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Show The Park Record D Section C Thursday, February 10, 1994 B Page C5 PC Boyz travel same road to Olympic dreams continued from C1 moguls "at 15 or 16 because I liked the freedom, I liked the way you could be yourself and not have to go from this gate to that gate. : ' "And now, to be going with Craig, man. We grew up together, we're the best of friends, and now the Olympics together. It's amazing," he said, shaking his head and flashing one of his high-voltage high-voltage smiles. "Hopefully, man, we'll stand on the podium together, too." Rodman was equally delighted with making the team. He joined the World Cup tour when it came to North America in January 1992 and, three weeks later highlighted by a fifth-place in Lake Placid, he had skied his way to the Winter Games (and was 13th). However, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee at the '92 nationals, which slowed Rodman down in preparing for Winter '93. Still, for the second straight winter, he was 12th on the World Cup tour. This season, he's been competitive from the start and could sense he'd be in Lillehammer. "Yeah, certainly there's a different appreciation the second time," Rodman said. "The first time was unexpected; I was just coming on as a rookie. "This year, I felt I had more to lose. I'm glad to make it." "I thought it was gone," he said. "After surgery, after all the aches and pains, it seemed like such a long road. It definitely was Park City's freestylers finishes on younger register top NorAm tour In addition to the three Parkites bound for the Olympic freestyle skiing competition, Park City's younger freestylers are following close on their heels. In recent NorAm events in Lake Placid, N. Y. and Beaver Valley, Ontario, four Parkites turned in outstanding results. At Lake Placid, aerialist Joe Pack finished fourth. At the same event, mogul specialists Jill Johnson, Todd Schirman and Beau Brinkerhoff were all in the top-IS. Johnson finished fourth among the women, while Schirman and Brinkerhoff were 14th and 15th among the men. Moving north of the border, Johnson and Schirman vaulted into a pair of second-place finishes. Johnson's score in the bumps was just 0.1 point behind the leader. In the aerials competition, Pack turned in an eighth-place performance. The NorAm freestyle circuit will wrap up its season over the weekend of Feb. 18-20 at Fortress Mountain, Alberta in Canada. As he nursed his throbbing knee on that day in '92 when he went down at Winter Park, Colo., Rodman felt his newly blooming career may be over. So, being on his second Olympic team tastes even sweeter. not a fun ride. "When I got injured, I forgot how much I enjoyed things, how much I took for granted. All of a sudden, though, everything I took for granted was gone." And now it's back. Worthington, meanwhile, had his own more recent turmoil to overcome. A former world junior aerials champion, he's the premier combined skier in freestyle, and one of the top aerialists. He's got 20-plus World Cup wins and he won the opening aerials meet this winter in France. But he suffered a partial tear of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee during aerials training at Blackcomb, B.C., Jan. 6. He came home, started an aggressive rehabilitation program, and working with Park City therapist Peter Dickinson and Ski Team therapist Kim Nelson said he wanted to be back on his skis by Lake Placid. And he was! Worthington was top U.S. flyboy each day third on the first day of the aerials, fifth on the second to remove any doubt about whether he'd be able to ski in Lillehammer. "The Olympics are still my focus. I want to win the aerials Grand Prix for the season," he said, "but the Olympics are the priority. 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CHILDREN'S PACKAGES AVAILABLE ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED WEST VALLEY SUGARHOUSE 972-8444 487-7300 2210 WEST 3500 SOUTH (MAIN STORE & LAB) BRICKYARD PLAZA (NO. OF MERVYN'S) BOUNTIFUL-WOODS CROSS 292-5999 470 E 1100N. NO. SIC (ACROSS FROM K-MAR H EXAMS BY STATE CERTIFIED DOCTORS OF OPTOMETRY Parkites medal in Sun Valley Boulder Mountain Tour Four skiers from Park City brought home medals, including one gold, from the First Security Boulder Mountain Tour cross country ski race held Saturday, Feb. 5 in Sun Valley, Idaho. The gold medal winner was Ellen Gibson, women's age 40-44,1:28:54. 40-44,1:28:54. Three bronze medal winners were: Roxanne Toly, women's age 30-34, 1:28:12; Nancy Fichter, women's age 45-49, 45-49, 1:58:24; and David Hanscom, men's age 50-54,1:31:30. Bjorn Laukli of Boulder, Colo, was the men's overall top finisher with a time of 1:13:11, and Jeannie Wall of Bozeman, Mont, finished first overall in the no 2(Blq rioiriw a. H&xl lt&te;Kia women's divisions with a time of 1:22:00. The First Security Boulder Mountain Tour continued this year as part of the United States Ski Association's Sharp's Great American Ski Chase, the nation's premier cross country ski series. Saturday's event was the first of the 1994 series. The 30-kilometer race is now in its 19th year and is the largest race of its kind in the Intermountain West. This year's field of 758 skiers was the largest ever in the event's history with 90 elite racers from throughout the country taking part. Last year's overall participation was 510. llS :-t , mJtMa -, ' it T . Park City's medalists in Sun Valley's 1994 Boulder Mountain Tour: from, left Roxanne Toly, Nancy, Fichter, Ellen Gibson and David Hanscom ".. . mournm C H I C K E N uoon 6" quo w 4 o fs rj; mrtfBu nswoM - j - 4" ''mm$$ SPECTACULAR VIEWS SKI-INSKI-OUT New construction to be completed in late spring. Fabulous views and direct ski-inski-out access at Deer Valley. 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