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Bpoets Versatile McGorty has his sights set on '88 Olympics By JOHN HACKNEY Staff Writer Assistant track coach Jeff Gorski calls him the greatest thing to come along since sliced bread. "And yet he's so unassum ing," Gorski says. Freshman decathlete Kevin McGorty has received a lot of similar praise in the past year for his sensational perfor mances in several big competitions. And so it comes as a surprise that he didn't make a firm commitment to the decathlon until the summer after his senior year at Westfield High School in New Jersey, when he won three big decathlons in one month. This included a performance in California in which McGorty amassed the second highest point total (7,321) for a decathlete in high school history. McGorty's specialty is a two-day com petition that includes 10 events: the 100-meter dash, 400-meter dash, 1500-meter run, 110-meter high hurdles, long jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, javelin and shot put. It is easy to see why the winner of the Olympic decathlon is most knowledgeable people's pick as the world's greatest athlete. McGorty needs only to improve his score to 7,625 points to qualify for the 1984 Olympic trials, and Gorski says he has already added enough distance in the shot put this year to increase his overall score by 100. However, McGorty will have to wait until the outdoor track season begins before he will know exactly how much he has improved. Both McGorty and Gorski think quali fying for the trials is not such a difficult task, but neither is expecting McGorty to make the three-man team the U.S. will send to this summer's games in . Los Angeles. There are presently three ex perienced decathletes who consistently score over 8,000 points an outing. "I just want to qualify for the (NCAAs) and the Olympic Trials this year," McGorty says. "In the long run, I want to make it to the 1988 Olympic Games." Gorski says McGorty has already been tabbed the man to beat in 1988 by some track experts. Meanwhile, McGorty is busy training on a schedule that has been "set a year in advance by North Carolina's four-man coaching staff. Gorski is in charge of McGorty's training in the weight events (javelin, shot and discus), where McGor ty admits he needs work." Gorski, a member of the 1982 U.S. Na tional Team as a javelin thrower, says McGorty is 25-30 pounds lighter than most of the guys he competes with right now, so weight training will be pivotal to his success as a decathlete. Coach Don Lockerbie coordinates McGorty's overall training program as well as working closely with his distance running. Assistant coaches Skip Miller and Hubert West handle McGorty's training in the sprinting and jumping events, respectively. McGorty was "offered everything but the moon" from other schools bidding for his services, according to Gorski, I whose brother was the freshman track coach at Westfield. "I think Kevin chose UNC in the end because he appreciated the honesty of the coaching staff here," Gorski says. McGorty says he feels good about the way he has fit in with the team. "I really like it because we have a good time in practice and still get the job done," he says. "I think that's really important." . BARGAIN MATINEE-ADULTS 2.00 TIL 8:00 PM EVERYDAY! I 2:1M4:4 u5n 9:45 W"!iam Hurt I 3:20 5:20 7:20 9:20 I Chapel Hill-Durham Exclusive . .. Gorky Park(R) Hot Dog: the Movie r 3:30 5:30 7:30 9:30 CHAPEL HILL DURHAM DOLBY STEREO EXCLUSIVE! U ;. Girls like Tracy never tell their parents about guys , like Rourke.. ' A i f, ,"4 " ts ' '''' P x "It-4 9 'TZ f I DOLBY STEREO WO MGMUA El THE Daily Crossword By Martha J. 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Fuller, the team's second territorial draft pick last month, appeared at a Veterans Stadium news conference with his parents three days after he originally was scheduled to sign the contract. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Fuller, who spent the weekend in New Haven, Conn., with members of the Walter Camp Foundation All-America team, had been scheduled to appear at a news conference Friday, but backed out at the last minute. "I thought about this a long time and I wanted to make jre," he said Monday. "I needed some more time to think about it. It was the biggest decision of my life." While in New Haven, Fuller said he was contacted by some officials of NFL teams, including Washington Redskins general manager Bobby Beathard and Dallas Cowboys vice president. Gil Brandt, in an effort to get him to wait un til the NFL draft before signing a con tract. "I talked to Mr. Beathard and Mr. R-nHt: I talV f irt of people." Fuller said. "They didn't knock the USFL. They talked about the good side j& the NFL. With the USFL, they talked about the unknown, that they weren't sure if the league could survive. I believe it will survive," The 6-foot-4, 250-pound Fuller, from Chesapeake, Va., is expected to move in to a starting spot right away to beef up the Stars' pass rush. He led the Tar Heels in 1983 with five sacks and 12 other tackles for losses, arid was named to several All-America teams. Fuller was expected to report Tuesday night to the Stars' pre-season camp in Deland, Fla. He will be rejoining an old friend, former college teammate and 1983 USFL Most Valuable Player Kelvin Bryant, with the Stars. "Kelvin told me if I got a good deal, that thi would be a great place to play football," he said. "A lot of factors came into play. I'd like to play in a hurry. I'm not the type to sit on the bench and watch no matter how much money I'm making: I want to be part of something." Fuller was an anchor for a Tar Heel defense that was regularly ranked among the ten best in the country during his junior and senior seasons. He will be joining the team that led the USFL in total defense in 1983. DTHJeff Neuvtlle Jeff Gorski (left) works with decathlete Kevin McGorty. He says, though, that he gets tired of practicing day in and day out. "Sometimes I really get down in the sdumps. When I do, I just think it'll have to pass. The team really helps because we joke around when someone has a bad day." His teammates probably don't get too many opportunities to joke around with him, because a guy who's regarded by Olympics can't have too many bad days. McGorty's idol is Bruce Jenner, the 1976 Olympic decathlon champion who is now to Wheaties ("The Breakfast of Champions") what the Captain is to Crunch. He hasn't ruled out the possibility of being honored with the unofficial but all prestigious title of World's Greatest Athlete that Jenner lay claim to not long niejJthe man to beat in the 1988 ago. 1 UPI Men's Poll I. North Carolina (41) 20-0 629 2 DePaul 17-0 587 3. Georgetown 19-2 521 4. Houston 19-3 467 5. Nev.-Las Vegas 20-1 428 6. (tie) Texas-El Paso 20-1 393 (tie) Illinois 17-2 393 8. Kentucky (1) 16-3 349 9. Memphis St. 16-3 228 10. Oklahoma 18-3 176 11. Purdue 15-4 174 12. Tulsa 18-2 135 13. Maryland 14-4 83 14. Auburn 14-5 82 15. Louisville 15-5 79 16. Washington 15-4 61 17. Wake Forest 15-4 59 18. Syracuse 14-5 43 19. Arkansas 16-4 38 20. Temple 16-2 21 AP Women's Poll 1 . Louisiana Tech (44) 19-1 1 , 1 69 2 Texas (12) 17-2 1,136 3. S. California (2) 17-3 1,074 4. Georgia (2) 20-2 1,032 5. Old Dominion 14-4 975 6. Long Beach State 13-4 848 7. Tennessee 16-6 792 8. Mississippi 19-3 776 9. Louisiana State 16-4 695 10. Kansas State 15-4 629 11. Cheyney 17-4 598 12. Missouri 16-3 510 13. Auburn 15-6 494 14. Virginia 17-3 398 15. North Carolina 17-3 329 16. N.C. State 16-5 279 17. Maryland 13-6 223 18. St. John's 18-2 199 19. Clemson 15-6 142 20. Northeast Louisiana 14-3 89 1 1 ' 9 East Main street Carrboro Phone 929-4000 Quantity Rights Deserved! Mrs: Mon.-cSat. 8 a.m. lo 9 p.m. cSun. - 12 lo 6 p.m. Prices good Feb. 5 - Feb. 11 bulk produce : imported and domestic The Village Market is your total unique food store, cheese package and smoked meats lull service meat department . deli meats, cheeses and salads fresh seafood hundreds of bulk items complete gourmet section coffee beans frozen foods. Ninth Street bakery products cold beer a great wine selection and of course all your everyday basic grocery needs plus much much more. Half Whole Rib Eye steaks $a29 J? Lb. 1984 Tribune Company Syndicate, Inc. 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