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Show SPORTS The Park Record. Editor: Ben Ramsey sports@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.15704 Twitter: @ParkRecSports PADDLE PEDAL PADDLE Park City SUP is hosting the Paddle Pedal Paddle this Saturday. The race features 10 miles of mountain biking sandwiched between two 5-mile legs of paddleboarding at Jordanelle State Park and can be completed as an individual or as a two- or three-person team. Registration is $25 for an individual, $35 for a two-person team and $45 for a three person team. Registration opens at $7:30 a.m., on Saturday and the race starts at 9 a.m. For more information go to www. parkcitysup.com/races-events-pcsup/ paddle-pedal-paddle. SCOTT ENDURO CUP Deer Valley is hosting the Scott Enduro Challenge mountain bike race on Saturday and Sunday. The two days of racing will conclude the SCOTT Enduro Cup series, and serves as a qualifier for the Enduro World Series qualifier. Course maps and further details are available at endurocupmtb. com/. SHRED-N-BBQ AT TRAILSIDE BIKE PARK Basin Recreation, Mountain Ranks and Traeger are hosting a celebration of the Trailside Bike Park and its users on Aug. 24 from 5-8 p.m. The Shredn-BBQ offers BBQ, music, giveaways and laps in the park. Basin Recreation will show the mountain biking documentary “UnReal.” RUNNING EVALUATIONS Athletic Republic, a local training gym, is offering athletes in grades 8-12 one free 30-minute running mechanics evaluation until Sept. 20. The treadmill session includes video feedback and analysis from one of Athletic Republic’s trainers. Sessions will be offered at 4 and 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each session is limited to two participants. To reserve a spot, call 435-729-7230. TRY HOCKEY FOR FREE The Park City Ice Arena has invited the public to try ice hockey for free on Tuesday, Aug. 28, or Thursday, Aug. 30, from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. The event is designed to provide kids between the ages of 4 and 12 a completely free experience to try youth hockey. The organization’s coaches will be on the ice to assist children in learning the basics. Participants do not need previous skating or hockey experience. The Park City Ice Arena is also offering ice skating lessons on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings for children ages 3 years to adults. Visit parkcityice.org or call 435-615-5707 for details. Please see Sports briefs, B-2 PARKITE COMPETES AT UTAH OPEN, B-2 B-1 SUMMIT CHALLENGE WILL RETURN, B-3 www.parkrecord.com WED/THURS/FRI, AUGUST 22-24, 2018 National Ability Center names a new CEO in ‘abrupt’ change in leadership Kevin Stickelman has taken over after Gail Barille’s departure BEN RAMSEY The Park Record On Aug. 15, the National Ability Center announced the departure of eight-year chief executive officer Gail Barille. Her departure, according to Kevin Stickelman, the organization’s interim CEO was abrupt. “It’s not like we were planning this for six months,” he said. Instead, the transition was announced at a meeting two weeks ago, and Stickelman has already taken over leadership. But he also said the former CEO left the organization in good hands after she and the board of directors assembled a strong executive team and culture, which Stickelman will now oversee in an interim role with the possibility of becoming the full-time head of the NAC. Stickelman’s future in that position depends on his performance over the next 12 months, and Barille’s shoes will not be easy to fill. Over Barille’s tenure as CEO, the organization’s annual participant base grew by 96 percent. She also oversaw the NAC’s merger with the outdoor nonprofit Splore, allowing the organization to expand into new outdoor activities including river rafting and rock climbing. Her tenure left what the organization more than described in a two years, I press release think I know as “an indelithe lay of ble mark.” the land,” he Stickelman said. “And plans on addthis position ing a mark of is more than his own. just one perHe said his son. Leading biggest assets an organizacoming into tion as the the position CEO requires include 20 faith in evyears of exeryone workperience in ing for you the outdoor – the 2,000 recreation, volunteers we hospitality have, the rest and ski indusof my executry. tive team, our B e f o r e community coming to partners and the NAC as our board of its first chief directors.” operating ofAlong with ficer in April his business 2016, he was COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER experience, the president Kevin Stickelman, the new CEO of the National Stickelman and general Ability Center. said his other manager of major asset in Lee Canyon Ski Area near Las Vegas leading the adaptive sports nonprofit for over five years, and was director of is the absence of his lower right leg. guest experience at Mount Bachelor It was amputated below the knee 13 in Bend, Oregon, for more than four months after birth due to a congeniyears. He also served on the board for tal condition, and he said it helps him Oregon Adaptive Sports, an organiza- relate to the NAC’s visitors, many of tion similar to the NAC, for more than whom are amputees or are otherwise 3 years, though the NAC was his first disabled. time working for a nonprofit. “I walk every day in the shoes that “Having worked (at the NAC) for our participants walk in, so I can speak first-person what it’s like to be and to live and to have that as part of my everyday life,” he said. Stickelman will have little time to adjust to his new position. He jumped into the job just over a month out from a massive project in which the NAC will expand its facilities around its base in Quinn’s Junction, as well as a new and much-anticipated mountain center for adaptive skiing at the base of Park City Mountain Resort. Other than those projects, Stickelman said he hopes to support the organization’s staff and volunteers, maintain a solid base of returning winter staff, maintain the organization’s positive culture and convey a sense of steady leadership. Stickelman said it was important to him to show that he and the staff would be “walking forward as one team.” In the long term, he plans to secure the NAC’s position as a leader in outdoor adaptive recreation. “We are already in the top 1 percent of programs in a size and participation standpoint,” Stickelman said, “but it would be my desire, and something in our strategic plan, to be an employer of choice within our industry and the go-to organization for adaptive recreation.” Barille commented on her exit through a spokesperson, saying she was excited for the future. “It’s been a busy eight years, so I will take a bit of a breather and Please see Ability Center, B-4 Victory is sweet for Mid Mountain’s winners Apple pie stands out as a tasty prize among marathon runners BEN RAMSEY The Park Record The taste of victory is often said to be sweet, but those seeking confirmation can ask the winners of the Mid Mountain Marathon. All six male and female victors received one of Windy Ridge Bakery’s 11-inch deep dish pies, which serve eight to 10 people, according to the bakery’s website, for winning the Mountain Trails Foundation’s final foot race of the season on Saturday. But for Mickey Wilson of Heber and Park City’s own Natalie Como, the pies were one part of a larger gift bag given out for winning the Triple Trail Challenge – the overall race which the Mountain Trails series composes. Clean sweep With Saturday’s success, Wilson won the Mid Mountain Marathon for the first time, earned his first ever marathon win, and also won the Triple Trail Challenge. Though the winner of the Triple Trail Challenge is determined by adding each racer’s times across Mountain Trails’ summer foot races, Wilson won overall and swept first place in each race. He won the 13.1-mile Round Valley Rambler by finishing in 1 hour, 28 minutes and 24 seconds; the 16-mile Jupiter Peak Steeplechase in 2:01:19; and the Mid Mountain Marathon in 3:08:46. In total, he ran 55.3 miles in 6:38:29. BEN RAMSEY/PARK RECORD Triple Trail Challenge winners: Male overall: 1, Mickey Wilson, 6:38:29. 2, Samuel Shewan, 7:05:37. 3, Blane Bossung, 7:34:22. Female overall: 1, Natalie Como, 8:05:03. 2, Kara Sephel, 8:41:07. 3, Alison Delgado, 8:46:48. Mid Mountain Marathon winners: Male overall: 1, Mickey Wilson, 03:08:46.6. 2, John Venner, 03:16:11.5. 3, Samuel Shewan, 03:20:25.3. Female overall: 1, Katherine Pegano, 03:43:09.5. 2, Natalie Como, 3:46:36. 3, Laura Rheinemann, 03:48:06.8. 688 N. Chimney Rock Rd. 4 Bedrooms | 5 Bath | 4,079 Sq. Ft. MLS 11704466 | $1,495,000 The top finishers of the Mid Mountain Marathon pose for a photo with their pies. From right, they are winner Katherine Pegano, runner-up Natalie Como and third-place finisher Laura Rheinemann. “Around mile eight I started getting a little fatigued,” Wilson said of the Mid Mountain Marathon. “But I was thinking about running not to lose the race, and I had to change my mindset to run to win. That switches the focus from running out of fear to running out of competitiveness and running the best you can.” He started trying to catch the pacers, who rode ahead on mountain bikes, and finished eight minutes ahead of the men’s runner up, John Venner. “It was a pretty good gap, but you just always want to run your best race and not worry about who’s behind you Please see Marathon, B-6 157 N. Haystack Mountain Dr. 4 Bedrooms | 5 Bath | 4,217 Sq. Ft. MLS 11805370 | $1,595,000 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 . 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