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Show I Wednesday, March 8, 1978 Page 13 U.S. Team! Cross-Country Skiers Score In Finland "It was easily the best team showing ever for an Olympic or FIS event for the U.S. in cross-country," exulted John Bower, U.S. Ski Team Nordic Director, on the results of the men's 15 kilometer race. The 1978 Nordic World Ski Championships Champion-ships at Lahti, Finland show that Americans are gaining on the traditional European dominance of cross-country, Nordic Combined and Jumping Jump-ing events. Olympic medalist Bill Koch, 22, Guilford. Vermont, took 15th place in the 9.3 mile classic February 21, with Stan Dunklee, 23, Brattle-boro, Brattle-boro, Vermont, following closely at 17th and Tim Caldwell, 23, Putney, Vermont, Ver-mont, at 20th. Past placements place-ments in this event show the two top American finishes in the 1970 World Championships Champion-ships at 27 and 58; in the 1972 Olympics at 44 and 54; in the 1974 World Championships at Women Picked For Europa Team U.S. Alpine Team Director Hank Tauber has announced the nine women who will form the March Europa Cup Team for the U.S. According to Tauber, the group was selected on the basis of a review of the season to date and on the recommendation of the associate coaches for the Team. The women will race in Austria and France, and in the Europa Cup finals at Vysoke Tatry, Czechoslovakia Czecho-slovakia March 25-26. Slated to depart for Europe on March 8 are: Development Team racers Cathy; Bruce, 20, Corning, New York and Burke Mountain Moun-tain Academy; and Tamara McKinney, 14, Olympic Valley, California, Far West Ski Association. 'B' Team participants include Patricia Hellman, 18, Wayland, Massachusetts; Leslie Leete SKI RENTAL & REPAIR ALL NEW EQUIPMENT PERSONALIZED SERVICE ONE BLOCK TO LIFTS PROFESSIONAL SKI TUNING & REPAIR SKI ACCESSORIES LOWEST PRICES IN TOWN $6.00 DAILY RENTAL $35.00 WEEKLY RENTAL LOCATED AT THE RESORT ENTRANCE 649-8430 COURTESY TRANSPORTATION call 649-8430 $7.50 DAILY HIGH PERFORMANCE DEMO SKIS Head, Hart, Atomic Volkl, Yamaha Paramont Vi PRICE OFF ON TOWN RACE DAYS New Location At shop on Lower Level of Silver Mill House Resort Center 32 and 45; and in the 1976 Olympics at 6 and 37, Koch achieving the sixth place. The women's 10 kilometer race February 18 drew similar praise from Bower: "The results today show the women have made a lot of progress as a team since they started skiing in the 1950s. Allison and Lynn have the best places we have achieved outside of Martha Rockwell in world championship champion-ship or Olympic competition." competi-tion." Allison Spencer, 24, Anchorage, Alaska, came in 24th in this event, paced by her sister-in-law Lynn Von-derheide, Von-derheide, 23, also of Anchorage, Anchor-age, at 25th. Beth Paxson, 17, Charlotte, Vermont, and Betsy Haines, 17. Anchorage, Anchor-age, Alaska, followed closely at 29th and 31st respectively. Bower noted that the U.S. group "...was in the middle of the pack and still fairly together," a factor in his Smith, 19, Killington, Vermont; Ver-mont; and Tiania Tutt, 17, Colorado Springs, Colorado, who recently won the Miller North American Ski Trophy Series Slalom title while Smith captured the Giant Slalom in that series. National 'A' Teamers to race in the Europa Cup circuit are Linda Cochran, 23, Richmond, Vermont and Mary Seaton, 20, Hancock, Michigan. 'A' Team racer Maggie Crane, 20, Plymouth, New Hampshire, who currently cur-rently stands five in the Europa Cup rankings, will . join the Europa Cup group after competing in the World Cup Downhill at Bad Klein-kirchheim, Klein-kirchheim, Austria March 11. Holly Flanders, 20, a 'B' Team racer Manchester, New Hampshire and Burke Mountain Academy, will do the same. estimation that the women's team as a whole is moving up. In earlier 10-K world championship women's results, the two top placements place-ments for American women were 28 and 32 in 1970; 16 and 35 in 1972; 10 and 33 in 1974; and 36 and 37 fn 1976, Martha Rockwell capturing the 10th and 16th places. In the 5 kilometer contest February 20, the women "...did a fine job again today," Bower observed. The Alaska contingent came through again with Spencer 23rd and Vonderheide at 25th, Paxson rounding out the bunch' at 27th. In 1970 the Americans' best two placements in the 3.1-mile sprint were 25 and 34; in 1972, 18 and 31; in 1974, 22 and 33; and in 1976, 29 and 36. February 22 brought the 4 x 5 kilometer relay and favorable comparisons again. In 1970 and 1972, the U.S. Women's team came in 11th; in 1974, eighth and in 1976, ninth. The fast-gliding combination of Haines, Vonderheide, Von-derheide, Spencer and Paxson Pax-son scored a new high mark, 24 seconds out of seventh place, "A best ever for the USST women," Bower exclaimed. ex-claimed. However, he was later to remark, "Most teams have missed the wax once here and today it was our turn." The women's 20 kilometer race February 25 was disastrous, disas-trous, with a -3 degree Centigrade reading and very windy, overcast, generally unpleasant conditions. On the six inches of new snow, skis iced up. wax didn't work, and the 12.4 grueling miles on slow skis took their toll. Spencer had to drop out. and a brave struggle by Vonderheide and Joanne Musolf, 21. Wenatchee. Washington, only landed them 26th and 30th places. This event has no prior World Championship records. Despite the disappointing finish, the women this year J SPECTACULAR 3 bedroom Holiday Ranch home, 22 baths, 2-story fireplace, slate floors in entry and kitchen, thermopane windows, solid core doors and hardwood cabinets, 2-car garage with automatic opener. Custom in every way 1.1-acre horse spread $ 6 HOOT IOINC1 HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE OF MT. HOPE, W. VA. SHOULD HAVE A GREAT FUTURE IN BASKETBALL. HIS NAME IS GDfiL JOflE AND ALREADY COLLEGE COACHES ARE WRITING HIM. JONES IS NOT ONLY TALL fAND HE MAY GROW TALLER. ), BUT HE IS WELL CO-ORDINATED, IS FAST, AN ACCURATE SHOOTER AND HE PLAYS TO WIN... GREAT CREDENTIALS FOR A 1 6 -YEAR OLD. EARL DOESN'T SAY VERY MUCH UNLESS TO. Vs lit V SUPERSTAR HIMSELF. remain standout performers for the U.S. in the Lahti games, as record comparisons compari-sons show. The men met their Waterloo Water-loo also, in the 30 kilometer event February 19. Koch placed 33rd. which was six minutes, 51.9 seconds out of the first place strong Soviet finish. Caldwell was 12.2 seconds behind him to grab 34th, and Dunklee took 39th. The 18.6 miles of track was fast and weather conditions excellent. However, these results compare adequately to past records: In 1970, the top two U.S. contenders placed 36th and 54th; in 1972, 26th and 30th; in 1974, 33rd and 45th; and the 1976 Olympics produced a 27th place as well as Koch's Silver Medal. Koch gained the fifth fastest lap time on the third leg of the men's 4 x 10 kilometer relay February 23, and Dunklee logged a heartening seventh place in his time slot. Added to the game efforts of Doug Peterson, Peter-son, 24, Hanover, New Hampshire and Caldwell, the result was a ninth place which was four minutes, 88.75 seconds out of first. Past records indicate this to be a respectable finish, with 1970 showing a 10th place, 1972 a 12th, 1974 a 10th and the 1976 Olympics a creditable credit-able sixth place. HAL TAYLOR ASSOCIATES P.O. Box 804 I Kam uity, utan muou 1 1 Phone (801)649-8181 '-'.V . - - -- A AS A FUESHMAM HE SUNK 760 FIELD GOALS OUT OF 503 shots! TO 'II lift HE'S SPOKEN HE SPENDS 2 OR 3 HOURS nnfr-Ttrtk - r ts-i about every day. he is a bob mcadoo fan. julius erving and elvin hayes are players he admires also. jones DREAMS OF n :-W, 111 BECOMING A The final event for the men was the 50 kilometer event on February 26. This 31.2-mile 31.2-mile endurance contest has produced in 1970 American top two placements of 22 and 31; in 1972, 24 and 27; in 1974. 32 and 36; and in 1976, 13 and 34. Koch claiming the 13th with a time of two hours, 44 minutes, 34.69 seconds. The Lahti track configuration was. of course, different than the Seefeld, Austria site which could affect the winning win-ning times. Looking at the past figures, it is easy to see why Bower cheered, "This is our highest placing ever in a major international 50 kilometer kilo-meter race. It was a good way to finish!" Stan Dunklee "...was super, going for it all the way." 'Dunk' placed 11th in a field of 58 competitors, with 44 finishing, at a time of 2 hours, 52 minutes, 19.25 seconds. Craig Ward, 23, Free Union. Virginia, came in 37th. which was judged a good placement as this was the Blue Teamer's first major international race. Caldwell and Peterson did not finish. Most competitors will be moving on to the Swedish Ski Games at Falun, Sweden March 1-5. Memories of success at Lahti may well foster a sustained drive for the U.S. Nordic Cross-Country Cross-Country Team. Snowbird Challenges Park City, Alta Racers Kacing reputations will be at stake Thursday when teams from Park City. Alta and Snowbird vie for home resort glory at the giant slalom challenge race at Snowbird. "We've done this before in past years and the event is a Europe Team Tagged Ten men have oeen tagged for the March Europa Cup Ski Team which travels to Europe on March 8, according accord-ing to U.S. Alpine Director Hank Tauber. "These competitors com-petitors have been selected by our national coaching staff," explained Tauber, "On the basis of a review of the season to date and on the recommendation of the associate asso-ciate coaches around the country." The skiers will participate in a four-race Europa Cup series in Italy, West Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia, and in the Europa Cup finals at Vysoke Tatry, Czechoslovakia March 23 and 24. The March men's Europa Cup group will consist of: Geoff Bruce, 24, Corning, New York and Eric Wilson, 20. Montpelier, Vermont, both 'A' Team members; Robert Hill, 20, Rutland, Vermont from the national B' Team; and U.S. Development Develop-ment Team racers David Cleveland, 23. New London, New Hampshire, Dartmouth Ski Team; Mike Frost, 16, East Dorset, Vermont, Stratum Strat-um Mountain Academy; John Morrissey, 17, Stowe, Vermont. Eastern; Dave Stapleton, 17, Aspen, Colorado, Colo-rado, Rocky Mountain; Billy Taylor, 19, Orchard Park, New York, Eastern; Mark Tache, Aspen, Colorado; and Scott Hoffman, 16, Ogden, Utah. Intermountain. Hoffman Hoff-man recently captured the 1978 Miller North American Ski Trophy Series Slalom title. lot of fun," said Suzi Nelson of Snowbird's marketing department. "It's a real blood and guts event sometimes!" some-times!" Registration for the race will be held before the 11:30 start on Big Emma, and an estimated 45 teams from Utah's Big Three are expected expec-ted to battle it out in the single elimination, NASTAR-format NASTAR-format event. Teams for the challenge must have no less than 3 and no more than 5 racers, at least one of which must be a female. The entry fee is $5 per team. Team winners will be determined by adding together the two fastest male times with the fastest woman. The top three teams will be awarded trophies at the bottom of the course Park City Racquet Club Please have your 1978-1979 membership dues in by March 1 5 Parleys Summit Resort PLAN YOUR GROUP PARTIES AT PARLEYS SUMMIT RESORT for a night of fun, skiing, ice skating, races or try our fun obstacle course. We specialize in group rates 649-9840 Make a reservation now Open 10 -10 Weekdays 9 -10 Weekends Learn to ski at Parleys Summit It's no big deal! Utah's largest outdoor ice skating rink Open every night MIDWEEK COUPON Lift & Lesson or Lift Pass Ice Skating . (includes rentals) For further information call 649-9840 Effective until after the race. Although bookmakers have not revealed the odds-on odds-on favorite, Park City seems to have established an impressive reputation. "Every year Adolph comes over here with ringers," Nelson said of local restaurateur and nimble-kneed nimble-kneed racer Adolph Imboden. "We're out to get Adolph and Park City. Snowbird is readv!" ERS $6.00 $3.00 $1.00 March 15, 1978 PCN-1 V |