleachers. To date, 1,100 season tickets were sold to fans. More are available for sale. For ticket infor mation, call 1-800-4SC-FANS or 803 7774274. LSU favored to win the SEC The defending college baseball national champions are expected to keep up the pace in 2001. The LSU Tigers were voted by the 12 coaches in the SEC as the preseason favorite to win the conference in the upcoming season. The Tigers have won 12 SEC titles in their history, with their recent wins coming in 1996 and 1997. LSU is also the defending SEC Tournament champion. South Carolina, who last season won the SEC regular season title, was picked to finish second in the SEC East behind Florida. The sports desk can he reached at gamecocksports@hotmail.com Intramural Basketball I Officials Needed^ I I I ICome to the Intramural training session on Ibesday, January 1 " 23rd, 2001 at 7pm in room 134 of the Blatt PE Center. 1 For more information on Officiating I Intramural Sports call 777-4593 or stop by the Office of Campus Recreation in the Blatt PE Center USC football team getting early respect by Kyle ^lmond The Gamecock It seems like it’s never too early to start planning for next season in college football. CBS Sportsline has already compiled a pre-spring, preseason college football poll for the 2001 season, and USC made the list. The Gamecocks are ranked No. 15 in the poll, released Monday. Carolina’s drastic turnaround from their 0-11 season in 1999 and their Outback Bowl victory over Ohio State obviously has turned some heads in the world of college football. With its Outback Bowl win, USC finished 8-4 in 2000 and finished No. 19 in the final Associated Pres poll. The Gamecocks will return eight starters on defense and nine on offense, and USC is ranked ahead of Clemson, who is No. 20. Carolina is also ranked ahead of Gator Bowl champion Virginia Tech, Las Vegas Bowl dhampion UNLV and Liberty Bowl winner Colorado State. SEC East rival Florida tops the poll. The Gators bring back a'strong offen sive unit led by quarterback Rex Grossman and wide-out Jabar Gaffney. The Mi ami Hurricanes, who beat Florida in this year’s Sugar Bowl, are ranked No. 2. The sports desk can be reached at gamecocteports@hotmail.com I Campus Recreation Fitness Programs 202 Blatt PE Center • 777-1827 • www.sa.sc.edu/pecenter/fit.htm Spring 2001 A $10 fee and signed waiver are required before taking part in any group exer cise sessions. Participants need to bring a valid USC Columbia ID with a Spring, 2001 sticker to each class to show proof of registration. To register and pay, stop by the Campus Recreation Office, 202 Blatt PE Center. 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