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Michigan’s 6-foot-8, 300-pound lineman Jon Runyan has decided to skip his final year of eligibility and enter the NFL draft. Runyan was a consensus All-Big Ten Conference pick and an honorable mention All-Big Ten as a sophomore when he won the Hugh Rader Award as Michigan’s top offensive lineman. As a freshman, he was second-team All-Big Ten. … Switzerland’s Urs Kaelin gained his first World Cup victory in more than six years, beating World Cup champion Alberto Tomba in a giant slalom at Flachau, Austria… . At Maribor, Slovenia, Katja Seizinger of Germany came through with a perfect second run in the giant slalom for her second victory of the World Cup season and the 19th of her career. Sonja Nef of Switzerland, in her best finish ever, took second place.