OCR Text |
Show UMM r UNTY Vol. 81 No. 8 INSIDE THE NEWS THIS WEEK N E WS " Friday, February 19, 2010 5 00 Coalville, Utah 84017 USA athletes for Nordic Combined at Vancouver Train at the Utah Olympic Park Second grade students at N.S. Elementary wrote short stories and illustrated them last week depicting their version of "The Great Kapok Tree... See story written by 4th graders in Mrs. Robertson's class on Page A7. John Daly, Skeleton Racer training at Utah Olympic Park, enjoys the 2010 Winter Olympic Opening Night program. CHERYL OVARD SCN Editor Senior Chelsey Mortensen honored at North Summit High School along with her teammates for the girls basketball and senior cheerleaders! See outcome of the final home game on Page A7. Today H35 L18 Few Snow Showers Saturday H35 L15 Few Snow Showers Sunday H33 L13 Few Snow Showers Monday H35 L18 Few Snow Showers Athletes, spectators, first aid crews — reminiscent of the 2002 day of the Winter Olympics — lined up for the training session of the Nordic Combined once again. Taylor Fletcher and Brett Camerota put on their skis and made several runs down the larger ski jump in preparation for their event in Vancouver which takes place next Tuesday. Weather and track conditions prevented the athletes who worked so many hours and trained so long for the 2010 U.S. Olympics flew to Utah to have time to do their training before the competitions next week. Coach Greg Poirier, originally from Maine, now lives in Heber City to make it possible to help train these athletes for the Olympic events in the Nordic Combined, said "...the runs and jumps needed time to be groomed and the snow is soft and slushy." They arrived in SLC at the airport Wednesday morning, two of them training on Wednesday and the remainder of the five will join them on Thursday for more training time. They will then return to Vancouver for the event scheduled on Tuesday, Feb. 23. They come from all ends of the United States to be a part of this Nordic Combined Taylor Fletcher, 20 year old from Steamboat Springs, CO, training in Park City in preparation for the Nordic Combined event to be held next Tuesday in Vancouver, Canada. team. Brett Camerota is from Park City, Billy Demong from Vermontville, NY, Taylor Fletcher (pictured), is from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and Todd Lodwick and Johnny Spillane are also from Steamboat Springs, Colorado. USA's five athletes have worked hard to qualify and be selected to go to Canada with the rest of the 2,629 participating athletes in the 86 events for seven winter sports. They will do the Nordic Combined, which is cross country and the ski jump. Wednesday Taylor Fletcher and Brett Camerota spent the morning riding the lift, crossing over to the jump, making their run, and then repeating it until time to return to the team. Thursday the entire team will be on the mountain to do their training. Although there was no an- Park City bank robbery nouncement of their arrival, those who came to the Utah Olympic Park for the tour and to see the site of the 2002 Olympics and museum, were thrilled to divert their attention to these young athletes. Jackson Hole also had athletes train on their ski runs and return to Vancouver for their event over last weekend. The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics began Friday, Feb. 12, with opening night watched by millions all over the world. Sunday night USA's mogul event gave Bryan Williams his first medal. It was by mere luck that he was able to compete, as a teammate could not do the competition, and the other two teammates did not score due to crashes on the course that night. Bryan is from Park City, moving here from Montana. His parents, Jeanette and Bryan Williams, have given all to their son to make it possible for him to train for these games. Mom watches him daily as he goes down the moguls in the Park City resort, and enjoys every minutes of it. Bryan was thrilled with his medal and could not be happier to not only be able to qualify for the team, but to walk away with the Bronze Medal! Kimber Gabryszak, a planner in Coalville and skeleton racer at the Utah Olympic Park for training and presently USA 5th in the Nation, has a team-mate who qualified for the Skeleton racing on the USA team. John Daly trains at Utah Olympic Park along with Eric Bermotas of Avondale, Pa. and Zach Lund of Salt Lake City. Kimber stated that "John is pretty much my favorite teammate - he's funny, friendly, genuine and truly appreciates what goes into being a successful athlete!" There are 49 of the 216 U.S. Olympic Team athletes training at Utah Olympic Park — which they did from February 207 before leaving to Vancouver. Nine of these Olympians were born and raised in Utah and numerous others now make their home in Summit County for training opportunities. The Olympic Games go until Feb. 28. There are 82 Nations participating in the Vancouver, BC. Canada. We wish them all well and good luck in their events. The Utah Olympic Park - Just how fast was the track in the 2002 Olympics Tuesday H38 L21 Partly Cloudy Wednesday H39 L22 Mostly Cloudy Thursday H40 L23 Mostly Cloudy Inside The Summit County News 1 Section 12 Pages Opinion A2 Happenings A5 Shows A5 Obituaries School News A7-8 Public Notices A9 Classifieds A10-11 At 4:18 p.m. today, PCPD officers responded to the U.S. Bank (1514 Park Avenue) on a bank robbery that just occurred. The suspect used a handgun to rob the teller of an undisclosed amount of money and fled the bank westbound on foot. Physical description of the suspect: male, possibly white, 20s or 30s, 5'6", 150 lbs. Clothing description: black hoodie with a bird emblem on the front, gold rim glasses, and wearing a blue ski mask. No vehicle seen. No one was injured in the bank. The photo above is from the bank's surveillance camera. Suspect should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information concerning this incident should contact Park City Police Department dispatch at (435) 615-5500. The Utah Olympic Track has had records made during the 2002 Olympics, World Cup racing and other events. According to officials at the Olympic Park, until Vancouver, this track was know to be the very fastest track - and it is ten miles per hour slower. "Ten miles per hour is a great difference - could be a difference of 87 mph to the 97 mph experienced by some athletes in Canada." The changes made brought it down a little, but it is still much faster than the Salt Lake City track. Photo by Cheryl Ovard/SCN Editor |