2010-2011 Short Track Schedule

[Laura (Lori)]

Before making travel arrangements, double-check with USS and ISU official schedules!

2010 - 2011 SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING SCHEDULE:
Updates and current info can be found at webpoint.usspeedskating.org/wp/events/listmeets.asp

MAJOR EVENTS:

• Oct 2-3, 2010 - American Cup 1 (World Cup Qualifier) - Milwaukee, WI
  
• Oct 22-24, 2010 - World Cup 1 - Montreal, Canada
  
• Oct 29-31, 2010 - World Cup 2 - Quebec, Canada
  
• Nov 6-7, 2010 - American Cup 2 - Cleveland, OH
  
• Dec 3-5, 2010 - World Cup 3 - Changchun, China
  
• Dec 10-12, 2010 - World Cup 4 - Shanghai, China
  
• *tentative* Dec 16-19, 2010 - US Championships - Salt Lake City, UT
  
• Jan 21-23, 2011 - US Junior Championships - Saratoga Springs, NY
  
• Feb 11-13, 2011 - North American Championships/American Cup 3 - Midland, MI
  
• Feb 11-13, 2011 - World Cup 5 - Moscow, Russia
  
• Feb 18-20, 2011 - World Cup 6 - Dresden, Germany
  
• Feb 25-27, 2011 - World Jr. Championships - Courmayeur, Italy
  
• Mar 11-13, 2011 - Am Cup Final / Nat'l Age Group Championships - Wausau, WI
  
• Mar 11-13, 2011 - World Championships - Sheffield, GBR
  
• Mar 19-20, 2011 - World Team Championships - Warsaw, Poland

[Leigul]

YAHOOOOO!!!! Planning on going to the US Championships!!!

[Deleted]

You will love it!

[Leigul]

Our anniversary is on Dec 18th...so guess where we are going to celebrate? SLC!!! That is where we went on our Honeymoon too! So it will be a lot of fun, he is looking forward to it too! Can't wait!

First competition...first race!

[aaosmts19]

Feb 4, 2010 22:40:20 GMT -8 Laura (Lori) said:

There have been a few provisional allotments - this post will be updated with other info when available:

World Jr. Championships: Aosta, Italy - January 18-20, 2011
World Team Championships: Warsaw, Poland - March 19-20, 2011
World Championships: Sheffield, Great Britain - March 11-13, 2011

Why did I think that 2010 was the last of the World Team Championships?

[mtnme]

Because they (ISU) have been discussing ditching it entirely. The US didn't often participate in it because of money shortfalls. (Pathetic, ain't it? A major player like our country can't get it together financially?)

The few times we did go, we did very well indeed. Gold one year, the number one team in the world.

[Laura (Lori)]

The link that Justsayin' provided on the ISU thread shows that the World Team Championships issue (whether to continue it beyond the 2010-2011 season) is on the agenda for the ISU's June meeting.

If I'm reading it right, it seems that it will be held at least one more time (March, 2011), and its future beyond that is in doubt.

[Deleted]

You read it right Lori.

Rumors about World Cup has the North America events X 2--in Canada. But remember, I said RUMOR

[Laura (Lori)]

Update to the domestic schedule:

The following events are no longer listed as 'tentative', so I suppose it would be safe to start making reservations:

AmCup 1 - Milwaukee, WI (Oct 2-3, 2010)
AmCup Final/National Age Group Championships - Wausau (March 11-13)

I'm happy to see Wausau again for Nationals - we had a great time there last year. According to the ISU 'tentative' schedule, this competition is the same weekend as World Championships in Sheffield, England - so any tiny thoughts I had of going to England are out the window, 'cause I don't want to miss Nationals!

[Laura (Lori)]

The World Cup Schedule is posted at ISU.org, and unfortunately, there is no World Cup in the USA, nor in Western Canada (good news for the East-Coasters, though!)

WC 1 - Montreal, Canada (Oct 22-24)
WC 2 - Quebec, Canada (Oct 29-31)
WC 3 - Changchun, China (Dec 3-5)
WC 4 - Shanghai, China (Dec 10-12)
WC 5 - Moscow, Russia (Feb 11-13)
WC 6 - Dresden, Germany (Feb 18-20)

None of these is listed as 'provisional', so I suppose the dates/locations are firm.

USS doesn't have the World Cups on their schedule yet, but I did notice that all of the domestic ST events are no longer listed as *tentative*.

I'll adjust the schedule and trip-planning threads with the new info soon!

[Laura (Lori)]

ISU's schedule now appears to be firm - they have issued Communication #1622:

isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1902

The only change to the provisional allotments was for the Junior World Championships, originally scheduled for Feb 18-20 in Aosta, Italy - the new date/location is Feb 25-27 in Courmayeur, Italy.

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Other items of note in this communication:

2012 Provisional Allotments
World Junior ST Championships - Melbourne, Australia (Feb 24-26, 2012)
World ST Championships - Beijing, China (March 9-11, 2012)

2013 Provisional Allotments
World Junior ST Championships - pending
World ST Championships - Budapest, Hungary (March 8-10, 2013)

Acknowledgement of new World ST Records:
Men's 1500M - Si Bak Sung, KOR (in Marquette World Cup)
Ladies 1000M - Yang Zhou, China (in Vancouver Olympics)
Ladies 3000M Relay - China (in Vancouver Olympics)

(I also noticed that Evgeny Plushenko got slapped with ineligibility for skating in exhibitions without permission...)

Tags: Short Track Speedskating

[Laura (Lori)]

Hmmm...

Today the USS schedule shows the US Championships in SLC as *tentative*

I noticed that the dates currently listed (Dec 16-19) make for a really tight turnaround after World Cup 4 - that would make 3 major competitions in a row. Yikes!