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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
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throughout the season.
This weekend the team will travel to '
Lexington, Ky. to participate at the SEC '
Quad at the University of Kentucky.
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‘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
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[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.”
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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
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" 23rd, 2001 at 7pm in room 134 of the Blatt PE Center.
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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
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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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