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Show B-7 e Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, June 9-12, 2007 Sherwin takes third Jump coach named Magnusson to lead women PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SHERWIN FAMILY Parkite Kathy Sherwin, pictured left, of Titus Cycles took third place in the cross-country event at the Teva Mountain Games in Vail last weekend. In a race that had 4,500 vertical feet of climbing, Sherwln's finishing time of 2:04.21 was about 12 seconds faster than that of 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis. "Obviously he's not up to full speed since he just had a hip replacement, among other things, but it was still fun to be on the course with him," Sherwin said. Sherwin was having a good race early on jockeying between third and fifth positions on the climbs, but locked in the podium sp ot on very technical descents that dropped 1500 vertical feet through steep, root-laden terrain. "I was feeling pretty good on the climbs, and I knew that the descents were super sketchy at speed, so I decided to let it all hang out on the final downhills. My Kenda Small Block Eights held up, so it all worked out." Landis started a few minutes in front of Sherwin, and when she finished, there were upwards of a thousand people cheering at the finish line. "The cross-country event is just one part of a big festival that included, kayaking, climbing, trail running and even distance jumping for dogs into a pool. It was fun to have such a mob of people there," Sherwin said. Sherwin hopes to be on the podium again when athe NORBA series returns to Deer Valley Resort June 15-17. Kjell Ivar Magnusson, head coach of the Norwegian women's ski jumping team for the last three seasons, has been named the new U.S. women's jumping head coach, U.S. Nordic Director Luke Bodcnsteiner announced. Magnusson, 56, replaces Larry Stone, longtime U.S. regional and associate national coach who guided the women last winter. Magnusson is in Park City to oversee preseason training, starting with strength and conditioning dryland workouts, Bodensteiner said. Preseason jump training at Utah Olympic Park begins Friday. A soccer player in his youth and not a ski jumper, he became a club coach in Rollag, his hometown, when his son Rune started ski jumping in 1980. He went through three years ot" coaching certification and, starting in 1990, coached Norwegian star Sigurd Pettersen, who has helped re-energize Norway's jumping program since VOICE OUT! at: parkrecord. blogspot. com the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. He was a club coach in Lillehammer 2000-04 and has been Norwegian women's coach for the past three years as the International Ski Federation elevated women's jumping to the Continental Cup level. It will make its debut at the World Championships level with the 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the Czech Republic. "I'm excited about this change," Magnusson said. "I've watched the American girls and they're the strongest team in the world. I know all the girls, and this should be exciting. These are strong athletes." Bodensteiner said he was pleased to get Magnusson as the women's program continues to develop. Women were named to the U.S. Ski Team for the first time last season and six have been nominated for the 2008 Ski Team. "The team is ready to go to the next level, and they're anxious to start working with him," he said. June 23-2-4, 2007, Cache Valley Fairground*, Logan, Utah at flghhg or call 1SO0-F1GHTMS VWW you may not know what it tcth like living with multiple *C&TO*JS, you can make a move that wfll affect th* live* ot thote who do. Every day we're moving c l o w to the cure. But we can't do it without you. 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