Jill Kinmont Boothe, a University of Washington graduate and champion ski racer whose struggle to recuperate from a paralyzing fall on an icy slope became the subject of the popular 1975 film "The Other Side of the Mountain," died Thursday in Carson City, Nev. She was 75.

The cover of the Jan. 31, 1955, Sports Illustrated featured a photograph of Jill Kinmont, as she was then known, carrying her skis over one shoulder against a backdrop of snowy mountains. Then 18, she was deemed a sure bet to represent the United States at the 1956 Winter Olympics. But days after the issue landed on newsstands, she slid off an icy bump at high speed during a giant slalom race in Alta, Utah, severely damaging her spinal cord. The accident left her largely paralyzed from the neck down.

"The Other Side of the Mountain," a lightly fictionalized account of her accident, rehabilitation and discovery of a new life as a teacher, drew attention to the plight of paraplegics and quadriplegics.

After her accident, she attended UCLA and UW, earning her teaching certificate, and taught in schools near Seattle and in California.

Softball

Kimi Pohlman and Courtney Gano drove in three runs apiece to lead No. 12 Washington (2-0) to a 9-4 victory over San Jose State in Tempe, Ariz.

• Seattle University (0-3) dropped two games on the second day of the Oceanic Time Warner Cable Paradise Classic in Honolulu, falling 1-0 to Missouri-Kansas City and 7-0 to DePaul.

Track and field

Megan Goethals dropped 15 seconds off the Washington school record in the women's 5,000 meters, becoming the first Husky to break the 16-minute mark indoors at the Flotrack Husky Classic.

Goethals finished in 15 minutes, 54.89 seconds, placing eighth overall and fifth among current collegiate athletes. Her time is the sixth-best run nationally this year.

Tennis

The Washington women (4-1) handed Sacramento State a 6-1 loss at the Nordstrom Tennis Center. Andjela Nemcevic earned the clinching point with a 6-4, 6-3 victory at No. 3 singles.

Gymnastics

Shannon Escarra placed third on the balance beam (career-best 9.725), leading Seattle Pacific to a second-place finish at the Illinois State quad meet in Normal, Ill.

Basketball

Jessalyn Jackson had 24 points and eight rebounds for the Northwest University women (10-14, 6-10 CCC) in a 87-70 loss at Southern Oregon.

Baseball

Brady Kincannon went 3 for 7 with two RBI for Central Washington (0-3), which lost 7-6 in 14 innings to Cal State Monterey Bay in Seaside, Calif.

Compiled from sports-information reports and other sources.