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Show Jumping Team Chosen The 1975-76 UJ3. Jumping Team was named today by UJS. Nordic Program Director, Direc-tor, John Bower. The Team will be characterized char-acterized by Junior andSen-ior andSen-ior Groups and will be coached coach-ed by recently appointed Head Jumping Team Coach, Glen K o 1 1 a r e k, of Duluth, Minnesota. The senior group is comprised com-prised of veterans, many of whom have finished strongly in world competition in previous pre-vious seasons. These team members have demonstrated their ability and success in international competition. The Junior Group will consist con-sist of those promisingyoung jumpers, many of whom have not yet tasted international success, but have demonstrated demon-strated the potential for it's attainment. In announcing the Junior and Senior Groups, Bower stated, "I am very pleased to name this group of outstanding outstand-ing jumpers to the 1976 UJ3. Ski Team. "They represent the strongest depth in U.S. ski jumping in many years. After the uncertainties of this spring, I am now confident we are ready to get on with the job of preparingfor Innsbruck. Inns-bruck. The team has my fullest full-est support." The Junior and Senior Groups will consist of a total of 14 members. There will be nine Senior competitors and five Juniors. Those members named to the Senior Group are: Tom Da r gay, 22, Minneapolis, Minn.; Terry Kern, 21, Duluth, Du-luth, Minn.; Jim Maki, 25, Colerain, Minn.; Jerry Martin, Mar-tin, 25, Minneapolis; Chris McNeill, 20, Stramboat Springs, Colo.; Jay Rand, 25, Lake Placid, N.Y.; Ron Steele, 22, Leavenworth, Wash.; Greg Swor, 23, Du-lutch, Du-lutch, Minn.; and Greg Wind-sperger, Wind-sperger, 23, Minneapolis. The five members of the Junior Group are: Gene Bur-meister, Bur-meister, 21,Middleton,Wis.; Scott Clayton, 19, Littleton, Colo.; Jim Denney, 18, Duluth, Du-luth, Minn.; Kip Sundgaard, 19, St. Paul, Minn.; and Roy Weaver, 19, Little Saunico, Wis. Both Bower and Kotlarek are very high on the potential of the veteran jumpers. Last season Jerry Martin added to his impressive list of accomplishments ac-complishments as a two-time two-time national champion by tacking on yet a third national nation-al title and setting a new North American Ski Flying distance record of 482 feet. Jim Denney, in his first year of international competition, com-petition, made impressive showings by finishingsecond in the 70 meter at Vang, Norway, and first in the Junior 60 meter at Har-javalta, Har-javalta, Finland. Jim Maki, who was named to the UJ3. Team at mid-season, also finished the season with some impressive international inter-national and domestic results re-sults by placing fifteenth in the first round of the World Ski Flying Championships at Kulm, Austria, and second sec-ond in the North American Ski Flying Championships at Ironwood, Michigan. Kotlarek is optimistic about the 1975-76 outlook for his team. When asked of his expectations for the coming season, he replied. "I am excited ex-cited about the potential of this group to accomplish great things in the Olympics. As a group, their spirits are high. Together with a demanding de-manding physical and mental preparatory program, we can have a super year." |