Sorry for the delayed update, but here it is!
Team GoldRush's first ice season came to a close at the Intact Finale held at the Calgary Oval from the 18th to 22nd March.
Josh Lose, Sophie Muir, Daniel Greig and Daniel Yeow, along with Kiwi Wayne Begg, competed in a variety of distances over the weekend.
Sohpie Muir - Sophie contested the Ladies Combined Sprint event, skating 2x 500m and 2 x 1000m.
Sophie finshed 8th out of more than 30 skaters, breaking both distance national records in the process.
Josh Lose - Josh competed in the Men's Long Allround, skating 500m, 1500m, 5000m, and 10000m over 3 days.
Josh finished a strong 11th place overall. His 10000m time was 10th fastest and he went under 14mins for the first time, setting a new Australian record of 13:57.98, the first time an Australian has broken the 14min barrier.
Josh set another national record in the 5000m and narrowly missed the 1500m record by under half a second, so a fantastic season finale for him!
SPRINT EVENTS
The sprinters had a little more exposure to racing over the weekend with Sprint and Open Events in the 500m and 1000m
Results
500m Sprint - 21st March 2009
Wayne Begg - 47th of 118, 37.62 = New NZ record
Daniel Yeow - 96th of 118, 43.32 = New personal record
Daniel Greig - fall, 1:24.72
1000m Sprint - 21st March 2009
Daniel Greig - 26th of 110, 1:11.40 = New Australian record
Wayne Begg - 36th of 110, 1:12.74 = New NZ record
Daniel Yeow - 86th of 110, 1:24.30 = New personal record
1000m Open - 22nd March 2009
Daniel Greig - 15th of 32, 1:13.44
Daniel Yeow - 24th of 32, 1:22.50 = New personal record
500m Sprint - 22nd March 2009
Daniel Greig - 35th of 105, 37.15
Wayne Begg - 39th of 105, 37.26 = New NZ record
Daniel Yeow - 82nd of 105, 41.63 = New personal record
1000m Sprint - 22nd March 2009
Wayne Begg - 53rd of 93, 1:15.42
Daniel Yeow - 72nd of 93, 1:23.32 = New personal record
Daniel Greig - DNS
SPRINT ALLROUND RESULT
Wayne Begg - 35th of 85 classified skaters, Samalog = 148.96 points
Daniel Yeow - 66th of 85 classified skaters, Samalog = 168.76 points
Daniel Greig - unclassified result
So overall, these results are fantastic for our skaters in their first season out on the ice.
The inline season is about to kick in and hopefully all the skaters will come back into the Olympic season with massive drive to not only make the Australian Winter Olympic Team, but to stand on the podium - the stuff dreams are made of.
Congratulations to all the skaters on a strong season.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
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