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While the emphasis was on fun -and no motive is more noble– there was also the serious, brisker purpose of the meet– the competition. Participating in racing events under the di– rection of O lympics star Bob Johnson were several top ski– ing teams, all having champion– ship standing. Sierra College's Thor Mjoen won the coveted Skimeister trophy, while Uni– versity of Nevada barely edged past Sierra to take the overall team competion . PSC freshman Judy Tatreau swept to victory in the women's unclassified giant slalom. And furthermore , PSC placed first in the snow-shoe race (Charles Auch and Margie Koppen) , in the tug - of - war (TKE) , and typically perhaps , in snow sculpture-a hapless skier nose-dived into a snow bank, anatomy and skis thrust into space. Everywhere there was an excess of people . Bach– elor's facilities were strained past capacity. They ran out of spaghetti at Bend after feeding 1200, and the Wayfarers, popu– lar RCA folk recording group , had to ditto their performance for an overflow crowd .