All of our favored athletes advanced in the first round of the Palmetto Pride: Best SC Athlete of All-Time contest.

Only two athletes — football player Charlie Waters and golfer Beth Daniel — were upset. Both were defeated by Clemson grads — Waters by William Perry and Daniel by Banks McFadden.

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