At 6'8'', you would think that the only sport James Jeffs excels at is basketball. However, the 18-year-old senior at Water Canyon High School in Utah is a talented cross-country runner whose extra long stride carried him to a 7th place finish during Wednesday's Utah State High School Activities Association state cross-country meet. No doubt, his presence is large out [...]
As an oral historian, Don Norton has listened to countless life stories. But, he's living quite the tale himself, especially as an 81-year-old gymnast. The retired Brigham Young University English professor with a passion for oral history and personal stories can still flip around the horizontal bar with relative ease and even turn out a back flip dismount. Norton was [...]
If you're still skiing at 100 years old, you're doing something right. Look at George Jedenoff, a celebrity on the slopes thanks to his longevity and never-ending desire for fresh powder. For the past six years, Ski Utah has released a film on Jedenoff. At first, their mission was to encourage older people to stay active and keep skiing. But, [...]
Remember Sam Gordon? She's the young girl from Utah whose football highlight reel went viral when she was nine years old and juking boys left and right as she ran for touchdowns. Now 14 years old, Sam just started her freshman year of high school. She plays soccer, but because her school doesn't have a girls' football team, she, along [...]
Photo: Ski Utah We first introduced you to George Jedenoff in 2014 when he was 97 years old and skiing the pristine Utah snow with as much energy as a 13-year-old. Then we highlighted Jedenoff at 98 years old when he told everyone, skiing is like eating “a fancy dessert...It adds just so much to your life. It’s [...]
What if high school coaches coached life skills ahead of athletics? That's what Union High School (Roosevelt, Utah) football coach Matt Labrum did in 2013. After certain players were caught cyberbullying and skipping classes, Labrum decided to suspend all 41 players until they got their act together. Photo: Scott G Winterton, Deseret Newscyber “We felt like everything was [...]
George Jedenoff isn't 98 years old. That's just how many years he has been having fun. He lives in California, but for the past 56 years, he has flocked to the snow in Utah so that he can do what he loves -- ski. That right. Just two years shy of 100, Jedenoff is still hurling his body down [...]
Jack Barney, 13, appropriately got a police escort to his hockey game on Saturday. Though it made the teen smile, it wasn't the most joyous ride to the ice. His father, Doug Barney, of the Unified Police Department in Salt Lake City, Utah was shot and killed in the line of duty six days earlier. Doug left behind his wife [...]
Photo by Shannon Boffeli By Kim Constantinesco One day you're screaming down a trail, leaving tread marks and sweat in the red dirt. The next, you're in a recliner chair being pumped full of toxins. For pro mountain biker Jen Hanks, that was life over two years ago. The 39-year-old athlete and two-time breast cancer survivor from Salt [...]
Photo courtesy of James Lawrence By Alison Ryan When endurance athlete and family man, James Lawrence of Orem, Utah, set out to accomplish his most recent physical feat, he was told it couldn’t be done. Already a two-time Guinness World record holder, Lawrence, also known as, “The Iron Cowboy,” felt that he needed to do something more to [...]