European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stabs and stripes wednesday March 1,1989 military Stirni  writer Garmisch West Germany give those Fly boys a set of skis and they treat pm like wings. Thai s Why pilots swept the men s portion of tues Day s giant slalom in the Safe ski championships. John Sec inner who Flics 4s out of Span Dahlem sped to the men s open Itle by skiing the two runs in a combined 2 minutes 19.40 seconds. Mark Lindstrom who steers 16s out of Torrejon soared to the men s seniors 30-39 years Gold medal in 2 39.67. Graham Smith the Veteran Pilot out of  in. Flew to inc men s masters 40 and Over championship with it 1 29.99 the women s Lille went to Ellen Berggren a Captain with an engineering outfit in to Rennes  men s Jet set led Skinner to say we were ferreting our Way Down the slope.". Skinner who won men s open lilies while skiing for. Zombach in the mid-1980s, could pc gone the Caster seniors route. So could fellow Span Dahlem Pilot Jim Durtschi. Bolh arc 30. After Skinner and Durtschi with a 2 20.1 i finished one two Skinner explained heir Choice of open route this Way it s More Competition with the Young studs.".  what  the next besi open Lime by Tor Cjon s Mike Balfany was More than seven seconds behind. Skinner and Durtschi Are used to slaying close id each other. They Metal George fab Calif in 1985. 3of4 Safe championships they skied in the air Force championships at Hill fab Utah last year with Durtschi edging Skinner in. Three of the five races. -. If that s not close enough inc two captains Tatj 4s Tor the same unit Sang Dahlum s a Seth tac . There is a difference. Skinner is from new Jersey Durtschi from Oregon the difference tuesday was fractions of seconds. Skinner skied the first run in 1 09.52 to Durtschi s 1 09.99. The second time they dodged inc 41-Gate course Skinner clocked 1 09.88 and Durtschi 1 30.12. A loved it Skinner said of the course which Fea tured real Snow As opposed to the Mush of last week s rain drenched Usa eur giant slalom. It was a Little icy bul ice is fast As Long As you Don t slide but Don t count this Guy Durtschi out. He s upset.". Durtschi will try to do a Snow Job on Skinner when the Safe slalom starts at 10 . Wednesday Over much of the same Kandahar coups. Durtschi would prefer better Snow but diplomatically said of the is course for this year s conditions it was outstanding. They arcs race officials did a super  Torrejon s Lindstrom also praised the arc Effort. Heck he was just Happy id be Here. After an eight week deployment at in Ciurlik Turkey Lindstrom flew to Spain thursday he joined his Torr Jon team for the drive North Friday and they arrived Here 20 hours later. ,.- Lindstrom proceeded to beat Hahn s Mike Minard for the seniors title Fay almost 10 seconds. Lindstrom a 30-year-old Captain from Eureka calif., credited much of his ski Success to my men Tor Smith of . Smith taught Lindstrom How to race in 1986 when both were on the Sembach team. Thai s when Smith was winning in the seniors Divi Sion. Now 41, the Rhode Island native is winning in the same pole flying style. I did not push insisted Smith i knew it was icy so 1 skied As smoothly As i could Smith led after the first run by five seconds Over Rodn main s Bill Stoddard. Ocram Mcgrau s 50-year old perennial contender Dieter Krause blew his Lille chances by nearly missing a Gale. Smith whose "50-percent kid nickname derives from blown second runs spread his Edge Over Stod Dard to 10 secon Sstoddard who had t raced since his re can main daysofl9b5, look the masters Silver despite falling on the second run. Krause rebounded for a Bronze. Borg Gran won the women s Gold with a 2 57.37. Thai  s2 58.5l. Wank is getting in plenty of skiing. She s a sergeant with an air Force unit in  but she skied in the Usa eur meet last week because she lives on an army facility. -. I just did t want to crash said Wank. I crashed in the army race so i was gun shy on the  Borg Gran was t gun shy. Just gun. The 26-year-old native of Albany n.y., beat Wank on both runs the first run was my first race of the year said. Borg Gran. "1 wanted to go As fast As i  s skis right through the gender Gap Bubuc Syfox suit writer Garmisch West Germany this is a Story about sex. The female sen it s about How you can forget that by Hind a very goo Campanile raced alongside men 11 years. She Learned to ski As a year-old in Summit county colo., and started racing in 1972. Four years later she found herself on the same Copper Moun Tain race team As Jim Kiall her future Usa eur Nemesis. I was surprised when Isaw her in the a my said Kaj who spoiled her at an arc open race Here last month. Campanile and Kraft raced for that. Colorado team until 1982. That was the year she was ranked second nationally among Union. It was also the year she had her mean est crash. While competing for a spot in the Junior olympics she fell during a downhill race at Aspen. The wipe oui at g5 Runph caused her to tear skin off her nose break a Finger and Bruise her calves Ever since then i be been scared of Speed she said. Not that that kept her from racing the downhill in the British services International ski championships three weeks ago in France. And As the Only woman finishing 53rd out of 74 skiers. Upon graduating High school in 1983, Campanile whose surname then was Hunter became a Deputy sheriff in Summit county. When she was t arrest ing people she was racing against other police departments. That lasted three years. Another two years of Drifting led her to Denver where she joined the army in january 1988. In june she landed in Germany with Hoyc Nocis b Battery 3rd in 60lh air defense any. As soon As you could say fire that missile Melissa Hunter Metton Campanile a sergeant first class with b Bat Tery no they did t meet on a ski slope. They bumped into each other in the Field while wearing Gas masks on dec. It they were married in her Summit coun try Church,1. Without the Gas masks. Melissa is just starting to teach her husband to ski. That did t keep Tony from being Captain of the 7th army training come team last week. That gave him a Good Angle on his Champion wife. I m proud he said. It shocks me the Way she moves on  " it shocked some to see Campanile win a Bronze medal in Friday s Usa eur nordic sprint. It was her first time in Hohenfels Melissa Campanile Bent a few noses. Cross country race. She has a big heart said main. And she s Nice. She knows she s the Best on the Hill and does t hit you Over the head with it. Bad Kreuz Nach s Lara Stuart who placed fifth in. The giant slalom con cur Rcd she tvs a great attitude. She s not cocky at All. And she has More enthusiasm than any of the girls. She yells your name when you ski. She s fun to race against.". Maybe the air Force will find out How much fun next week. The  service championships Start with the giant slalom March followed the next Day by the slalom. A Long distance nor Dic race goes March 10. V ,. Melissa Campanile could Mike it an other Battle of the sexes.,. .