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Munroe, who was sent to audition for the commercial by one of her coaches, answered a few questions, and obviously she had the right answers, because she was picked for the job. She admits that it was fun, but now she‘s down to some serious business trying to maintain her provincial ranking in the ski circuit aiming to be one of the best and hoping to be a member of the national ski team, following in the footsteps of female greats such as Nancy Greene and Laurie It‘s a tough goal to meet, but she has the ability, desire and coaching to get her to the top of the hill and down again. Her coach, Jim Pollock, knows what to expect mentalâ€" ly and physically from Munroe, who‘s a top junior B (15â€"16 age) level skier. "He‘s a great coach. He knows me as a person as well as a skier and that‘s important to me," Munroe said of Pollock, who is entering his eighth season as a coach with the Southern Ontario Dvivision team, the past two years as its head coach. Last year, in her first year of junior B competition, Munroe had quite an impressâ€" ive record on the slopes winning the Collingwood Cup along with seconds at Mt. Ste. Anne, Quebec; Brooker Trophy and the Sealtest Cup at Camp Fortune, where she also placed third overall. However, the 1991/92 season started off on a disastrous note with Munroe suffering shin splint problems, keeping her off the slopes for most of December. "I had some big problems with it (injury) but it‘s all fine now and my season is looking good," Munroe said. Her firstâ€"place finish at a recent Division One slalom event at the Alpine Ski Club is a sure sign that her road to recovery went well. _ This week she‘ll be put to the test when the Ontario team travels to Mt. Ste. Anne for four days of gruelling competition followed by a trip to New Brunswick for three more days of competition. As for her schooling, Munroe attends Kitchenerâ€"Waâ€" terloo C.I. and coordinates her schooling _ _Most Canadians had their first look at Heather Munroe while watching a Toyota television commercial backing the 1992 Winter Olympics, but many of them had no idea who she was. Yet if all goes well, this 16â€"yearâ€"old Waterloo skier could become a household name. Her television debut, which lasts for about two seconds and a blink of the eye, has her skillfully waxing down her downâ€" hill skis. Her section of the commercial comes somewhere between a guy taping a hockey stick and a figure skater. Waterloo‘s Heather Munroe making her presence known Queen of the Mountain él db around the ski season, which is longer than one thinks. Even before the ski calendar begin in December, Munroe can be found at Blackcomb Mountain in Whistler, B.C. skiing the glaciers or in Utah. Two years ago she spent some time in Chile skiing during the summer months. _ ‘Last year she finished ranked within the top five in all four disciplines for her age," Pollock said in reference to slalom, giant slalom, down hill and super giant slalom. Pollock, a coach to 25 SOD team memâ€" bers, feels the youngster is right on track, but knows she can, and will, do better. _ Wanting to expose her to higher level of competition, Pollock entered Munroe in NorAm competition, a North American ALL FALL + SPORTCOATS + DRESS SHIRTS I + SPORTSHIRTS + SWEATERS 1/2 PRICE :: Waterioo skier Heather Munroe. ER SUITS FRWE A But for now, Munroe, who possesses the grace of a figure skater and the balance of a gymnast, is right on track, says Pollock. series. He believes that meals are within her grasp this season at the Cavendish Farms Cup Finals at Osler Bluff and Georgian Peaks (March 2 and 3) in slalom and giant slalom competition in FIS comâ€" petition. The Cavendish series is for racers who are just reaching the national level, and throughout the season it runs an eastern and western series. The top racers from those regional series travel to Collingâ€" wood for the finals. "‘Basically, I would like to see her improve her ranking to within the top three in her age group." â€" â€" 8000 WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1982 â€" PAGE 27 Alterations Extra FREDERICK STREET MALL _ On ‘a Price KITCHENER â€" 579â€"6367 Fieg§fatt wE NEVER LET vOU FALL TO PIECES! 35 WEBER ST. N., WATERLOO 884â€"3660 STORE HOURS: Mon. to Wed. 9â€"6 In â€" Novice â€" competition Waterloo‘s Benji Fleming finished third overall with firsts on high bars and vault and a second on rings. Peter Fleming, in Argo competiâ€" tion, had firsts on horse, rings and a second on bars GYMNASTICS Weedon, one of three Kâ€"W gymnasts at the meet, comâ€" peted in the Tyro division placing first on vault and high bar. He also had a second on rings, fiifth on bars, six on pommel horse and eighth on floor for a total of 54.15 points Christopher Weedon led the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Gymnastics Club to a first overall at the First National Stream compulsory qualifyâ€" ing meet in Toronto. 'F:D LITILE THINCGS THAT countr" a Service & Setiefaction The University of Waterâ€" loo Athena basketball team made it three wins in a row defeating the Guelph Gryâ€" phons 6842. _ The Athenas had four playâ€" ers in double digits, supâ€" ported by excellent defence. Athenas will try to make it four wins in a row tonight when they host Windsor at 6 The UW Warrior basket: ball team dind‘t fare as well in Guelph losing 77â€"73 to the Gryphons. Warriors Sean VanKoughâ€" nett was the top scorer with 17 points in a game that saw the Warriors come from beâ€" hind three times. Warriros also suffered a 76â€"64 loss to the Brock Badgers on Saturâ€" day. Alex urosevic was the top warmor scoring 19 points Across town the Wilfrd Laurier Golden Hawk mens team were bounced twice, losing 87â€"50 to the Badgers and 87â€"78 to the Western Mustangs. Rookie Tom Palâ€" lin played a strong game netting 19 points and 11 rebounds against the Musâ€" tangs while Laurier‘s Chris Livingston was the top scorâ€" er with 21 points. losing 79â€"59 to Brock and 7840 to Western. Shannon McConvey, â€" Janice â€" Fields and Tiffany Bunning each paced Laurier with nine points against Western The Laurier women cagers also dropped a pair of games BASKETBALL