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Kevin 6The Daily Tar Heel Friday, April 18, 1986 r ,w - -V i y " ) ' ' , i J DTH Jamie Cobb McGorty ruled the pole vault en route to a 1 ,000-pt. decathlon win rm cam mmm mmm FRIDAY & SATURDAY Men's & Women's Track ACC CHAMPIONSHIP Fetzer Field HMO'S D Give us a call! Domino's Pizza will make any time . . . Party time! So take a break from studying! We custom-make each pizza with your choice of top-quality ingredients, then bake it fresh. And we deliver it in 30 minutes or less, or your pizza is $3.00 off! So reach for your phone, then relax. Domino's Pizza Delivers. . a party! e B B B B B B B B B B B B B L.m,ed dehvery area Our . carry less I in . . J Serving UNC Campus, IV. Chapel Hill & Carrboro: 929-0246 412 East Main St., Carrboro Serving North and East Chapel Hill: 967-0006 209 15-501 By-Pass DOMINO'S PIZZA OLIVERS' ,B1 B B B B Q B 1 B $1.00 off any delicious 12" SMALL or 16" LARGE pizza. One coupon per pizza. Offer expires: 42486 Fast, Free delivery!" Good at listed locations. B B B 0170 R o than $20 00 1986 Oom.no P.za. Inc. McGorty wi qualifies for By BOB YOUNG Assistant Sports Editor For a very brief moment, there was a bit of doubt as to whether Kevin McGorty would win the 1986 ACC decathlon. In the seventh event of the two-day competition, the discus, McGorty fouled on his first two throws and needed one legal throw just to get any points for the event. Then, on his last attempt, he heaved the discus a far-below-average distance of 114-9. The throw earned him 563 points and kept him comfortably in the lead. But to give an idea of just how thoroughly UNC's McGorty dominated the competition, he could have scratched the discus and axed another 501 points off his final score and still have claimed the conference title. He scored the most points in Thursday's four non-discus events on his way to a total of 7520 points, setting a new Fetzer Field record and qualifying him for the NCAA Championships. "1 was very pleased with my score considering the conditions," McGorty said. "And after the discus I was just pleased to qualify for nationals." McGorty got off to a quick start by flying over the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 14.78 seconds. And after the near-disaster in the discus, the UNC redshirt sophomore used the pole vault to leave the rest of the competitors eating his dust. Six of the eight decathletes struggled through the lower heights of the event while the best vaulters in the field, McGorty and Maryland's John Perry, didn't begin jumping until the height had reached over 12'$ feet. At the first height the pair attempted, about 12-9, McGorty soared over with a couple feet to spare. But Perry, who is usually a 15-foot vaulter, failed to clear the bar o o o o o C4ROUNK Throne of Blood Thursday, April 17 7:00, 9:30 SPaCIM FRIDAY o o o o Sol . lit , H p o o o o o o o a a to o o o o Friday, ApriH 8 4,6,8,10 $1.50 o o o T- I V I' r ' if jagM HnWI I 1 XT Martin Scorsese's comedy, "AFTER HOURS" 2 PACT COAMlfl lJ VJU t VOODY ALLEN'S, HI A NM "THE BEST FILM OF THE GO's!" Andrew Surfe, VILLAGE VOICE pg13 2:25 4:40 7:25 9:40 "A GREAT ACTRESS SPLENDID STORY!" RD mm Geraldine Page TheTmpTo iter mm 2:10 4:25 7;10 9:25 s decathlon, NCAA meet in his three attempts. With Perry out of the event, McGorty, as was typical over the two days of the event, was competing against himself. After a couple of near misses at 15-5, he finished with a measure of 15-1 '4, nearly three feet ahead of the next-best performer. He swept up by winning the javelin by over 15 feet (with a throw of 178 10!2) and the 1,500-meters by five seconds (in 4:24.57). "1 really had to do a lot mentally today," McGorty said. "I really had to do a lot to push myself." McGorty said he would hope for some better weather and better com petition at his next decathlon, probably in Florida. He plans to compete just once more before the NCAA Cham pionships, which will be held June 3 7 in Indianapolis. Last year, McGorty finished 1 1th at nationals with a score of 7514. In the women's heptathlon, the other event finished Thursday, Virginia's Beth Sheehan made a spectacular charge in the final day to overtake and blow away N.C. State's Natalie Lew. Sheehan finished with 5278 points to Lew's 4992. Sheehan won each of Thursday's three events the long jump, javelin and 800-meters in devastating fashion. But the javelin was the key to her victory, as she buried any of Lew's hopes by out-tossing the Wolfpack star 134-2 to 106. For North Carolina, Diane Thomas finished in fourth place with 3979 points and Michelle Cashwell finished seventh with 3450 points. The ACC Track and Field Cham pionships continue through Saturday at Fetzer Field. Today's action gets underway at 12:30 p.m. with the men's and women's long jumps (see schedule below). "THERE'S NEVER BEEN A COMEDY QUITE LIKE AFTER HOURS A RACY U RAUCOUS RIDE THROUGH THE NIGHT M BOUND TO LEAVE AUDIENCES REELING WITH LAUGHTER." Directed by Martin Scorses Friday and Saturday April 18 and 19 12 midnight $1.00 DUEL Saturday, April 19 7:00, 9:30 COME BACSC LITTLE SHEDA Sunday, April 20 7:00, 9:30 P P 1Q 3 D 3 11:30 Fri., Sat.: Two Great Lates . . . John Waters' hideous "PINK FLAMINGOS" QQ by Vincent Canby, New York Times GeneSiskel, Chicago Tribune AfVDHER SISTERS in KIMTFK fiTFRPO ...... 111 CHARGE OF A Smith, HERALD-SUN PAPERS - E . ... I Q lUliLI V; :. 3 Beck trying to stay hot as ACC Tournament begins By MIKE BERARDINO Staff Writer Potential. In the world of collegiate golf, just a select few have the special natural ability that makes opponents take notice, teammates pay respect and coaches drool. But woe to the talent laden golfer who disappoints the expectation-builders, who doesn't set the world on fire and settles back into the comfort of mediocrity. For him, the word "potential" becomes a relentless curse, ranking right up there with terms like quadruple-bogey and duck hook and three-putt. Until last weekend, the above des cription fit North Carolina golfer Kurt Beck to a tee (pardon the pun). But with his first collegiate win five days ago at the Tar Heel Invitational, the 6-0 senior from Pittsburgh, Pa., may have rid himself of the underachiever label once and for all. "(Last) weekend could have been a real turning point for Kurt," UNC coach Devon Brouse said. "He's always had tremendous talent but has never really fulfilled his potential. Now that he's got a reason to believe in himself, he could be off to the races." Ever since arriving in Chapel Hill from Upper St. Clair High School, Beck's career has been marked by consistency. A starter since his freshman year, Beck's consistency helped the Tar Heels garner two ACC championships and a fourth-place NCAA finish in 1984. Yet, despite the team's success, something was missing for Beck personal accomplishments. His con vincing win last weekend finally pro vided the individual medalist honors that had been missing from Beck's portfolio for too long. Following rounds of 7 1 and 69 with an eye-opening 65 on Sunday, Beck served notice that he's ready for the 33rd annual ACC tournament that starts today in Greensboro. But the 54-hole event at the par-72 Bryan Park Golf Club holds added significance for the Tar Heels' No. 3 player. Beyond the last-chance-for-the-senior angle, there's also the make-up-for-last-year one as well. One hundred percent healthy now, Beck reflected on torn ligaments in his ACC Track & Today Saturday, April 19 1 2:30 Women's Long Jump (Trials and 1 :30 Men's Triple Jump (T & F) Finals) , Men's Pole Vault Final 12:30 ?' Men's Long Jump (T & F) " ' - " 'Men's Javelin (T& Fr1"' OCTr' Women's 5000 Meter Final -"- 1 ?, 2100 ' 1 Women's Shot Put (J & F)1 ' M'V" 1:15 Women's Discus (T&F) Men's 400 Meter Relay Final 1:25 Women's 400 Meter Trials 2:05 Women's 400 Relay Final 1:40 Women's 100 Meter Trials 2:10 Men's 1500 Meter Final 1 :50 Women's 1 500 Meter Trials 2:1 5 Women's High Jump Final 2:00 Men's High Jump (T & F) 2:17 Women's 1500 Meter Final 2:15 200 Meter Trials 2:30 Men's 110m High Hurdles Final 2:30 Men's 3000 Steeplechase Final 2:38 Women's 100m Low Hurdles Final 2:45 Men's 1 1 0m High Hurdles Trials 2:45 Men's 400 Meter Final 3:00 Women's 100m Low Hurdles Trials 2:50 Women's 400 Meter Final 3:10 Men's 400 Meter Trials 2:55 Men's 100 Meter Final Men's Shot Put Trials 3:00 Men's Discus (T & F) 3:25 Men's 100 Meter Trials Men's Triple Jump (T & F) 3:40 Men's 800 Meter Trials Women's 1 00 Meter Final 3:55 Men's 200 Meter Trials 3:05 Men's 800 Meter Final 4:15 Women's Javelin (T & F) 3:10 Women's 800 Meter Final Women's 400m Hurdles Trials 3:25 Men's 400m Hurdles Final 4:25 Men's 400m Hurdles Trials 3:37 Women's 400m Hurdles Final 4:40 Men's 1500 Meter Trials 3:45 Men's 200 Meter Final 5:00 Women's 800 Meter Trials 3:55 Men's 5000 Meter Final 5:15 Men's 10,000 Meter Final 4:15 Women's 3000 Meter Final 6:00 Women's 10,000 Meter Final 4:30 Men's 1600m Relay Final 'SUM ITXSJLmJ 1J X BARGAIN MATINEE-ADULTS "A & & (Highest Rating) 'Brazil' is as good as they come." it lit , it V STARTS TODAY! TQM HANKS SPESD5 'AMBLIN sz (NICaiAIMMiNI 3:15 5:15 '"'s S rrrNPrm lv' 3:00 5:10 right ankle that forced him to miss the 1985 ACC tourney: "It was tougher mentally than it was physically at first because I really wanted to play," he said. "I hope this year I can get back a little of what I lost last year." The same can be said for Brouse's 1 lth-ranked Tar Heels. After a disap pointing third-place ACC finish a year ago, UNC must play extremely well to overcome the considerable talents of fourth-ranked Wake Forest and the sixth-ranked defending champion, Georgia Tech. Along with teammates John Hughes, Bryan Sullivan, Greg Parker and Brendan Kennedy, Beck is hoping to recreate the devastation of the Tar Heel Invitational win. When his father Charles "pushed the club" into his hands when Beck was eight, the youngster was one reluctant golfer. "He wanted me to get out there and hit that little ball," Beck said. "And I said I wanted to play football, baseball . . . everything else." Eventually, though, the old adage that father knows best proved true. "When I first reached competition at 12 and played in my first tournament, I was excited," Beck recalled. "I said 'this is where I'd like to be' and ever since (golf) has been my love." At the age of 15, Beck started playing in national junior tournaments and soon was attracting recruiters from near and far. Among the interested colleges was Wake Forest, alma mater of a legion of professional golfers including the legendary Arnold Palmer. Beck was impressed. . "My hero is Palmer. Growing up in Western Pennsylvania, my grandfather always talked about him," Beck said. "I dreamed of doing what he did: playing in The Masters and winning The Masters someday." After Beck visited Palmer's home during recruiting, one would have expected him to belong to Wake Forest lock, stock and barrel. Not so. At his father's urging, Beck turned down his hero and decided to play for the Deacons' rival, North Carolina. "It was really hard," Beck said. "But I'm definitely happy with my decision." So are your teammates, Kurt. So are your teammates. Field Schedule ELLIOT ROAD E. FRANKLIN 967-4737 $250 TIL 6:00 PM EVERYDAY?! Mike Clark. USA TODAY If s only a state of mind. 3:00 5:30 8:00 SHELLEY LONG not A UNIVERSAL Picture IM IMWfMM. OTf tTMHO. C 7:10 9:10 A love story for the 80's. n n A UNIVERSAL KELEASf" 03 7:20 9:30
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