A six -time national ski jumper Jim Holland, participated in the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympic Games. During the 1992 Albertville Games, he was the best American in the events of Grande Hill and Normal Hill . He competed on the FIS World Cup circuit from 1989 to 1993 with several TOP-10. We also remember Holland for his courageous return after having undergone serious injuries during a training jump in 1987, modifying his technique to go further than before. He retired in 1993 and after the US Ski Association abandoned the ski jump in 2007, the Dutch people helped start and finance the ski jump to the United States (now USA Nordic Sport), a non -profit organization that manages national national and Nordic ski programs for men and female.
Connie Larose has an incredible and legendary sports career for over 50 years as a student-athlete in high school and college and high school coach in Vermont. She was a versatile athlete of Bristol High and Champlain College before starting her coach career in 1966. A pioneer in women’s athletics from Vermont before title IX, basketball was her main sport as a coach , where she has raised a career of 486-232 record in three secondary schools, the fourth greatest cerceau coach in the state. She won five female basketball titles, including the crown of division II in 2022 – her last year of coach at Mount Abraham.