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Cindermen, Skiers Open Impressively

Cavalier Slopemen
Garner Six Medals

Virginia's phantom ski team
continued to stomp over all
competition in the state last
Sunday when six team members
won medals in the semi-famous
Bryce Mountain Standard Giant
Slalom.

Best Race Ever

The race, held on a tricky 21
gate course almost half a mile long,
was called by one Bryce aficionado
the best race ever held there. Gold
medals were awarded to the fastest
four, and bronze medals to the next
fastest eight. The bevy of generally
excellent skiers entered, raced on a
strange combination of loose
powder snow and hidden ice, which
caused many entrants to lose
control, or fall.

Moore Wins Slalom

First-year man Dick Moore won
his second giant slalom of the
season in as many starts with a time
of 0:47.9, less than a second slower
than the time of Bryce's fastest
instructor, in a practice run.
Moore's time was the fastest of the
racers by well over 1.5 seconds.
First-year man John Mowinckle
finished third, narrowly ahead of
team president Rich Tremaine who
won the team's third gold medal
when he finished a strong fourth
after a spasmodic start.

Lind, Hatch Take Silver

Lenny Lind, another first-year
man, won a silver medal with an
extremely smooth run for seventh
place. Graduate student Eric Hatch,
who formerly raced for Dartmouth
clubs, also won a silver medal. Bill
Morehouse fell early in the race,
but got up and scrambled down the
course fast enough to earn a bronze
medal, and team Chairman Charles
Ribakoff, although hampered by a
poor starting draw (38 of 40) and a
general lack of ability, finished
strongly for another bronze medal.

Entries Sought

The team is hopeful that it will
continue its startling performance
through the rest of its nebulous
season. They plan to enter
additional races in giant slalom and
slalom, in addition to hosting the
first annual University of Virginia
Invitational Giant Slalom at the
Homestead on March 2, for which
entries are still being sought. Team
founders Ribakoff and Tremaine
are enthusiastic about the excellent
performances by the team's first
year members, leading to hope for
the formation of a skiing dynasty,
here at the University.