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i 3* This Week in USC Sports History 1977 - The Gamecock baseball team was eliminated from the College World Series with a 2-1 loss to Arizona State. USC won its first three games in Omaha, but then dropped consecutive games to the Sun Devils. Page 9 Track team continues run special to ineuamecocK Miki Barber advanced to the World Championships and the World University Games with her performance in Eugene, Ore. by David Cloninger The Gamecock The USC track and field team made a strong impression at the USA Championships last weekend as 16 former or current Gamecocks advanced to the World Championships or the World University Games in August. “This week I was a little embarassed of the success we had,” head coach Curtis Frye said. “It seemed the announcers were only announcing people from Columbia. The rest of the schools around the country are friendly, but they’re mean-friendly, because they’re tired of hearing about South Carolina.” rrye saw six oi his current athletes and two USC signees advance to the World competitions over the weekend, as well as see nine USC Olympians perform. Leading the pack was the 4x400 relay tandem of Demetria Washington and twins Miki and Lisa Barber. The trio performed well enough at the USA Championships last weekend to advance to both segments of the World games. “[The USA Championships] wasn’t one of my best races,” Miki said. “I’m kind of upset, but I’m happy I made the World Games. The last time I was there, I ran my best time, so hopefully I can come back again and run one of my best.” “The USA Championships was a good meet for me,” Lisa said. “I was very happy to make the final, and this is my first international meet.” The Barbers and Washington will compete at the Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada August 2-12 and then travel to Beijing, China, for the University Games later that month. They will be accompanied on both trips by another current USC runner, Otukile Lekote, who runs the 800-meter and the 4x400-meter relay. However, Lekote will be running for his native Botswana. Signee Aileen Bailey will appear in Edmonton to compete in the 100-and 200-meter races for Jamaica, along with fellow Jamaica native and USC graduate Charmaine Howell, who runs the 800 meter and 4x400-meter relay. Another Gamecock signee, Lashinda Demus, will run the 400-meter hurdles at the University Games. Volunteer coach Allen Johnson will run the 110-meter hurdles at the Championships, where he hopes to repeat his first-place finish at Eugene. A 1996 gold medalist in the event, Johnson has been through his share of misfortune but has overcome them to regain his top form. “I’ve been a little bit injured, had some ups and downs,” Johnson said. “I didn’t think I was even going to be able to be out there. I sprained my ankle in January, and it took four months to heal.” Johnson attended practice during the Track seepage 10 SEC places first among conferences SEC Roundup The Gamecock The Southeastern Conference nabbed its ninth first-place finish in 10 years in men's point standings, and the Pacific-10 Conference tallied 600-plus points in women's competition to lead the way in Division I interconference competition among 21 primary (10 men, 11 women) NCAA sports during the 2000-01 academic year. During the 2000-01 campaigns, 118 out of 209 teams ascended to Top 25 polls. SEC teams also claimed six national titles during the season. 2000-01 Men's Point Standings 1. Southeastern.451.75 2. Pacific-10 .423.25 3. Big 12 .. .284.5 4. Atlantic Coast ...184 5. Big Ten.178 6. Western Athletic.138 7. Big Hast.130.5 8. Division I Independents.49 9. Conference USA.32.25 10. Big West.30.5 11. Colonial.28 12. Big Sky. 27 13. Southern .17 13. West Coast.17 15. Atlantic 10 .14.5 15. Mountain West .14.5 17. Trans-America .12.5 18. Sun Belt. .8.5 19. Patriot..8 20. Metro Atlantic. 6 21. Mid-American .3.5 22. Missouri Valley . 3 23. Ivy Group.1 2000-01 Women's Point Standings 1. Pacific-10.619.375 points 2. Southeastern.383.125 3. Big 12 .304.75 4. Big Ten .245.75 5. Atlantic Coast .204.5 6. Big East.121.625 7. Western Athletic.90.5 8. Mountain West.84.625 9. Big West .53.125 10. Ivy.46 11. West Coast .36.875 12. Sun Belt.31.5 13. Conference USA .25 14. Missouri Valley.18.125 15. Mid-American.12.5 16. Southern .6.5 16. Northeast.6.5 18. Big Sky.4.5 19. .America East .3 20. Colonial. .2 21. Ohio Valley .625 22. Southland .. 5 Men's NCAA Champions Football - Oklahoma Basketball - Duke indoor Track - LSU Outdoor Track - Tennessee Wrestling - Minnesota Tennis - Georgia Cross Country - Arkansas Baseball - Miami (Fla) Swimming - Texas Golf - Florida Women's NCAA Champions Volleyball - Nebraska Basketball - Notre Dame Soccer - North Carolina Indoor Track - UCLA Outdoor Track - Southern California Tennis - Stanford Gymnastics' - UCLA Cross Country • Colorado Softball - Arizona Swimming - Georgia Golf - Georgia Hornets don't need new Hive ®Rick Johnston The Rick Says North Carolina’s Queen City is again buzzing with talk of Hornets basketball. George Shinn is still tryirsg to milk the city for a new downtown arena or have the Hornets pack up and head out of town, most likely to Louisville, Ky., to play as the Kentucky Colonels in front of crowds at the KFC Bucket. However, given the amount of time that it takes to approve all of the red tape to get a team moved, the deal could be done and the Hornets would be a “lame-duck” team playing a year in a city that they will leave as soon as possible. Call me crazy, but I think this would be a very bad move on several levels. rirst ol all, any possible move would kill any kind of momentum that the team would have. Remember that these Hornets came within one game of the conference finals this past season. What kind of off-season deals could this team make? Who would want to move to another city and have to up and move again the next year? Long-term deals would be non-existent, and given the amount of young up-and-coming talent the team has, management will be looking to sign players like Baron Davis to those kinds of deals very soon. Shinn has complained about the lack of ticket sales, with the Hornets averaging 11,000 fans per game over the last season. While the Clippers would kill for those numbers, it just doesn’t cut it in the 23,000 seat Charlotte Coliseum. Remember George, NBA attendance figures are down across the league. Right now, the NBA is just not as popular as it was a few Johnston seepage 10