North American Championships

[Lori]

Hey, y'all, not to take anything away from the World Cup, but I just wanted to remind everyone that many (if not most) of the non-National-Team skaters are competing in the North American Championships this weekend near Madison, WI. (Starting Friday)

I can't find a list of registrants, but last year included the likes of Travis, Tina, Ryan Bedford, the Izykowski's, Simon Cho, Jon Sermeno, Barry Winslow, Dan Fiorenza, Julian Wood, Joey Lindsey, Aly Dudek, Jessica Smith, Cherise Wilkins, Skylar McCormick, Kyle Carr, etc.

If anyone hears any results, please let us know!

[Lori]

I'm only hearing sketchy reports about the guys so far... (getting SoCal reports)

Sorry, I don't know what distances or what divisions, but Eddie Alvarez, Joey Lindsey and Jon Sermeno WON their races - and Kyle U and Walter Rusk finished 2 & 3 behind Joey in 'whatever' race.

Still trying to find out about the ladies...

[Lori]

Here are the point standings after day 1 for the Senior Division (I hope you can follow it, 'cause I didn't have time to 'clean it up')...

Some other finishers of note: Jacqueline Chen, Sarah Chen and Matthew Chen all leading their divisions... Jon Sermeno leading the Intermediate Men, followed by Robert Lawrence, Dan Fiorenza and Ansis Robs... James Rodowsky leading the Junior Men... Mary Grace leading the Jr. Ladies, followed by Morgan Izykowski... John Henry Krueger (one to watch in the future) leading the Juvenile Men...

Senior Ladies
Pl. No. SkaterName 1500 Total

1 99 Wilkins, Cherise 1000.0 1000.0
WNYSA

2 103 Biondo, Kristen 600.0 600.0
OSA

3 115 Labourdette, Vicky 400.0 400.0
WASATCH

4 137 Jaworski, LezLeigh 250.0 250.0
SCSSA

5 101 Bartlett, Erin 175.0 175.0
OSA

6 71 Koenig, Tina 125.0 125.0
SCSSA

7 123 Frederick, Tamara 90.0 90.0
ASAI

8 95 Schiel, Kelsey 80.0 80.0
MSA

9 83 Looby, Liz 70.0 70.0
NNYSA

10 141 Salmon, Brittany 60.0 60.0
NYSSA

Senior Men
Pl. No. SkaterName 1500 Total

1 214 Alvarez, Eddy 1000.0 1000.0
SCSSA

2 210 Lindsey, Joey 600.0 600.0
SCSSA

3 116 Uyehara, Kyle 400.0 400.0
SCSSA

4 18 Rusk, Walter 250.0 250.0
SCSSA

5 138 Kirkpatrick, Levi 175.0 175.0
ISSA

6 160 Winslow, Barry 125.0 125.0
USOEC

7 126 Carr , Kyle 90.0 90.0
USOEC

8 164 Gurr, Buddy 80.0 80.0
OSA

9 222 Geminder, Kevin 70.0 70.0
MSA

10 122 Hopp, Alex 60.0 60.0
Colorado

11 128 Sinak, Levi 50.0 50.0
USOEC

12 202 Haun, Kyle 41.0 41.0
WSA

13 134 Garcia, Jonathan 40.0 40.0
Direct

14 108 Fuller, Zachary 37.0 37.0
SCSSA

15 114 Henry, Troy 34.0 34.0
Yukon

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Speedskaters place at North American Championships
Ten skaters placed at the competition

December 10, 2008

MARQUETTE— The United States Olympic Education Center short track speedskating team had strong performances at the North American Championships Dec. 5-7 in Madison, Wis. Ten skaters placed in both the intermediate and senior categories.

Northern Michigan University senior Cherise Wilkins (Syracuse, N.Y.) took the top spot in the women’s senior category with 2375 points. Kristen Biondo (Broadview Heights, Ohio) came in second. The NMU freshman earned 1975 points.

Erin Bartlett (Lakewood, Ohio), a freshman at NMU, came in fourth place with 1600 points, followed by sophomore Tamera Frederick (Park Ridge, Ill.) in sixth with 870 points. Earning ninth place in the women’s intermediate level was Marquette Senior High School junior Kathleen Russell (Petoskey, Mich.) with 300 points.

For the men, NMU junior Levi Kirkpatrick (Hills, Iowa) took fourth in the senior level with 755 points. Sophomore Kyle Carr placed sixth with 526 points,followed by freshman Barry Winslow (Midland, Mich.) in seventh with 476 points and sophomore Levi Sinak (St. Louis, Mo.) in14th with 164 points. In the intermediate category, freshman Dan Fiorenza (Wausau, Wis.) came in third place with 1090 points.

“I was very pleased with everyone’s performance,” said coach Tricia Stennes. “We trained hard for this and our outcome showed it.”

Before breaking for Christmas, the team will compete at the U.S. Short Track Championships in St. Louis, Mo. The event will serve as a qualifier for World Cup five and six, as well as the World Championships.