RIP Deedee Corradini, Women’s Ski Jumping Advocate and SLC’s 1st & Only Female Mayor
Deedee Corradini, WSJ-USA president, dies at 70 PARK CITY, Utah (March 1, 2015) - Women???s Ski Jumping USA has lost its tenacious and loved leader, and the world has lost a great influencer in sport equality and women???s rights. Deedee Corradini died March 1 at her home in Park City, Utah. She … [Read more...]
Hendrickson on the Podium at World Cup in Ljubno, Slovenia
Park City, UT???Sarah Hendrickson of the U.S. Visa Women???s Ski Jumping Team placed third in both the 12th and 13th World Cup competitions in Ljubno, Slovenia on February 14 and 15, 2015. On Saturday, Hendrickson secured her podium finish by soaring 86.0 and 87.0 meters in her two jumps and … [Read more...]
Weather, Conditions in Zao, Japan and Falun, Sweden Create Challenges for the US Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team
PARK CITY, Utah (January 18) ??? The U.S. Women???s Ski Jumping Team faced challenging conditions, with numerous delays and cancellations, during the both the World Cup competition in Zao, Japan and the Continental Cup competition in Falun, Sweden this weekend. Jessica Jerome, a veteran member of … [Read more...]
World Junior Ski Jumping Championships: Lindsey Van to Coach US Women’s Team
PARK CITY, Utah (Jan 15, 2015) ??? The National Teams for Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined have determined which athletes will compete in the World Junior Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan early next month. Men???s Ski Jumping USA Will Rhoads, 19, of Park City, Utah recently placed fourth at … [Read more...]
World Cup: Hendrickson places 5th and 8th in Ski Jump
Sapporo, Japan???Sarah Hendrickson??(above) placed 5th and 8th respectively at the second and third World Cup ski jumping competitions of the 2015 season in Sapporo, Japan this past weekend. Hendrickson landed jumps of 95.0 and 88.5 meters on Saturday, January 10, 2015 and 90.0 and 93.5 meters on … [Read more...]
Ski Jumping: Jessica Jerome wins 11th national title in Park City
PARK CITY, Utah (Aug. 6) +ACY-mdash+ADs Jessica Jerome demonstrated her world-class talent picking up her 11th national title on Sunday, Aug. 2 with a win in+ACY-nbsp+ADs-the large hill competition at the+ACY-nbsp+ADs-U.S. Ski Jumping Championships in Park City, Utah. Nita Englund+ACY-nbsp+ADs-and Tara Geraghty-Moats+ACY-nbsp+ADs-soared … [Read more...]
Fly Girls program aims to encourage and develop rising stars in ski jumping
PARK CITY, Utah +ACY-mdash+ADs Women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Ski Jumping USA has announced an innovative athlete development initiative and program to recruit and retain young female jumpers nationwide into the sport. Fly Girls +ACY-mdash+ADs as it+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s named +ACY-mdash+ADs is a junior team program that feeds athletes into a … [Read more...]
Ski Jumping: Jessica Jerome soars to 2nd in World Cup competition in Romania
JESSICA JEROME, SARA TAKANASHI AND EVELYN INSAM. PHOTO COURTESY OF FIS. RASNOV, Romania - In her first World Cup event after debuting her sport in the Olympic Winter Games, Jessica Jerome leaped to a 2nd-place finish Sunday at the brand new ski jump facility in Rasnov, Romania. It was Jerome's … [Read more...]
Historic day finally realized at Olympic Games for women ski jumpers #Sochi2014
Lindsey Van competes in the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games.Photo by Sarah Brunson/USSA KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Try as she might, Jessica Jerome couldn't convince her eyes and her mind that Tuesday night's inaugural Olympic women's ski jumping event was just another competition on the … [Read more...]