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Show Junior National competitors from the Park City Ski Club Brett Gorder, Steve Urie, Russell Randall and Don! Waldman during a light moment. Armengol Takes Fifth Overall at Touah National Competition The Intermountain Division's Team returned from the 1976 Junior Nationals at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire held March 18-21, with some respectable respect-able individual performances and an outstanding fifth place combined com-bined finish for Park City's T. J. Armengol. Armengol, a 16 year old competitor com-petitor for the Park City Ski Club finished 15th in the Slalom, 20th in the Giant Slalom, and 32nd in the Downhill event, out of almost 100 competitors. The event, which annually attracts the top junior racers from nine divisions in the United States, was run under constantly plaguing weather conditions. The temperature one day sank to a chilly minus 60 degrees with the wind chill factor, and the Giant Slalom course was run on blue ice, which proved extremely tricky for the intermountain racers used to competing on soft western snow. However, "the accomodations, food and organization were great," said Bob Marsh, the Park City Ski Team Coach, who along with Sun Valley's Coach, Michael Rud-igoz, Rud-igoz, coached the intermountain team. Marsh said several of the best racers on the team had very little time to prepare for the Junior Nationals due to their tight Can Am and other racing schedules. Perhaps the top performer in this year's meet was Richie Woodworth, an Eastern Division ' racer and Olympic B-team member, mem-ber, who copped both the slalom and giant slalom titles. Following is a list of the top finishers in the Intermountain Division at the 1976 Junior National Championships: Men's Events Downhill: 15th Place, John Donner, Park City; 16th place, Nick Maracich, Sun Valley; 32nd place, T. J. Armengol, Ar-mengol, Park City. Giant Slalom: 17th place, Brett Gorder, Park City; 18th place, Mark Brower, Park City; 20th place, T. J. Armengol, Park City. Slalom: 15th place, T. J. Armengol, Park City; 28th place, Steve Bounos, Snowbird; 35th place, Mark Brower, Park City. Women's Events-Downhill: 20th place, Maria Maracich, Sun Valley; 28th place, Doni Waldman, Wald-man, Park City. Giant Slalom: 7th place, Bar-bi Bar-bi Patterson, Sun Valley; 23rd place, Doni Waldman, Park City; 26th place, Lori Hazen, Sun Valley; 29th place, Pam Koonce, Sun Valley. Slalom: 16th place, -Laurie Hazen, Sun Valley; 21st place,. Doni Waldman, Park City; 27th place, Maria Maracich, Sun Valley. |