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Show SU sends 2 to nats. 6 A Janet Howell I Janet Jorgensen are majoring in physical education and minoring in art at SUSC. Both love to compete, and both figure that they can measure up well in the national competition. There are no arguments between the two regarding the success suc-cess of a gymnast. "It's work and continual repetition," they echo. Their work routines differ, however. Jorgensen works out about three hours every day in season and nearly that long daily during the off season. "I spend as much time as I can on the trampoline, and my father (Joe Jorgensen) is always encouraging me. I also run a lot," she says. Howell probably works more hours each day during the competition season, but then she gets away from gymnastics during the summers. "I spend my time horseback riding, , diving, and swimming. My dad likes horses, so he's always after me to go riding with him." Concentration, fear, and challenge also play large roles in the life of a gymnast, according to the two SUSC athletes. "Probably the main reasons my scores fluctuate from meet to meet overall and in each event is concentration," Howell explains. "When I can control my thoughts and concentrate, I always do much better." Jorgensen isn't nearly so concerned with the fear of injury as she is the fear " of not performing well. "I'm not really afraid-seriously afraid-seriously afraid anyway-to anyway-to try anything. But before a meet, I get very nervous. The more pressure, however, the better I seem to do. I thought I was going to die before the conference ' meet, and I got my best all-around score of the year, a 29.50. . Howell claims that she used to be a genuine daredevil, but that she is much more cautious now. "The kids in junior high and high school used to dare me to do anything, and I'd do it. That isn't the case anymore; I'm not nearly so brave." Part of the reason for Howell's recent hesitation was an accident ac-cident on the beam that resulted in two broken ribs. She missed one meet, but then came back with her best all-around score of the season, despite severe pain. Jorgensen finds the challenge factor invigorating. in-vigorating. "I think the situation where teammates team-mates can do things-say on the bars-and then push you to do them, is really good for me. I like to be dared. I never had that challenge in high school, and now I think it is helping a lot to make me a better gymnast." oth women agree that "gymnast has to work with a fear factor, but-as Jorgensen states it-"you really need to throw fear in the wastebasket." SUSC finished fourth in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference meet and will be sending only the two Janets to the national competition, making the T-Birds ineligible for the team championship. ' "We are proud of the way, both Janets have performed this season," Berg says. , '- A pair of Janets will represent Southern Utah State College at the NAIA Division II national gymnastics meet Friday and Saturday at Milledgeville, Georgia. The two Thunderbird representatives will be Janet Howell, a junior from West Jordan (Bingham High School) and Janet Jorgensen, a freshman from Sigurd (Richfield High). Howell led the SUSC squad in all-around average for the year; Jorgensen came up with the year's best all-around individual meet score. The similarities between bet-ween the two are many, ' but, there are a few differences. dif-ferences. Both got their gymnastics starts in seventh grade physical education classes. Both |