Track teams excel
at championships
FROM STAFF REPORTS
THE GAMECOCK
The USC men’s and women’s
track and field team wrapped up
another successful year as three
athletes finished as runners-up
at the NCAA Outdoor Track and
Field Championships in Austin,
Texas, June 9-12. USE also col
lected 12 All-American honors.
On both the men’s and
women’s sides, USE finished as
the top school from the state of
South Carolina as the women
finished seventh, their ninth
straight top-10 finish in as many
years. The men finished 31st
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Allmond jumped a school
record 27 feet, 4 3/4 inches to
finish second to LSU’s John
Moffitt for the third straight
year. He was named an All
American as well.
“I came here to get a ring,”
Allmond said. “I didn’t care
about the records, I just wanted
a ring. I won’t take anything
away from John. He’s a great
jumper, a great competitor.”
For the women, Lashinda
Demus and Shevon Stoddart
each received All-American hon
ors in the 400-meter hurdles and
4x400 relay.
“I am really pleased with how
well those two young ladies did
in the 400-meter hurdles —
Shevon and Lashinda,” USE
head coach Curtis Frye said. “I
am encouraged by the way both
ladies ran.”
Demus was runner-up in the
400-meter hurdles with a time of
54.22 and was defeated by
UCLA’s Sheena Johnson.
“I didn’t get out like I want
ed,” Demus said. “I felt tight
coming home. It was a good race,
a good effort and Sheena won
fair and square. I am normally a
better finisher than that.”
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team, made up of Demus,
Stoddart, Stephanie Smith and
Khaliiah Carpenter, also finished
runner-up with a time of3:28.09.
“Before the race we just said
let’s get it done and said a prayer
together to help us get through
it,” said Stoddart, who placed
sixth in the 400-meter.
Several Gamecock athletes
are now preparing for the U.S.
Olympic Trials, which are set to
begin July 9.
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up seven hits and two runs in
five innings of work. The game
saw a total of 10 pitchers from both
sides as both coaches were look
ing for an edge.
It looked as if Carolina was on
its way to a cruising victory in the
first two innings. Pearce, who
went 2-for-5 on the day, picked up
his 13th RBI of the postseason
with a double that scored Triplett,
who put the Gamecocks up 2-0
with an RBI single in the second
inning.
East Carolina got on the board
in the fifth inning and ECU took
the lead with two runs in the
sixth.
The Gamecocks found a way to
score their two runs in the eighth
inning. ECU moved second base
man Trevor Lawhorn, who had
pitched in only one appearance
this season, to pitcher with two
outs in the inning.
After Lawhorn struck out
Campbell, pinch hitter Mahoney
hit a hard ball to first that squirted
through, allowing Brendan Winn
to score. Tolleson’s only hit of the
game, which came with two on
and two out, was a shot that hit
the wall in left-center field, scor
ing Davy Gregg and pinch runner
Steven Reinhold to give the
Gamecocks a 5-3 lead.
Blackwell returned to pitch the
ninth inning to get three straight
outs and advance Carolina to an
other College World Series. It was
the NCAA-leading 19th save for
Blackwell.
“Today was a battle,” Tanner
said. “Our guys play hard; they’re
very competitive. They wear their
emotions on their sleeve. They be
lieve in themselves and they be
lieve in each other.”
The Gamecocks will play their -
first game of the CWS against the
Cal State Fullerton Titans
Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN.
Depending on the outcome of the
first two games, the Gamecocks
will next play either Miami or
LSU on Monday.
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to Omaha and the fourth over
the past five seasons. Texas
knocked off Carolina two years
ago in the finals to win its fifth na
tional title. And the Gamecocks
are beginning to have their name
mentioned in the same breath as
teams like Texas and Stanford, al
though Tanner isn’t too sure.
“I don’t think we measure up to
those programs right now,” Tanner
said. “There’s a lot of great teams
but there’s a few who have really
been solid over the years. We’ve
made a statement, we’ve had a pret
ty good run, but I don’t know if
we’re in that class. But I think when
South Carolina is mentioned in the
circle of college baseball, we get our
share of attention and respect.”
The humble Tanner also said
he isn’t the main reason for the
school’s success over recent years.
Tanner said he’s “just a part of the
puzzle” when it comes to making
three straight trips to Omaha.
“All you can do is position
yourself for good things to happen,
and the coach is just a part of
that,” Tanner said. “All you try to
do is get enough ingredients for
things to happen and maybe you
get in a situation where you can
compete year in and year out.”
If Tanner is just a piece in the
USE puzzle, he was probably the
first piece that has led to many
others. Now USE hopes the puzzle
will reach its completion and the
Gamecocks will bring home a na
tional title.
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