12The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, March 19; 1987
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BIG FOUR
The United States Olympic
Festival it's not But Carolina
students will get a taste of
Festival competition when
they line up for this year's
annual Big Four Sports Day
at Duke University.
Big Four, a multi-sport
extramural competition
among Carolina, Duke, N.C.
State and Wake Forest, holds
it's 41st meeting on April 1 in
Durham. The event began in
1947 with a Blue Devil win in
the men's competition.
Women's events were added
in 1976. the year Carolina
won it's only women's
championship in 10 tries.
Horseshoes and rifle have
since gone from the list of Big
Four events, but others have
been added to bring the total
number of sports to 11:
badminton. basketball
(women only), bowling, cross
country, golf (men : only),
racquetbalt, softbalt,
swimming, table tennis,
tennis and volleyball. Alt
events will be held on the
Duke campus with two
exceptions. Badminton wilt
be contested in Carolina's
Fetzer Gym and racquetball
will be held off-campus in
Durham.
Carolina's record in Big
Four competition has been
rather dismal. On the strength
of a six-year streak in the
early 1950s, the Heels have
won or tied 13 times in 40
years. But Carolina has won
only once since the nation's
bicentennial, taking the 1980
event.
N.C. State has been the
force of late, winning or tying
1 9 times in history and taking .
six of the last nine meetings,
including last year's contest
at Wake Forest.
"We didn't have the
numbers or interest of other
schools in the past," said
Assistant Intramural Director
Linda Capoccia, coordinator
of Carolina's Big Four squad.
"Our chances this year are
much better. With games
nearby at Duke, participants
can take just a few hours to.
play and not have to spend
the whole day."
Events are set to begin
around 10 a.m. Wednesday,
April 1. with golf traditionally
being one of the early
starters. Other sports will be
held throughout the day,
ending around 3 p.m.
Intramural officials chalk
up the lack of participation in
last year's event to it's venue
Winston-Salem.
Transportation, they say, was
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a major problem and many
potential participants could
not spend the entire day away
from school.
But with competition eight
miles away rn Durham this
year and next year's event
stated for Chapel .. Hill,
Carolina's Big Four chances
seem brighter.
"Big Four is wonderful
extramural activity. It gives
everyone the opportunity to
be involved, with one of the
Atlantic Coast Conference
rivalries and makes for a fun
and interesting day," said
Capoccia.
NOTES: Most Big Four events
are single-elimination
tournaments . . . Team points
are awarded for first through
four places, with forfeits
receiving . no
points .. . Carolina's 1987
team will be formed largely
from intramural champion
teams, but should those
teams choose not to
participate, teams will be
formed from other interested
C a r o I i n a
students ... Spectators are
encouraged to attend the
competition . . . Further
information is available from
Capoccia in the intramural
office, 203 Woollen Gym.
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