Skiing Cochrans
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The Skiing Cochrans are a family of alpine ski racers
from Richmond, Vermont
. The Cochrans were a dominant force on the U.S. Ski Team
in the late 1960s
and early 1970s
.
In 1961, parents Mickey and Ginny Cochran built a small ski area on their hillside property along the Winooski River
in rural Vermont
, where they trained their four children to be world-class ski racers. All four - Bob, Barbara Ann, Marilyn and Lindy - represented the U.S. in the Winter Olympics
, with Barbara Ann
winning the gold medal in slalom
at the 1972 Winter Olympics
in Sapporo, Japan
. The next generation of Cochrans has continued the racing tradition, placing six family members on the U.S. Ski Team, while Cochran's Ski Area has grown into a local winter recreation area with three lifts and eight slopes attracting a loyal contingent of children and families from around Vermont.
in Massachusetts
. He pitched and played quarterback for the University of Vermont
until his engineering studies were interrupted by the war. He served in the 84th Infantry Division in France and Germany in World War II
. His unit was surrounded in the Battle of the Bulge
. He saw significant action, including crossing the Rhine on a floating foot bridge under fire. His squad saw 300% casualties between October 1944 and the end of the war in Europe. His athletic skills helped him to survive with minor wounds. While in the army he pitched batting practice in Europe for Ted Williams
. He also played semi-pro baseball in the US and the provincial leagues in Canada. He returned to the University of Vermont after the war and earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Education. He loved skiing and applied engineering to developing his own highly successful technique, independently of what was popular. Under his tutelage - and while training on the backyard ski hill that he built himself - all four of his children became members of the U.S. Ski Team
. Among his other accomplishments, Mickey was the Alpine Director of the U.S. Team during the 1973-74
ski season and coach of the University of Vermont
(UVM) Ski Team throughout the 1970s. With Mickey as alpine coach the UVM Ski Team won their first major winter carnivals, including Dartmouth
in 1973, Middlebury
and Williams
, and began the longest regular season undefeated streak in NCAA history. Mickey died in March 1998 of congestive heart failure at the age of 74. The athletes he coached at UVM noted that he was all the man there is, and one of the greatest ski coaches ever. He is a member of the UVM Athletic Hall of Fame.
Ginny Cochran - Matriarch of "The Skiing Cochrans" and long-time co-owner of Cochran's Ski Area with her husband, Mickey. In 1961, when Cochran's first opened, Ginny started the first after-school learn-to-ski program at the area at the request of the Richmond PTO
. Since that time, thousands of schoolchildren and older skiers have learned to "Ski the Cochran Way", a great many taught by Ginny herself. In addition to raising four children who competed in the Winter Olympics, Ginny managed the ski area until her death in 2005 at age 76.
Barbara Ann Cochran
- member of the U.S. Ski Team (1967–74), gold medalist in slalom 1972 Olympic
in Sapporo, Japan, silver medalist in slalom at the 1970 World Championships
, and the U.S. national champion in giant slalom and slalom. She went on to become a physical education
, health, and family and consumer science
teacher and a ski coach and instructor at Cochran's Ski Area. She is also a motivational speaker offering workshops and seminars and individual coaching to athletes, coaches, parents, and students. Her son Ryan "Puppy" Cochran-Siegle is a member of the U.S. Ski Team B team, and is the defending champion for Nor-Am Super-G and National Junior Giant Slalom and two-time defending National Junior Champion in Super-G. Her daughter Caitlin Cochran-Siegle was coaching skiing at Pat's Peak in New Hampshire, and now owns a used car dealership in Rochester, New Hampshire.
Robert "Bobby" Cochran, M.D. http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/cchbo.asp - member of the U.S. Ski Team (1968–74) and U.S. Pro Tour (1975–77). In 1973
, he was the gold medalist in the Hahnenkamm
combined
, the first victory in that event by a U.S. skier. http://www.hahnenkamm.com/cms/en/winners_courses/honor_roll_the_champions/men/kombination/index.html Later that season, he won a giant slalom
at Heavenly Valley, California
, the first World Cup GS victory by a U.S. male. http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&listid=&competitorid=10611&type=result&rec_start=0&limit=100 He was a two-time U.S. national champion in slalom
, giant slalom, and downhill
, and went on to become a physician
with a family practice in New Hampshire
. His son Jimmy Cochran
was a member of the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team and is a five-time U.S. National Champion, and daughter, Amy Cochran, used to ski for the University of Vermont
. His oldest son, Thomas Cochran, stopped skiing to begin his singing career and has become an emergency physician at the Keene Medical Center in Keene, N.H.
Marilyn Cochran Brown
- member of the U.S. Ski Team (1967–74), 1969 World Cup
giant slalom champion, 1970 World Championship bronze medalist in the combined
, three-time U.S. national champion. Her son Roger Brown was also a member of the U.S. Ski Team for two years after graduating with an engineering degree from Dartmouth ('04), where he was NCAA slalom champion in 2002 and a three time All-American. He worked on Barack Obama
's campaign in Georgia and Indiana during the 2008 election and was a Research Assistant for Senator Patrick Leahy
of Vermont until November, 2010 when he joined his cousins, Jimmy Cochran and Timmy Kelley and his brother, Douglas to work on their new enterprise, Slopeside Syrup. Her other son, Douglas Brown, attended St. Lawrence University
, where he was captain of the ski team for two years and an academic All-American. He graduated in May 2009. He coached skiing and taught chemistry at the Berkshire School
in Massachusetts during the 2009-2010 school year. He now is working on the sugarbush with his brother and cousins, laying lines to tap ultimately 20,000 trees on the land originally purchased by his grandparents, Mickey and Ginny. Roger's and Douglas' father, Christopher, an All-American skier at UVM, a member of the UVM Hall of Athletic Fame, is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
.
Lindy Cochran Kelley - Member of the U.S. Ski Team (1970–78), University of Vermont
Ski Team (1978–81), top American finisher 1976 Olympic
slalom & giant Slalom in Innsbruck
, Austria, U.S. national champion in slalom (1973) & giant slalom (1976), NCAA All-American (1979). Daughter Jessica Kelley and son Tim Kelley were both members of the U.S. Ski Team. Her other son Robby is a top NFL and NBA prospect and hopes to be drafted in the 2010 drafts of the respected sports. (Just kidding---although he loved to dream that was true, he has followed his siblings footsteps and is now a member of the U.S. Ski Team)! http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/specials/ski/articles/2009/11/19/cochran_family_always_well_groomed_for_success/?page=2
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
from Richmond, Vermont
Richmond, Vermont
Richmond is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The 2000 census revealed a population of 4,090.Local students attend Mount Mansfield Union High School, Camel's Hump Middle School, And Richmond Elementary School. Mount Mansfield Union High is in the neighboring town of Jericho...
. The Cochrans were a dominant force on the U.S. Ski Team
United States Ski Team
The United States Ski Team, operated under the auspices of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association , develops and supports men's and women's athletes in the sports of alpine skiing, adaptive alpine, freestyle skiing, cross country, adaptive cross country, ski jumping, and nordic combined....
in the late 1960s
1960s
The 1960s was the decade that started on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. It was the seventh decade of the 20th century.The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends across the globe...
and early 1970s
1970s
File:1970s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: US President Richard Nixon doing the V for Victory sign after his resignation from office after the Watergate scandal in 1974; Refugees aboard a US naval boat after the Fall of Saigon, leading to the end of the Vietnam War in 1975; The 1973 oil...
.
In 1961, parents Mickey and Ginny Cochran built a small ski area on their hillside property along the Winooski River
Winooski River
The Winooski River is a tributary of Lake Champlain, approximately long, in northern Vermont in the United States. Although not Vermont's longest river, it is one of the state's most significant, forming a major valley way from Lake Champlain through the Green Mountains towards the Connecticut...
in rural Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
, where they trained their four children to be world-class ski racers. All four - Bob, Barbara Ann, Marilyn and Lindy - represented the U.S. in the Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1948–80, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years...
, with Barbara Ann
Barbara Cochran
Barbara Ann Cochran is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist, who competed on the World Cup circuit for seven seasons. She retired from international competition following the 1974 season.Barbara Cochran is a member of the famous "Skiing Cochrans" family, which has operated a small...
winning the gold medal in slalom
Slalom skiing
Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...
at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Sapporo, Japan, from February 5–13, 1972. The downhills were held at Mount Eniwa, and the four technical events at Teine.-Downhill:February 7, 1972...
in Sapporo, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The next generation of Cochrans has continued the racing tradition, placing six family members on the U.S. Ski Team, while Cochran's Ski Area has grown into a local winter recreation area with three lifts and eight slopes attracting a loyal contingent of children and families from around Vermont.
The Family
Gordon S. "Mickey" Cochran - An athlete, a soldier, an engineer, and a teacher all rolled into one, Mickey's talents added up to genius on the ski slopes. He was a standout athlete in baseball and football at Chelmsford High SchoolChelmsford High School
Chelmsford High School a public high school located in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts built in 1974. Before 1974 the high school was located in the current McCarthy Middle School building. It serves as the public high school for students in grades 9 through 12. It is part of a central campus that...
in Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. He pitched and played quarterback for the University of Vermont
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
until his engineering studies were interrupted by the war. He served in the 84th Infantry Division in France and Germany in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. His unit was surrounded in the Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive , launched toward the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, hence its French name , and France and...
. He saw significant action, including crossing the Rhine on a floating foot bridge under fire. His squad saw 300% casualties between October 1944 and the end of the war in Europe. His athletic skills helped him to survive with minor wounds. While in the army he pitched batting practice in Europe for Ted Williams
Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year Major League Baseball career as the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox...
. He also played semi-pro baseball in the US and the provincial leagues in Canada. He returned to the University of Vermont after the war and earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Education. He loved skiing and applied engineering to developing his own highly successful technique, independently of what was popular. Under his tutelage - and while training on the backyard ski hill that he built himself - all four of his children became members of the U.S. Ski Team
United States Ski Team
The United States Ski Team, operated under the auspices of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association , develops and supports men's and women's athletes in the sports of alpine skiing, adaptive alpine, freestyle skiing, cross country, adaptive cross country, ski jumping, and nordic combined....
. Among his other accomplishments, Mickey was the Alpine Director of the U.S. Team during the 1973-74
1974 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 8th World Cup season began in December 1973 and concluded in March 1974. Piero Gros of Italy won the overall title, denying the runner-up, countryman Gustav Thöni, of a fourth straight overall title. Annemarie Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her fourth of five consecutive.The...
ski season and coach of the University of Vermont
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
(UVM) Ski Team throughout the 1970s. With Mickey as alpine coach the UVM Ski Team won their first major winter carnivals, including Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
in 1973, Middlebury
Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Founded in 1800, it is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. Drawing 2,400 undergraduates from all 50 United States and over 70 countries, Middlebury offers 44 majors in the arts,...
and Williams
Williams College
Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...
, and began the longest regular season undefeated streak in NCAA history. Mickey died in March 1998 of congestive heart failure at the age of 74. The athletes he coached at UVM noted that he was all the man there is, and one of the greatest ski coaches ever. He is a member of the UVM Athletic Hall of Fame.
Ginny Cochran - Matriarch of "The Skiing Cochrans" and long-time co-owner of Cochran's Ski Area with her husband, Mickey. In 1961, when Cochran's first opened, Ginny started the first after-school learn-to-ski program at the area at the request of the Richmond PTO
Parent Teacher Organization
A Parent Teacher Organization is a formal organization that consists of parents, teachers and school staff. The organization's goals may vary from organization to organization, but essentially the goals include volunteerism of parents, encouragement of teachers and students, community...
. Since that time, thousands of schoolchildren and older skiers have learned to "Ski the Cochran Way", a great many taught by Ginny herself. In addition to raising four children who competed in the Winter Olympics, Ginny managed the ski area until her death in 2005 at age 76.
Barbara Ann Cochran
Barbara Cochran
Barbara Ann Cochran is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist, who competed on the World Cup circuit for seven seasons. She retired from international competition following the 1974 season.Barbara Cochran is a member of the famous "Skiing Cochrans" family, which has operated a small...
- member of the U.S. Ski Team (1967–74), gold medalist in slalom 1972 Olympic
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Sapporo, Japan, from February 5–13, 1972. The downhills were held at Mount Eniwa, and the four technical events at Teine.-Downhill:February 7, 1972...
in Sapporo, Japan, silver medalist in slalom at the 1970 World Championships
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970 were held in Gröden/Val Gardena, Italy, from February 8-15, 1970.For the only time, results from the World Championships were included in the World Cup points standings, then in its fourth season.-External links:...
, and the U.S. national champion in giant slalom and slalom. She went on to become a physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
, health, and family and consumer science
Family and consumer science
Family and consumer sciences is an academic discipline that combines aspects of social and natural science. Family and consumer sciences deals with the relationship between individuals, families, and communities, and the environment in which they live...
teacher and a ski coach and instructor at Cochran's Ski Area. She is also a motivational speaker offering workshops and seminars and individual coaching to athletes, coaches, parents, and students. Her son Ryan "Puppy" Cochran-Siegle is a member of the U.S. Ski Team B team, and is the defending champion for Nor-Am Super-G and National Junior Giant Slalom and two-time defending National Junior Champion in Super-G. Her daughter Caitlin Cochran-Siegle was coaching skiing at Pat's Peak in New Hampshire, and now owns a used car dealership in Rochester, New Hampshire.
Robert "Bobby" Cochran, M.D. http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/cchbo.asp - member of the U.S. Ski Team (1968–74) and U.S. Pro Tour (1975–77). In 1973
1973 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 7th World Cup season began in December 1972 in France and concluded in March 1973 in the United States. Gustav Thöni of Italy won his third consecutive overall title and Annemarie Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her third of five consecutive....
, he was the gold medalist in the Hahnenkamm
Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel
The Hahnenkamm is a mountain in Austria, directly south of Kitzbühel, in the Kitzbühel Alps. The elevation of its summit is above sea level.The Hahnenkamm is part of the ski resort of Kitzbühel, and hosts the annual World Cup alpine ski races, the Hahnenkammrennen...
combined
Alpine skiing combined
Combined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...
, the first victory in that event by a U.S. skier. http://www.hahnenkamm.com/cms/en/winners_courses/honor_roll_the_champions/men/kombination/index.html Later that season, he won a giant slalom
Giant Slalom skiing
Giant slalom is an alpine skiing discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles spaced at a greater distance to each other than in slalom but less than in super G....
at Heavenly Valley, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, the first World Cup GS victory by a U.S. male. http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&listid=&competitorid=10611&type=result&rec_start=0&limit=100 He was a two-time U.S. national champion in slalom
Slalom skiing
Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...
, giant slalom, and downhill
Downhill
Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....
, and went on to become a physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
with a family practice in New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
. His son Jimmy Cochran
Jimmy Cochran
Jimmy Cochran is an American alpine ski racer who has competed since 1998. His best World Cup finish was seventh at a giant slalom event in France in 2005....
was a member of the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team and is a five-time U.S. National Champion, and daughter, Amy Cochran, used to ski for the University of Vermont
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
. His oldest son, Thomas Cochran, stopped skiing to begin his singing career and has become an emergency physician at the Keene Medical Center in Keene, N.H.
Marilyn Cochran Brown
Marilyn Cochran
Marilyn Cochran Brown is a former Alpine ski racer and World Cup champion. In 1969, she became the first American to win a discipline championship in the World Cup, triumphing in giant slalom...
- member of the U.S. Ski Team (1967–74), 1969 World Cup
1969 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The third World Cup season began in December 1968 and concluded in March 1969. Karl Schranz of Austria won the first of two consecutive overall titles...
giant slalom champion, 1970 World Championship bronze medalist in the combined
Alpine skiing combined
Combined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...
, three-time U.S. national champion. Her son Roger Brown was also a member of the U.S. Ski Team for two years after graduating with an engineering degree from Dartmouth ('04), where he was NCAA slalom champion in 2002 and a three time All-American. He worked on Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
's campaign in Georgia and Indiana during the 2008 election and was a Research Assistant for Senator Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy is the senior United States Senator from Vermont and member of the Democratic Party. He is the first and only elected Democratic United States Senator in Vermont's history. He is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Leahy is the second most senior U.S. Senator,...
of Vermont until November, 2010 when he joined his cousins, Jimmy Cochran and Timmy Kelley and his brother, Douglas to work on their new enterprise, Slopeside Syrup. Her other son, Douglas Brown, attended St. Lawrence University
St. Lawrence University
St. Lawrence University is a four-year liberal arts college located in the village of Canton in Saint Lawrence County, New York, United States. It has roughly 2300 undergraduate and 100 graduate students, about equally split between male and female....
, where he was captain of the ski team for two years and an academic All-American. He graduated in May 2009. He coached skiing and taught chemistry at the Berkshire School
Berkshire School
Berkshire School is a prestigious, private, co-ed boarding school for grades 9 through 12 located in Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA. Berkshire's applications have doubled in the past few years with Mike Maher taking on the role as head of school...
in Massachusetts during the 2009-2010 school year. He now is working on the sugarbush with his brother and cousins, laying lines to tap ultimately 20,000 trees on the land originally purchased by his grandparents, Mickey and Ginny. Roger's and Douglas' father, Christopher, an All-American skier at UVM, a member of the UVM Hall of Athletic Fame, is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a private university located in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States.Founded in 1865 in Worcester, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities...
.
Lindy Cochran Kelley - Member of the U.S. Ski Team (1970–78), University of Vermont
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
Ski Team (1978–81), top American finisher 1976 Olympic
Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck, Austria, from February 5–13, 1976.Similar to the 1964 games, the men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel , the other five events at Axamer Lizum....
slalom & giant Slalom in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
, Austria, U.S. national champion in slalom (1973) & giant slalom (1976), NCAA All-American (1979). Daughter Jessica Kelley and son Tim Kelley were both members of the U.S. Ski Team. Her other son Robby is a top NFL and NBA prospect and hopes to be drafted in the 2010 drafts of the respected sports. (Just kidding---although he loved to dream that was true, he has followed his siblings footsteps and is now a member of the U.S. Ski Team)! http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/specials/ski/articles/2009/11/19/cochran_family_always_well_groomed_for_success/?page=2
A Cochran's timeline
- 1961 - Cochran's Ski Area founded; Ginny Cochran offers first after-school program at the request of the Richmond P.T.O.
- 1965 - Adjacent 140 acre (0.5665604 km²) parcel purchased for future ski area expansion
- 1966 - New trails and rope tow installed on present Cochran's Ski Area site
- 19671967 Alpine Skiing World CupThe first season of World Cup races began in early January in West Germany and concluded in late March in the United States. Jean-Claude Killy of France dominated the men's competition, winning each of the three disciplines and the overall title...
- Marilyn & Barbara Ann Cochran named to the U.S. Ski TeamUnited States Ski TeamThe United States Ski Team, operated under the auspices of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association , develops and supports men's and women's athletes in the sports of alpine skiing, adaptive alpine, freestyle skiing, cross country, adaptive cross country, ski jumping, and nordic combined.... - 1968 - Bobby Cochran named to the U.S. Ski Team
- 1969 - Marilyn Cochran wins the World CupAlpine skiing World CupThe FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France and the USA...
season title in giant slalomGiant Slalom skiingGiant slalom is an alpine skiing discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles spaced at a greater distance to each other than in slalom but less than in super G.... - 1970 - Lindy Cochran joins her siblings on the U.S. Ski Team; Barbara Ann wins a silver medal in slalom and Marilyn wins a bronze medal in combinedAlpine skiing combinedCombined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...
at the World ChampionshipsFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970 were held in Gröden/Val Gardena, Italy, from February 8-15, 1970.For the only time, results from the World Championships were included in the World Cup points standings, then in its fourth season.-External links:... - 1972 - Barbara Ann Cochran wins the gold medal in slalom at the 1972 Winter OlympicsAlpine skiing at the 1972 Winter OlympicsAlpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Sapporo, Japan, from February 5–13, 1972. The downhills were held at Mount Eniwa, and the four technical events at Teine.-Downhill:February 7, 1972...
in Sapporo, Japan - 1973 - Bob Cochran wins the combinedAlpine skiing combinedCombined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...
event at the prestigious HahnenkammHahnenkamm, KitzbühelThe Hahnenkamm is a mountain in Austria, directly south of Kitzbühel, in the Kitzbühel Alps. The elevation of its summit is above sea level.The Hahnenkamm is part of the ski resort of Kitzbühel, and hosts the annual World Cup alpine ski races, the Hahnenkammrennen...
in Kitzbühel, AustriaKitzbühel-Demographic evolution:-Personalities:*Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre , entomologist and botanist*Alfons Walde , expressionist painter and architect*Peter Aufschnaiter , mountaineer and geographer...
, and a giant slalom at Heavenly Valley - 1974 - Mickey Cochran serves as Alpine Director of the U.S. Ski Team; Cochran's Ski Club founded. Barbara Ann and Marilyn retire from international competition
- 1975 - Bobby Cochran turns professional; Mitey Mite handle lift installed at Cochran's Ski Area
- 1976 - Lindy Cochran is top American in both slalom and giant slalom at the Olympic GamesAlpine skiing at the 1976 Winter OlympicsAlpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck, Austria, from February 5–13, 1976.Similar to the 1964 games, the men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel , the other five events at Axamer Lizum....
in InnsbruckInnsbruck- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... - 1979 - T-bar installed at Cochran's Ski Area
- 1984 - New lodge built at Cochran's Ski Area
- 1985 - Innovative "Ski-Tots Program" introduced at Cochran's by Lindy (Cochran) Kelley as the Cochran family continues to coach and teach the next generation of Cochran's skiers
- 1998 - Mickey Cochran dies at the age of 74; Cochran's Ski Area turns non-profit
- 1999 - Cochran's Ski Area was granted nonprofit, 501(c)(3) tax status by the Internal Revenue Service. Mission statement: "To provide affordable skiing/snowboarding, lessons and race training for area youths and families and continue the tradition Mickey & Ginny have created."
- 2002 - Lindy Cochran's daughter Jessica Kelley named to the U.S. Ski Team; Marilyn Cochran's son Roger Brown wins NCAA slalom title competing for Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth CollegeDartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
- 2003 - Bob Cochran's son Jimmy Cochran named to the U.S. Ski Team
- 2004 - Jimmy Cochran wins U.S. National Championships in Slalom and Giant Slalom
- 2005 - Ginny Cochran dies at age 76. Roger Brown named to the U.S. Ski Team
- 2006 - Jimmy Cochran competes in the 2006 Winter Olympics2006 Winter OlympicsThe 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
in Torino, Italy. Lindy Cochran's son Tim Kelley named to the U.S. Ski Team. Amy Cochran, skiing for the University of VermontUniversity of VermontThe University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
, places second in the giant slalom and third in the slalom at the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) Championships. - 2007 - Jimmy Cochran, Jessica Kelley, and Tim Kelley all begin their 2007/2008 season together on the U.S. Ski Team
- 2008 - Jimmy Cochran wins two more U.S. national titles in slalom and combined
- 2010 - Jimmy Cochran competes in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- 2011 - Ryan Cochran-Siegle named to the U.S. Ski Team; Tim Kelley wins NCAA slalom title for the University of Vermont; Robby Kelley named to the U.S. Ski Team from the May Mammoth Mountain Training Camp.