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Show Wednesday, February 4, 1 976 Pago 5 am u.s. scd 4P i a rvn ife ' J '.BQAQfiS; By Jim Tedford There are 2 different types of bumps. (1) Nice round A traditional bumps and (2) The other bumpSy'rf;;-'f'j; 'I ; '::t-: ' .V' In gear's past bumps were nice and round. We can still find this type of bump on several selected runs. But don't count on me to divulge their location. I'm selfish enough to try and keep them all to myself. If you promise to use long skis (200 cm or longer) and make round turns I might tell you where you can find 3 in a row. But it would be very expensive. if you are, lucky enough to find some round bumps the pointers in last week's column will get you through them nicely. (The basics plus loose knees), To get the feel of flexing your knees traverse across moderately steep, bumpy hills keeping your skis on the snow and your head level. As you increase your speed, you may have to pull your knees up and push them down to keep equal pressure on the snow. To link turns in the bumps (1) plant your pole on top of the mogul (2) start your turn on the uphill facing side of the mogul and (3) finish the turn going down around the backside of the mogul. Eventually, as vrtnr fnnfMpnn and ability increase vou will kn oKU t i.i.. nvu,horo m iho hnmng XVtfrm ?W8W: . mum Top of Main Street . Park You can mash our potatoes but you can't beat our meat (or our prices.) Tok th fr thuttl but to th Alpin Protpwtor Hotel. Call us at IMV-W75 J - 143 NORTH SALT LAKE SALT LAKE CITY City, Utah ... SPECIAL SALE FEBRUARY ONLY JEEP TOPS o) nnrft Reg. 249.50, now 12IJ (Factory blems) North Highway M Cnl L fllfrt " "w Phono 292-2424 Nolson BostOf Americans In World Ciip Races In a weekend of World Cup races for both the men and women on the U.S. Alpine Team, Cindy Nelson, Lutsen, MN brought in the best American results with an 8th place finish in the January 17 World Cup Slalom in Ber-chtesgaden, Ber-chtesgaden, Germany, beating West Germany's Rosi Mittermaier and Irene Epple. The race was won by Christa Zechmeister of West Germany Ger-many in 110.47. A With only three more World Cup races to go before the Olympic competition, these , . races were important to our team for improving their FlS points. Cindy's run was her best of the season in the slalom and was important in improving her points in that event. In that same race, Abbi Fisher, So. Conway, NH missed out on earning World' Cup points with an 11th; her time was 112.22. Lindy ; Cochran was 13th in 112.37 ; and Mary Seaton, Hancock, MI, a member of the U.S. Can-Am Team, continued her formance with a isth in 112.55. ; 1 : U.S. women did not fair as wel1 in Sunday's Giant Slalom, won by France's Danielle,HM Dehejnajd. f m,, 1.02.17i Our he&t wafUndv,,1.G.reeneiM:L Geoff B.ruce.&,iarly one minute ahead of r.Smwaap. waaK2K. ut 1.04.04. Fisher and Seaton posted identical times of 1.04.53 for a 28th place tie. In both the Men's Downhill on January 17 and Giant Slalom on January 18, both in Morzine, France, U.S. men were just on the edge of the top 10 with Karl Anderson, Greene, ME just .08 second off of the 10th, place time of 1.56.9, put in by Swiss Martin Berthod. Austrian downhill star Franz Klammer won the race in 1.54.24. Anderson was followed by Dave Currier, Madison, NH, 16th in 1.57.27; Billy Taylor, Orchard Park, NY, 23rd in 1.58.09 and Andy Mill, Aspen, CO, 24th in 1.58.20. , For Karl, this was his second 11th place finish in a World Cup Downhill. His determination to break the top ten was very evident in his comments: 'This time there were no big mistakes, just the little ones. You get to the starting gate and want to o 91 OQOEN POCATELLO - do well so badly that you get too anxious. You start taking turns too early and losing time by .2 of a second with each mistake. From now on, I'm going to set my line and stick to it." In the January 18 World Cup Giant Slslom, run on a reported mixture of a thin snow cover and pebbles, Phil Mahre, White Pass, WA also finished just .08 of a second off of 10th. He was tied for 11th place in 3.03.05. The race was won by Franco Bieler of Italy in 2.59.32. Cary Adgate, Boyne City, MI, was 19th in 3.04.83 and Pete Patterson 22nd in 3.05.83. Fourteen Named To Alpine Olympic Team ; v Fourteen men and women of the U.S. Ski Team were named today to represent the U.S. in Alpine competition at the XII Winter Olympic Games to be held in Innsbruck, Inn-sbruck, Austria February 4-15. 4-15. Six women were named to the' team. They are: Lindy Cochran, 22, Richmond, VT; Abbi Fisher, 18, S. Conway,: NH; Cindy Nelson, 20, Lutsen, Lut-sen, MN; Susie Patterson, 20, Sun Valley, ID; Mary Seaton, 19, Hancock, MI; and Leslie Leete Smith, 17, Killington, c . VT. , The eight men who were selected for the team are: . Cary Adgate, 22, Boyne. City, MI ; s, Karl. .Anderson , ; .22,, (ffiprnwgl Ni(feegyJftn5o32ertte field. Tahoe City, CA; Phil Mahre; 18, White Pass, WA; his twin brother, Steve Mahre, 18, White Pass, WA; Andy Mill, 22, Aspen, CO; . and Pete Patterson, brother of Susie, 19, Sun Valley, ID. The team selection' was announced today from Kitz-buhel, Kitz-buhel, Austria, by U.S. Alpine Director Hank Tauber. One-half One-half of the team was selcted by the criteria of the U.S. Olympic Committee (the top two U.S. racers in each discipline according to the FIS points). The remaining team members were selected byy the national coaching staff based upon results in the January World Cup competitions. com-petitions. Four U.S. racers will compete in each of the individual in-dividual Olympic Alpine events and will be selected by the Olympic coaching staff just prior to the event. ... This will be the first Olympic competition for all 14 team members. Cindy Nelson had been named to the 1972 U.S. Olympic Team but injury prevented her from competing in Sapporo, Japan. r c rr ' s All competitors except for - Susie Patterson, Mary at the bottom of the downhill Seaton, Leslie Leete Smith, course. He caught an edge in , and Pete Patterson are snow that was quite soft after members of the U.S. Alpine several days of rain and "A" Team. Both Pattersons varm temperatures. There and Smith are on the U.S. were two runs in the January "B" Team. And Seaton, a 16 event and Scott had been in first year member of the U.S. fourth place after the first Can-Am Team who went to run. ! Europe in January for her Scott, who began corn-first corn-first World Cup experience, peting at age 17 and skied for won her berth on the team Mission Ridge, WA, joined with her outstanding World the U.S. Ski Team in 1974 as a Cup results. member of the Talent Squad. Abbi Fisher who injured He had an impressive 1975 her left knee in a fall in the season on the Can-Am circuit, January, 21 World - Cup taking second in the overall Downhill at Badgastein, standings, Scott trained this Austria, and who was at first summer and fall in Chile and reported to be out of com- Europe with the U.S. Team petition for the Olympics, and had gained his first ex-is ex-is recovering well and will in perience on the World Cup all probability be in good circuit during December. He shape for the Olympic Giant returned to the U.S.A. at Slalom and Slalom com-Christmas and, in the first petition.. Can-Am race on January 7 at The Women's Alpine Crystal Mt., WA, placed rd in Olympic competition the Giant Slalom, schedule is February 8, Karen Korfanta, U.S. Asst. Downhill; February 11, Alpine Director, called the Slalom, (two runs) and accident a real disap-February disap-February 13, Giant Slalom, pointment for Scott and the The Men's competition will entire U.S. Team. "He's a be: February 5, Downhill; really dedicated athlete," February 9 and 10, Giant commented Karen, " and a Slalom (two runs); and excellent competitor. It's a February 14, Slalom (two shame that he won't be able runs). .'.o complete the season." Koch ... Scores Third In European X-C Race In an important pre-Olympic pre-Olympic 30 kilometer cross-, country race held here on January 25, Bill Koch, 20, Guilford, VT, brought in a strong 3rd place finish. He was just .42 of a second behind the winner Ivar Formo of Norway, who ran the 18.6 mile course in 1 : 29.29. . Koch, in his first year of senior class international competition, now is rated 8th in the world in the unofficial World Cup point standings maintained for cross-country competition. Other U.S. finishers in that race were Stan Dunklee, : Brattleboro, VT, 32nd, in 1 1:36.28, Bela , Bodnar, Anchorage, AL, 38th, 1:38.58 and Chris Haines, ' Anchorage, AL, 39th, 1:39.24. The field was very strong with the Olympic teams from Nor wa y , Fi nl a n d , Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Ger-many, Austria and Italy all represented. v , . In the Ladies 10 Kilometer race here on that sam day, v ,Ma -tha Rockwell, 31, W, .bannon, NH, just recovering from the flu, placed 11th in 38.21. The race ,was wort by Finnish Helena Tahalo in 35.21, who was YJana Hlavaty, Chicago, IL, placed l18th in 39.36; Margie Mahoney, Anchorage, AL, 20th in 40.90; Terry Porter, Concord, MA, 21st in 40.50 andTwila Hinkle, Frisco, CO, 23rd in 41.01. .V ' Scott S. Breaks ! Leg In Cam-Am Race Scott Schimelfenig, 23, Leavenworth, WA suffered a compound fracture of his right leg while racing in the January 16 Men's Can-Am Downhill at Mt. Hood Meadown, Oregon. -.Scott, a first year member of the U.S. Alpine "B" Team, , - -r sustained the injury in a fall Seaton Named To'B' Team Mary Seaton, 19, Hancock, MI was named on January 27 to the U.S. Alpine "B" Team. The announcement was made by Hank Tauber, U.S. Alpine Director, from Innsbruck, Austria. Mary was one of six U.S. women named to the U.S. Alpine Olympic team on January 25, after outstanding January results in her first World Cup experience. U.S. Alpine Director, from Innsbruck, Austria. Mary was one of six U.S. women named to the U.S. Alpine Olympic team on January 25, after outstanding January results in her first World Cup experience. Mary had been named to the U.S. Ski Team Can-Am Team in June, 1975. She had trained during the summer for three weeks on snow and the rest of the months were spent at home on a dryland training program under her coaches' guidance. In January, 1976, Mary was one of two Can-Am Team members invited tp go to Europe to gain experience on the World Cup circuit. In her, first World Cup race, a Giant Slalom in Meyeringen, Switzerland, on January 9, Mary took 15th place, a truly startling result for a first race against the best in the world. On January 15 in Les Gets, France, she astounded everyone, herself ' included, with a 6th in the World Cup Giant Slalom two days later in Berchtesgaden, W. Ger many. Thus she eanifefrirer berth on the U.S. Olympic Team. iflTINB - PTjie fPAieto Aoice fa m 7:00 Breakfast served until 2:00 p.m. Reasonable lunches and family dinners. Featuring the best omelettes this side of Poison Creek. 317 Main Street FACTORY AUTHORIZED SALE 1975-1976 LANGE skis and boots SAVE UP TO 40 While supplies last ' NEXT TO THE GONDOLA AT THE RESORT CENTER 649-9852 Mary, who started skiing at age 5, never did snowplow but began skiing parallel, according ac-cording to her family. She did not begin competing until age 12 and only earned her first FIS points'at a Can-Am race in Indianhead, MI in February, 1974, and was invited to attend Burke Mt. Academy, VT, 197575. Her ambition to race was evident, however, at age 8 for while watching the 1964 Olympics, she vowed, "I'm going to do that someday." That- "someday" came sooner than Mary exected. She had been shooting for the 1980 Olympics and now is four years ahead of schedule. Fleck And Wilson Can-Am Leaders After five races in the 1976 Can-Am Trophy Series, Viki Fleckenstein, 20, Syracuse, NY, a member of the U.S. "B" Team, and Eric Wilson, 18, Montpelier, VT, a member of the U.S. Can-Am Team, both hold a substantial lead in the overall Can-Am' standings. ' Fleckenstein leads the women's competition with 85 points; 2nd in the standings is Canada's Vanita Zanier with 45 points; 3rd place is held by U.S. Can-Am member Pam Noyes, Isswich, MA with 40 points. Wilson heads the men's field with 92 points; 2nd with 46 points is Ron Fuller, U.S. CanArn Team. member fram...TheX&D-Am JdccuiL.con-. vJBo. LataTaheetiC-apjd Surd utij StevcDevinv u.Srf 'A'ViaRv. member from Winthrop, WA at pcultnet tyininp a.m. lo 40:00 ft. m. with 45 points. Can-Am . points . are awarded to the top 10 finishers in each of the 16 Can-Am races on the same point scale as in the World Cup. ., The Can-Am circuit has been beset by mother nature so far. The first races had been scheduled for Mt. Rose, NE on Jan. 6-7 but due to 'inadequate snow cover they were held instead in Crystal Mt., WA on Jan. 7-9 (two' Giant Slaloms for men and women) and in Snoqualmie Summit, WA, Jan. 20 (Slalom for men and women). The two downhill races at Mt. Hood Meadows, OR, Jan 16-17 were run on very , difficult conditions con-ditions following several days of rain. . . ., ,. . v Fleckenstein established her front-runner position by winning both of the women's Giant Slalom races at Crystal Mt., WA, Jan. 7-9; 4th and 7th place finishes in the Jan. 17 Mt. Hood Downhills; and a 2nd place in the Jan. , 20 Snoqualmie Slalom. Zanier, a . member of the Canadian Can-Am Can-Am Team, took a 1st and 2nd in the Mt. Hood Downhills and Noyes took 2nd place in both to the Crystal Mt: Giant Slaloms for her third place spot in the overall standings. Wilson earned his Can-Am points with a 1st and 4th in the, two Crystal . Mt. Giant Slaloms, a 2nd and 4th in the Mt. Hood Downhills and a victory in the Snoqualmie Slalom. Fuller earned his 46 points with a 2nd and 6th in the Crystal Mt. Giant Slaloms and a 2nd in the Snoqualmie Slalom. Steve Devin's best results have been his win in the Jan. 17 Mt: Hood Downhill and a 2nd in the Jan. 7 Crystal Mt. Giant Slalom. tinueAnUh nSWoihJoidj,: rui&ntoS&Wfcertgreesnl North, WA, Jan. 23-25. 649-8284 |