His potential is almost unlimited. He has very good body control. He is slight, but graceful. He's very good with the spins and twists of diving.

This is an exciting new area with potential for opening new therapeutic avenues for diseases that are hard to control and treat.

Ryan is the exact opposite of that. He's one of the more graceful divers I have seen.

As a freshman, he is learning that and he is continuing to get better. You have to learn to wait for the board to come up.

When he spins, he is very fast. He knows where he is in the air. He twists better than any diver I have ever had. He has two dives he does -- a forward somersault with two twists and a back somersault with two-and-a-half twists -- that are his strongest dives. They score well for him.

As potential areas for body decoration the buttocks provide little scope. They are too private for displaying the handiwork and too sat-upon for the attachment of ornaments.