Word: slalomers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After two-thirds of the six-mountain schedule, Harvard ski team captain Steele has crashed in such varied locales as the Mission Ridge, Washington slalom; in the Mt. Hood Giant Slalom; and in the Dick Springer Memorial Slalom at Mammoth Mt., Calif...
...first slalom of the series at Mission Ridge on March 31, Carter was fifth in an 80-man field on his second run, but because of mistakes on his first run, could only manage 11th overall. Bobby Cochran of the U.S. Olympic team and the University of Vermont, who had reached the peak of his form a couple of weeks before with a World Cup victory in the Giant Slalom at Heavenly Valley, Calif., was skiing hotter than a two-dollar pistol and left the rest of the racers more than a second and a half behind...
...next day, April Fools', left only Cochran laughing as the rest of the field scrapped for second place at the Snoqualmie, Wash. slalom. Starting about 50th, Steele slashed through the deep ruts left in the soft western snow and placed sixth on his second run, but like Carter had a disappointing first run and placed 12th overall...
Against the best field of the whole series at the Dick Springer Memorial Giant slalom at Mammoth Mountain, on April 7, Steele finished 13th, and stood 12th after his first run. Skiing hotter than a dollar pistol, Eric Poulsen of the U.S. ski team won that event by over two seconds...
...runs, and defeated runnerup David Dodge of the University of Vermont by over a second. Ben Steele, star of Carter's intercollegiate team, remained off the peak he reached winning EIS championships three weeks ago at Middlebury and finished third. Dodge finished fourth in the NCAA slalom ten days ago at Middlebury...