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Show SPORTS The Park Record. Editor: Ben Ramsey sports@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.104 Twitter: @ParkRecSports BASIN REC 2018 YOUTH FLAG FOOTBALL Basin Recreation’s NFL Football League is designed for boys and girls in first through eighth grade. Each player will be evaluated and placed on a team. Official NFL jerseys and flags will be provided. The league will run Aug. 20 through Oct. 13. Registrants are asked to download the organization’s DASH smartphone app, which grants access to players’ schedules and practice locations. Preseason clinics are available for an extra charge of $45. Officials and volunteer coaches are needed. For more information visit basinrecreation.org or email Sydney Bull at sydney@basinrecreation.org. SUMMER IN THE CITY DOUBLES VOLLEYBALL Park City recreation is hosting the Summer in the City Doubles Volleyball Tournament on Aug. 4 at City Park. All levels can join, with the first 100 players registered receiving a free tournament T-shirt. Registration is available online at active.com until noon on Friday, Aug. 3. Contact Lauren.howerter@parkcity.org with questions. DRIVE-IN MOVIE IN THE PARK Basin Recreation, the Park City Film Series, International Ocean Film Tour, Park City Standup Paddle Boarding and Prospector Square Owners Association will present a “drive-in movie experience” of Ocean Film Tour Volume 5. The movie will show on Aug. 11 at dusk in Prospector Square, Lot K. Spaces for cars are limited to 35, with grassy area seating for walk-ups/ bike-ups. For more information visit: www.basinrecreation.org FREE YOGA IN THE PARK Basin Recreation is hosting free yoga at Matt Knoop Memorial Park on Saturdays in August, from 8 to 9 a.m. Contact Basin Recreation if you have any questions at 435-655-0999. BASIN SUMMER CAMPS Basin Recreation is hosting a few more weeks of summer camp, including Summer Blast, Critter Camp, Tennis Camp and Lacrosse Camp. For details go to basinrecreation.org for more info. BASEBALL CAMP Park City High School baseball is hosting a co-ed youth baseball camp for ages 7-13 on Aug. 8, 9 and 10 from 1-3 p.m. at the Park City High School Baseball Field. All experience levels welcome. Players will receive instruction from Head Coach Dave Feasler, Assistant Coach Marshall Crawford, and PCHS Varsity and Junior Varsity Players. The camp costs $125 total for the 3 days. To register, email Marshall Crawford at marzman17@gmail.com, or register on site at 12:45 p.m. on the first day of camp. Please see Sports briefs, B-4 PSICOBLOC MASTERS TO SCALE UOP, B-3 B-1 HUMAN AND BURRO THREE-PEAT IN RACE, B-4 www.parkrecord.com WED/THURS/FRI, AUGUST 1-3, 2018 Hendrickson won’t hang up her skis just yet Schedule of large hill events keeps jumper on the fence about retiring BEN RAMSEY The Park Record Rest is important to ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson, as it is to any athlete. But she says the idea of rest is more than a necessity, it’s something she relishes; part of her brand, one might say. But this season, it’s taking on a new meaning. Midway through last winter, over which Hendrickson finished 19th at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, she was approached by Sleep Number, a manufacturer of luxury mattresses. “They’ve been a great partner,” she said of her sponsor at the USA Nordic Summer Soiree at Jeremy Ranch Country Club. “I sleep a lot – like, 9 to 10 hours every night.” The partnership’s resulting commercials feature Hendrickson practicing ski jumps, doing agility and strength drills, talking about the importance of rest, and cozying up in bed. Hendrickson is also taking a larger scale rest, taking summer and fall off before making a decision on whether to jump in the winter, which is something of a change of heart for the 23year old. In the run-up to the 2018 Winter Games, she said she would likely retire at the end of the season to study medicine. But the International Ski Federation added a series of large hill jumps to the women’s ski jumping calendar — a competitive opportunity Hendrickson is finding hard to pass on. “That’s what’s keeping me in the loop and motivated to come back,” she said of the nine large hill events. “So (women’s large hill competitions) won’t be an Olympic event for 2022, but (inclusion in) more and more World Cups is definitely good for the female progression of the sport.” The progression of women’s ski jumping is another thing she is passionate about. Hendrickson won the first ever women’s World Cup season, was one of the athletes that pushed for the inclusion of women’s ski jumping as an Olympic sport and was the first woman to jump once the sport was approved by the International Olympic Committee for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. Many of the women she competed alongside in Russia have since retired, including Abby Ringquist, who competed at Pyeongchang, and retired after the Olympics. Ringquist, 29, now teaches ski jumping at the Utah Olympic Park and is finishing a degree in fine art from Westminster College in Salt Lake City. Hendrickson is also one of a very small group who represent women in the sport at FIS meetings – a position she has been using to help promote womens’ participation in large hill competitions. The inclusion of large hill events on the schedule is “huge” for the state of women in ski jumping, Hendrickson said. “Because when there are large hills on the schedules, it allows the coaches to train on a large hill, where if it’s just a small hill on the schedule, they will just have us jump small hills. So its way bigger than just the events, its pushing the girls to go more on the bigger hills and it’s going to continue to grow for the following years.” Hendrickson wants to be around the sport to witness its evolution, but Please see Jumper, B-2 PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Sarah Hendrickson, of the Park City Ski and Snowboard team, holds up a bouquet of flowers after winning the women ski jumping team trials at the Utah Olympic Park last December. During the run up to the 2018 Winter Games, she said she would likely retire, but a new schedule of large hill events has her considering her options. USA Nordic hosts U.S. finals, crowns champs Nation’s best compete alongside Canadians at Utah Olympic Park BEN RAMSEY The Park Record The 20th annual Jindro Mayer Springer Tournee culminated with the U.S. ski jumping and Nordic combined national championships at the Utah Olympic Park on Sunday, where Americans Tara Gereghty Moats and Taylor Fletcher won the Nordic Combined competition and two Canadians won the ski jumping competition. In ski jumping, Canadians Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes and Abigail Strate took first overall, which Fletcher said was not unheard of for a national championship competition. “I think I was the Canadian champion in, maybe, 2009,” he said at USA Nordic’s Summer Soiree last Wednesday. That’s because the two teams train closely together. Boyd-Clowes said he has been visiting Park City to compete since he was COURTESY OF USA NORDIC Taylor Fletcher, center, poses after winning the Nordic combined national championships. Ben Loomis, left, took second and Jasper Good, right, took third. young, and has known many U.S. ski jumpers throughout his competitive 457 N. Ibapah Peak Dr. 4 Bedrooms | 5 Bath | 4,437 Sq. Ft. MLS 11605926 | $1,595,000 jumping career. He trains with the U.S. team as part of a partnership between the two North American organizations, partly because Canada has no other world-cup level male ski jumpers. “In the Nordic world, the U.S. and Canada are seen as the underdogs that don’t necessarily get the spotlight that a lot of underdogs get,” ski jumper Abby Ringquist said last Wednesday. “We’ve teamed up with Mackenzie because there isn’t really a program for him, and with USA Nordic helping him, I think it could help grow the awareness for the sport in Canada.” She said the two nations’ women’s teams also work together closely while in Europe. Boyd-Clowes mentioned the connection after taking first place on Sunday. “Competition today was good,” he said in a press release. “Kevin (Bickner) and I have been battling against each other for a few years now, and sometimes, like yesterday, he’s on top and sometimes I’m on top. We had a fair competition and far jumps and loads of fun.” Ringquist summarized the relationPlease see National, B-2 1090 N. Oquirrh Mountain Dr. 4 Bedrooms | 5 Bath | 4,217 Sq. Ft. MLS 11804022 | $1,795,000 Just minutes from downtown Park City, owners enjoy: RedLedges.com GOLF | TENNIS | EQUESTRIAN | DINING SWIM & FITNESS | SKI LOUNGE Exclusively Brokered by Red Ledges Realty, LLC . Obtain the Property Report required by federal law and read it before signing anything. No federal agency has judged the merits or value, if any, of this property. All descriptions, depictions, and renderings are provided solely for illustrative purposes and are subject to change. ©2018 Red Ledges Land Development, Inc. 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