Word: slalomers
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...early, she found she didn't want any breakfast. Instead, she hiked to the ski slope and made a short run, halfway down the hill, to loosen her tense muscles. Then she caught the tow for a pull to the top of Norway's Olympic giant slalom course...
...gauged each hillock and bump, guessed at her racing speed, and mentally mapped a line of descent to follow. At the bottom she rested, then trudged back up the course, stopping again at each gate to review and correct her calculations. She was adding her own figuring to the slalom racer's standard formula-"run it high and inside...
...finished a sorry 17th out of 43. Her sense of humor still intact, she said with a grin: "I guess we're the crash and burn team ... I made a great jump-right off the course." This week Andy had only one to go, her favorite : the special slalom...
...cross country race, won on Saturday by Maine, sophomore Neil Dixon led the Crimson by placing fifth. He was followed by John Hart and Jim Lawson, who finished seventh and 12th. Captain John Houser finished 11th in the slalom, and Dwight Black placed seventh in the downhill...
Cross country ace John Hart will race against a field of top-notch skiers for the Class "B" Championships in Berlin, New Hampshire. Although Captain John Houser will start in the downhill and slalom, the Crimson is likely to suffer in these events from the loss of "Whitey" Black, who will be throwing the hammer at Yale...