Month: May 2018

IMD honors coaches, officials at Spring banquet

Intermountain Division honored some of its outstanding coaches and officials Wednesday evening, 5/23/2018, at its Spring banquet.

Official of the Year went to Scott McGrew of Sun Valley. His outstanding effort as chief of race at this year’s U.S. Nationals and Junior Nations was cited among his many other accomplishments.

Coach of the Year for 2018 is Adele Savaria of Sun Valley. She has coached in IMD for 25 years.

Volunteer of the Year is Becky Stone of Snowbird, originally Brighton, who has run the IMD YSL program for 12 years.

A special lifetime achievement award was presented to out-going IMD Board of Directors President Mike Hammer of Jackson Hole. Mike is retiring from ski racing after decades of volunteer work. He is an IMD TD and served for years as the division Alpine Officials Chairman.

The IMD Scholar Athlete of the Year is Elsie Childress of Bogus Basin.

Troy Price named national Dev Coach of the Year

Rowmark’s Troy Price was named Development Coach of the Year by U.S. Ski and Snowboard at its annual Spring Congress awards banquet in Park City.

In presenting the award, U.S. Ski and Snowboard said: “As junior program director at Rowmark Ski Academy in Salt Lake City, Troy Price has fostered a high level of development for his athletes at Rowmark and the entire intermountain division. He established the division’s development committee nine years ago and has served as committee chair since its inception, playing a key role in managing development projects, running the Tri-Divisional Championships and fielding a Western Region team for this season’s Whistler Cup.”

Congratulations Troy and superb job.

See the entire story at: U.S. Ski and Snowboard awards

Here is a link to the Park City Post Record story: Post Record awards story