World Cup 5 - Bulgaria (February 6-8, 2009)

[Laura (Lori)]

WORLD CUP 5, Sofia, Bulgaria (February 6-8, 2009)

PARTICIPANTS:
Allison Baver; Kimberly Derrick; Maria Garcia; Lana Gehring; Katherine Reutter; Jessica Smith; Ryan Bedford; JR Celski; Anthony Lobello; Jordan Malone; Jeff Simon

Complete results can be found at:
www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11210100000028

SUMMARY OF RESULTS:

USA 'MEDAL HAUL':
Silver: Jordan Malone - 1000M(2); Katherine Reutter - 1500M
Bronze: Kimberly Derrick - 1000M(2); Jeff Simon - 500M; Ladies' Relay Team

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MEDALISTS:

LADIES
1500M:
Gold: JUNG Eun-Ju, Korea
Silver: REUTTER Katherine, USA
Bronze: ZHOU Yang, China

1000M(1):
Gold: WANG Meng, China
Silver: LIU Qiuhong, China
Bronze: ROBERGE Kalyna, Canada

500M:
Gold: GREGG Jessica, Canada
Silver: FONTANA Arianna, Italy
Bronze: MENG Xiaxue, China

1000M(2):
Gold: KIM Min-Jung, Korea
Silver: LIU Qiuhong, China
Bronze: DERRICK Kimberly, USA

3000M Relay:
Gold: CANADA
Silver: ITALY
Bronze: USA

MEN
1500M:
Gold: LEE Ho-Suk, Korea
Silver: SUNG Si-Bak, Korea
Bronze: HAMELIN Charles, Canada

1000M(1):
Gold: KWAK Yoon-Gy, Korea
Silver: LEE Jung-Su, Korea
Bronze: TREMBLAY Francois-Louis, Canada

500M:
Gold: TREMBLAY Francois-Louis, Canada
Silver: ELEY, Jon, Great Britain
Bronze: SIMON, Jeff, USA

1000M(2):
Gold: LEE Ho-Suk, Korea
Silver: MALONE Jordan, USA
Bronze: LEE Jung-Su, Korea

5000M Relay:
Gold: CANADA
Silver: KOREA
Bronze: CHINA

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EXPANDED RESULTS:

HOW DID OUR USA SKATERS DO?
The list below will tell you how far each of our USA skaters made it in each event.

DQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did Not Finish; DNS = Did Not Skate
Not Entered = In World Cup competiton, only 3 skaters from a country can be entered in each event.

LADIES:
BAVER, Allison
1500M - MADE IT TO THE FINAL Heats (2nd); Semifinals (2nd); Final (DNF)
NOTE: Sadly, Allison's DNF was due to a serious injury - she broke her leg and was unable to continue in the competition
1000M(1) - Not Entered
500M - Not Entered
1000M(2) - Prelim's (1st); Heats (3rd - advanced); DNS remainder of race due to earlier injury
3000M Relay - DNS due to earlier injury

DERRICK, Kimberly
1500M - Not Entered
1000M(1) - MADE IT TO FINAL Prelim's (2nd); Heats (3rd - qualified); Quarters (1st); Semis (1st); Final A (4th)
500M - Not Entered
1000M(2) - BRONZE MEDAL Prelims (1st); Heats (1st); Quarters (2nd); Semis (2nd); Final A (3rd)
3000M Relay - BRONZE MEDAL (see below)

GARCIA, Maria
1500M - Not Entered
1000M(1) - Prelim's (4th); Rep Heats (3rd - qualified); Rep Quarters (2nd); Rep Semis (3rd)
500M - Prelim's (3rd - qualified); Heats (3rd); Rep Quarters (1st); Rep Semis (3rd)
1000M(2) - Not Entered
3000M Relay - Not Entered

GEHRING, Lana
1500M - Not Entered
1000M(1) - Prelim's (2nd); Heats (1st); Quarters (2nd); Semis (3rd); Final B (3rd)
500M - Prelim's (1st); Heats (1st); Quarterfinals (3rd)
1000M(2) - Not Entered
3000M Relay - BRONZE MEDAL (see below)

REUTTER, Katherine
1500M - SILVER MEDAL Heats (1st); Semifinals (2nd); Final A (2nd)
1000M(1) - Not Entered
500M - Not Entered
1000M(2) - Prelim's (1st); Heats (1st); Quarterfinals (2nd); Semis (4th); Final B (3rd)
3000M Relay - BRONZE MEDAL (see below)

SMITH, Jessica
1500M - Heats (1st); Semifinals (3rd); Final B (1st)
1000M(1) - Not Entered
500M - Prelim's (2nd); Heats (2nd); Quarterfinals (4th)
1000M(2) - Not Entered
3000M Relay - BRONZE MEDAL (see below)

3000M RELAY:
BRONZE MEDAL
Quarters (1st) - Derrick; Gehring; Reutter; Smith
Semifinals (1st) - Derrick; Gehring; Reutter; Smith
Final A (3rd) - Derrick; Gehring; Reutter; Smith

MEN:
BEDFORD, Ryan
1500M - Heats (DQ)
1000M(1) - Not Entered
500M - Not Entered
1000M(2) - Prelim's (2nd); Heats (1st); Quarters (DQ)
5000M Relay - Team was DQ'd in Semis (see below)

CELSKI, J.R.
1500M - Heats (2nd); Semifinals (DNS)
1000M(1) - Not Entered
500M - Not Entered
1000M(2) - Prelim's (1st); Heats (2nd); Quarters (DNS)
5000M Relay - Team was DQ'd in Semis (see below)

JAYNER, Travis
1500M - Not Entered
1000M(1) - Prelim's (2nd); Heats (2nd); Quarters (2nd); Semis (4th); Final B (2nd)
500M - Prelim's (2nd); Heats (2nd); Quarters (2nd); Semifinals (4th); Final B (2nd)
1000M(2) - Not entered
5000M Relay - Team was DQ'd in Semis (see below)

LOBELLO, Anthony
1500M - Not Entered
1000M(1) - Prelim's (2nd); Heats (3rd); Rep Heats (1st); Rep Quarters (DQ)
500M - Prelim's (2nd); Heats (3rd); Rep Heats (1st); Rep Quarters (1st); Rep Semis (1st); Rep Final A (1st); Quarters (4th)
1000M(2) - Not Entered
5000M Relay - Team was DQ'd in Semis (see below)

MALONE, Jordan
1500M - Not Entered
1000M(1) - Prelim's (DQ)
500M - Not Entered
1000M(2) - SILVER MEDAL Prelim's (2nd); Heats (1st); Quarters (1st); Semis (1st); Final A (2nd)
5000M Relay - Team was DQ'd in Semis (see below)

SIMON, Jeff
1500M - Heats (1st); Semifinals (3rd - advanced); Finals (8th - his time indicates a possible fall)
1000M(1) - Not Entered
500M - BRONZE MEDAL Prelim's (2nd); Heats (2nd); Quarters (3rd - advanced); Semis (2nd); Final A (3rd)
1000M(2) - Not Entered
5000M Relay - Team was DQ'd in Semis (see below)

5000M RELAY:
Quarters (2nd) - Celski; Jayner; Malone; Simon
Semifinals (DQ) - Bedford; Malone; Lobello; Simon