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Fanfare
University of Georgia director of tennis Dan Magili was named
the fifth recipient of the Bill Hartman Award yesterday. The
award, named for Georgia's kicking coach, is the highest hon-
or that a former University student-athlete can receive.
JThe Reef and Black • Jhursday, June 23^1994 • 5
SPORTS
Men’s track places eighth
in national championship
By JOSH KENDALL
Sports Editor
The Georgia men’s track team finished
up their season just after the end of Spring
quarter with their best finish ever at the
NCAA Championships.
Brent Noon led the way for the Bulldogs
to an overall eighth place with his third
straight NCAA shot put crown.
The Bulldogs finished with 24 team
points, just ahead of Baylor (23) and just be
hind LSU (27). As expected, Arkansas out
classed the field. The Razorbacks defeated
their closest competition, UTEP, by 58
points, to finish with a dominating 83
points.
Georgia has finished in the national top
ten for the past four years. The Bulldogs
were 10th in 1991,1992 and 1993.
Noon became the sixth athlete ever to
win three NCAA shot put championships
with his throw of 67-9 1/4 feet. His throw
was more than two feet farther than that of
his closest competitor.
With this title, he becomes the only
Bulldogs ever to win three track and field
national championships. Only one other
Georgia athlete, Spec Towns, has won two
national crowns in the sport.
Next year, Noon, who competed in only
two outdoor meets in the regular season due
to injury, will have the chance to become the
only person to win the shot put title four
years straight.
Six other Bulldog athletes joined Noon in
earning All-American status. Wolfgang
Kreissig and Dillon Phelps in the high jump,
Marcus Bailey in the long jump, Jan
Bielecki in the hammer throw, Alessandro
Urlando in the discus and Shaun Benefield
in the 800-meter dash all earned All -
America honors.
Benefield was a surprise with his finish
in the 800. With his time of 1:47.62 minutes
ri.
Brent Noon, winner of three con
secutive shot put crowns.
he topped the old Georgia record held by
Steve Burgess.
The old record of 1:47.64 minutes had
held for nine years.
Urlando tied a school record with his dis
cus throw of 187-9 feet and placed fifth at
the championships.
Basketball, sand volleyball and tennis
added to summer intramural playlist
By JOSH KENDALL
Sports Editor
After offering only softball in past summer sessions, the
University of Georgia recreation department is offering six
potential intramural sports for any University students en
rolled in summer classes.
Thursday is the final day to sign up for men’s and coed
softball, men’s and women’s basketball, sand volleyball or
tennis doubles. The deadline is 4:00 p.m., and students
should sign up at Rm. 229 in Memorial Hall.
Paulette Evans, the University’s recreational sports coor
dinator, said that softball and men’s basketball will definite
ly be played, but the fates of women’s basketball, sand vol
leyball and tennis doubles will lie in the hands of the stu
dents.
“If we get enough teams, we will play,” she said.
Evans said that six teams would constitute enough to
make up a league.
She also said there was no single reason for the dramatic
expansion.
“With the addition of the SPACENTER, we are just trying
to expand our program into the full year,” she said. “We’ll see
how it works.”
Unlike spring quarter when some 250 teams participate in
intramural softball, Evans said that the department expects
only about 16 teams during the summer. However, it is still
the most popular of the intramurals at the University.
The basketball games will be played on the outdoor courts
of Russell Hall. Evans said she expects about six or eight
teams to register, but had room for more if it was needed.
If enough teams sign up, both the volleyball and the ten
nis matches will be played at the recreational sports complex
by Lake Herrick.
Bulldogs lose another offensive recruit
By JOSH KENDALL
Staff Writer
With the loss of yet another offensive recruit over the break,
the Bulldogs’ highly praised recruiting class has slipped well
into the realm of mediocrity.
Receiver A1 Davis is the fourth major recruit from the of
fensive side of the ball to be lost by the Bulldogs. Davis signed
with the Pittsburgh Pirates’ organization. He hailed from
Alcoa, Tennessee, the same hometown that gave the Bulldogs
tight end Shannon Mitchell.
Running back George Lombard, receiver Gilbert Grantlin
and offensive lineman Allan Weathers were the first three
Bulldog signees to jump ship. Lombard signed with the Atlanta
Braves and Grantlin and Weathers were lost to academic prob
lems.
Georgia offensive coordinator Wayne McDuffie said the loss
of these four players would cause a “depth problem” for the
Georgia offense.
“They were untested, so we don’t know how much they would
have contributed,” he said. “But, we needed some depth.”
Lombard was ranked by many experts as the top prospect in
the country and was the biggest loss by far for the team, but
both Davis and Grantlin could have made an immediate impact
with the club.
Grantlin was a speed merchant out of Mesa (Ariz.)
Community College, but he quit school and lost his eligibility.
“A lot of your success (on offense) depends on speed,”
McDuffie said. “(That loss) will have a big effect on our big play
ability.”
McDuffie said that Davis was more of a possession receiver
along the lines of Jeff Thomas.
With Davis and Grantlin, the Bulldogs would have had one
of the, if not the, deepest receiving corps in the country. Far
from being in trouble, Georgia will now fall back on their base
of Brice Hunter, Hasan Grahm, Jerry Jerman and Thomas.
Weathers was a 6-foot-6 290-pound offensive lineman out of
Fresno City College but was unable to meet transfer require
ments. He will reportedly enter the University some time after
fall quarter and could be eligible to play in the 1995 season.
While you were gone: basketball recruit dies, Lady Netter leaves
By JOSH KENDALL
Sports Editor
•While such high-profile recruits
as George Lombard and A1 Davis
are backing out of intentions to com
pete for Georgia on the gridiron, the
Bulldogs’ biggest loss came in the
wee hours of the morning on Friday,
June 10 in Detroit, Mich. It was here
that the life of Georgia basketball
recruit Jamil Dowdell came to a sud
den and tragic end as the car he was
driving was struck head-on by an
other vehicle.
Dowdell and his passenger were
reportedly on the way to a
McDonald’s restaurant at the time
of the accident. Dowdell was pro
nounced dead at 2:18 a.m. at
Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital, less
than 24 hours before he was sched
uled to graduate from Detroit’s
Northern High.
As a senior, Dowdell averaged 17
6 >ints and nine rebounds a game.
e was also named to the Detroit
Free Press All-Public School League
team.
•The Georgia-Tennessee game
on September 10 will now be held at
7:00 p.m. so it can be shown on
ESPN. The last night game at
Sanford Stadium was in 1991 when
the Bulldogs upset No. 6 Clemson,
27-12, on national television. That
game was played in front of an elec
tric crowd of 85,434 and was the first
night game since 1985 at Georgia.
The Bulldogs will be looking for an
other upset this time, as Tennessee
has been put in the preseason top
five by almost every poll released.
•The Georgia high school all-star
team averted a fourth straight loss
to their counterparts from Florida
by tying the Florida All-Stars 10-10.
Bulldog signee Dax Langley was
named the game’s most valuable
player for his game record 55-yard
field goal and record 44-yard punt
ing average. However, Langley
missed field goals from 60 and 61
yards. Quarterback Hines Ward,
Eric ZeieFs heir apparent, also had
a good game but was knocked out in
the fourth quarter with a concus
sion. Ward scored Georgia’s only
touchdown on a 13-yard scramble in
the first quarter.
•After helping the Lady Netters
to the 1994 women’s tennis outdoor
national championship, sophomore
Brooke Galardi announced her in
tentions to transfer to Dartmouth in
order to concentrate on her aca
demics.
“In my senior year of high school,
I was recruited by Dartmouth, but
my focus
was ten-
nis/ath-
1 e ti c s,
but now I
have de
cided to
focus on
aca
demics
and then
tennis at
a smaller
school,”
she said.
“ W e
were for
tunate to
have Brooke here for the past two
years, and we’re supportive of her
decision to transfer,” Georgia head
coach Jeff Wallace said. “I would like
to point out that Brooke and her
Brooke Galardi
family informed me of her decision
to transfer back in October. I appre
ciated that because I was able to
prepare for it.”
Galardi was 29-9, 10-2 in the
SEC this year. She played mainly at
the No. 6 singles spot but also
played matches at the No. 4 and 5
singles spots.
•Brian Powell, a sophomore
pitcher for the Diamond Dogs, was
named to the 24-man roster of the
USA Baseball team. Powell started
his international career well with a
7-4 win over Nicaragua. He pitched
five innings and gave up four runs
on six hits and three walks.
The team will travel to Japan,
China and Australia during the
course of the season. On August 3,
they will head to Managua,
Nicaragua for the World
Championships.
Powell led the Diamond Dogs
pitching staff this season with seven
complete games, 140 strikeouts and
129.1 innings pitched. Pitcher Dave
Fleming is the only other Bulldog to
make the USA team.
•Sophomore Darren Hamrick
was released from the baseball
team. Hamrick was a first basemen
but saw little playing time as a
Diamond Dog.
•University swimmer Barry
Wynn was named third team GTE
Academic All-American. Wynn is a
sophomore and carries a perfect 4.0
average in arts and sciences.
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