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Yukon Championships 2010 Results
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Monday March 8 - pretty good day today. Heather gold in 1000m - she skated an awesome race. Made nice pass with 2 or 3 laps left and pulled out a big lead and a 3 sec PB. Shea made A final but had a fall along boards on first lap and finished 5th. Donald won B final after a fall in semis. Both of them skated good heats and semis in a tough group (9 skaters seeded under 51 sec/500m). Daryn made the A final in 777m against some tough competition and finished 5th. Hanna and Kathryn were 4th and 5th in A final as well. All skated some good heats and semis to get there. Emily was 7th overall, Alexis and Rasheeda skated quite well in all 3 of their races.
Full results for speed skating day 1 here:
http://awg2010.gems.pro/Result/Event_List.aspx?Sport_GUID=f0a584fa-4519-4a6f-8a1b-d73b40ecd7d4&SetLanguage=en-GB
Tuesday March 9
Donald and Shea both made it to the very competitive A final of the junior boys 500m. Donald won bronze with a PB of 48.60, Shea finished 4th with a PB of 49.45.
Heather made it to the A final in junior girls 500m. Unfortunately a skate blade problem cause a fall and she gamely finished on out of alignment blades. Emily skated a PB of 54.81 in the B final to finish 2nd (6th overall).
Daryn had a good race going but fell heavily into the mats and was taken to the hospital as a precaution. Fortunately he wasn’t injured badly and was up on his feet again in the evening and should be good to go for the 666m on Thursday.
Hanna skated a PB of 56.02 in her semi final on her way to a bronze medal finish in the Juvenile girls 500m. Kathryn finished 3rd in the B final with a PB of 57.92 in her heat. Alexis had a PB of 1:00.68 in her semi final finishing 4th in the C final with almost the same time. Rasheeda finished 3rd in the C final and set a new PB of 59.61 in her heat.
Wednesday is a day off competition.
2010 AWG Team Yukon Speed Skaters
Alexis Gee, Rasheeda Slater, Heather Clarke, Shea Hoffman, Donald Fortune, Emily Klassen, Hanna Wirth, Kathryn Fortune, Daryn Lovell
January 2010 Camp Shawn Holman put our skaters and guests from Alaska through some good workouts and technical sessions. All skaters showed improvement in their skating. Sunday's races showed how much inprovement as 15 WRSSC skaters set a combined total of 27 new personal best times. 8 skaters raced for the first time at certain distances.
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2010 Arctic Winter Games Speed Skating Team Named
Yukon Amateur Speed Skating Association held its 2010 Arctic Winter Games trials on Sunday November 29. Nine skaters competed to represent Yukon in Grande Prairie in March. 15 other members of the Whitehorse Rapids Speed Skating Club raced in time trials against the clock and each other.
11 – 13 year old skaters in the Juvenile category raced distances of 500, 666, 777 and 1000m. Kathryn Fortune. Alexis Gee, Rasheeda Slater, Hanna Wirth and Daryn Lovell earned the right to represent Yukon in this category. Skaters between the ages of 14 and 18 raced distances of 500, 777, 1000 and 1500m. Named to represent Yukon are Junior skaters Heather Clarke, Emily Klassen, Donald Fortune and Shea Hoffman. The team will be coached by Stacey Pennington and Phil Hoffman.
Short track speed skating is a dynamic sport emphasizing strategy, skill and conditioning. Due the small number of short track skaters in Yukon, emphasis is placed on improving one’s own personal best (PB’s) times. 23 new “PB’s” were set by 12 skaters and seven skaters raced for the first time ever.
