Wednesday, December 2, 2009

New 500m Record For Greig, Calgary World Cup Team Announced

Last Sunday saw day 2 of the pre-world Cup Calgary time trials. Daniel Greig lowered his 500m national record from the previous day by skating a 36.36, taking just .07 of his previous day's time.

Josh and Ben both skated the 1500m with Josh posting a slightly faster 1:49.95, with Ben skating 1:50.08 after recovering from a cold the previous week.

Daniel Yeow also posted a new personal record of 2:05.06 in the 1500m.

Sophie skated a 39.10, 500m on Sunday which matched her 39.10 from the previous day - so we can't complain about her consistency!

Click on the below links to see the Vancouver 2010 profiles for our Olympic hopefuls:

Sophie Muir
Josh Lose
Ben Southee
Daniel Greig



CALGARY WORLD CUP TEAM ANNOUNCED

The AIR today announced the athletes and distances they will skate this coming weekend for the Calgary World Cup.

Sophie Muir
Ladies 500m
Ladies 1000m

Daniel Greig
Men's B 500m(1)
Men's B 1000m
Mens B 500m(2) Reserve

Ben Southee
Men's B 500m(2)
Men's B 1500m

Josh Lose
Men's B 5000m
Men's B 1500m Reserve

It is great to see all expected skaters competing for Australia in this World Cup. This World Cup and the following week in Salt Lake are the last two chances for the Australians to qualify positions for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Good luck to all the skaters and coaches, and although I am back in Australia for these ones, I will endeavour to update the results as soon as I can for you all.

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