June 30, 2004
Tina Bosworth, Wisconsin, the wife of local logging champion Carson Bosworth and daughter-in-law of Bob and Jill Bosworth, Bonners Ferry, is one of four nominees for a prestigious Espy Award for best outdoor athlete in the United States.
According to the ESPN Espy website, Bosworth
has gone undefeated in log rolling since 1999 and remains the only competitor at
the ESPN Great Outdoor Games to win four consecutive gold medals in the same
event. Bosworth is a 10-time World Champion Women's Log Roller at the Lumberjack
World Championships (the most titles held by any female log roller).
Tina and Carson, along with dad Bob and sister
Megan, regularly compete in regional logger events and are regulars at the
Bonners Ferry loggers festival.
Additional information is available at http://espn.go.com/espy2004/s/04outdoorsportsathletenominees.html.