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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.
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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
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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
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