| Show TEAM clockwise from upper are Alan Jim Bob Brad and Bob Gaddis was chosen for first team All-American honors during U. Slat Team Members Present Olympic-Caliber Talent on Skis By Jim Williams Chronicle Sports Writer The start of a new ski season is about to move in on and the University ski team is starting to get in condition for this season's intercollegiate race SKI COACH Pres and his assistant Bill Spencer have the personnel on the team for a very successful as shown by the experience and history of past performance of the team They are very fortunate in possessing such members as Jim Gaddis and Alan Robert All of these excellent were selected to try out for the Winter Olympic Skiing Team at Squaw This is quite since there were only 50 skiers selected to try out in the United and Robert have the potential of becoming three of the top collegiate skiers this Jim Gaddis Gaddis was selected to the All-American First Team in skiing last In collegiate skiing last he was second in the National and first in the Combined He was also first place winner in the Soli- tude Wyoming University Invitational Colorado University Invitational and Denver Invitational JIM IS A graduate of East High in Salt Lake City and is planning on receiving a degree in is quite active in University being a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and also a member of the University Golf Last summer he worked at Solitude cutting trees and as a lifeguard at the Salt Lake Country Alan Engen Engen was selected to the All-American Second Team in He received a lot of useful experience when he went to Norway as a Foreign Exchange Student in Alan was quite prominent in the 4 racing circles last He was second in the National Combination and third in the third in the second in the Regional Championships Downhill and second in the third in the Colorado University Invitational and first in the ALAN GRADUATED from Olympus High School in Salt Lake City in 1958 and is majoring in commercial art He is a junior this and last summer he worked at Solitude cutting trees and doing exhibition jumping at the Los Angeles County Bob Nelson Nelson is a sophomore majoring in graduated from Olympus High in 1958 and in the summer of 1959 spent six months at Fort Georgia attending the Army Communications One of Bob's most important races was in 1958 when he was first in the Intermountain Downhill he was first in the Salt Lake Ski Club Race and third in the Knudsen Cup Race and Gaddis placed ahead of In 1957 he was second in the Knudsen Cup and in 1959 he was first in the Solitude As a freshman he lettered in track and is currently planning on remaining on the During the past summer he also worked at the Solitude Ski Area cutting trees and some of the time he worked on a drilling rig for metal in He is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity and should bring them some high honors this Bob Irvine Bob Irvine will be entering his first year of collegiate skiing and will be a strong threat in jumping and cross country He has jumped in a lot i of the jumping The Junior Nationals was one of his best IRVINE graduated from East High and is a mathematics In the summer of 1959 he was fortunate to be able to venture to Europe and spent the summer climbing in the Alps and the Among the peaks to his credit are Mt and He is a member of the Beta Pi Fraternity and of the University Golf Brad Smith Brad Smith will also be entering his first year of collegiate skiing this He graduated from East High and is majoring in Several of his top skiing triumphs are first place in the American Legion Junior Championships in fourth in the Solitude Cup in and first in the Tribune Ski Classic in SMITH ENJOYS and is a member of Kappa Sigma Last summer he went kayaking down the Colorado |
