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Show V Page 8 am Wednesday, January 21 ,1 976 . I MITEA in Ha Cindy Nelson Wins Meyeringe World Combined Cindy Nelson, Lutsen, MN rose to fourth place in the overall Women's World Cup standings with her victory in the Meyeringen, Switzerland, World Cup Combined, Jan 8-9. 8-9. Cindy took the Combined with a 4th in the Giant Slalom on Jan. 9, just .52 second behind Austria's Monika Kaserer, who won the race in . 1.20.71., and a 7th in the Jan. 8 Downhill, finishing with a time of 1.38.20. Switzerland's Bernadette Zurbriggen won the race in 1.37.23. Abbi Fisher, So. Conway, NH, continued her strong 1976 performance with a 10th in the Combined at Meyeringen. .Abbi was 8th in the Downhill with a time of 1.38.52 and 10th in the Giant Slalom with a time of 1.22.17, less than a second behind the winner Kaserer. The Jan. 8 World Cup Downhill was the first time since the season's opening World Cup in 1974 that two Americans have placed in the top ten in the Downhill. The Meyeringen World Cup race was the second of three World Cup competitions for the women in which points are earned based upon overall performance in both evenUtBeWeJ'asas in ; the individual 'competitions. 'com-petitions. Cindy was jubilant at her victory in the Combined. "I was disappointed with my December World Cup results; I knew I could ski better and 1 returned to Europe this month determined deter-mined to show well. I'm really happy with this World Cup win in the Combined and I'm intent on doing better yet." ' ' Cindy, who finished 8th in the 1975 Overall World Cup standings, has accumulated 69 points so far this season, 10 points more than last year at this time. Other American entries in the Jan. 8 Downhill race: Jamie Kurlander, McAfee, NJ had her best results this season at Meyeringen with a 16th place finish in the Giant Slalom and 23rd in the Downhill. For Jamie, a member of the U.S. "B" , Team, this is her second year on the World Cup circuit. Leslie Leete Smith, Killington, VT finished 21st in the Jan. 9 Downhill with a time of 1.40.49, her strongest World Cup Downhill finish of the season. Maggie Crane, a member of the U.S. Can-Am Team, in Europe for her first World Cup experience, fell at the bottom of the course, strained her back and was unable to enter the Jan. 9 Giant Slalom. I THE sflTINE m Jl Ae 'ciel& Aotce fot 9a& at poWMnet fining, fjum 7:00 a.m. to 40:00 fi.m. 8 Breakfast served until 2:00 p.m. Reasonable lunches and family dinners. Featuring the best omelettes this side of Poison Creek. - Other American finishers in the Jan. 9 Giant Slalom: Mary Seaton, Hancock, MI, also on the Can-Am Team, finished 15th, starting from 33rd position. Lindy Cochran, Richmond, VT, posted 27th in that race. She was not happy with her performance, commenting, "I didn't attack the upper part of the course ' as I should have. I just took it too easy and was too slow." The World Cup Downhill originally scheduled for Pfronten, West Germany on Jan. 3 and cancelled due to inadequate snow, was run in Meyeringen on Jan. 7. On a technically very difficult course, Cindy Nelson finished 10th with a time of 1.40.38. Austria's Bridgette Totschnig won the race in 1.37.62. In that same race, Abbi Fisher was lltln Smith 26th; Kurlander, 37, and Crane, 38. Cochran Takos Fifth In World Cup Slalom Lindy Cochran, Richmond, VT edged out many of the top international racers to capture fifth in the World Cup Slalom in Les Diablerets on Jan. 12. ' The race was won by Swiss star Lise Marie Morerod in 81.24 seconds, Cochran, a member of the U.S. "A" Team, finished in 82.46, beating Italy's Giordani, and Switzerland's Zurbriggen and Nadig who finished 6th, 7toand.l0th,i,(,;v,! placing 15th. Leslie Leete Smith, Killington, VT placed 35th and Jamie Kurlander, McAffee, MNHJ, 37th. Maggie Crane, a U.S. Can-Am Can-Am Team member from " Plymouth, NH, in spite of a back injury suffered in the Meyeringen Downhill on Jan. 8, finished 38th. Abbi Fisher, So. Conway, NH, did not finish the race for the first time in 11 World Cup races. She had recorded the second fastest mid-way time before her fall. Susie Patterson, Pat-terson, Sun Valley, ID, hampered by a sore shoulder suffered in a fall the previous day, also fell and did not finish. Grog Jonos Claims Fifth In Giant Slalom at Adolbodon Greg Jones, Tahoe City, CA, recovering from early season setbacks, placed fifth in the World Cup Giant Slalom here on Jan. 12-13. Italian ace Gustavo Thoeni won the race in 2.58.94 for the two runs, 1.449 seconds ahead EB H. I E M of the field. Greg's time was 3.02.74. Greg was the 1975 U.S. Giant Slalom star, the victor in the season's last three Europa Cup GS races and dominating the U.S. Spring Series by winning four of the six races. Phil Mahre, White Pass, WA, only 18 years old and the newest member of the U.S. Alpine "A" Team, placed 8th in 3.03.34. This was the first , time in the 1976 World Cup Season that two U.S. men have placed in the top ten. Phil's twin, Steve, landed a 12th place finish; Pete Patterson, Sun Valley, ID, finished 21st and Geoff Bruce, Corning, NY, 25th. Denny Claims U.S. Jumping Title "I knew I could do it, but I never dreamed I would.", was Jim Denney's exclamation ex-clamation on capturing the 1976 U.S. Jumping Championship Cham-pionship Title over U.S. jumping veteran and three-time three-time winner of the national title Jerry Martin at Squaw Valley, CA on January 11. Denney, only 18 and from Duluth, MN where he first began jumping . in his backyard at age 4, is a member of the U.S. Junior Jumping Team. He won the Senior Class competition on sjfcf Jbe nr$6P ,Wwtwr? Olympic Games, with 222.5 points and jumps of 93 and 97.5 meters (305 and 320 feet) . He edged out Jerry Martin, 25, Minneapolis, MN who was second with 220.6 points, jumping 95.5 and 91.5 meters , (313.5 and 300.5 feet). Kip Sungaard, 19, St. Paul, MN put in a strong performance and finished third in the competition with 217.2 points, and jumps of 91 and 92.5 meters (299 and 303.5 feet). The National Championships Cham-pionships were the second day of jumping for this group. They had competed the day before on the same hill in the Far West Ski Association Ski Jumping Championships. The same three, Denney, Martin and Sungaard, took the top three spots in that order. The hill conditions were excellent on Saturday and jumps on the average were longer with Denney, Martin and Sungaard, took the top three spots in that order. The hill conditions were excellent on Saturday and jumps on the average were longer with Denney jumping 99 meters (325 feet), for the longest of the meet. Both the Jan 10 and 11 jumps of the Trials will be held in Thunder Bay, Ontario on Jan. 17-18. 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