World Jr Champ's-Melbourne, AUS (Feb 24-26, 2012)

[Laura (Lori)]

This thread will be used for discussion and trip-planning for World Junior ST Championships - Melbourne, Australia (February 24-26, 2012).

Discuss any topics related to this event - trip-planning, pre-competition, post-competition, and 'Game Day' chat!

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

For those who are planning to attend the event, pertinent information gathered here - as it becomes available - will be summarized IN THIS ORIGINAL POST (scroll down) for quick-reference.

Please share any info that will be of help those who will be attending the event and/or following along online!

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KNOWN INFO:

MEDIA LINKS; TV COVERAGE; WEBCASTS, LIVE FAN CHAT, ETC.:

There has been no mention of a live video feed yet, but ISU will have their LIVE data feed at the following link:
www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/

I'll be here whenever possible watching whatever feed is available, and posting results on this thread - and chatting with whoever cares to join me!

PARTICIPATING SKATERS:

Ladies:
Sarah Chen
Sally Chea
Kendal Pumphrey
Jacqueline Chen

Men:
John-Henry Krueger
Claude Gilbert
James Rodowsky
Adam Callister

EVENT SCHEDULE AND TIME ZONE CONVERSIONS:
Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of EST; 19 hours ahead of PST

The official schedule will be posted at the following link sometime during the day before the event starts:
www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/

It looks like racing will start at the following USA times:

Day 1: THURSDAY - 7:25pm EST; 6:25pm CST; 5:25pm MST; 4:25pm PST
1500m Ladies / Men Heats
Opening Ceremony
1500m Ladies / Men quarter finals / semi-finals / finals
3000m Relay Ladies / Men heats
1500 Ladies / Men Medal Presentation

Day 2: FRIDAY - 7:10pm EST; 6:10pm CST; 5:10pm MST; 4:10pm PST
500m Ladies / Men preliminaries / heats / quarter-finals / semi-finals / finals
3000m Relay Ladies / Men semi-finals
500m Ladies / Men Medal Presentation

Day 3: SATURDAY - 7:10pm EST; 6:10pm CST; 5:10pm MST; 4:10pm PST
1000m Ladies / Men preliminaries / heats / quarter-finals / semi-finals / finals
1500m Super Final Ladies / Men
3000m Relay Ladies / Men final
1000m Medal Presentation Ladies / Men
Ladies Junior Champion Presentation
Men Junior Champion Presentation
Ladies Junior Champion Relay Presentation
Men Junior Champion Relay Presentation

OFFICIAL EVENT WEBSITE:

www.2012jwcmelbourne.com/

[Laura (Lori)]

The World Junior Championships is the next event on the schedule - there's no mention of a live video feed yet, but ISU will be posting their 'blinking numbers' at the following link:

www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/

The detailed schedule and heat lineups will typically be posted the day before racing starts.

This event will be starting for us in the USA on THURSDAY...

I'll be here whenever possible, following whatever feed is available and posting results - and chatting with whoever cares to join me!

For more info:

www.2012jwcmelbourne.com/

[Laura (Lori)]

*EDIT* - The schedule below has been replaced by ISU's official schedule (see the Original Post, above)

If my calculations are correct, the start times for Melbourne (based on the preliminary schedule) will be:

NOTE: These are WARM-UP times - racing will start shortly thereafter...

Day 1: THURSDAY - 10:00am (Melbourne) = 6:00pm EST; 5:00pm CST; 4:00pm MST; 3:00pm PST
Day 2: FRIDAY - 10:00am (Melbourne) = 6:00pm EST; 5:00pm CST; 4:00pm MST; 3:00pm PST
Day 3: SATURDAY - 8:00am (Melbourne) = 4:00pm EST; 3:00pm CST; 2:00pm MST; 1:00pm PST
BTW, Melbourne has the coolest zamboni! (This is from the WJC official website) - and it 'looks like Anthony Lobello's driving it...

[daisymomma]

I have always wanted to drive one of those and I definitely want to drive that one LOL

[Laura (Lori)]

Hmmm... less than 6 hours 'till warmups start, and ISU hasn't posted the official schedule or heat lineups yet.

[Laura (Lori)]

The official schedule and heat lineups are on the ISU site now:

www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/?evt=11212100000008

It looks like actual racing will start at the following USA times:

Day 1: THURSDAY - 7:10pm EST; 6:10pm CST; 5:10pm MST; 4:10pm PST
Day 2: FRIDAY - 7:10pm EST; 6:10pm CST; 5:10pm MST; 4:10pm PST
Day 3: SATURDAY - 7:10pm EST; 6:10pm CST; 5:10pm MST; 4:10pm PST

[daisymomma]

I will be here foggy head and all .Trying to kick this head cold

[chesapeakemom]

Can't wait for racing to begin. Go TEAM USA!!!

[nico]

Studying for two tests while trying to keep up with this! Go Team USA!

[Laura (Lori)]

Looks like they've changed the schedule since I made my last post - they're now showing a start time of :25 past the hour (15 min later than the original start time).

[Laura (Lori)]

The LIVE button is up! We’ll be starting soon.
Bummer - I got all excited when I also saw a LIVE STREAM button pop up! But no such luck...

Men’s 1500M Heats up first:

Heat 1 - James Rodowsky
Heat 4 - John-Henry Krueger
Heat 6 - Claude Gilbert

Picking 2 and the next 8 fastest thirds.

[Laura (Lori)]

I can see that they're racing now - but nothing's showing up on the LIVE feed!

[Laura (Lori)]

Looks like James won his heat!

Oops, I forgot this was the 1500M - I spoke too soon about Jim... (I was looking at 9 laps on the Splits screen)

He did finish third - now he needs to be among the 8 fastest!

[Laura (Lori)]

I hope Heat 2 was an unusually fast one...

[Laura (Lori)]

Until they get the LIVE button working, you can still see the progress of the race by going to the page that has the Heat Lineups. There's a clickable link with each heat that says [Splits].

You'll have to manually refresh your screen.