| OCR Text |
Show In the fast lane: Park City's young ski racers pursue speed ..-V : :" ' i. ' V v. , : I V : Y Y vc. iiiV-' A fi' ' ' 111 1 ' v , . ;' t " j" ' I ! J tUti by JIM SMEDLEY Record staff writer A non-racer would swear these two skiers were going 800 mph down ; the hill. But that would be an exaggeration. exaggera-tion. It was only 60 or so. "I want to go faster, much faster, a lot faster. And I will too, this year," said the Park City Ski Team's J-II racer Jere Calmes in discussing the nearly 60 mph he travels during competition. Depending on the course, 60 mph is a respectable speed for any ski racer. Some members of the United States Ski Team reach 80 mph when the conditions are right. J-HI racer Jacob Doilney agrees that 60 mph just is not quite fast enough. Although he would not admit ad-mit it outright, he hinted that he was a hair or two slower than Calmes. It is that attitude that accentuates the competitiveness between the boys. And they are competitive. Calmes is a sophomore at Park City High School and has been skiing about 10 years. Doilney, a freshman who will turn 15 on Dec. 15, said he first strapped on the boards about 11 years ago. Both boys were named to the youth development team's A squad this season. While the two skiers have a number of similarities and objectivesnamely objec-tivesnamely making the U.S. Ski Team they are quite different in other ways. Both are very committed to the local ski team, both have grade point averages that are above 3.7, both want to continue their education at an East Coast college, both follow a demanding physical and academic schedule and both, well, want to go faster. "Jere is very dedicated, self-motivated self-motivated and is goal-oriented," said Ray Dicius, one of three coaches in charge of the As, J-Is, J-IIs J-IIs and J-IIIs. "He doesn't have to be told he needs to do something. He is very responsible in terms of his training needs and will go above and beyond the work required by the team. ' ' schoolwork so fills their daily agendas, agen-das, there is little free time. On Saturdays, before competition begins; the boys ski all day, then ' visit the ski team tutor at night. Both said the tutor has had a positive effect ef-fect on their grade point averages. On Sundays, they ski until 3 : 30 or 4 p.m., then take the evening off . During the racing season, the boys race on Saturday and Sunday and travel Friday and sometimes Thursday. Thurs-day. The tutor travels with the team. They attend class until 11:35 a.m. on Mondays and then have the afternoon after-noon off from skiing and school before being tutored from 5 to 9 p.m. at the high school. On Wednesdays, they attend school during the regular hours and then ski immediately im-mediately after classes. They visit the tutor from 5 to 9 p.m. On Fridays, they are released from school at 11:35 a.m. to ski and they have no evening classes. That covers five days of the week, but what about Tuesdays and Thursdays? Those are the toughest days for Park City Ski Team members. Calmes described the following schedule: 5:50 a.m. wake up, throw on clothes, grab a piece of toast 6:30 a.m. training at Prospector Athletic Club, including a 2-mile or so run, then workouts with weights on the Universal machines 8:00 a.m. school 11:35 a.m. eat lunch at school, then go to the ski area 1 p.m. ski until 4 to 4: 15 p.m. and have a video session or workout afterward 5 p.m. classes at school until 9 p.m. midnight (or sometime before) hit the sack If you add up the time, Tuesdays and Thursdays shape up to 18-hour days. But then, the boys are dedicated and are having fun doing what they are doing. Now, if they could just figure out how to go faster, , ; , , j JimSmedley Jere Calmes and Jacob Doilney (right) take time off from their busy schedule to have a shottaken. Both Park City Ski Team members have goals of making the U.S. Ski Team. : "Jacob inwardly sets high goals, but outwardly appears more of a passive type. He maybe has a more laissez-faire attitude," Dicius added. add-ed. "But he's one of those guys who' will roll with the punches and, as a competing athlete, he expresses his thoughts differently. ' ' Calmes missed a lot of skiing last season when he had a problem with slippage of a disc in his back. He hurt it while freestyle skiing last year and, although he has twinges now and then, he is close to being 100 percent ready this season. .. .! r.K 1' l.;i Oil!' . uti He has already selected his collegeDartmouthand col-legeDartmouthand said he is working hard to get there both academically and through his efforts ef-forts on the ski team. He labeled last season as fairly good, all in all, even though he "blew a couple" of races. "Mostly, this year I've gotten a lot more serious about skiing. I've always had goals," Calmes said. "Things are starting to come into' perspective now and I realize that I only have 2 12 years before I graduate. f "I'll be up there (one of the top- rated skiers in America) not at first, but I'll be up there," he added. , "Not making the U.S. Ski Team would be a disappointment, but life would go on. "But I know I'm going to make it, so I'm not worrying about it," he said. Doilney also wants success while he is on the ski team, but he does have another love golf. He has visions vi-sions of joining the Professional Golf : Association after he completes a j tour with the U.S. Ski Team. '. "I'm just really into, sports and not into working. Skiing is work, but it's fun, so it's not (work). Sitting in an office all day doing paperwork would bug me," Doilney said. "Skiing "Ski-ing is pretty much my whole life right now and if I don't make the U.S. Ski Team . . . well, making the ski team takes a lot of dedication. It's a full-time thing. "But you shouldn't worry about it. Just go out, don't worry and have fun, "he added. It is a good thing that both boys , have fun skiing because training and |
