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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, August 11-14, 2018 The Park Record Park City’s speed skaters prepare for competition B-3 Subscribe today! Local club has several athletes to keep an eye on BEN RAMSEY The Park Record Park City Speed Skating team has started its season and is preparing for one of its biggest tournaments – the Desert Classic Short Track in Kearns on Aug. 25. Park City Speed Skating club president Travis Cella said the competition will draw a large portion of the speed skating world to the Utah Olympic Oval, including many recent Olympic competitors. The Park City Speed Skating Club is not without its own stars. “We are a small club but we hit way above our weight class,” said Cella. Will Valentine, 16, made the Olympic trials last year and was champion of the Junior B Men group at the 2018 National Short Track Age Group Championship. Casey Dawson, 17, helped set three national records at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships last season and skated with the U.S. junior national and, at times, the national team. Dylan Woodbury, 13, took second in his age group at nationals and set an Illinois state record in his competitive division at the 2018 NorthBurke Open for the 777-meter race, finishing with a time of 1:16.63. Lilly McKay, 14, is one of the club’s up-and-coming skaters. COURTESY OF PARK CITY SPEED SKATING CLUB Members and staff from the Park City Speed Skating Club pose for a photo at Park City Ice Arena. She reached junior nationals last year in her third year of competitive skating. Alex Cella, 10, Travis’ son, will be attempting to qualify for the junior nationals in all four speed skating events: the 222-meter, the 333-meter, the 500-meter and the 777-meter. Cella said The Desert Classic, which will be streamed online, will have a strong international presence, including clubs from the Netherlands, South Korea, Japan and China. “The Chinese will be there in force, because Beijing is coming up in three years,” Cella said, referring to the 2020 Winter Olym- pics. After the Desert Classic, the Park City Speed Skating Team will compete in AmCup 1, also at Kearns on Oct. 6, then will travel to several regional events and smaller club races, and then cap the season with the Short Track Age Group Nationals in Madison, Wisconsin in March 2019. For more information on the Park City Speed Skating Club go to parkcityspeedskatingclub. blogspot.com. For more information on the Desert Classic go to www.teamusa.org/US-Speedskating/ Events/2018/August/25/Desert-Classic-ST Utes focused on defense Wittingham seeks to restore the team’s strength JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY – Strong defensive lines have long been a trademark of Utah’s football program. But after experiencing a dropoff in production along the line of scrimmage a year ago, the Utes are focused on re-establishing their dominance up front this FR $50 While supplies last! Sign up for a new two-year, in Summit County, print subscription and receive a $50 Egyptian Theatre gift card! Please see Utes, B-4 Ride into Summer This summer, cool down and rise up 9,000 feet to find stunning views and 26 beautiful miles of for a 360° view at lunch in Needles Lodge. Egyptian Theatre Gift Card Offer for new, in-county, print, two-year subscribers. Available while supplies last! season. “I want that to be sort of our thing this year where we’re just suffocating every game and every week,’’ junior defensive end Bradlee Anae said. “We did struggle a lot as far as third down hiking and biking trails; then ride the gondola EE Please call The Park Record at 435-649-9014 and ask for our circulation department for more details. |
