Madeline Williams and Nevada Kramer were updated as the current leaders of the Jim Barrier Gold Cup in their respective gender/age groups. Williams competes in the Jr. One age group (17-19 years) and Kramer competes as a Jr. Three (13-14 years).
Jim Barrier Gold Cup The Jim Barrier Gold Cup is Northern Division’s premier race series. This is a
continental cup type competition for the top racers in Northern Division. Races
counting for Gold Cup points are the J1, J2, J3 qualifiers, all open races (not RMC
Invitational) and the OHG and are open to all A, J1, J2, and J3 competitors.
Recognition of these athletes will be at the Over the Hill Gang race.
Jim Barrier Gold Cup History Born in 1940, Jim Barrier grew up skiing for the Flathead County High School.
During the years 1956-1959, he was the #1 ranked alpine racer in Montana.
He tried out for and was picked to be one of four alpine skiers to compete as a
member of the US Olympic Ski Team at the first Winter Olympic Games held in
the United States, 1960 Squaw Valley, California. He finished 16th in the GS, but
fell in the slalom. He did not compete in the DH.
Jim Barrier earned a four year skiing scholarship at MSU, but broke his leg in the
fall of his freshman year. He joined the US Army, and skied for the Army. After
discharge, he was a ski coach at Schweitzer. He later was hired by PNSA as
the Divisional Coach. He introduced the first junior ski racing seeding system in the
United States. In 1966, 1967, and 1968, he also worked with Bob Beattie and
Gordon Eaton as Assistant Men’s Coach for the United States Ski Team. After
the Olympics, he was hired by the Head Ski Company to develop a fiberglass ski
made by Dura Fiber, which was called the Head XR-1. Later, Jim became president of Dura Fiber Ski Company. His experience in business and manufacturing led him to a successful career in business; working for Kaiser Electro Precision and Kaiser Aerospace. Jim, always a fierce competitor lost his final battle to cancer in 2000.
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