¶ A day of rain at Franconia, N.H. iced the steep trails of Cannon Mountain and sprinkled the slopes with upended skiers who tried just a little too hard for the national downhill championship. Tied for that dangerous honor, after navigating the tricky 1.6-mile course in 1:55.3, were two Dartmouth men: Undergraduate Chiharu ("Chick") Igaya and Olympic Veteran Bill Beck. Meanwhile, at North Conway, N.H., Olympic Champion Andrea Mead Lawrence took the women's downhill title after finishing second in the Olympic giant slalom tryout behind Betsy Snite, a 16-year-old Hanover high school junior.
¶ Running with the same liquid grace that...
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