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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, December 13-16, 2008: The Park Record B-6 start REG REPORT jf PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT Park City's National Ability Center Team win first medals of season £ PayDay.Town Life and FirstTime lifts are open, serving four runs.The base depth is f 20 inches. Hours are 9 a m to 4 p.m. For up-to-date information and ticket prices, I pfease visit www.parkcitymouniain.com or call (800) 222-PARK. &&:f% ft THE CANYONS RESORT v( The High Meadow and Saddleback Express lifts are open, serving three runs. The base depth is 24 inches, Hours are 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please visit www.thecanyons.com for more information. DEER VALLEY t ^ five lifts (Bums, Carpenter Express, Silver Lake Express, Homestake and Sterling Express) are open, serving six runs.The basedepdi Is 21 inches. Hours are 9 a.m. to A: 15 p m For more information, call (435) 649-1000 or visit www.deervalley.com. GORGOZAPARK Gorgoza Park (operated by PCMR) will open Saturday. Dec. 13. Hours are Saturday and Sunday 1 2 - 8 p.m.and Monday through Friday I- 8 p.m. For more information Ion the tubing hill,miniature snowmobile track and Fort Frosty kids' play area,please [call (435) 658-2648 or visit www.gorgozaparkcom. • • ~?yK '\l• (•• 1 '*';V [ UTAH OLYMPIC PARK SThe Park is open from 9 i m . to 6 p.m. dally. Expert guided tours are offered daily at the ftop of die hour from 10 a m to 4 p m Watch athletes train or check out our upcoming I Olympic winter sports compeddons - event season begins Oct. 20 and runs through j Feb. 22- Free admission to the Park includes a seff-gulded tour of competition sites, AJf - Engen Ski Museum and the 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum. For more Information I and a schedule of events, please call (435) 658-4200 or visit www.olyparks.com. WHITE I White Pine Touring operates 3k, 5k and 10k groomed loops' for classic and skate | skiers. White Pine Is watching the weather closely this weekend and will start \ grooming as soon as enough snow accumulates. For more information, visit Lwww.whitepinetouring.com or call (435) 649-8710. , ... ^v: , . . ^ , | SOLDIER HOLLOW h training paid big dividends as Briere won the gold medal in her first race of the year. Blakely's bronze medal was his first ever in competition. This summer, he traveled to Beijing for the Paralympic Games after winning a trip through the U.S. Paralympics1 Paralympic Academy. While in Beijing, Blakely spoke with multiple national athletes about their experiences and picked up training pointers to help him in his training^*' The Ability Ski Team's new head coach, Rip Pridday said, "We're proud of Sam and Mikayla for their great finishes. Sam really wanted this after missing the podium at (U.S. Disabled) Nationals last year." Sue Greenberg, the team's new assistant head coach, said, "Mikayla was so surprised at her victory. It was fun for all of us to see her so excited, and I think it sparked some of the other (Ability Ski Team) members for the GS Submitted by Ryan Jensen, National Ability Center Monday •Coming off its eleven medals at the 2008 Disabled Nationals ski races last spring, the Ability Ski Team from Park City's National Ability Center (NAC) has won its first two medals of the 2008/2009 season. Mikayla Briere (sit ski; Lincoln, New Hampshire) won her first gold medal. Henefer's Sam Blakely (standing) won a bronze medal. Both medals came in the junior division of the •NorAm Level II Slalom races at the 21st annual Hartford Ski Spectacular at Copper Mountain, Colorado yesterday. For Briere, this is her first year as a member of the Ability Ski Team. She spent the summer training with the National Ability Center's adaptive. cycling program, wheelchair rugby program, Nordic dry-land camp, and rock climbing. The cross- .^Soldier Hollow will open Saturday, Dec. 13 for tubing and a Nordic Combined World Tour competition.The facility expects to open ski trails next week after the approaching M i- For more Information, call (435) 654-2002 or visit wwwjoldierhollow.com. I PARK CITYJCE ARENA^^^Ifet^'/'^v-v'-'v: S j h e Park City Ice Arena offers public skating, drop-In'time slots for different age ^groups, speed skating drop-in, Learn-to-Curl classes, Adult Skills & Drills classes and jViStick & Puck sesslons.The monthly schedule is available online at vyww.parkcityice.org. t UTAH SKI RESORTS ^ > ^j%%i^&&\ Alta; Brian Head, Brighton, Snowbasln, Snowbird, Solitude, Sundance and Wolf Creek ;OT£? are. open. For more information and a full snow report, visit www.skiutah.com. *\WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST ^ JJie Ulnta-Wasatch-Cache National has closed "gates on some1 forest roads as a"1 measure against the impacts of wet weathertravel. Motorized-wheeled ., Including ATVs, motorcycles and trucks, traveling on any portion of a closed are violating a forest closure order and subject to citations and fines. : Backcountry skiers, hikers and other non-motorized users will be allowed to travel fti&h closed roads throughout the winter season. For more information on road /closures, Winter Travel Plans and travel maps, contact the Heber-Kamas Ranger ^District at (435) 654-0470 or (435) 783-4338. - , ft.. • • • : • • ^ V - : : - - . - . - • • • • • • • ' • • ' • • - • • • - • ^ ; : ^ ; ; : • - • • ' • • ; • " • ' • • annual tradition, he said this allows them to have some fun and participate in new events. Although Ogden is one of the Miners' toughest competitors, Pool said that it is still early enough in the season to continue to try new things before buckling down before the Region 10 championships. "Everybody is experimenting," Pool said. "We don't feel like we have a lot to prove." Swimming against Ogden and a small contingent from North Summit, meets like this are much less intense and allow him to challenge himself without a lot of pressure, Pool added. "With dual meets, I don't get as - Continued from B-1 Park City swims past Tigers City to do some experimenting with different swimmers in different races. Werner-actually let the Miners pick which races they wanted to compete in. An Submitted by University of Utah Sports Information •y.'. Dry...." I- r t Phone: (435) - 655-3608 email: info@quickdrawfinancial.com www.quickdrawfinanciaLcom PARK CITY - J i . - j i j L . i . : - • ••• ••' The winner will be-recognized in the permanent College ^ FootbaUtlrfell of, fame .display in •" South Bend, Ind., and will receive .] $50,000 from Liberty Mutual to support his-favorite civic and" charitable activities, along with a $20,000 scholarship donation for his school's alumni association. The 2008 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award winners will be announced on ESP.N during halftime of the Music City Bowl on Dec. 31. Joining Whittingham are, in alphabetical order: Mack Brown, University of Texas: Brady Hoke, Ball State University; Pat Fitzgerald, * Northwestern University; Urban Meyer, University of Florida; Joe Paterno, Pennsylvania State University; Chris Petersen, Boise State University; Nick Saban, University of Alabama; Bob Stoops, University of Oklahoma; and Jim Tressel, Ohio State University. www.parkrecord.com The only Five Star Dealer in Park City Chrysler • Jeep * Dodge • SALT LAKE CITY - Utah head coach Kyle-. W-hittinghamhas been named as one of 10 finalists for the 2008 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award. The 2008 Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year, Whittingham has led Utah to a 12-0 record and berth in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Finalists were determined by a combination of fan votes and an objective scoring model endorsed by the College Football Hall of Fame. Fans can continue to vote for Whittingham at www.CoachoftheYear.com through Dec. 22. Fan votes account for 20 percent of each coach's final score while the College Football Hall of Famers and national college football media account for 55 percent and 25 percent, respectively. Financial Powder is swimming against the best teams should help push them to get the times they need. It will also allow them to start to get into the-winning mindset they will need to capture the region and state • championship titles. Werner said that if the Miners continue to-, swim well against the best teams, t then things should look really' good for the region and statechampionships. i "The girls are going to pull it-' out at the end/' Pool predicted. "And I think we can do it as well." The Miners will host Bingham on Dec. 17 at 2:45 p.m. at the Park City Aquatic Center at Ecker Hill, -3 Loans from $300,000 to $10,000,000 "Our nervous," he said. "There's not as much competition, so it's more of a chance to test yourself." The Miners will have another chance lo swim against a lopranked team when Logan comes to town after Christmas, but before that 5A Bingham will visit on Wednesday to give Park City one of its best tests of the season. Werner will be adding another innovative twist in the meet, allowing boys and girls to swim against one another in the same races. "They will definitely swim a lot faster," he said. As the season nears the end. the Miners have only a few chances left to qualify for state, so l\iesday One day after winning the first two medals of the season at the 21st . annual Hartford Ski Spectacular at Copper Mountain, Colorado, Briere and Blakley won another pair of medals. This time they did it in the Jr. Division NorAm Level II Giant Slalom races. Briere stood on top of the podium with: her second gold medal, and Blakely added a silver to Monday's bronze. "Mikayla's; not afraid of anything," said Pridday , Ability Ski Team Head Coach. "She loves to go fast no matter what." "It's great for our young skiers to get some momentum at the beginning of the season," said Assistant Ability Ski Team Coach Sue Greenberg. "They've done the training, they have the confidence and now they're getting the results they've worked for." Utah coach a finalist Need a SHORT-TERM Loan? Have GREAT Collateral? &|Hteed aQUIGK Response ?j^g^gflgj Quickdraw OTHER STORY LINES: EJ Poplawski (standing; Salt Lake City), an above-lhe-knee amputee, received a lot of positive attention on the hill from other athletes and coaches. Poplawski uses a prosthetic knee and leg to ,ski on two legs. The standard for individuals with an above-theknee amputation is to ski on only one leg1.-'•.y ',;':•; / - ^ - i Parkite TeSgtie Cowley (standing) has often been a lone ranger on the ski hill at adaptive ski competitions. Cowley is a skier who has had both an arm and a leg amputated on the same side of his body. While atthe Ski Spectacular, he became a 'rji^ntorv to a young girl who is also a'double .amputee on one side of her body. The Ability Ski Jekm will be stayingHn Colorado to prepare'for the FIS NorAm taces nex^week at the Winter. Park: Open. ' r; The first chance for Utahns to see the- Ability Ski Team, in competition will be Feb.10-12 at the Huntsman Cup. Those three days of races will be held a,t Park City Mountain Resort. For more information on the Ability Ski Team and other adaptive winter programs, or to learn more about other adaptive recreational opportunities, visit the National Ability Center's website at DiscoverNAC.org. races. 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