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Show Lady !, Pros Race at Park; West . . -. . , .', '.:' Last v weekend Park; West Resort presented a multimedia multi-media array" of racing events . ..one of the most exciting of which was the SunGer Wo-v. men's Pro Ski Racing Tour, j Sixteen finalists from all over; the world . competed ; for a j $20,000 purse in downhill and! slalom events. Jocelyn Perillat captured first place in Saturday's j downhill competition on Bron- j co Ridge, followed by former U. S. Ski Team member Jamie Kurlander in second and Cathy Bruce in third place. Perillat joined - the tour last year after winning the Pro . Championship of France in Toril Forland, overall winner win-ner of he 1979 Women's Pro , 1 . Ski Racing TourJ finished first in the' final round of the dual slalom challenge against Perillat, Peril-lat, on the toughest course of the entire tour. A multitude of enthusiastic spectators at Park West were treated to a first-; hand ' glimpse of the famous "Forland Finish." Forland has perfected a technique of kicking up her ski tips at the timing eye, gaining valuable seconds. Thus, Forland beat her arch rival Perillat by 711000 ofa second. Of the four previous WPSR events this year, Forland and Perillat had each won two. Because of the tournament format of the dual slalom challenge (pairs of racers face each other in four rounds of elimination), Perillat andi For- Skiers try to land as soon as possible to regain control. land have found themselves repeatedly head-to-head in direct competition. With .a hearty Norwegian cheer, For- land accepted $3,500 and a -trophy as overall winner of the event. Perillat will have an opportunity to even the, score at Mammoth Mountain March 22-23. The SunGer Pro Ski Racing Tour is the third largest tour for women in professional sports, with prize irioney totalling $165,000 to be 1 awarded this year. In addition, to individual competition, three teams sponsored by K2, Dynastar and Rossignol "are competing for the "Team Title." Among these world class competitors, Park City can boast of its own uppoming woman pro racer, Priscilla Johnson. Though Johnson did not qualify as one of the sixteen finalists in either event, she, is not discouraged. "1 love it," she said of racing with the tour. "I want to do it until I'm thirty." And the 21-year 21-year old, who has shown great promise in training at Park West, may just do that. Race Results Downhill Finals Combined Times Perillat 87.251 Kurlander 87.423 Bruce ' ' 88.309 Patterson 88.407 Griffith 88.779 Heyer , . 88.856 Flanders 89.175 . Cloutier , 89.365 .Forland 89.410 , Aslett V ' 89.550 Catella 89.609 McNealus ,89.948 ..Sperry 89.950 Hammond . . 90.093 Nelson 90.505 Waldman 90.760 14 Elk S'''fw i ml 4 - 7 1 - If - f ;4 - - - : A I II If ' .-. .' , ; ' . : . . j nW . tti. . - r mm simmmi x .'l.- ' ' .iliilir m in ir limn t i l . mi n i I Itj j Y" it Priscilla Johnson of Park City joined the Pro Tour this year. Toril Forland, 1 Woman Pro Racer in 1979, won the ISunOer Woman's Pro Ski Tour last weekend at Park West. |
