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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
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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.
The sports desk can be reached at
gamecocksports® hotmail.com
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