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Friday, January 22,1988/The Battalion/Page 9 Sports &M swim teams face azorbacks Saturday lor say irlines: ice the i! nee om miptlv. hey retj. nt that ; pair an it um eom: e maintt Htme d su Kg«if g work; order it rules r le promt brini aise evel H The Texas A&M men’s and women’s swimming teams wil cdMitinue their 1987-1988 season When they face Arkansas in Fayetteville Saturday at 1 p.m. ■ Both the men’s and women’s teams have a 2-1. dual meet re- rd after both defeated Texas n istian last weekend. The men Ion 69-44 and the women won 7D -42. I “1 was really pleased with our effort,” A&M Coach Mel Nash said of the TCU meet. “It’s pretty amazing when you consider what We’ve been doing.” I Nash said Arkansas will pose a formidable challenge for the Ag- I “Arkansas should be our big gest dual meet of the semester,” le said. “It’s the best dual meet we can sink our teeth into. Our men have only beaten them once in a dual meet, and we’ve never beaten them in a conference meet (lince Nash has been coach). We 4iould go in pretty fired up for this one.” Craig Wakefield Several Aggie swimmers are ranked high among Southwest Conference swimmers. Freshman Craig Wakefield has the fastest time in the 100- and 200-back stroke, and Ed Altman is first in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:40. For the Lady Ag gies, Susan Habermas leads the SWC in the 200-butterfly with a time of 2:03. Skydivers jump for top three places in Arizona By Brad Marquardt Reporter Six members of the Texas A&M Skydiving Team spent Christmas Day journeying through snow and ice on their way to Marania, Ariz. Five days later, they returned to Col lege Station with the National Colle giate Skydiving Championships’ three top awards in the two-way competition. The competition, in which two- man teams are judged on predesig nated formations during freefall, was won by the team of Brian Epper son, a graduate student in computer science and Bret Orr, a graduate stu dent in geography. Don Griffiths, a sophomore engineering student, and Scott Tobermann, a sophomore veterinary medicine major, com bined to take second place, and Carl Green, an junior engineering tech nology major, and Alex Kilpatrick, a senior engineering major, finished third. The teams were jumping from airplanes at an altitude of 9500 feet and plummeted to the ground at 120 mph, making formations along the way. The skydivers freefell 45 seconds before opening their par achutes, and were filmed from the ground. U.S. Parachute Association officials reviewed the film and judged the divers. The participants were sponsored by the A&M Sport Parachute Club and competed against teams from across the nation, including the Uni versity of Oklahoma, the University of New Mexico and the Air Force Academy. The skydivers all had less than 150 but more than 50 total jumps.They trained for the competi tion at Aggies Over Texas at Coulter Field. But skydiving isn’t all serious com petition, the participants said. “I’ve always wanted to skydive, just for the thrill. 1 had seen skydiv ing at the football games, and on TV shows and wanted to try it,” said Green, Parachute Club president. Diana Stanley, a member of the club, said that after the first jump, the rest are easy. “I was scared to death, but once I looked out it was no big deal,” Stan ley said. “The hardest part was opening the door.” Green said one of the most diffi cult parts of preparing competition skydiving was the lack of practice time they had. The team members averaged 80 jumps per person, and since the freefall only lasts 45 sec onds that adds up to about 55 min utes of total f reefall experience. “Whereas other sports practice for hours on end, we might have ten minutes of practice with our part ner,” Green said. “There are other ways to get the practice time but they are too expensive or too far away.” Epperson said that freefalling is similar to flying. “You’re falling flat, going about 120 mph,” Epperson said. “But. it’s not like you’re falling because you don’t have a reference point.” Tennis clinic to be held on campus Registration is underway for the 1988 Texas A&M “Kaepa” summer Tennis Camp. The camp is under the direc tion of David Kent, coach of the A&M men’s tennis team, and Bobby Kleinecke, coach of the women’s team. The registration cost of $350 includes room, board, instruction and all activities. A $50 deposit is due with the application, which can be picked up at Kent’s office at the Omar Smith Tennis Center. The first session begins May 29 and continues through June 4. The second session starts June 5- and ends June 11, and the final session takes place from June 12 tojune 15. Advanced, intermediate and beginner classes are available. A casual banquet will conclude the sessions. For more information, contact Kent at 845-2816 or 774-7221. goslavu s shorn? leljjrade have st. soap to syson, Holmes to fight tonight Gr a f to take on Evert ;re causi a fleam alth se s and mt ,,'hasali f denu menu). Ml tO tilt :1 event lie stet e report tillalioti :i debt, ig slant ng the historv i ■tTLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Mike Tyson, the youngest heavy weight champion in history, and Larry Holmes, who could become the oldest, will fight tonight at the Convention Center. ^■Holmes, a 38-year-old grandfa ther who announced his retirement Nov. 6, 1986, would succeed Jersey Jojb Walcott as the oldest champion. ^■Valcott was 37 when he knocked out Ezzard Charles in the seventh roll nd Jub 18, 1951. ^■They’ll say I'm too old, washed up. can’t fight anymore,” Holmes said of his decision to come out of re- tiijrment. (^■Jpon leaving the offical weigh-in i^Bursday, Holmes said, “I’ll win. I'll fobl everybody.” ^■‘1 don’t make predictions, but I 'can assure you a victory,” the 21- , year-old Tyson said. ■ Tyson is an overwhelming favor ite to win the scheduled 12-round fight at the 16,000-seat Convention Center. Hit will be televised by HBO at ab( nit 9:27 p.m. “1 believe I’m the best fighter in world,” Tyson said. “I believe he had his era. I believe nobody in the world can beat me.” “He’s made for me,” Holmes said. “Face fighters are made for me. 1 can punch going back. Boxers give me trouble.” A face fightei is one who leaves himself open while attacking. Tyson is an attai kei. and that is an important part of his defense. He keeps an opponent busy de fending himself. The champion, who weighed in at 215% pounds Thursday, possesses excellent quickness and liandspeed. Holmes, who weighed 225 s /», had a great left jab, but in his last several fights it lacked its old snap and ac cu racy. I he bounce was gone from his legs. “Larry doesn’t have the physical capabilities at this stage of his ca reer,” said Eddie Futch, who trained Holmes for 12 title fights. Holmes feels his 21-month layoff has been good for him, but most boxing people feel a fighter cannot restore what time and age have eroded. The former champion has trained in seclusion for several weeks at his hometown of Easton, Pa. He didn’t arrive at Atlantic City until Wednesday afternoon. Holmes, who turned pro in 1973, won his first 48 fights and was the world’s premier heavyweight for about 7 '/a years. He won the World Boxing Coun cil title from Ken Norton June 19, 1978, and defended it 17 times be fore relinquishing it in December, 1983, after a dispute with promoter Don King involving a defense against G^g Page. Still recognized as champion by the International Boxing Feder ation, Holmes defended that title three times before losing it to Mi chael Spinks on a close, but unani mous decision Sept. 22, 1985. He lost the rematch on a split de cision in his last fight April 19, 1986. Holmes unsuccessfully appealed to have, the second loss overturned and he remains bitter about both de feats. Tyson, who was 20 when he won the WBC title from Trevor Berbick, was 21 years, one month and two days old when he outpointed Tony Tucker last Aug. 1 and became the first undisputed heavyweight cham pion since Leon Spinks upset Mu hammad Ali in 1978. The youngest heavyweight cham pion before Tyson was Floyd Patter son, who wa§ 21 years, 1() months and six days when he knocked out Archie Moore for the vacant championship Nov. 30, 1956. Holmes is getting $2.8 million. Tyson is making between $4 million and $5 million. in Australian Open play MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Steffi Graf had her wish come true Thursday when Chris Evert beat Martina Navratilova in the semifi nals of the Australian Open tennis championships. Graf, who beat Claudia Kohde- Kitsch in the other semifinal, was hoping to meet Evert in Saturday’s final. “The last couple of times we have have played, I have played well against her,” the 18-year old West German said of Evert. “The good thing is that if you are playing her, you really get into your rhythm. Against Martina it’s a different story.” Graf, the world’s top-ranked fe male player, has reason to be confi dent against No. 3 Evert. After los ing their first six matches, she has beaten Evert four straight times without losing a set. “1 guess i hit my forehands a little bit harder than Chris,” Graf said. “She has an advantage on her back hand, but 1 think I go for the shots more.” Graf, who has won 20 straight matches, will be playing in her first Australian Open final, Evert has reached the final six times, winning in 1982 and 1984. “1 haven’t beaten her in a year or so,” Evert said. “She was a different obviously bigger and stronger. 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