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Show T The Park Record Saturday, January 11, 1997 B-- 7 PCST shreds Sun Valley The fitness center that has been shaping up Salt Lake for over 17 years is now open at Kimball Junction. DCTECH World Class Aerobics Classes ReehoO Step Classes Personal Trainers Massage Therapists On Staff Equipment Free-Weig- Coffee Shop & Pro Shop Stairmaster &. Lifehtness Icarian" Weight Machines On- - Site Child Day Care PHOTO COURTESY OF PCST Memberships as low as $35 a Month Park City Ski Team member Bryon Friedman racing in Sun Valley, Idaho last weekend. Friedman won Saturdays super-- event and took third on Sunday. G Continued from B-- 6 Intermountain Cup win. Steve Holcomb moved to sixth and Eric Turney placed ninth. On Sunday, Park City claimed another win, but this time it was Steve Holcomb's turn with Friedman close behind in third and Eric with another strong finish in 10th. After the awards ceremony, the Park City Team left for home with enough silver plates to. as Friedman said, set a table for the family for din- -' ner. While the excitement of these strong results was clear, other Park City Ski Team athletes were heading for FIS races in fi?rnTOtt.tTimrTVmtmT) the East and in California. The team would like to thank our community and the Park City Ski Area for the support that makes all of this possible. For more information, contact Dave Galusha at You Talk about worth the wait, talk to Matt Grosjean. The top U.S. slalom skier throughout the Nineties made his career breakthrough Monday, finishing fourth in a World Cup slalom in foggy Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. was the Grosjeans top-fiv- e best American slalom result since Felix McGrath outbattled rainy conditions March 19, 1998 to finish second behind Alberto Tomba in Are, Sweden. Thomas Sykora of Austria won his third slalom of the season Monday with a time of one minute, 41.93 seconds. Grosjean, whose previous best was ninth at Park City to open the 1991-9season and who seriously had pick it up a notch in a race, just do what we do normally. When 1 got done, I was amazed at how easy it was, Grosjean said in a telephone interview from his hotel room. He conceded the result his fourth-fastesecond run moved him up four spots despite the treacherous fog and softening weather snow in the not only was satisfying but helped erase any doubts about whether he could ski as well as he thought. 2 considered retirement the latest Stairmaster pedal any farther than he does in training. In short, he said, he followed Coach Jarl Svanbergs advice. ..advice which the SLGS coach has preached since he took over last summer. I'm glad about the result but more glad about Matt's skiing on his second run, Svanberg said. I'm glad for the team, too, and also glad for the message it gives the team, that they can do it. And that's what Matt told them, new-this-ye- that he didn't take down the moon or do anything out of his normal skiing, that they can do it, too. Yeah, that's what Jarli says all the time: Dont take down the moon. He wants us to ski in a race the same way we ski in training. Weve got the talent to do well, he says, so dont try to IlO Open 7 days a week. mmiECH runners. We see what Matt docs, and we ski with him every day." said FITNESS CENTER the burly U.S. champion (and in Grosjean's roommate Slovenia). "He does it and we know we can do it...I know I can. in the slalom Skiing at the Chevy Truck U.S. championships at SugarloafUSA last March while Knight won his first national title seemed like the last few seasons in microcosm for Grosjean. He pondered retirement for weeks last spring but decided to come back for at least one more season because, despite the fiustration and disappointment, he still had a few goals to achieve. ..and. he said, he still loves to race. In a teleconference Tuesday organized by the U.S. Ski Team Located in the ncu1 Village at Kimball Junction" w.t i mn yku e B-- - Next to Smiths Food & Drug it intriftarnm.( Subs 97 SKI FEST iTS oijr Iast cIiace TO QET couldn't put a result together FREE in big races. I had some flukey things happen, a number of This is a huge monkey off my back. I've known all along I had these capabilities but its been a long time since I could finish both runs and raise my arms up because I was happy with both runs. I'd get one good run but today I got two good runs, Grosjean said. These were the gnarliest conditions weve had this season. We've had a lot of snow in Europe but its been warm, so the snow was a little softer ... There was a little groove on the top of the snow and with the fog. you couldn't see the groove." Said Thomas Erhard, Svanbergs lieutenant with the men's technical team, Matt went through that second run like there wasn't any groove or fog at all. Chip Knight, who made his World Cup breakthrough last month with his first World Cup points, skied out midway through his first run. He agreed with Svanberg in noting the rub-oeffect Grosjean's skiing may have on the rest of the gate- ff ski Iessoxs mishaps... I had a number of years that have been frustrating because I haven't been able to take that next step up I took Monday. I work hard," he continued, and I didn't feel I was getting the reward in comparison with the effort I was putting in ... I have other interests in life, I have a family with two sons and those were looking attractive. In the end, he pointed to his love for the sport and the fact World Cup and Olympic racing isn't something you can do later in life and I thought whatever the sacrifice, it was woith it. Relaxing at home during the Christmas holidays with wife Torrie and their two sons helped Grosjean kick back and enjoy some of the balance in his life. He left his boots and skis in Europe so I wouldn't even think about skiing. he said, and when he flew back last week, he was refreshed and ready for more progress. His next race is another slalom, Sunday in Chamonix. 12:00 PM 2:00 PM France. PCHS hoopsters take a loss Continued from Rate controlled machines. Heart I n try any harder, didnt put the Sciycn TV's and Lifefitness with reporters, Grosjean explained, "A lot of last year was skiing very well but I last spring, finished with a two-rutime of 1:42.49. Worth the wait? Oh man, you bet," Grosjean said. At 26, he's in his ninth year on the U.S. Ski Team; hes been to the Olympics and he'll compete next month in his third World Championships. The amazing part, as he looked back, was that he didn't 61 " Dig from any of the aerobic equipment including 649-874- Grosjean gets World Cup fourth, inspires U.S. team SPECIAL TO THE RECORD can watch 4 Sony 6 scored eight points. Region play started Friday and Jackson is being reasonable about the teams expectations. Were going to try to set some realistic goals and challenge ourselves to meet them, Jackson said. Jackson added that the team had good participracpation and motivation in the Christmas-brea- k tices. Individual scorers-Je- d Briggs, 2; Clay Christiansen, 1; Chad Crowther, 2; John Eagan, 4; Jason Matalon, 8; Mike Osguthorpe, 3; J.R. Bell, 10; Adam McMuIlin, 8; Kristian Odland, 4. Girls vs. Delta The Park City High School Lady Miners lost a close game to the Delta Rabbits Tuesday night at Delta. Park City outscored Delta 12-- 8 in the first period but then lost the game in the second period, when they only scored two points. Girls varsity coach Lamont Muchmore said his team played well and the game was actually closer final score. than the The team played really well, but lost it down the stretch. Muchmore said. He said the team was much smarter about their play late in the fourth quarter, than in previous games. Individual scorers-TiffanQuinn, 6; Amy Jensen, 9; Larissa Gomez, 1; Andrea McMillan, 5; Meris Johnson, 2; Allison Earnshaw. 4; Katie Ferguson, 4; Liz Jensen, 5; Melissa Farr, 2. The gals JV team also lost to the Delta Rabbits Tuesday night. CALL 00 WhiTE - COUNTRY SKI LESSON S K AT E PiE 0fou(3Sy & (frjdQdte TouRiNq Consf (fxt to Adolphs! OPEN dAily fROM 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM locATtd om tIie PaiA. CItv Goll 649-870- 1 SKI LESSON TO RESERVE SPACE Qi g)Q0(flq 48-3- 8 y 649-870- 1 X- li0 |