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Show Women's Ski Team Women's Ski Team. Left, front to rear: Manya Baum-backer, Peggy Giffin, Mary Jane Richardson, Joan Tanner, Sheila Mallory, Darlene Tribe, Marianna Christen-sen. Right, front to rear: Shirley Doane, Janet Trow-bridge, Pat Bouton. The Women's Ski Team, slipping down race courses and team parkas billowing in the wind, challenged meets and championships in the Intermountain West. The twelve woman squad was coached by veteran ace, Alf Engen, and advised by Alice Shoman of the PE department. Sheila Mallory served as captain of the team, which spent two training days and more afternoons each week at Alta. Tournaments of the season included the Winter Invitational Slalom and the Tri-state Collegiate Ski Tournament. The Invitational slalom was sponsored by the Intermountain Ski Association on the Alta slopes and hosted by the Ute ski team. The Utah squad breezed through this meet to defeat all opponents and to capture the Class 1 blue ribbon as Manya Baumbacker led the field. The Tri-state Collegiate Ski Tournament sent Ute skiers to Winter Park, Colorado. The Ute Ski Team lost this weekend meet by a heart-breaking .55 of a point. Utes Manya Baumbacker, Shirley Doane, Alice Shoman, and Mary Jane Richardson prepare for Alta ski meet in front of Rustler's Lodge. ; Utah's ski slopes beckoned slatsters from all parts of the west for tournaments and pleasure skiing. 252 Mary Gini, Marianne Christensen, and Barbara Thomas prepare to join their teammates on the slopes. |