U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPSSalt Lake City, Utah
January 6-8, 2012
For complete results:
webpoint.usspeedskating.org/files/Event_PDFs/1919_Event_OtherDoc5.pdfThis competition determined the new National Team for the Winter World Cups and the World Championships - the top 4 go to the World Cups,
plus two skaters selected by committee. The top 3 go to the World Championships,
plus two skaters selected by committee.
The new US Champions are:
Ladies –
LANA GEHRING (her first)
Men –
SIMON CHO (his first)
FOR THE WORLD CUPS:LADIES:
Lana Gehring
Alyson Dudek
Jessica Smith
Emily Scott
Kimberly Derrick (discretionary selection)
Tamara Frederick (discretionary selection)
MEN:Simon Cho
Travis Jayner
Jordan Malone
John-Henry Krueger
J.R. Celski (discretionary selection)
Kyle Carr (discretionary selection)
FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:MEN:Simon Cho – individual events
Travis Jayner – individual events
Jordan Malone – individual events
J.R. Celski – relay (discretionary selection)
One more relay skater will be added based on performances at the winter World Cups
LADIES:Lana Gehring – individual events
Alyson Dudek – individual events
Jessica Smith – individual events
Emily Scott – relay (discretionary selection)
One more relay skater will be added based on performances at the winter World Cups.
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How the competition was run: All skaters participated in a 9-lap time trial on Day 1. The top 16 skaters per gender moved on to the 4-Lap Time Trial and skated in all races for the rest of the competition, with a chance to make the National Team.
Those who did not make the Top 16 in the 9-Lap Time Trial have the chance to compete in Group 2, as long as there are at least 4 skaters competing. In this case, there weren’t enough ladies to have a Group 2 competition.
The final race of the day is the 3000M. Points are awarded as in other races, except that the skater who is in first place after 1000M (9 laps) gets a bonus of 150 points. (This was done in order to encourage a faster pace in this typically long, slow race.)
If a skater incurs a Penalty, he/she gets points equal to last place in the heat where the infraction occurred, and does not continue in that distance.
Points are awarded in all events
except the relay (which is an exhibition) – Time Trials give one-half the points of the other races.
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ON THE PODIUM:There were flower ceremonies for the top 3 finishers in each distance, but it didn’t appear that medals were awarded - so I’m just listing first, second and third, rather than gold, silver, bronze...
LADIES:OVERALL
First: Lana Gehring
Second: Alyson Dudek
Third: Jessica Smith
9-LAP TIME TRIAL
First: Lana Gehring
Second: Jessica Smith
Third: Katherine Reutter
4-LAP TIME TRIAL
First: Jessica Smith
Second: Lana Gehring
Third: Alyson Dudek
1500M
First: Lana Gehring
Second: Emily Scott
Third: Alyson Dudek
500M
First: Lana Gehring
Second: Alyson Dudek
Third: Emily Scott
1000M
First: Lana Gehring
Second: Katherine Reutter
Third: Alyson Dudek
3000M
First: Lana Gehring
Second: Jessica Smith
Third: Alyson Dudek
MEN:OVERALL
First: Simon Cho
Second: Travis Jayner
Third: Jordan Malone
9-LAP TIME TRIAL
First: Jonathan Garcia
Second: Simon Cho
Third: Travis Jayner
4-LAP TIME TRIAL
First: Simon Cho
Second: Robert Lawrence
Third: Kyle Uyehara
1500M
First: John-Henry Krueger
Second: Simon Cho
Third: Travis Jayner
500M
First: Simon Cho
Second: Jordan Malone
Third: Travis Jayner
1000M
First: Simon Cho
Second: Travis Jayner
Third: Jordan Malone
3000M
First: Travis Jayner
Second: Jordan Malone
Third: Kyle Carr
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OVERALL RESULTS:LADIES:
1) Lana Gehring (2nd last year)
2) Alyson Dudek (6th last year)
3) Jessica Smith (3rd last year)
4) Emily Scott (4th last year)
5) Katherine Reutter (1st last year)
6) Kimberly Derrick (9th last year)
7) Tamara Frederick (13th last year)
8) Rachel Skrocki (14th last year)
9) Sarah Burg (last year she was 17th and didn’t advance past the 9LTT)
10) Kendal Pumphrey (15th last year)
11) Jerebelle Yutangco (last year she was 19th and didn’t advance past the 9LTT)
12) Sarah Chen (5th last year)
13) Alaina Fiorenza (did not skate this event last year)
14) Kelsey Schiel (last year she was 18th and didn’t advance past the 9LTT)
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MEN:
1) Simon Cho (2nd last year)
2) Travis Jayner (3rd last year)
3) Jordan Malone (did not skate this event last year)
4) John-Henry Krueger (9th last year)
5) Kyle Carr (6th last year)
6) Jonathan Garcia (5th last year)
7) Chris Creveling (12th last year)
8) James Rodowsky (15th last year)
9) Landon Hatfield (last year he was 20th and didn’t advance past the 9LTT)
10) Robert Lawrence (10th last year)
11) Adam Callister (14th last year)
12) Cole Krueger (13th last year)
13) Kyle Uyehara (7th last year)
14) Keith Carroll, Jr. (last year he was 19th and didn’t advance past the 9LTT)
15) Levi Kirkpatrick (11th last year)
16) Barry Winslow (last year he was 17th and didn’t advance past the 9LTT)
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17) Claude Gilbert - did not advance; skated in Group 2 (21st last year)
18) Casey Mullarkey - did not advance; skated in Group 2 (did not skate last year)
19) Michael Burdekin - did not advance; skated in Group 2 (16th last year)
20) Soo An Yoo - did not advance; skated in Group 2 (did not skate last year)
21) Joshua Cummings - did not advance; skated in Group 2 (did not skate last year)
22) Brett Perry - did not advance; skated in Group 2 (23rd last year)
23) Kevin Geminder - did not advance; skated in Group 2 (22nd last year)
24) Jae Kun Yoo - did not advance; skated in Group 2 (did not skate last year)
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INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:HOW DID YOUR FAVORITE SKATER DO?DNS = Did Not Skate; DNF = Did Not Finish; TT = Time Trial; PEN = Penalty; DFS = Double False Start (usually due to injury); QF = Quarterfinal; SF = Semifinal
(A) = A Final; (B) = B Final; (C) = C Final; (D) = D Final
If an injured skater started a race, then immediately skated to center ice, I’ve listed it as a DNS, even though it’s officially listed as a PEN.
LADIES:BURG, Sarah – 9th Overall; 9LTT – 11th; 4LTT – 12th; 1500M – 2nd (B); 500M – 4th (B); 1000M – 1st (C); 3000M – 1st (B)
CHEN, Sarah – 12th Overall; 9LTT – 8th; 4LTT – 5th; 1500M – 5th (B - fell); 500M – DNS (QF); 1000M – DNS; 3000M – DNS
DERRICK, Kimberly – 6th Overall; 9LTT – 6th; 4LTT – 8th; 1500M – 4th (A); 500M – 2nd (B); 1000M – 2nd (B); 3000M – 7th (A)
DUDEK, Alyson – 2nd Overall; 9LTT – 5th; 4LTT – 3rd; 1500M – 3rd (A); 500M – 2nd (A); 1000M – 3rd (A); 3000M – 3rd (A)
FIORENZA, Alaina – 13th Overall; 9LTT – 13th; 4LTT – 11th; 1500M – 2nd (C); 500M – 4th (C); 1000M – 4th (C); 3000M – 3rd (B)
FREDERICK, Tamara – 7th Overall; 9LTT – 7th; 4LTT – 7th; 1500M – PEN (B); 500M – 3rd (B); 1000M – 3rd (B); 3000M – 6th (A)
GEHRING, Lana – 1st Overall; 9LTT – 1st; 4LTT – 2nd; 1500M – 1st (A); 500M – 1st (A); 1000M – 1st (A); 3000M – 1st (A)
PUMPHREY, Kendal – 10th Overall; 9LTT – 12th; 4LTT – 9th; 1500M – 3rd (B); 500M – 1st (C); 1000M – 2nd (C); 3000M – 2nd (B)
REUTTER, Katherine – 5th Overall; 9LTT – 3rd; 4LTT – 6th; 1500M – 5th (A); 500M – 1st (B); 1000M – 2nd (A); 3000M – 4th (A)
SCHIEL, Kelsey – 14th Overall; 9LTT – 14th; 4LTT – 14th; 1500M – 1st (C); 500M – 1st (D); 1000M – PEN (SF); 3000M – 5th (B)
SCOTT, Emily – 4th Overall; 9LTT – 4th; 4LTT – 4th; 1500M – 2nd (A); 500M – 3rd (A); 1000M – PEN (A); 3000M – 5th (A)
SKROCKI, Rachel – 8th Overall; 9LTT – 9th; 4LTT – 10th; 1500M – 1st (B); 500M – 2nd (C); 1000M – 4th (B); 3000M – 8th (A)
SMITH, Jessica – 3rd Overall; 9LTT – 2nd; 4LTT – 1st; 1500M – 6th (A); 500M – PEN (A); 1000M – 1st (B); 3000M – 2nd (A)
YUTANGCO, Jerebelle – 11th Overall; 9LTT – 10th; 4LTT – 13th; 1500M – 4th (B); 500M – 3rd (C); 1000M – 3rd (C); 3000M – 4th (B)
MEN:BURDEKIN, Michael – 19th Overall in 9LTT and did not advance; finished 4th in Group 2
CALLISTER, Adam – 11th Overall; 9LTT – 9th; 4LTT – 13th; 1500M – 4th (B); 500M – 1st (C); 1000M – 4th (C); 3000M – 1st (B)
CARR, Kyle – 5th Overall; 9LTT – 8th; 4LTT – 11th; 1500M – 1st (B); 500M – 4th (A); 1000M – 1st (B); 3000M – 3rd (A)
CARROLL Jr., Keith – 14th Overall; 9LTT – 13th; 4LTT – 10th; 1500M – 2nd (C); 500M – 1st (D); 1000M – 1st (D); 3000M – 3rd (B)
CHO, Simon – 1st Overall; 9LTT – 2nd; 4LTT – 1st; 1500M – 2nd (A); 500M – 1st (A); 1000M – 1st (A); 3000M – 7th (A)
CREVELING, Chris – 7th Overall; 9LTT – 7th; 4LTT – 9th; 1500M – 3rd (B); 500M – 2nd (B); 1000M – 2nd (B); 3000M – 5th (A)
CUMMINGS, Joshua – 21st Overall in 9Ltt and did not advance; finished 3rd in Group 2
GARCIA, Jonathan – 6th Overall; 9LTT – 1st; 4LTT – 5th; 1500M – 5th (A); 500M – PEN (SF); 1000M – PEN (SF); 3000M – PEN (A)
GEMINDER, Kevin – 23rd Overall in 9LTT and did not advance; finished 9th in Group 2
GILBERT, Claude – 17th Overall in 9LTT and did not advance; finished 1st in Group 2
HATFIELD, Landon – 9th Overall; 9LTT – 10th; 4LTT – 12th; 1500M – 6th (A); 500M – 2nd (C); 1000M – 1st (C); 3000M – 5th (B)
HODOR, Andrew – Did a skate-in TT on Thursday and did not qualify for Friday’s 9LTT – but he competed in Group 2, where he finished 5th. Andrew has not yet skated ST in Group 1, so he does not have a thread here at BB.
JAYNER, Travis – 2nd Overall; 9LTT – 3rd; 4LTT – 4th; 1500M – 3rd (A); 500M – 3rd (A); 1000M – 2nd (A); 3000M – 1st (A)
KIRKPATRICK, Levi – 15th Overall; 9LTT – 16th; 4LTT – 16th; 1500M – 3rd (C); 500M – 2nd (D); 1000M – 2nd (C); 3000M – 5th (B)
KRUEGER, Cole – 11th Overall; 9LTT – 14th; 4LTT – 14th; 1500M – 2nd (B); 500M – PEN (C); 1000M – 3rd (C); 3000M – 2nd (B)
KRUEGER, John-Henry – 4th Overall; 9LTT – 11th; 4LTT – 8th; 1500M – 1st (A); 500M – 5th (A – fell); 1000M – PEN (A); 3000M – 4th (A)
LAWRENCE, Robert – 10th Overall; 9LTT – 4th; 4LTT – 2nd; 1500M – 6th (B - fell); 500M – DNS (QF); 1000M – DNS; 3000M – DNS
MALONE, Jordan – 3rd Overall; 9LTT – 6th; 4LTT – 6th; 1500M – 4th (A); 500M – 2nd (A); 1000M – 3rd (A); 3000M – 2nd (A)
MULLARKEY, Casey – 18th Overall in 9LTT and did not advance; finished 2nd in Group 2
PERRY, Brett – 22nd Overall in 9LTT and did not advance; finished 8th in Group 2
RODOWSKY, James – 8th Overall; 9LTT – 5th; 4LTT – 7th; 1500M – 1st (C); 500M – 1st (B); 1000M – 3rd (B); 3000M – 6th (A)
UYEHARA, Kyle – 13th Overall; 9LTT – 12th; 4LTT – 3rd; 1500M – 5th (B-fell); 500M – DNS (QF); 1000M – DNS (QF); 3000M – DNS (B)
WINSLOW, Barry – 16th Overall; 9LTT – 15th; 4LTT – 15th; 1500M – 4th (C); 500M – 3rd (C); 1000M – 2nd (D); 3000M – 4th (B)
YOO, Jae Kun – 24th Overall in 9LTT and did not advance; finished 7th in Group 2
YOO, Soo An – 20th Overall in 9LTT and did not advance; finished 6th in Group 2
