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Show Wednesday, September 11, THE 1374 PARK CITY cumin Page U.S. Ski Team Report condition. The races got eight to nine runs a day down the course. By Brad Briggs President, USSEF After the first four days of training, each person had over 60 While the fall ski sales may be bringing fresh thoughts of skiing miles under their skis. The men are skiing exceptionally well. Geoff and Greg are skiing better to your mind, the staff ana athletes on the U.S. Ski Team havent had a moment to take their minds off the sport during the summer months. With the naming of 34 Alpine skiers and 41 Nordic skiers to the 1975 U.S. Ski than they have ever skied. Among the girls, Cindy is, as ever, real class. I think she has the best downhill stance of any girl' in the world Team, the pace of summer training intensified. athletes and their coaches Following a very successful snow session at Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon, Alpine 20-da- y Program Director Hank Tauber announced the 16 men and 18 women whom he and his staff have selected to represent the United States in 1975 Alpine competition. The womens team is led by three veteran A team members, Cindy Nelson, Lindy Cochran, and Sandra Poulsen. All have proven their abilities against the best in the world and rank among the top 15 internationally. Their experience will be of great benefit to the 13 B team members and two Can-ATeam members on the 1975 women's team. The men's team is led by Geoff Bruce, Cary Adgate, Greg Jones, and Andy Mill. These four A team, head the seven-ma- n B team, and three-ma- n m six-memb- er Can Am Team. With more Team members to be named in December, Hank comm Our team structure gives identity and recognition to our top racers, while at the same time gives the developing competitors the opportunity to advance quickly by skiing fast. The with a mixteam is of veterans and ture experienced a great number of excellent developing competitors. We are confident of our teams competitive potential in the coming season and we look toward the 1976 ed Olympics. Portillo, Chile With individual training programs established, Hyik and his staff gathered 12 of the nation's top downhill prospects and took them to Chile for training at Portillo, August on-sno- 7lh-30t- w Hank reported that h. progress made was even greater than the coaches had anticipated. The weather was perfect, the snow was the best I've seen in the 10 trips Ive made there, and the downhill course was in excellent f worked on giant slalom training in the afternoons and also did some ski testing. The dow'nhillers returned from Chile September 1st with well over 120 miles of high-spee- d downhill training behind them. A group of 10 men and eight women will travel to Europe September 25th for a month of training on the alpine glaciers used so successfully by the Europeans for fall training. Team While the alpine skiers are training on snow, the 41 Nordic U.S. X-- C team members have camps have been held at Bretton Woods, N.H., where head coach Marty Hall has emphasized the use of roller skis in training. These strange-lookin- g skis allow the 22 y members of the U.S. Ski Team to simulate their sport by skiing up the Mt. roads around steep on small skis with Washington Two cross-countr- y wheels attached. During sessions in June and from August 25th to September 5th, the team members were put through strenuous exercises to determine if their individual training programs were getting them in the physical con- dition necessary for cross- country racing. y I believe skiing is perhaps the most physically demanding sport in the world, Hall commented. We have to train in many different ways to cross-countr- develop the athletes entire physical condition. Jogging up mountains, lifting weights, and roller skiing were all a part of the training at Bretton Woods. I am happy with the condition of the majority of the athletes, Marty said. The results of our testing demonstrate quite a bit of improvement. The work weve done this summer will determine how competitive we will be next win FIRST CHANCE THE i been mimicking their sport without actually being on the white stuff. Cross-Countr- mented, well-balanc- in- cluded. Having a winner on the team really helps bring the other girls along fast. The 12 Alpine Teams Can-A- Proell world-clas- s LAST CHANCE J .And Other Team News . . Cross-Countr- results. All indications are that the seven men and two women on the A team will be ready, which they had better be, because the eight men and five women on the B team will challenge those who falter. Team leaders Bill Koch, Tim Caldwell, Larry Martin, and Martha Rockwell will be difficult to challenge, however. y y teams during the dry-lan- d held at training camp the Mt. Washington Hotel, August 5th. One of the team activities is to jog the Amonoosuc Ravine Trail, which climbs for 3.86 miles to the top of cross-countr- Mt. Washington, in the eastern highest peak United States. The steep trail can be climbed comfortably in three hours. The average time for the national team members is 54 to 56 U.S. Jumping Team The six members of the U.S. Nordic Combined Team, inMike cluding powerfimses Devecka and newcoming Jim U.S. Galanes, will join the Jumping Team for a jump camp on the plastic-matte- d hill at Madison, Wisconsin, September 13th-18tThis camp is part of a series of sessions at Madison which coach Ed Brisson terms as super because it allows our athletes to train year around. Stiff competition has developed among the nine men on the A jumping team as veteran Jerry Martin has to keep in top form to stay ahead of teammates like Ron Steele, Tom Dargay, and Greg Windsperger. ot minutes. 13-m- an h. directors Hank Tauber and Jim Balfanz report excellent progress from the various alpine and nordic sum- mer training sessions and expect that progress to continue through the fall so that the U.S. Ski Team will indeed be a force to reckon with when the snow hits the mountains in December. Few in-- , juries have hampered the athletes. They are all en- thusiastically looking forward to the coming season and, of course, making the 1976 U.S. Olympic Team is a prime motivation for them. Hank aptly described the atmosphere on the U.S. Ski Team: A very strong winning environment is building very fast among our racers. We can all take heart from the attitude of our Team and coaches. Though the economy is down now, we must keep our team on the way up. Weve got our work cut out for us. Lets keep the dollars coming. Nielsen, 22, a new member of the B team from New London, N.H., jogged to the summit in 51 minutes, 11 seconds. The Appalachian Mountain Club reports that there is no known recorded time for the run, but a club official commented that Nielsen posted a magnificent time. The Dartmouth College graduate has challenged anyone to better it. Its a tough run in many ways, says head U.S. crosscountry coach Marty Hall, who was directing the training camp. Its a good test of cardiovascular conditioning because the steepness of the trail taxes the heart. In terms of strength and endurance, its a difficult test because the athletes run nonstop and great agility is needed to jump over the many obstacles on the trail. Running to the top of Mt. Washington was only one of the many rigorous activities Hall put the 18 athletes through during the y camp. The session was designed to test the physical fitness of the skiers and to determine progress made during summer training since the athletes had gathered there for a camp in early June. On the whole, Im super hapwith the way the athletes have py been training," Hall stated at the end of the camp. Theyve really improved physically since June, and it appears that theyve gotten the message about what it takes to get in shape for cross-countr- y racing. Theyve accepted the training philosophy of the national program and, as a coach, I have to be happy to see that. The team members expect to return to the 10,000 acres of wooded hills at the Bretton Woods complex for a training day in the fall and will also be back during the winter when the Mt. Washington ski area opens its 20 miles of cross-countr- y trails. 10-da- U.S. Nordic Combined Team skiers are scheduled to participate in the continuing series of training camps held on the Blackhawk Ski Clubs plastic-matte- d hill. During a September h camp, the athletes will be coached by head U.S. jumping coach Ed Brisson and his assistant Snowball Severud. Other sessions will follow on Ocand November tober 22nd-27t- h The Madison camps are d U.S. Ski part of the Team training program which prepares American athletes for international competition in 1975 and for the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. 13th-18t- 25th-Septemb- er 6,288-fo- Program U.S. JUMPERS RETURN TO MADISON FOR TRAINING The 12 members of the 1975 U.S. Jumping Team and the 6 TEAM MEMBER ESTABLISHES NEW RECORD Don Nielsen, a member of the U.S. Ski Team, estabished what is believed to be a world record for climbing Mt. Washington on August 30th. The feat was accomplished U.S. ter and in 1976 at Innsbruck. I think well see some better 15 8th-l4t- h. year-aroun- -- RESIGNS FROM X-- TEAM Mary Lee Atkins, 20, Durango, Colo., has resigned from her y position mi the 1975 U.S. I B Team, explaining, want to go to school, but I dont feel that I can ski, go to school, earn a living, and still be as dedicated as Marty (Hall, head y U.S. coach) would C Cross-Countr- Cross-Countr- like. Mary Lee is a great comHall said. Unpetitor, fortunately, she has been unable to train intensively enough to bring her physical condition up to the level of her capability as a racer. We wish her the best of luck with her educational plans. IIIXGIIER NAMED U.S. NORCOORDIC PROGRAM DINATOR Linda Hingher has been named program coordinator for the U.S. Nordic Ski Team by Jim Balfanz, program director. Hingher, 32, served the team as nordic competition secretary during the past three years after moving to Denver from Kingston, N.J. 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