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Date: December 14, 2008(Sunday) from 11:00 a.m. until ~ 4:00 p.m.
Location: Puget Sound Hockey Center, 1918, Stewart Street, Tacoma, WA, 98421
CHECK IN: 10:00 am ~ 10:40 am (2nd Floor)
WARM UP: 11:00 am ~ 11:30 am
RACING: 12:00 pm ~ 4:00 pm
ENTRY FEE: $30 per skater ($70 maximum per family)
ENTRY DUE DATE: December 8, 2008 (Monday before the competition.)All skaters must be members of U.S. Speed skating or Speed skating Canada.
NOTE: This is NOT a U.S. Speedskating sanctioned competition.
Meet Director: Chang Ho Lee (Club Coach)
Please e-mail Jan Zurcher for an entry form.
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You're invited to the club at the Mountain View Ice Arena in Vancouver, Washington, on Saturday, July 30. The National Team has the ice from 4:15pm-6:15pm. We don't know yet whether we will be allowed to skate with them, but will fill you in on those details as soon as we know. Let Linda Jellison know if you have any questions, or need directions to the rink. The address is 14313 S.E. Mill Plain Boulevard, Vancouver, WA 98684. Phone 360-896-8700.
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J.R. capped the competition off with a 3rd place finish in the 1000 metre A Final and another 1st place finish in the 1500 metre A Super final with another time faster than Rusty's currently standing Junior Men National Age Class record. On points, J.R. finished in 2nd place with 2512 points, just 110 points away from the leader Ryan Bedford. That was the elation.
The disappointment was that although the top three skaters qualified for the U.S. Junior World Team, ISU rules require that you be 14 years of age by July 1 prior to the skating season in order to skate in international competitions. J.R. misses the age limit by 3 weeks. So, while J.R. won a spot on the team, he will not be able to attend the Junior Worlds to be held in Serbia in early January. All of us here are extremely happy for J.R. for his accomplishments.

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NOTE: Pictures from Jerry Search's collection, Southern California
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June 15, 2003
Bellingham Club will be hosting a Level 1 coaching clinic on August 22 through August 24 in Bellingham, WA. The cost of the clinic is anticipated to be $75 USD per person plus an additional sum for ice time. The clinic would be instructed by Marion Wohlrab, the Western Regional Coach and a 2002 Olympian from Germany. For more information or to register, contact Bruce Guthrie at SpdSk8@aol.com.
There are still some spaces available at the Short Track Camp being hosted by the Matsqui Blades in Abbotsford, British Columbia, the week of August 18 to August 22. This is a fun event featuring ice time, dry land and classroom sessions for skaters of all abilities. The cost for early registration is $100 CDN. After July 1, 2003, registration fees will be $125 CDN. For more information, contact the B.C. Speedskating Association at (604) 853-7708.
March 31, 2003
Jan Zurcher is the 2003 North American Short Track Champion. Stacey Michel finishes in top 18 and continues to improve her personal best times.
Stacey skated with a very fast group of Juvenile girls in the North American Championships. She finished the 777 m. event in a time of 1:27.812 - more than a second faster than at Nationals just the week prior (and an overall 17th place finish). The 333 m. time was 0:38.171 - consistent with Nationals (19th place overall), as was the 500 m. time at 0:55.917 (18th place overall). To finish in the top 15 at the national level and in the top 17 at the North American level as a first year skater is a remarkable accomplishment.
March 24, 2003
JR Celski claims 4th place overall in the Midget class at U.S. Age Class Nationals; Ryan Fang is ranked 6th overall in 3 distances; Chris Ferris made the top 15 in 2 distances; Gary Gandee finishes 6th in the 500 m. and 8th in the 1000 m. Stacey Michel finishes in the top 15 in all distances; Jan Zurcher placed 3rd in all 4 events in the Masters II class for a 3rd place finish overall.
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Ryan Fang competed in the Pony class with 24 other skaters and finished a strong 6th overall. He had some trouble in his first race (500 m.) with a fall but finished the meet with improved times in all of his distances. He placed 3rd in the quarter finals for the 222 m. race and qualified for the semi finals. In the semi-final, he finished with a time of 0:28.596 (finished 7th overall). He finished first in his heats in both the 444 m. and 333 m. distances. In the semi-finals, he finished 5th in the 444 m. semi-final with a time of 0:54.478 (finishing 6th overall); and, 4th in the 333 m. distance semi-final with a time of 0:39.532 (finishing 6th overall).
Chris Ferris also competed in a large, competitive class of Juvenile skaters (aged 12-13). He completed the 1000 m. distance in a personal best time of 1:49.902 (finishing in the top 15); skated the 333 m. distance in 0:36.168 (finishing 17th overall); and finished 3rd in the quarter finals in the 777 m. distance with a time of 1:22.599 to qualify for the semi finals (ranking him 14th overall in the competition for the distance).
Gary Gandee, who decided at the last minute to compete, faced a very competitive group of Master 1 skaters. He was unfortunate in the 1500 semi-final and stepped on a block in the second last turn as he was about to pass a skater to claim a qualifying position in the final. As a result of the fall, he did not finish the race. He ended up in the fast heat for the the semi-final in the 500 m. distance and although he skated a 51.477, he did not make the cut for the final. He was 4th in his semi final in the 1000 m. race with a time of 1:50.463.
Stacey Michel skated extremely well in the Juvenile girls class, finishing in the top 15 and setting personal bests in every distance. In the 1000 m. distance, she skated a 1:56.243 - 2 seconds faster than her previous best. In the 333 m. race, she finished in 0:37.905. Her favorite distance is the 777 m. race which she completed in 1:29.062 - again, 2 seconds faster than her previous best. And, finally, in the 500 m. distance, she broke the 56 second mark finishing in 0:55.846 to finish 13th overall. This is nearly 15 seconds faster than when she started skating about a year ago.
Jan Zurcher skated in the Master II class. The winner of the class - Beth Bedford - was in a class by herself finishing most distances in times that smashed the old records significantly, so the battle was for 2nd. A bad start in the 500 m. final left Jan chasing the pack and unable to make up the distance leaving her with a 3rd place finish. A skater fell in front on her in the 1000 m. causing a large loss of time and another 3rd place finish. In the 1500 m. distance, she was 2 seconds back to finish 3rd and in the 3000 m. finished less than 0.5 seconds behind 2nd place. With 3rds in all 4 distances, she finished 3rd overall.
- For most of the skaters, this was the culmination of a very successful season. Only Stacey Michel and Jan Zurcher stayed in Milwaukee to compete in the North Americans the following weekend.
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The Puget Sound SSC is proud of all 4 of its skaters who participated in the BC Cup #2 in Matsqui. They all came home with personal bests in every distance skated as well as excellent finishing places in their divisions. (See results.)
JR Celski finished in 3rd place in Division 3 competing against several much older skaters. Although not an age class meet, JR skated the fastest time of any Midget boy (his age class) in both the 500 metre and 777 metre races. For the other two races, he skated different distances than other Midgets but his times were faster than those of all or all but 1 or 2 of the Juvenile age skaters.
Ryan Fang, skating in his second competition, finished in 2nd place overall in his division posting the fastest time of any Bantam boy skater in the 500 metre race and the 4th fastest time for any Bantam boy in the 333 metre and 666 metre races.
Chris Ferris, also in only his second competition, finished 1st in Division 5. His times in the 777 metre and 1000 metre races were the 5th fastest of any male Juvenile aged skater, about 5 seconds and 8 seconds faster, respectively, than his previous personal bests for these distances.
Stacey Michel finished
3rd in Division 6, setting personal bests in all 4 of her distances as
well as skating times within the top 10 for all of the female Juvenile
skaters at the competition.
Jan Zurcher placed first
overall at the Masters International Long Track
Championships in the 45-49 age class, taking first place in all 5 point
distances skated, significantly improving the record times from last year's Masters
event in each distance and setting a personal best in the 800 metre
distance.
February 9, 2003
Jan Zurcher became the 2003 North American Long Track Champion in Masters II class, setting new North American Records in the 500 metre, 1000 metre and 3000 metre distances. See pictures.
February 2, 2003
Ryan Fang and Christy Crudo got their first taste of competition at B.C. meet in Sardis.
Jan Zurcher placed 2nd overall in Masters 2 class at U.S. National Long Track Championships in Butte, Montana - tying the former 500 metre record and eclipsing the former 3000 metre record by 7.5 seconds
January 18, 2003
Stacey Michel broke the 1:00 minute mark for her short track 500 metre race at Burnaby competition.