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Show 14 ATHLETICS FORUMFORTNIGHTLY.COM of Snowboard Team Continued from Pg. 1 Everyone on the team has to compete in all four disciplines," said Sara Beaudry, team manager. The snowboard team just finished their fifth year as an athletic team at Westminster. The team has 20 student athletes, 10 women and 10 men. Training The team starts off every year by training for the upcoming season. we do a lot During of trampoline work and working in the gym," Baker said. Its not rouyour normal weight-liftin- g tine; it is based around the exercises that will make you strong for pre-seas- on snowboarding." When the snow starts falling in Utah and the mountains open, the team heads up to Park City Mountain Resort, where their training on snow begins. By the time that most college students Snowboard is such an individual sport, but you can still do it as a team, Baker said. You can win individual and team titles for each discipline and then you can also win individual and team titles for overall: all four disciplines combined, Beaudry said. Competing for the team pushes riders to increase their ability because they are representing Westminster. We have done big things this year, Beaudry said. The womens team has won the overall nation championship for five years running now. This year was not an exception. In addition to the team placements, rider Mai Prior took home first in half pipe for the second year in a row. are waking up to go ski or snow- board, the team has already been at the mountain for a few hours. Competing Throughout the spring, the team goes on many trips to participate in competitions. The team is a great opportunity to travel outside of Utah, said Tom Gallagher, a first-ye- ar student and team member. This year I got to go to Wyoming, Idaho and went to California with friends I met through the team. Every year the team goes to Collegiate Nationals, which alternates from being hosted in Sun Valley, Idaho to a ski resort in Maine. At nationals, the team competes together and Mai Prior, Grant Giller, and Own Golden on the podium at nationals. |