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Show Skier Shannon Nobis gives retiring coach Dick Stoner proper send-off by Dave Adler Shannon Nobis, one of the Park City Ski Team's chief sparkplugs throughout the season, glowed again last weekend as she paced her teammates with a first- and a second-place finish in the Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Division's Junior III-V championships at Solitude. In winning the girl's slalom on FYiday in weather that saw the mercury climb into the 70s and snow turn to mush, Shannon gave her retiring coach, Dick Stoner, a farewell present. Stoner, 38, who has coached for 10 years and produced numerous champions, has decided to retire from the coaching ranks and pursue other endeavors. "I've had two knee operations and need another," said Stoner. "My doctor asked me, 'Dick, isn't there anything else you can do?' I've really enjoyed these years here with the team and Bob Marsh, and I'm going to miss it, but you reach the point in life where it's time to move on." Shannon, who has finished first or second all year long in the Jin (ages 12-13) group, defeated her archrival, arch-rival, Picabo Street, of Hailey, Idaho for the slalom title on Friday. Park City's Essie Doilney and Jill Maasberg Pnished third and fourth respectively. Heather Circo, only a JIV (ages 10-11), finished eighth. Star Clark and Jennifer Vance, also JIV racers, finished 14th and 16th respectively. Sheryl Sarazine of ParkWest finished 25th. In the girl's Jm-IV sla'om on Saturday, both Shannon and Picabo failed to negotiate the huge ruts on the second run and didn't finish. "Those two have had a great rivalry all year. They really go after each other," said Stoner. After the first run, Picabo was first and Shannon was second, and nobody else was close. "They were trying so hard against each other that they just went off the course on the second run," he said. "But I think it's better to try to win and not finish than to finish low and not have a chance to win." Although Shannon did not finish, her teammates were there to pick up the slack. Maasberg, Doilney, Hilary Felton and Ali Salomon finished second through fifth, respectively, behind the winner, Muffy Davis of Sun Valley. Heather Circo, Star Clark and Jennifer Vance were seventh, 12th and 16th. Sheryl Sarazine of ParkWest finished 19th. On Sunday, in the JIII-V giant slalom competition, Picabo captured the title and Shannon finished second. Felton and Doilney were fourth and fifth respectively for Park City. Vance finished 19 th and Sarazine 21st. In other slalom action on Friday, Kayleen Baltz turned in the best finish for Park City's JV (nine and under) girls with a fourth. Teammate Cristin Circo was seventh, while ParkWest's Beth Sarazine was eighth. Stacy Brown of Ogden Valley was the winner. In the JV boys' slalom on Friday Park City's Tav Streit and Olin Glenne, both of whom, according to Stoner, "skied very well," finished fourth and sixth respectively. Teanf mates Chad Moyes and Dylan Rothwell finished 14th and 16th. Joey Cannon of Hailey was the winner. : - In Friday's JIH-IV boys' action-Gregory action-Gregory Carter led the Park City skiers with a 16th-place finish, while Mike Fleming and Carl Anderson finished 19 th and 21st respectively. John Bloomberg and Mike Carlin were 37th and 38th. In other slalom action on Saturday, Cristin Circo claimed second-place among the JV girls, behind the winner, Tara Bell of Sun Valley. Kayleen Baltz was sixth and Beth Sarazine seventh. In the JV boys' competition on Saturday, Olin Glenne was the runner-up to John Cannon of Hailey. Tav Streit finished sixth, Chad Moyes 14th, and Dylan Rothwell 19th. In Saturday's JUT TV boys' slalom, Mike Flemming turned in the best finish of the Park City contingent, finishing 14th. Teammate Jason Parkin was 15th, while Carl Anderson finished 21st, Gregory Carter 22nd, Greg Sneddon 23rd, and Paul McCoard 24 th. Ross Toelke was 32nd, Dan Tebbs 39th, John Bloomberg 42nd, Ehlias Louis 48th, and Mike Carlin 55th. In Sunday's giant slalom action, Kayleen Baltz paced the Park City JV girls with a fourth-place finish. Tara Bell captured the trophy. Beth Sarazine of ParkWest was sixth. In the JV boys' racing, Streit finished fifth to lead the local skiers. Glenne was eighth, Moyes 12th and Rothwell 14th. John Cannon of Hailey was the victor. In the Jin-IV boy's action, Danny Tebbs led Park City with an eighth-place finish. Gregory was 22nd, Fleming 25th, Anderson 27 th, Parkin 34th, Toelke 35th, McCoard 39th, Louis 55th, and Carlin 57th. |
