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September 30, 2006
Women and men of Team USA
Don't we have good-looking (and happy-looking) teams?!
CCW from top left: Katherine Reutter, Lana Gehring, Alyson Dudek, Kimberly Derrick, Tina Koenig, Cherise Wilkins
CCW from top left: Ryan Bedford, Shani Davis, Travis Jayner, Jeff Simon, Jordan Malone, Anthony Lobello
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USA World Cup team
[update] Complete American Cup 1 results now available from USS
American Cup 1 concluded today (results from 1000m and 3000m below). Based on overall standings, here are the men and women who will represent the U.S. next month at World Cups 1 and 2:
Women: Kimberly Derrick, Tina Koenig, Katherine Reutter, Cherise Wilkins, Alyson Dudek, Lana Gehring
Men: Shani Davis, Jeff Simon, Travis Jayner, Anthony Lobello, Ryan Bedford, Jordan Malone
Congratulations and good luck to all the skaters!
photo by Julee Basal/USOEC
Links:
Read Julee's Day 2 summary here.
AP | Davis qualifies for World Cup with wins
Superfinal results
Men 3000m
1. Shani Davis
2. Ryan Bedford
3. Jordan Malone
Women 3000m
1. Tina Koenig
2. Kimberly Derrick
3. Katherine Reutter
So I guess they didn't change the meet format after all if they raced the 3k.
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1000m results - American Cup day 2
Men's 1000m A final
1. Shani Davis
2. Travis Jayner
3. Trevor Marsicano
Jordan Malone fell
Men's 1000m B final
1. Joey Lindsey
2. Paul Dyrud
Women's 1000m A final
1. Kimberly Derrick
2. Tina Koenig
3. Katherine Reutter
Women's 1000m B final
1. Lana Gehring
2. Alyson Dudek
3. Cherise Wilkins
Details of qualifying rounds below the jump.
Men's 1000m heats
Heat 1: Shani Davis, Trevor Marsicano
Heat 2: Anthony Lobello, Joey Lindsey
Heat 3: Ryan Cox, Ryan Bedford
Heat 4: Travis Jayner, Kyle Carr
Heat 5: Jordan Malone, Derek Gray
Women's 1000m heats
Heat 1: Cherise Wilkins, Tina Koenig
Heat 2: Kimberly Derrick, Kristin Bedford
Heat 3: Alyson Dudek, Katherine Reutter
Heat 4: Lana Gehring, Mary Grace
Men's 1000m quarterfinals
Heat 1: Shani Davis, Joey Lindsey (Kyle Carr & Trevor Marsicano fell)
Heat 2: Ryan Cox, Anthony Lobello
Heat 3: Jordan Malone, Travis Jayner
Women's 1000m semis
Semi 1: Kimberly Derrick
Semi 2: Tina Koenig, Katherine Reutter
Men's 1000m semis
Semi 1: Jordan Malone, Travis Jayner
Semi 2: Shani Davis, Trevor Marsicano
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Faces in Milwaukee (day 1)
Ryan Bedford and Jordan Malone share a laugh in the heat box
Shani Davis and Travis Jayner
Barry Winslow leading the pack
photos by Peggy Aitken
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Olympians taking long, short view
Jimmy Jang, the United States' national short track speed skating coach, uses an old Korean proverb to explain why no U.S. skater has ever been able to make the difficult crossover between long track and short track at the Olympic Games."There are words for it in Korean," said Jang. "If you try to catch two bunnies, you lose two bunnies."
At least, that has is where the conventional wisdom in the debate has come down. But at least two skaters, Charles Ryan Leveille and Shani Davis, want to prove that it is possible to be Olympic-caliber skaters in both disciplines.
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September 29, 2006
American Cup 1 overall standings
I gleaned additional details about the competition from an AP report. Overall standings after day 1 (sorry - points not available!):
Men
1. Jeff Simon
2. Shani Davis
3. Anthony Lobello
4. Travis Jayner
5. Ryan Bedford
6. Charles Ryan Leveille (aka Ryan Cox)
Women
1. Kimberly Derrick
2. Cherise Wilkins
3. Katherine Reutter
4. Lana Gehring
5. Mary Grace
6. Alyson Dudek
AP | U.S. Speedskating set to name new short-track coach
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500m results - American Cup day 1 [A final results updated]
Thanks to Peggy Aitken for emailing me results all day from the Pettit! It's very much appreciated. I'll post a link to complete results when they appear online.
Men's 500m A final
1. Jeff Simon, 43.560
2. Anthony Lobello, 43.740
3. Travis Jayner, 43:930
4. Shani Davis, 43.970
Men's 500m B final
1. Ryan Bedford
2. Ryan Cox
3. Tom Anderson
Men's 500m C final
1. Derek Gray
2. Simon Cho
Men's 500m D final
1. AJ?
2. Al Johnson
3. Levi Kirkpatrick
Women's 500m A final
1. Cherise Wilkins, 47.940
2. Kimberly Derrick, 48.050
3. Lana Gehring, 48.130
4. Alyson Dudek, 48.35
Women's 500m B final
1. Tina Koenig
2. Tamara Fredrick
3. Kristin Bedford
Women's 500m C final
1. Sonia Milan, Erica ?
2. Katherine Reutter
Julee Basal recaps the day in her American Cup 1 blog for the USOEC. Apparently the ice is not in great shape and there were numerous falls today. Lezleigh Jaworski went to the emergency room with an ankle injury. J.P. Kepka didn't figure in today's results after falling early on in his 1500m heat. and I had heard he had an injury already before the meet began. Here's hoping no one got hurt too bad today!
Qualifying round results below the jump...
Men's 500m heats
Heat 1: Shani Davis, Joey Lindsey
Heat 2: Ryan Cox, Ryan Bedford
Heat 3: Anthony Lobello, Tom Anderson
Heat 4: Travis Jayner, Trevor Marsicano
Heat 5: Simon Cho, Derek Grey
Women's 500m heats
Heat 1: Kimberly Derrick, Alison Dudek
Heat 2: Cherise Wilkins, Tina Koenig
Heat 3: Tamara Fredrick, Kristin Bedford
Heat 4: Lana Gehring, Mary Grace
Men's 500m quarterfinals
Heat 1: Jeff Simon, Travis Jayner
Heat 2: Shani Davis, Joey Lindsey (Simon Cho & Ryan Bedford fell)
Heat 3: Anthony Lobello, Ryan Cox
Women's 500m quarterfinals
Heat 1: Alison Dudek, Mary Grace
Heat 2: Kimberly Derrick, Lana Gehring
Heat 3: tk
Men's 500m semis
Semi 1: Travis Jayner, Shani Davis
Semi 2: Jeff Simon, Anthony Lobello
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1500m results - American Cup day 1 [A final results updated]
Results courtesy Peggy Aitken
Men's 1500m A final
1. Shani Davis, 2:25.340
2. Anthony Lobello, 2:25.490
3. Jeff Simon, 2:25.940
4. Travis Jayner,
DQ Ryan Bedford
DQ Ryan Cox
Jayner and Bedford fell
Men's 1500m B final
1. Jordan Malone
2. Trevor Marsicano
Women's 1500m A final
1. Kimberly Derrick, 2:31.380
2. Katherine Reutter, 2:31.640
3. Mary Grace, 2:31.980
4. Cherise Wilkins, 2:40.420
DQ Tina Koenig
DQ Lana Gehring
Women's 1500m B final
1. Kristen Bedford
2. Alison Dudek
3. Sonia Milan
Here's what I have so far - top finishers by heat:
Men - 1500m heats
Heat 1: Jordan Malone, Travis Jayner, Derek Grey
Heat 2: Shani Davis
Heat 3: Jeff Simon, Ryan Cox, Anthony Lobello
Heat 4: Ryan Bedford, Kyle Carr
Women - 1500m heats
Heat 1: Kimberly Derrick, Cherise Wilkins, Lezleigh Jaworski
Heat 2: Mary Grace, Alison Dudek, Katherine Reutter
Heat 3: Tina Koenig, Lana Gehring, Sonia Milan
Men - 1500m semis
Semi 1: Shani Davis, Anthony Lobello, Ryan Cox
Semi 2: Jeff Simon, Ryan Bedford, Travis Jayner
Women had no semis.
Posted by noelle at 1:22 PM | Comments (12)
September 28, 2006
Guy is here!
That's brand-new USS High Performance Director Guy Thibault scrutinizing a skate today during training at the Pettit in Milwaukee... great to see he's already on board! J.P. Kepka with back to camera.
photo by Peggy Aitken
Posted by noelle at 10:01 PM | Comments (12)
It's short track time again!
American Cup 1 gets underway tomorrow at the Pettit in Milwaukee. This meet will determine which skaters represent the USA at the first two World Cups of the season next month in China and South Korea.
Jordan Malone and Travis Jayner training
The competition to make the team is wide open right now in a way it hasn't been in years. The most experienced skaters are absent from this meet -- Rusty Smith is (unofficially) retired, Apolo Ohno and Alex Izykowski are not competing. J.P. Kepka and Anthony Lobello are the only Torino men's team members in Milwaukee.
It's a similar situation with the women, with Halie Kim out (due to a combination of school and injury), Caroline Hallisey retired, Allison Baver and Maria Garcia both not competing, which leaves Kimberly Derrick as the only Torino returnee for the women.
So who IS competing? Lots of people! The biggest name in Milwaukee is of course Shani Davis, who returns to short track after his amazing long track season in 2005-06. There's a small Colorado Springs crew of J.P., Ryan Bedford, Travis Jayner, Tina Koenig and Jordan Malone, plus the 16 or so skaters training in Marquette this season, including Kimberly and Anthony (full list here).
I understand that the only SoCal representative is Lezleigh Jaworski.
Best of luck to all the skaters this weekend!
Links:
American Cup 1 blog. - written by USOEC (fantastic idea!)
Marquette Mining Journal | USOEC skaters competing in Milwaukee
Jordan Malone and Ryan Bedford take to the ice
photos by Peggy Aitken
Posted by noelle at 9:41 PM | Comments (16)