Tar Heels' Gowda wins discus title

North Carolina's Vikas Gowda won the men's discus at 198 feet, 8 inches on Friday at the NCAA track and field championships in Sacramento, Calif.

Gowda was the runner-up in the event last year.

Former Broughton star Jesse Williams of Southern California repeated as men's high jump champion with a personal-best leap of 7 feet, 7 1/4 inches.

Virginia Powell of Southern California broke the collegiate 100-meter hurdle record for the second time in three days, ending her fabulous USC career with a 12.48-second victory.

Powell, who broke the record she shared with Gail Devers with a 12.55 in the semifinals on Wednesday night, repeated as the event's champion and won her fourth NCAA title overall.

Canadian Priscilla Lopes of Nebraska was second in a personal-best 12.60.

"I didn't even remember the race until I crossed the finish line," Powell said. "That's how much of a zone I was in. I've never felt like that."

Devers set the U.S. record at 12.33 at the Olympic trials on the same Sacramento track in 2000.

Aries Merritt of Tennessee won the men's 110 hurdles in 13.21, matching the fastest time in the world this year -- by Liu Xiang of China.

Freshman Destinee Hooker, gave Texas a big boost by winning the high jump at 6-2 1/4, an inch higher than runner-up Sheena Gordon of North Carolina.

Spyridon Jullien of Virginia Tech repeated as men's hammer champion, winning on his final throw at 237-2. UNC's Nick Owens, finished third at 229-9.

N.C. State's Ebony Foster was sixth in the 100 hurdles at 13.05.

FOOTBALL

TWO DEACONS INELIGIBLE: Two Wake Forest players, wide receiver Demir Boldin and cornerback Brandon Ghee, have been ruled academically ineligible for the 2006 season. Neither player will participate in any football activities during the fall while they concentrate on academics.

ECU TO STAY ON 'THE BUZZ': East Carolina has announced that its games will continue to air on WRBZ-850 "The Buzz" for the 2006 and 2007 seasons.

ECU NEWS RELEASE

MEN'S BASKETBALL

GEORGIA CUTS PLAYER: Georgia coach Dennis Felton announced Friday that forward Younes Idrissi's scholarship will not be renewed for the 2006-07 season. Idrissi, from Casablanca, Morocco, would have been a junior next season. He averaged 6.5 points and 3.5 rebounds last season.

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