01 Page 8-The Michigan Daily- Sports Monday - March 16, 1992 Women skiers take eighth at nationals by Meg Belson Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's ski team battled inclement conditions and a field of predominately varsity teams to come away from the National meet in Lake Placid, N.Y. with an eighth-place finish last week. Sixteen teams competed in the meet, along with several individual racers. Each run included about 80 skiers. The Wolverines worked hard all week to raise enough funds to make the trip, and they said that their re- suits at the meet made their efforts worthwhile. "We were all real happy with how we finished," rookie Amy Portenga said. "We all stood up and we all finished." Captain Lisa Witty, the lone se- nior on the team, was the top Wolverine finisher in both the slalom (21st) and giant slalom (38th). "I was excited," Witty said. "I wanted to be in the top 15, but I was happy with 21st in the slalom." The ski team placed 10th in the giant slalom despite horrendous conditions. The first race of the giant slalom took place on Wednesday in pouring rain. Trenches had to be dug in the hill to drain water away from the runs. "It was the most miserable day racing," Witty said. Finishing behind Witty in the gi- ant slalom was Portenga in 45th, rookie Kelly Copeland in 49th, ju- nior Amy Gray in 57th, and junior Sara MacKeigan in 65th. Conditions shifted before the slalom race on Friday, but the changes were not all for the better. A cold front moved in Wednesday night which brought about four inches of snow before Friday. "There was water all over the hill," Portenga said. "It was a big sheet of ice." "It was one extreme to the other," Witty added. "It was more skiable, but very icy." The Wolverines did their best to overcome the slippery conditions in the slalom, capturing seventh place. After Witty, MacKeigan took 31st, with Portenga right behind in 34th. Gray took 45th, while Copeland was unable to race her second run due to illness. 0 o AUTOCAD® FOR WINDOWS PUT THE POWER TO WORK FOR YOU! Last week, the Michigan ski club placed eighth at Nationals. i I SPECIAL AUTOCAD EDUCATIONAL PRICES! REL 10 Locked (DOS or MAC) REL 10 MAC Version with free upgrade to REL 11 MAC, when available REL 11386 AME with FREE Windows Extension, if requested $ 495* $ 875** AutoCAD provides a complete set of 3-D design and 2-D drafting tools for architectural, mechanical, mapping, facilities applications and much more! Call us today to see . how AutoCAD can ______ AREA EWrUCN handle every REPRESENTATIVE dimension in design and drafting. * for students, faculty and staff ** for faculty, staff and graduate students DEVTRON, RUSSELL INC. G-5180 Flushing Rd., Flushing, MI (313) 732-0708 301 N. Bowery, P.O. Box 385, Gladwin, MI (517) 426-6574 400 Ann St., Ste. 212, Grand Rapids, MI (616) 364-6515 4724 Lake Leelanau Dr., Traverse City, MI (616) 271-4794 AutoCAD is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc. -t-s'x At Columbia this summer, you can enjoy New York while you: fulfill distribution and departmental requirements in introductory, advanced, and preprofessional courses enhance career skills (in courses on architectural graphics, computer programming, filmwriting, MIDI music production, and consumer psychology) immerse yourself in a foreign language (from Arabic to Yiddish) - pursue your interests in courses on classical mythology, African art, Chinese autobiography, Shakespeare, World War II, Nietzsche, the New Testament, or many others. FIRST SESSION: MAY 26-JULY 2. SECOND SESSION: JULY 6-AUGUST 14. For more information about summer courses and special programs, please call (212) 854-5123 or return the coupon below. Please send a Columbia University Summer Session bulletin and application form to: NAME: ADDRESS: CITY, STATE, ZIP: Office ofAdmissions, Summer Session, 303 Lewisohn, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027. Telephone (212) 854-5123 tl Columbia University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. CP Microsoft Applications for Windows Seminar Focus on your computing future... March 19,8:30-11:30 A.M. University of Michigan Michigan League, Vandenberg Room 911 N. University Ave. Space is limited, so call NOW to reserve your seat: (800) 227-4679 Code Z28 See how much faster and more easily work gets done using the Microsoft.Windows,. operating system and Microsoft applica- tions for Windows. This FREE 3-hour seminar, hosted by an expert from Microsoft corporate headquarters, will demonstrate the substantial improvements in productivity you can achieve with award-winning Microsoft Word for Windows version 2.0, Microsoft Excel for Windows, Microsoft PowerPoint. presentation graphics program for Windows and Microsoft Project for Windows. Call for a reservation today. Attendees will receive a coupon worth $20 off the price of their choice of one of several selected Microsoft applications for Windows.