World Cup 1 - Salt Lake City (Oct 17-19, 2008)

[Laura (Lori)]

WORLD CUP 1, Salt Lake City, UT (Oct 17-19, 2008)

PARTICIPANTS:
Allison Baver; Kimberly Derrick; Alyson Dudek; Maria Garcia; Lana Gehring; Katherine Reutter
JR Celski; Travis Jayner; Ryan Leveille; Anthony Lobello; Apolo Ohno; Jeff Simon

Complete results can be found at:
www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11210100000022

SUMMARY OF RESULTS:

USA 'MEDAL HAUL':
Silver: Men's Relay Team
Bronze: Kimberly Derrick - 1000M; Jeff Simon, 1500M(1); Apolo Ohno - 1500M(2)

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MEDALISTS:

LADIES
1500M(1):
Gold: ZHOU Yang, China
Silver: JUNG Ba-Ra, Korea
Bronze: YANG Shin-Young, Korea

1000M:
Gold: WANG Meng, China
Silver: SHIN Sae-Bom, Korea
Bronze: DERRICK, Kimberly, USA

500M:
Gold: WANG Meng, China (World Record!)
Silver: LIU Quihong, China
Bronze: GREGG Jessica, Canada

1500M(2):
Gold: SHIN Sae-Bom, Korea
Silver: ZHOU Yang, China
Bronze: SUN LinLin, China

3000M Relay:
Gold: CHINA
Silver: KOREA
Bronze: CANADA

MEN
1500M(1):
Gold: SUNG Si-Bak, Korea
Silver: HAMELIN Charles, Canada
Bronze: SIMON Jeff, USA

1000M:
Gold: KWAK Yoon-Gy, Korea
Silver: LEE Ho-Suk, Korea
Bronze: LEE Jung-Su, Korea

500M:
Gold: SUNG Si-Bak, Korea
Silver: HAMELIN Charles, Canada
Bronze: TREMBLAY Francois-Louis, Canada

1500M(2):
Gold: LEE Jung-Su, Korea
Silver: LEE Ho-Suk, Korea
Bronze: OHNO Apolo, USA

5000M Relay:
Gold: KOREA (World Record!)
Silver: USA
Bronze: CANADA

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INDIVIDUAL 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; q = Qualified (Fastest 3rds); ADV = Advanced
Not Entered = In World Cup competiton, only 3 skaters from a country can be entered in each event.

LADIES:
BAVER, Allison
1500M(1) - MADE IT TO FINAL; Heats (2nd); Semis (2nd); Final A (4th)
1000M - Not Entered
500M - Not Entered
1500M(2) - MADE IT TO FINAL; Heats (1st); Semis (2nd); Final A (4th)
3000M Relay - MADE IT TO FINAL (4th - See Below)

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

DUDEK, Alyson
1500M(1) - Heats (3rd-q); Semis (4th); Final B (DQ)
1000M - Not Entered
500M - Prelim's (2nd); Heats (4th); Rep Heats (1st); Rep QF (1st); Rep SF (1st); Rep A (1st); QF (3rd)
1500M(2) - Not Entered
3000M Relay - MADE IT TO FINAL (4th - See Below)

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

GEHRING, Lana
1500M(1) - Not Entered
1000M - Prelim's (3rd - q); Heats (1st); Quarters (1st); Semis (3rd); Final B (2nd)
500M - Prelim's (2nd); Heats (DQ)
1500M(2) - Not Entered
3000M Relay - MADE IT TO FINAL (4th - See Below)

REUTTER, Katherine
1500M(1) - Not Entered
1000M - Prelims (1st); Heats (1st); Quarters (3rd)
500M - Not Entered
1500M(2) - MADE IT TO FINAL; Heats (1st); Semis (2nd); Final A (DQ)
3000M Relay - MADE IT TO FINAL (4th - See Below)

3000M RELAY:
Heats (2nd) - Baver; Derrick; Dudek; Reutter
Semifinals (2nd) - Baver; Derrick; Gehring; Reutter
Final A (4th) - Baver; Derrick; Dudek; Reutter

MEN:
CELSKI, J.R.
1500M(1) – Not Entered
1000M – Prelims (3rd-ADV); Heats (2nd); Quarters (4th)
500M - Not Entered
1500M(2) - MADE IT TO FINAL; Heats (2nd); Semis (2nd); Final A (5th)
5000M Relay - SILVER MEDAL (See Below)

JAYNER, Travis
1500M(1) – MADE IT TO FINAL; Heats (4th-ADV); Semis (2nd); Final A (6th)
1000M – Not Entered
500M - Prelim's (2nd); Heats (DQ)
1500M(2) - Not entered
5000M Relay - SILVER MEDAL (See Below)

LEVEILLE, Ryan
1500M(1) – MADE IT TO FINAL; Heats (3rd); Rep QF (1st); Rep SF (1st); Rep A (1st); SF (2nd); Final A (7th)
1000M - Not Entered
500M - Not Entered
1500M(2) - Heats (3rd); Rep QF (2nd); Rep SF (3rd – picking 3); Rep A (4th)
5000M Relay – Not Entered

LOBELLO, Anthony
1500M(1) - Not Entered
1000M - Prelim's (1st); Heats (1st); Quarters (2nd); Semis (4th); Final B (1st)
500M - Prelim's (1st); Heats (1st); Quarters (2nd); Semis (DQ)
1500M(2) - Not Entered
5000M Relay - SILVER MEDAL (See Below)

OHNO, Apolo
1500M(1) - Not Entered
1000M – MADE IT TO FINAL; Prelims (1st); Heats (1st); Quarters (1st); Semis (2nd); Final A (4th)
500M - Not Entered
1500M(2) - BRONZE MEDAL Heats (2nd); Semis (1st); Final A (3rd)
5000M Relay - SILVER MEDAL (see below)

SIMON, Jeff
1500M(1) – BRONZE MEDAL; Heats (1st); Semifinals (1st); Finals (3rd)
1000M - Not Entered
500M - Prelim's (DQ)
1500M(2) - Not Entered
5000M Relay – SILVER MEDAL (See Below)

5000M RELAY:
SILVER MEDAL
Heats (1st) - Celski; Lobello; Ohno; Simon
Semifinals (2nd) - Jayner; Lobello; Ohno; Simon
Final A – Jayner; Lobello; Ohno; Simon