Park City & Deer Valley

Fans can get a Glimpse of Local Stars this Weekend

PARK CITY, Utah (Dec. 6, 2010) The third stop of the bobsled and skeleton World Cup tour will take place in Park City, Utah from December 9th - 11th, 2010, where the U.S. team hopes to take full advantage competing on their home track.

The competition schedule is as follows, with all times listed in MST:

Thursday, December 9th, 2010: Men's skeleton at 9 am, women's skeleton at 1 pm

Friday, December 10th, 2010: Women's bobsled at 3:30 pm, men's two-man bobsled at 7 pm

Saturday, December 11th, 2010: Men's four-man bobsled at 4 pm

Hometown hero Steven Holcomb (Park City) expects to bring home gold for throngs of cheering friends and family in the men's bobsled events. Holcomb and his crew of Justin Olsen (San Antonio, Texas), Steve Langton (Melrose, Mass.) and Curt Tomasevicz (Shelby, Neb.) are ranked third in combined World Cup points behind Germans Manuel Machata and Karl Angerer. John Napier (Lake Placid, N.Y.) will compete in his second World Cup event since returning home from deployment in Afghanistan, and coaches anticipate him moving into the top ten. Ethan Albrecht-Carrie (North Tonowanda, N.Y.) is also expected to join the team for his second career World Cup.

After finishing eighth last week, local athletes Shauna Rohbock (Park City, Utah) and Valerie Fleming (Park City, Utah) are hungry to claim women's bobsled gold in front of a hometown crowd. Rohbock is only 22 points from third overall, and teammate Bree Schaaf (Bremerton, Wash.) is ranked fifth with a chance to break into the top three standings as well this week. Coaches expect a good result from rookie driver Jazmine Fenlator (Wayne, N.J.), who will make her World Cup debut on Friday.

Women's skeleton athlete Annie O'Shea (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.) broke the Park City start record during selection races in Nov. and has the opportunity to improve her 13th place standing while competing in familiar territory. Kimber Gabryszak (Park City, Utah) will compete in front of a hometown crowd and will look to improve her 17th place rank on the track where she started her career.

Matt Antoine (Prairie du Chien, Wisc.) is eager to move up from fourth overall into third this week, and will battle World Cup and Olympic champions to gain valuable points on U.S. soil. John Daly (Smithtown, N.Y.) and Eric Bernotas (Avondale, Pa.) are currently ranked 13th and 14th, respectively, and are expected to move into the top ten standings.

The U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation would like to thank Whole Foods Market for preparing nutritious meals to the U.S. national team while they train and compete in Park City this week.

submitted by Amanda Bird, USBSF, Marketing & Communications Manager : The Park Record

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