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Show i r p ii i i n n ii ' "' i -) i"" " " """"i " '"-'-"-thlfrltrfW nlirBi ,tifcilfii-iii Wlir i4lir" - " -. .j-taM. . f - Sports. THE PARK RECORD www.parfcrecord.com A-23 SATURDAY, JANUARY 22,2000 SPORTS EDITOR: Derk Jensen 649-9014 ext. 1 10 PC horses making national mark in Dressage : v. Briefs Gorgoza Park Opens Winter just got a whole lot cooler thanks to Gorgoza Park, Utah's newest tubing playground. The park officially opens this weekend, week-end, and wiH operate from 12 noon - 8 p.m. Fri.-Sun., Jan. 21-23. Gorgoza Park features up to eight groomed tubing tub-ing lanes serviced by three rope tows. Night-lights allow for fun under the stars, and a snack yurt and warming yurt offer sustenance for hungry tubers. Adults and children 7 and up can take one ride for $5, two hours for $13, or four hours for $18. Little kids (age 3-6) 3-6) get one ride foi $3, two hours for $3. or four hours for $12. Tubing tickets include the use of tows and tubes. Guests may not bring their own tubes, sleds or toboggans. Winter apparel and footwear is highly recommended. For more information and hours of operation call 658-2648. Extreme Soccer meeting The Extreme Soccer Club annual meeting will be held Monday, Jan. 31 at the Park City High School lecture hall at 7 p.m. The agenda includes budget approval tor next fiscal year and approval of paid technical staff positions. posi-tions. Afl participants are welcome. For questions please call Sherie Walters at 649-3076 or visit the club's web site at extremesoccer.org. Former Parkite honored in B-ball The Concordia College Cardinals men's basketball team has announced that Dave Behnke (former Park City High player), was named the Wotverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Midwest Region Piayer-of-the-Week for the second time. Behnke, a 6'2" junior guard, averaged aver-aged 25.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in three contests. He scored a career high 43 points versus the Saints of Aquinas College in a recent 92-78 loss. The former Park City player, currently current-ly ranked 11th in the country in scoring, leads the Cardinals with a 20.7 scoring average and is tops in rebounding with a 7.53 average. Jans Cup The continuing Jans Cup travels to Brian Head next weekend for the next stop in the racing series. The race, which features two slaloms, is also part of the Utah Winter Games. Look for the continuing battle between Sue Lipke and Sally Tauber, who are tied in Cup points. On the men's side, Mike Falk will look to continue con-tinue his domination. For more information contact the Jans Tech Center at 649-2500. 1 V'V . V;r - V ? - 1 If sr ... PHOTO CCX.BTES1' OP HOWARD SCHAT2BERG Greentree Eve; Reddi, an eight-year-old black Morgan mare shows off her Dressage abilities recently with trainer Jane Doran. The horse, which resides at the Gray-Barron Ranch in Park City has won several national awards. Talented Morgans are "not for sale" by Derek Jensen Of THE RECORD STAFF Besides the Sunu'anee Film Festival Park City has something eke to show off - horses. Problem is these featured attractions are usually too him traveling the country coun-try for national Dressage shows to he seen in ton And they've been at it much longer than 10 days. Owned by Wendy and Richard Biwaro. Greentree Ever Reddi. a black Morgan imare and v I R Chocolate Bar. a palammo Morgan have quickly made their mark en the national Dressage stage At prestigious shos from Oklahoma Cit to Las Vegas, the breathtaking Morgans that reside here in ton. hold then -wn and frequently beat the top show horses in the .ountrv- "l m happy to train an hore but when they get good scores ii IceK really good." said Jane Doran. who trains hoih horses at the Gray-Barron Ranch north of Old Town Good scores have become automatic Earlier this month Greentree took second sec-ond and Chocolate Bar fourth in an Amencan Horse Show Association competition com-petition in Las Vegas that featured the best oj the Dressage training level horses hors-es "The Vegas event was very gratifying because we were with 3ll the champions in the country " said Wendy Gray-Biwaro Gray-Biwaro at her home this week, never far from the spectacular animals, sure to bring !he owners notoriety Dressage is the highest form of equine discipline and technique, usually taking a horse years to master At eight and five respectively. Greenlree and Chocolate Bar are virtual virtu-al babies in the world of Dressage After just entering competitions last May however, they have racked up the training train-ing level awards A particular room in Please see Parkite .A-25 Park City becoming choice training area for disabled athletes High profile skiers are moving to town by Drk Jensen OF THE RECORD STAFF In plenty of time for the 2002 Winter Games it seems. Park City's disabled skiing community is ready to stand up and get recognized. After slowly growing ever recert years and enjoying the support of the National Ability Center located at Park City Mountain Resort, the disabled ski team has risen to unprecedented heights. It doesnt hurt that the Salt Lake Olympic Committee has put a premium pre-mium on promoting the Paralympic Games on a par with the Olympics for the first time. But even more important is the quality qual-ity of the venues and the ability to train at a high level right here in Park City. "Our program is not huge but it's growing." said Shelley Gillwald. National Ability Center marketing director. , With their considerable experience helping these athletes, the National Ability Center is in a unique position to understand the enabling factors to help make the athletes successful. Besides easing the stigma and encouraging athletes ath-letes to come be among their peers, the center has good sponsors, provides one of the premier events on the disabled circuit (Huntsman Cup), and can offer relatively big prize money for the racers. "All these factors contribute to the best athletes in the country if not the world wanting to be here," Gillwald added." Recently the top-ranked mono-skier I : 1 1 Wl Live & ' I J in the sport. Chris vaJdell purchased a home in Park City, bringing instant credibility cred-ibility to the area as a world-class training train-ing ground for disabled skiers. It has also helped draw other athletes who may otherwise oth-erwise have not come before the .Olympics. ' "Chris has been a huge role model for them here." Gillwald said, adding that the program has done a K'tter job integrating inte-grating the athletes into the community, which convinces many not to stay home. "The doors are really opening for them." In addition to Waddeli Muffy Davis, a Nagano medalist and World Cup medalist this year, moved to Park City this fall. Davis grew up skiing with Picabo Street in Sun Valley before she broke her back 10 years ago on a training train-ing run. The break occurred so high that any thought of racing again seemed distant. dis-tant. But Davis persevered and has become one of the best mono-skiers in the world. Tom Hernan. a newcomer on the circuit, cir-cuit, also moved to Park City this summer sum-mer from the Midwest His goal is to make the U.S. Disabled Team. "People are saying, 'wow. there's an opportunity to train in the Olympic area." said Julie Minahan. coach of the Park City Disabled Ski Team. "When they get opportunities to ski with members mem-bers of the U.S. Ski Team it is like being with their role models - it realty keeps the spark going." Gillwald added that Park City's proximity prox-imity to Salt Lake is another valuable draw. "Just feeling comfortable in these mountains.' that's part of it - the ambiance." she concluded. "I mean, we're not the Paralympic site but we're the closest thing to it." OGEB GLARES iTCC Making his way down the stretch, this disabled skier proves that he can compete com-pete on the same Olympic venue as the best cross-country skiers in the country during last week's championship races at Soldier Hollow. 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