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Post by Laura (Lori) on Aug 20, 2009 17:07:57 GMT -8
Tony Chung will be Tweeting, blogging and filming at the Desert Classic event this weekend! This year's competition is particularly important because it's one of the last opportunities for skaters to qualify for Olympic Trials before the August 28 deadline. To qualify, the 1000M must be skated in 1:38 or faster for ladies; 1:30 for men. Last year's results show that there's usually quite an impressive turnout of skaters, including teams from Japan, New Zealand and Australia - webpoint.usspeedskating.org/files/Event_PDFs/866_Event_OtherDoc.pdfI see that Derek Para and Tony Chung skated last year too!  Tony won't be competing this year, but you will see plenty of other familiar names, so if you want to follow along, check Tony's twitter at: www.twitter.com/shorttrackHD |
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Post by mtnme on Aug 22, 2009 8:24:56 GMT -8
OK, Lori's out of town, and I admit it, I'm slackin'! (I cannot tell a lie...I was up too late last night having fun....) Tony's already up and running with the Desert Classic. I sooooooo wanted to go to this too, as it's relatively close by, but the thing was just too close to Oly Trials, just couldn't swing it. But Thank God for Tony!!! Anyway, without further ado....here is what Tony has tweeted so far. Some of these skaters are using this competition as their time trials to qualify them for Oly Trials. Some are obviously already qualified, but competing anyway. Men's 4 lap TT starts at 9:42am.Jordan Malone 37.951 Chris McLaughlin 40.739 Nick Frank 39.395 Boudreau 40.821, Nick Ah Kun 41.77 Mike Burdekin 40.635 Matt Ferguson 41:115 Ruetter 40.221 Jessica Smith 41.46 Allison Baver 41.84, Andrea Dehnke 44.64 Labourdette 41.853 Morgan Izykowski 42.484 KD Todd 42.515 Liz Looby 42.869 (about 1 hour ago from web) Blog will be updated shortly and tweeting of time trials will begin shortly! I'm coming to you live from the Utah Olympic Oval at the Desert Classic meet! |
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Post by mtnme on Aug 22, 2009 8:30:45 GMT -8
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Post by mtnme on Aug 22, 2009 9:05:45 GMT -8
Kimberly Derrick 1:34.007
Jessica Smith 1:32:275
Mary Grace 1:34.616
Reutter 1:29.276,
Dudek, 1:32.049
Dudek and Reutter are on. I'm sure they already have their times for Trials.
I'll have to update the men's four lappers later On now is the Women's 9 lap time trial.
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Post by mtnme on Aug 22, 2009 9:27:25 GMT -8
His time was 1:29 something
Zach Fuller made his time!
Sebastian Cano 1:29.178
Emily Scott 1:35:283
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Way to go Zach!!!
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Post by mtnme on Aug 22, 2009 9:47:52 GMT -8
Chris McLaughlin 1:31:315 Anthony Barthell 1:29.165, Travis Jayner 1:25.636 _____________________________________________________________________ Soooo many Rocker Fund Skaters, now I reaaaallllly wish I could have gone to this. Zach is supposedly a TRF skater to be, but still hasn't sent his bio in. bad boy...no biscuit....  |
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Post by mtnme on Aug 22, 2009 10:00:41 GMT -8
Man JR literally lapped one of the Russian skaters in his 9 lap time trial.
All of the above are from Tony's twitter, by the way.
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Post by mtnme on Aug 22, 2009 11:00:21 GMT -8
Jordan Malone 1:25.434
Landon Hatfield did a 1:31 something.
I'll be getting all the times soon.
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Post by mtnme on Aug 22, 2009 11:06:22 GMT -8
www.shorttrackhd.com/DC09.htmlHere is the link to Tony's blog entry for the Desert Classic 'splainin' how all the time trials work. 9 lap time trials: for the men - 1:30 or less for the women- 1:38 or less.
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Post by mtnme on Aug 22, 2009 16:25:54 GMT -8
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Post by Musical Mom on Aug 22, 2009 21:18:03 GMT -8
Good Work Mntme! Thanks to you I found Tony's blog again...for some reason, it wasn't updating most of the afternoon ...but when I clicked on your link I got his Desert Classic page instead of the Van. Oly Trials page...finally. I absolutely love your forum! I'm learning even more about short track thanks to you and Lori. I knew about Rocker U. because I visited it when it first went up, but hadn't been back since then and didn't realize you had a forum. It's a pleasure to get short track news in general, specifically about the U.S. skaters, and even about other countries..One stop shopping for short track. What an amazing amount of work you both have done. It will be my first go to place in the months running up to the Olympics, the U.S. trials, and the world cups! I am ever so grateful... Musical MOm  |
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Post by mtnme on Aug 23, 2009 8:48:02 GMT -8
Why Thank You Musical Mom for the high praise...I'm blushing...  We're (I'll go out on a limb and speak for Lori here) glad you're enjoying the forum. |
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Post by mtnme on Aug 23, 2009 8:54:48 GMT -8
oops, they started early today. Here's wassup with Tony's Twitter so far...twitter.com/shorttrackHDLandon made his time! 1:29.734! Women's 500m Final A, Dudek, Ruetter, Smith, Looby First semi 500m goes to Cho and Lobello. Second semi goes to Alvarez and Barthell. (yaaaaa Anthony! both of 'em) So Team Australia and Russia decided not to skate today. This is now just USA and New Zealand. Second 500m quarter goes to Lobello and Boudreau First 500m quarter goes to Simon Cho and Barthell Morgan Izykowski 1:35.779, Vicky Labourdette 1:36.198 KD Todd 1:38.537 Jonathan Garcia fell on his 9 lap time trial.  Landon Hatfield 1:32.110, Eddy Alvarez 1:28.376 Travis Jayner 1:26:454, Mike Burdekin they didn't post his time. At the Oval for Day 2 of the Desert Classic.
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Post by mtnme on Aug 23, 2009 9:01:01 GMT -8
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Aug 23, 2009 22:44:51 GMT -8
Thanks, Mtnme for being here in my absence - and to Tony for being our eyes and ears at the Oval. And a BIG congratulations to the skaters who qualified for Marquette - WOW! We'll be waiting to see your names on the 'list'! The Desert Classic will most def be on my 'must attend' list in years to come. If the airlines aren't cooperative($), I can drive - and I can save even more money by staying with my brother. How can you beat that?  (And MM - love ya, and thanks for the kudos!) |
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