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Show SPORTS The Park Record. Editor: Griffin Adams sports@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.104 Twitter: @ParkRecSports SKATEBOARD CAMP WOODBURY HOPES TO BE NEXT BIG THING, B-2 PARKITES CELEBRATE HOLCOMB AT UOP, B-3 www.parkrecord.com B-1 WED/THURS/FRI, JUNE 14-16, 2017 All-American Miners find success at championships PC Recreation has lined up Park City’s best skaters for our Summer Skateboard Camp to teach children the basics and new tricks at the Park City Skate Park. There are eight sessions scheduled throughout the summer on Monday thru Thursday from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. The fee per session is $85. For info and to register, visit parkcityrecreation.org or call 615-5400. START OF SUMMER Join Basin Recreation for the annual StART of Summer Color Run on Saturday, June 17 at Willow Creek Park, starting at 9 a.m. A 5K fun run, featuring powdered paint stations, will be sure to colorfully entertain. A one-mile run and a 100-yard dash for the kids will follow. Cost for the 5K is $15 per person or $45 per family prior to June 14. All pre-registered runners receive a Fun Run t-shirt. To register, visit basinrecreation.org or call 655-0999. TERMITE HOCKEY CAMP The Park City Ice Arena will host the Termite Hockey Camp from June 19-23 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and August 14-18 from 1-4:30 p.m. Each camp is sold separately for girls and boys from the ages of 5-7. Campers must be able to skate forward, backward and stop comfortably in hockey skates. The June Camp will cost $190 and will increase to $210 on June 5. The August Camp will also be $190 and will increase to $210 on July 31. For more information or to register, visit parcityice.org. Contact matt.genther@parkcity.org with questions. PHOTO COURTESY OF AL SERMENO/MONTANA STATE ATHLETICS Park City High School graduate Alyssa Snyder races in the 10,000-meter run at the NCAA Division-1 Championships for Montana State. Snyder finished in fourth place in the race, earning her All-American honors. Snyder finished in fourth, Saarel takes eighth in Eugene GRIFFIN ADAMS PARK CITY GOLF CLUB JUNIOR GOLF CAMPS These clinic-style camps will cover all areas of the game of golf. Each clinic includes safety, grip, stance, putting, chipping, full swing, course etiquette and rules. Golf clubs will be furnished if needed. Each camp is four days including a Play Day. The play day includes a lunch following play on the golf course. Camp One is from June 12-15 and Camp Two is from June 19-22. Both camps will run from 9 a.m. to noon. Fee is $165 per session. Call 435-6155800 for information. MOVIE IN THE PARK & BACKYARD CAMPOUT Join Basin Recreation for the first Movie in the Park of the summer in conjunction with our annual Backyard Campout Night on Saturday, June 24 at Trailside Park. Tent setup will start at 6 p.m. and the movie will start at dusk. This year, you get to pick the movie between Zootopia, Kubo and the Two Strings or Secret Life of Pets. To reserve a tent site for $10, make a movie selection or for more information, visit basinrecreation. org or call 435-655-0999. Please see Sports briefs, B-4 The Park Record Alyssa Snyder remembers running with Miner Ben Saarel when she was a sophomore at Park City High School. Saarel was one of the nation’s premier runners, locking up accolades such as the Gatorade Utah Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year and breaking numerous records. The two crossed paths during workouts and even had the same running coach outside of school. Back then, Snyder never dreamed of becoming as successful as her male counterpart. “We used to watch [Saarel] winning Arcadia and the Dream Mile and all these huge meets,” Snyder said. “I was just like, ‘Holy cow.’” Last weekend at the NCAA Division-1 Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Snyder felt the same success Saarel is used to experiencing. The former Park City graduates went to different colleges — Saarel went to Colorado and Snyder goes to Montana State — but both were at Hayward Field in hopes of becoming first team All-Americans (top eight finishers in each event). Saarel, now a junior, has been named All-American in other capacities but, until this year, never earned the first team distinction during the outdoor track season. By finishing PHOTO COURTESY OF GARY BREEDLOVE/COLORADO ATHLETICS Park City High School graduate Ben Saarel races in the 1,500-meter run at the NCAA Championships for Colorado. Saarel finished in eighth place in the race, which was good enough for All-American honors. eighth in the 1500-meter last weekend, Saarel added a new All-American honor to his list of accomplishments. Snyder, who wasn’t as heavily recruited or decorated as Saarel coming out of high school, surprised herself and those in attendance by finishing fourth place in the 10,000-meter race. “I was definitely shocked,” Snyder said. “I still don’t think it’s really set See page B-7 for just a few of the cats and dogs available for adoption in completely. After, my coach asked, ‘How are you feeling?’ I was like, ‘I can’t believe that just happened.’” Snyder was shocked because she didn’t perform as well at the Western regional leading up to the NCAA Championships. She said she also overcame expectations, since she was seeded 20th heading into the race. She shaved more than 45 seconds from her personal record to run a time of 32:58.31. She pushed through her personal threshold to make history, she said. Her time broke the school record, which she also held. It is the secondfastest time in Big Sky Conference history. Snyder’s fourth-place finish is also the best NCAA Championship Please see All-American Miners, B-3 |