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Che (Bamecock Track CONTMUED FROM RSGEC1 1999, finished 20th overall with a toss of 63.34 meters. “It's been a tough year, coach ing full-time and training,” Misipeka said. “But, I will be back.” Two former Gamecocks, Mar vin Watts and Charmaine Howell, both 2000 Olympians, won their country’s 800m national titles to ad vance to Edmonton. Watts and How ell, both from Jamaica, teamed with signee Aleen Bailey, who won both the 100-and 200-meter at the Ja maican National Championships. Otukile Lekote, the 2001 NCAA outdoor champion in the 800m, cur rently holds two of Botswana’s national records on the track. He has the 11 th fastest time in the world at 1:44.47 in the 800m - breaking country man Glody Dube’s record (1:44.59) in Montreal in July. He al so has the 400m record at 46.02, set in Texas in April. A number of USC s volunteer coaches can show the younger ath letes the ropes at the World Cham pionships. Rising senior Miki Bar ber was an alternate with the USA’s 4x400m relay at the Olympic Games in Sydney last year after finishing fifth at the Olympic Trials. Johnson, a multi-U.S. champi on, has a gold medal from the 19% Olympics and was fourth in Sydney in the 110m hurdles. On his come back tour this year he won the USA title and is currently ranked No. 1 in the world. Johnson’s training part ner, Trammell, won the silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. USC’s Barber twins are also competing in Edmonton. Featured in Sports Illustrated, Sports Illus tratedfor Women, Track and Field News, USA Today, www.Sweetl6.com, Steamtunnels and a number of other national news papers during the past year, the Bar bers are looking to make even more of an impact. Miki is currently ranked No. 4 in the world in the 400m with a time of 50.63. Her sister, Lisa, joined Miki on the All-American 4x100 relay team. Miki was the National Outdoor Athlete of the Year and rep resented the USA as an alternate for the 4x400m relay at the Sydney Olympics. Both twias are rising sen iors at USC. The athletes were joined by head coach Curtis Frye in Edmonton. Frye will also travel with the team to Bei jing, China, later this month for more competition. Special to The Gamecock Miki Barber is hoping to add a gold medal in the World Championships to her already iifipressive resume. Basketball staffs reload for upcoming seasons From Staff Reports The Gamecock Dee Vick, an assistant coach the last two seasons at East Carolina, was named last week as special assistant to South Carolina men’s basketball coach Dave Odom. Vick will assist in all administrative ar eas of the program, including trav el and film exchange. “I’m very pleased that Dee Vick and his family will be joining our staff here at the University and are moving into the Columbia area,” Odom said. “Dee is a proven coach and is well-versed in all areas of a college basketball program. No doubt, he will make a big impact on our team and program.” Vick came to East Carolina af ter spending five seasons as an as sistant coach at Hampden-Sydney (1994-99). During that time, the Tigers compiled a record of 118-28 (.808) as they gained berths in the NCAA Division III national tour nament four times. In 1999, Ham pden-Sydney finished 29-3 and was national runner-up, losing in dou ble overtime to Wisconsin-Platteville. “It’s an extreme privilege to be a part of Dave Odom’s pro gram at South Carolina,” Vick said. “I look forward to living in the great city of Columbia and working for such a reputable institution that sup ports its athletics program so well.” Vick’s coaching experience at the Virginia school followed a four-year playing career at Hampden-Sydney for die Raleigh, N.C. native. As a play er, Vick started three seasons and helped his team to a pair of trips to the Sweet 16. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Hampden-Sydney in 1994. Vick is married to the former Krissy Tansky of Chesapeake, Va. They have two daughters, Ellie and Sallie. Head women’s basketball coach Susan Walvius also hired an assis tant coach to replace the departed Jimmy DeShazo. Chris Brower comes to South Carolina from Lan der University where he has served as an assistant coach on head coach Chipper Bagwell’s men’s basketball staff since 1997. Brower was the recruiting coor dinator at Lander and brought three first-team All-Peach Belt Conference players and one First Team All-Amer ican to the Greenwood campus. During the early signing period last November, Brower signed five highly-touted athletes to join the fall class. While at Lander, Brower helped guide the team to the Peach Belt Conference title in 1999 and to back-to-back 20-win seasons (1999 and 2000). “We are very excited about Chris Brower joining our staff,” Walvius said. “Chris has demonstrated his abilities in coaching basketball and recruiting top prep athletes during his six years as an assistant coach.” “I’m very excited about this op portunity to coach at the Universi ty of South Carolina and in the SEC, the premier women’s basketball con ference,” Brower said. “I had four great years coaching at Lander and learned so much working for head coach Chipper Bagwell. I have known Coach Walvius since my un dergraduate days at Virginia Com monwealth and look forward to working with her and her staff here at USC.” Brower was a four-year letter winner on the Virginia Common wealth University basketball team and graduated in ‘99 with a bache lor’s degree in political science and German. As a member of the VCU Rams, Brower was recognized as one of the premier 3-point special ists in the Metro Conference. After graduating from VCU, Brower played professionally for two years in Russia before return ing to the U.S., joining the Colum bus State University program, where he coached from 1994-96. Around the SEC ■ Four Razorbacks named preseason All conference FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Sophomore tailback Cedric Cobbs heads up a list of four Arkansas football players named to the pre season All-SEC team at SEC Media Days in Birmingham, Ala. Cobbs was the lone first-team selection. Junior punter Richie Butler, sophomore safety Ken Hamlin and senior offensive guard Kenny Sandlin were all named to the second team. The team was decided by a vote of the media at Media Days. ■ Tuberville names new stadium AUBURN, Ala.. - Head football coach Tommy Tuberville has nicknamed Jordan-Hare Stadium “The Jungle” in an effort to spark more enthusiasm for Auburn football. Auburn has responded by creating an official logo for "The Jungle” and marketing it on clothing and other merchandise. ■ All-America squad picks Gator Senior Abby Wambach has been se lected to the collegesoccer.com sec ond team preseason All-American. Wambach led the Gators last season with 23 goals and 54 assists, earn ing SEC Player of the Year honor along the way. She was also named to the U.S. Under-21 Women's National Team. ■ Tide golfer makes U.S. Amateur TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Austin Hynson, a University of Alabama golfer has qualified for the U.S. Amateur golf championship August 20-24 at East lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga. Hynson, a sophomore from Mobile took first place at a qualifier at Dancing Rabbit golf course in Philadelphia, Miss, with a two-day score of 140. ■ LSU golfer ranked No. 1 SHREVEPORT, La. - Senior women's golfer Meredith Duncan is the number one amateur golfer, according to the Golf Week/Titleist Women's Amateur rankings. Duncan in the past year has moved from fifth place to the top rank. Duncan won the U.S. Women's Amateur championship at the Flint hills National Golf Club. ■ Volunteer wins ATP title KOAHSIUNG, Chinese Taipei - Senior tennis player Peter Han doyo captured his first ATP title at the ATP Futures Taipei Open. Han doyo teamed up with Ashley Ford to capture the doubles championship. Handoyo led the Volunteers in wins and winning percentage, gaining both All-SEC and All-American honors. ■ Bulldog soccer gets solid recruiting class ATHENS, Ga. - The Georgia men's soccer team is bringing in the 16th best recruiting class in America, according to Soccerbuzz magazine. The Bulldogs will be facing seven of the top 25 recruiting classes in North Carolina, Tennessee, Wake Forest, Florida, Boston College, Duke and Rutgers. ■ SEC unveils new clothing line BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The SEC has announced its new line of clothing, specially designed and licensed for each member of the conference, is into the market for the 2001 season. The merchandise will be in approxiamtely 200 stores nationwide. NEW KIDS IN TOWN The Gamecock basketball programs have added six new coaches over the summer. Chris Brower Women’s Assistant Coach Duckett Men’s Assistant Coach Ernie Nestor Men’s Assistant Coach Dave Odom Men’s Head Coach Barry Sanderson Men’s Assistant Coach Dee Vick Men’s Special Assistant Cloninger CCNTKJffimOMRW^I Do not expect to behave the same way at a golf match as you do at a football game. Of course, if you manage to raise the $25,000 fee the University Club charges for having the audacity to be a common stu dent, you might be allowed to sneeze at some point during the match. Soccer matches are quite enter taining, if you can shake the notion that the Gamecocks are playing 10 yards from about 100 dead people. The track & field program is one of the most successful squads we have at USC. Unfortunately, when ever you feel the need to cheer on your fellow students at a meet, it will either be so hot Miki Barber's Nikes melt to the track or so rainy Otukile Lekote is disqualified for trying to swim the 800-meter. Your student ID card will get you free admission without a tick et to every sport except football and men's basketball. Remember this when you are whining about stand ing in line for three hours for just a chance to go to the Clemson game. Speaking of Clemson, there is a right way and a wrong way to pro nounce the name of our most hated enemy. Say “Clem,” make a “puh” sound, then “son.” If you can’t handle this, either go back home to Gary, Indiana, or offer the alter nate pronunciation of “cesspool.” I’ve seen pictures of that big pool the swimming teams compete in, and I feel confident that one day I’ll find it Tennis matches are fun. You nev er know, you could be watching the next Pete Sampras or Anna Kournikova during their college days. Yowsah! I realize the softball team looks extremely cute in their uniforms. Just keep the smart comments to yourself, buster. If you ever get the chance to catch an equestrian meet, just try to stay out of the way. There is noth ing worse than some idiot trying to gamble on a hunter seat showcase. You may not know it, but the Southeastern Conference offers one of the most interesting mixes of fans in the nation. Using this logic, try not to look amazed when a fan walks by and (a) barks at you, (b) does n’t say anything, just shows off his “Big Orange” leisure suit, (c) points a box of ‘Tide” detergent at you with a biscuit glued to the top, or (d) says, “Who?” when you ask them who coached football at Florida before Steve Spurrier. When attending any event at USC, you can never look “tacky” or “overdressed.” I understand gi ant roosters around the neck and gar net shoes are really quite attractive once you get used to them. Before the year is out, you will be able to hum every fight song from the SEC. Just try not to do it after USC has been defeated by that particular opponent. Do not, under any circum stances, ask a player for his/her au tograph if you happen to have them in a class, especially in the middle of your trig final. We are all quite aware of the ab breviated version of “Gamecocks.” Its inherent humor was lost on us a long while ago. 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