Jr. World Champ's - Taipei (Jan 8-10, 2010)

[Laura (Lori)]

WORLD JR CHAMPIONSHIPS, TAIPEI, TAIWAN, CHINA (January 8-10, 2010)

PARTICIPANTS:
Mary Grace; Morgan Izykowski; Petra Acker; Sarah Chen
Robert Lawrence; Julian Wood; Cole Krueger; John-Henry Krueger

Complete results can be found at:
www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11210200000005

SUMMARY OF RESULTS:

USA 'MEDAL HAUL':
No medals this time – but ‘just wait till next year!’

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MEDALISTS:

LADIES
1500M:
Gold: CHOI Jihyun, Korea
Silver: SONG Jaewon, Korea
Bronze: LEE Mi-Yeon, Korea

500M:
Gold: CHOI Jihyun, Korea
Silver: FAN Kexin, China
Bronze: LI Dan, China

1000M:
Gold: CHOI Jihyun, Korea
Silver: LEE Mi-Yeon, Korea
Bronze: MARCEAU Laurie, Canada

1500M SuperFinal:
Gold: LEE Mi-Yeon, Korea
Silver: SONG Jaewon, Korea
Bronze: CHOI Jihyun, Korea

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

MEN
1500M:
Gold: NOH Jinkyu, Korea
Silver: KIM Sunghan, Korea
Bronze: WHELBOURNE Jack, GBR

500M:
Gold: CHOI Mikhail-Jeonghan, Canada
Silver: GELINAS-BEAULIEU Antoine, Canada
Bronze: WU Dajing, China

1000M:
Gold: NOH Jinkyu, Korea
Silver: GELINAS-BEAULIEU Antoine, Canada
Bronze: PARK Seyeong, Korea

1500M SuperFinal:
Gold: PARK Seyeong, Korea
Silver: GELINAS-BEAULIEU Antoine, Canada
Bronze: KIM Sunghan, Korea

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

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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

LADIES:
ACKER, Petra
1500M – QF (4th)
500M – Prelims (3rd)
1000M – Heats (4th)
1500M SuperFinal - Did not qualify to skate
3000M Relay – 3rd in Semis (See Below)

CHEN, Sarah (Available For Relay Only)
3000M Relay – 3rd in Semis (See Below)

GRACE, Mary
1500M - QF (4th)
500M – Prelims (3rd)
1000M – Heats (3rd)
1500M SuperFinal – Did not qualify to skate
3000M Relay – 3rd in Semis (See Below)

IZYKOWSKI, Morgan
1500M – QF (3rd-q); SF (6th)
500M – Prelims (3rd)
1000M – Heats (2nd); QF (3rd)
1500M SuperFinal - Did not qualify to skate
3000M Relay – 3rd in Semis (See Below)

3000M RELAY: 3rd in Semis
Heats (1st) - Acker; Chen; Grace; Izykowski
SF (3rd) - Acker; Chen; Grace; Izykowski

MEN:
KRUEGER, Cole
1500M – MADE IT TO FINAL; Heats (2nd); QF (3rd); SF (2nd); Final (6th)
500M – Prelims (1st); Heats (4th)
1000M – Prelims (2nd); Heats (4th)
1500M SuperFinal - Did not qualify to skate
3000M Relay – 3rd in Semis (See Below)

KRUEGER, John-Henry (Available For Relay Only)
3000M Relay – 3rd in Semis (See Below)

LAWRENCE, Robert
1500M – MADE IT TO FINAL; Heats (3rd); QF (2nd); SF (2nd); Final (7th)
500M – Prelims (1st); Heats (1st); QF (2nd); SF (3rd)
1000M – Prelims (1st); Heats (4th)
1500M Superfinal - Did not qualify to skate
3000M Relay – 3rd in Semis (See Below)

WOOD, Julian
1500M – Heats (2nd); QF (4th)
500M – Prelims (DQ)
1000M – Prelims (3rd)
1500M Superfinal - Did not qualify to skate
3000M Relay – 3rd in Semis (See Below)

3000M RELAY: 3rd in Semis
Heats (2nd) - C Krueger; JH Krueger; Lawrence; Wood
SF (3rd) - C Krueger; JH Krueger; Lawrence; Wood