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Tasha Eichenseher Oiagon Daily £m«tak) Franklin (iallwns remembers tum bling through (he air at speeds near 1HU mph. He remembers looking at his altimeter at 7,000 I0et ODOVt! the pine-carpet ed and moun tainous land scape of western Oregon. And he can't forget arch ing his body as hard as he could in order to pull I his rip chord at GALLWAS 5 f,0( 10 avoid bouncing off the ground. This was early in Gallwas' skydiv ing career — only his fifth jump — and since then he has done 130 more jumps and learned a lot about the sport "If you panic you lose your edge in a situation." he said. Gallwas and his diving partner Rob Rainwater were sure not to lose their edge in the l't'H National t ollegiate Oregon still in air, even lacking skydiving team Competition for skydiving in Arizona, where they look first in the two-way novice event. Gallwas, who was representing Oregon at Nationals, and Rainwater, who jumps for Oregon Stale, had only practiced together for a month ho fore the December competition. "We had no idea." explained Gall was. a senior majoring in psychology "Wo weren't going down there to i\ in. We were just going to learn more about the sport." After three rounds of jumps at the competition, the pair had a total of 19 points, scoring eight more points than lust year's winners In order to qualify for the novice event, divers cannot have had more than 100 jumps At the time of the event Gallwas had done just under 100 jumps and Rainwater, a sopho more at Oregon Stale majoring in chemical engineering, had t>9 jumps behind him In the two-way event. a point is earned every time the two skydivnrs con me t to create a formation, such as linking hands or holding each other's knees. Before their jumps, divers pu k four formations randomly out of a hat. which contain a total of 2\ forma tions Therefore, the competitors don't know what they will nave to perform during their jump "This is to try to keep the playing field level.' said Jac k Gregory, dtrei tor of safety and training at the U S Parachute Association, which spon sor* the f'ollegirtte Nationals New formations am drawn for each round Once the divers complete the sequence of formations they have picked, they repeat the routine as many times as they can during free fall The faster the two jumpers con nect. the more points the pair Turn to FREE FALL. P.eje 8A "iUJlI'U Franklin Gallwas and Hob Halnwa ter jump from a plane In tbe National Coll«^ giate Competi tion for skydiv ing In Arizona Coach avoids letting basketball control life We would all like to believe that what we do on a day-to-day basis is much harder than what the next person does, but usual ly that has more to do with ego than facts With so many difficult profes sions m the world, it's hard to pinpoint just which one is the most physically and mentally demanding. Hut one slight glimpse of the disheveled man that Arizona State head coach Hill Frtoder is today brings to light the life of a head basketball coach on the collegiate level Here's a man who looks and acts the part of what happens when the enve lope gets pushed just a bit too fur Fneder was the head coach of a primetime powerhouse at Michigan Friedor's programs were a mainstay in the top 10 teams in the nation. Hut as his team prepared for the NCAA Tournament in March of 1980, Frieder pulled a Johnny Pay check and basically told the Wolverine brass to take their job Kris Hfnr> ami shove it His Wolverines went on to win the tournament and twcome national champions — a factor that lured th« “Fab Five" to Ann Arimr. He didn’t move on to bigger and brighter things Instead. Frieder left the glamour for a program at Arizona State, which wasn't exactly setting the has ketbail world on fire Why would someone make such a drastic change in their lifestyle? lining a head t o.u h is a ver\ demanding job." Frieder said. "With the scrutiny, the media attention, the exposure and the fact that you put in lfi-20 hours a day every day that can take a lot out of you. And it does. '1 know for myself. it was starting to affix ! me at Mit lug.iii, and (fiat's one of the reasons that I left Mu higan and took tins job (at Arizona State) My attitude (.hanged, ami i just wasn’t going to let the game destroy me." (Ian being a college-level bas ketball ( oftch actually destroy a person? There seems to be some support for this theory in recent years. Coaches across the nation, from George Raveling at South ern Cal to Coach k at Duke, have fallen by the wayside due to the exhausting tolls of collegiate sports Tim intense pressures placed on them The exhausting compulsion to try to go beyond oilier coaches in game prepara tions. The constant hours of being put in front of a micro phone as thousands look on, being the focus of all attention placed on your team Kach of the coaches has admitted to being physically and mentally unable to handle what's involved in their job. Just as soon as you start think ing what you do is the biggest brick breaker of them all, some one else dgscrlhtis their lift! in tin! land of opportunity. Hum mer, huh' "There am a lot of people out there in other businesses that work 16-20 hours a day." Frieder said "They just don't have the media scrutiny, pres sure and exposure. Hut that's just the nature of the game "(The pressure) is |ust part of the business today, and its pisl another thing that happens in this wacky world of college bas ketball There are a lot of tremendous benefits to being a college basketball coach, and this comes with it Also corning with the job is the idea that coaching gets into your blood In another profes sion. you can quit and move on to an entirely new field It's rare when a coach leaves coaching forever Many who don't contin ue coaching turn to the media to help control their desires But coaching is a hard habit to kick, which explains why Turn to HENRY. Page 8A TUESDAY January 31, 1995 Volume %, I\*uc SK AP Top TWenty Five Tho lop 25 itMms in Tho Assoc ated Press' college basketball poll, wish first pi.u i* votes in parentheses, records through Jan ?9 total points based on 25 poms lor a first-place vote through one pornt fo» a 25th-piace vole, and previous ranking Record Pit erv ■ 2 hortMtafama {10) IS I I SiM 3 3 Mnxw ;3)_1$2 1528 ? 4 it.-.-.*'.-,.- tst y 74 ' Ml., i 1 £>; J 6Mx>,_13 3 1 231 i rug a 12,*= ins_4 8 Mutrn_1M 1 19* 9 ■ Sh ■ J..I 14 3_I US IQ 10 Svracuw 1S2 1132 8 11 Mwaa_ If ? 10P6 II 12 Anera_tS4 %i t? ' i (.nvxyp-i-w 14 3 ^58 U t4_ /i.fefams 124 fifft ’6 15 V*g?oa _12 5 618 IS 16 Aryan St„ 14 5 bflri 13 1? $tarapre 133 527 17 18 14 3 493 20 19 \ i ,vjd-. .i 13 S 452 22 A.- ■i-.ir-d- .1_u 4 1)2 22. Or*yon 12-4 180 18 23 Q« ■ IS 6 SV'i 19 24 (> rara . IS 4 144 ?S 25 h.t li H>6 104 23 vQto& CaSwrii5S O-UiWttSt. 73 Si Um*73 Irt t^ioM SO Yq&\q 49 W Ktnfcjcty 32, M* , n, $» jo Uiar D ON) U 28 Pi/tf 4; ,*t N C C^WJQfiO 2? 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