Ben skated a 1:54:39. missing out on a World Cup Qualifying time by under a second. With plenty of time between now and the first World Cup in Berlin on the 7th of November, this result is promising. Ben finished 11th out of 20 skaters.
Keeping up with reporting on our trans-Tasman friends aka ANZAC's, Kiwi Blake Skjellerup competed at the same event in the 500m finishing 28th with a PB time of 38.61. Blake is another short tracker trying out the LT - check out and follow Blake's Twitter.
In an email from Desly Hill a few weeks ago, she informed me that the Heerenveen crew were planning on competing in a meet there this weekend. I will update those results when they come in.
The qualifying time this season's World Cups were publish a few weeks ago with the Aussies needing the below times to qualify to skate.
Men
500m - 37.00
1000m - 1:14.00
1500m - 1:53.50
5000m - 7:00.00
10000m - 14:00.00
Ladies
500m - 40.50
1000m - 1:21.50
1500m - 2:06.00
3000m - 4:30.00
5000m - 7.30.00
At the present time, the following skaters have skated the required qualifying times in the 2008/2009 season: Josh Lose (1500m, 5000m, 10000m) Daniel Greig (500m, 1000m) and Sophie Muir (500m, 1000m).
The only drawback with having a full compliment of skaters leading into the Olympic Year is that Australia can only send one skater per distance to each of the world cups. Hopefully this will drive all skaters to work as hard as possible to secure a spot in each world cup, and qualify as many skaters as possible for the Olympics.
Check back for updates over the season,
Frank
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