U.S. Jr. Skaters Finish Strong in Belgrade

BELGRADE, Serbia & Montenegro (Jan. 9) – After three days of competition at the World Junior Short Track Championships, the U.S. speedskaters finished “strong and skated their best,” said U.S. Speedskating coach, Adam Riedy.

In the ladies’ 1000-meters, all three Americans advanced to the quarterfinals where they ultimately met their match. Carly Wilson (Jefferson City, MO) finished third in her heat in 1:36.742. Jade Wheeler (Los Alamitos, Calif.) also finished third in her quarterfinal heat in 1:40.977. Teammate Maria Garcia (Carson, Calif.) finished fourth in her quarterfinal heat with a finish time of 1:43.341. Ji-Soo Jeon (KOR) won the 1000-meters event with a 1:35.691 finish time, followed by Kalyna Roberge of Canada.

Jeon and her teammates went on to sweep the ladies 1500-meters super final. Jeon finished second while teammate Sun-Young Park finished first followed by Eun-Ju Jung, finishing third.

The U.S.A. ladies competed in the 2000-meters relay finals. About 10 laps into the race, Wilson, who was coming up into second place, took a spill on a corner turn thus pushing her team into a fourth place finish.

On the men’s side, Jordan Hinke (Waukesha, Wis.) set a personal best in the 1000-meters with a 1:32.647 finish time in his heat. He advanced to the quarterfinals. Teammates Joey Lindsey (Long Beach, Calif.) and Kyle Carr (Marquette, Mich.) were disqualified in their respective heats thus ending their 1000-meters advancement possibilities.

All three USA female skaters finished in the top 20 overall classification. Garcia finished 11^th, followed by Wheeler (13^th) and Wilson (15^th).

“The ladies skated remarkably well and they are definitely going to be a force to be reckoned with in the future,” Riedy said.

Sunday’s Results: (courtesy of www.isu.org)

Ladies’ 1000-meters:

1	JEON , Ji-Soo	KOR	1:35.691
2	ROBERGE , Kalyna	CAN	1:35.813
3	OZAWA , Mika	JPN	1:37.263
DNF	JUNG , Eun-Ju	KOR	DNF

Americans: 9. Wheeler 1:40.977; 11. Wilson 1:36.742; 14. Garcia 1:40.591

Ladies’ 1500-meters Super Final:

1	PARK , Sun-Young	KOR	2:24.000
2	JEON , Ji-Soo	KOR	2:24.381
3	JUNG , Eun-Ju	KOR	2:24.534
4	GREGG , Jessica	CAN	2:29.998
5	OZAWA , Mika	JPN	2:31.035
DNF	ROBERGE , Kalyna	CAN	DNF

Ladies’ 2000-meters Relay:

1	KOREA	2:58.759
2	CHINA	2:59.975
3	CANADA	3:02.168
4	UNITED STATES	3:09.411

Men’s 1000-meters:

1	KIM , Hyun-Kon	KOR	1:29.467
2	KWAK , Yoon-Gy	KOR	1:29.567
3	LEE , Ho-Suk	KOR	1:30.066
4	GUILLAUME , Bastille	CAN	1:30.897

Americans: 13. Hinke 1:32.647; 40. Carr 1:38.020; 41. Lindsey 1:39.793

Men’s 1500-Meters Super Final:

1	KIM , Hyun-Kon	KOR	2:20.475
2	LEE , Ho-Suk	KOR	2:20.492
3	KWAK , Yoon-Gy	KOR	2:20.589
4	GIROUX , Mathieu	CAN	2:20.959
5	CUI , Liang	CHN	2:22.477
6	ZHAO , Quinyu	CHN	2:23.052

Men’s 2000-meters Relay:

1	KOREA	2:50.110
2	CHINA	2:50.189
3	CANADA	2:50.267
4	JAPAN	3:01.677

6. USA

Ladies’ Overall Classification:

Rank	Name	ISU Member	Comined Dist. Ranking	Points
1	PARK , Sun-Young	KOR		89
2	JEON , Ji-Soo	KOR		76
3	ROBERGE , Kalyna	CAN		63
4	JUNG , Eun-Ju	KOR		26
5	GREGG , Jessica	CAN		21
6	OZAWA , Mika	JPN		18
7	GRASSOW , Tina	GER		8
8	SUN , LinLin	CHN		5
9	BORRELLO , Catia	ITA		3
10	YAO , Yao	CHN	23	(264)
11	GARCIA , Maria	USA	28	(241)
12	FENG , Xue	CHN	34	(215)
13	WHEELER , Jade	USA	36	(170)
14	REGUCKA , Karolina	POL	40	(152)
15	WILSON , Carly	USA	43	(152)
16	FONTANA , Arianna	ITA	55	(176)
17	ITO , Ayuko	JPN	55	(149)
18	BLONDIN , Ivanie	CAN	58	(149)
19	MALISZEWSKA , Patrysia	POL	59	(123)
20	LAJTOS , Szandra	HUN	60	(118)
21	DARAZS , Rozsa	HUN	60	(94)
22	HEIDUM , Bernadett	HUN	61	(97)
23	SAKAI , Yui	JPN	66	(100)
24	MUXEL , Selina	GER	72	(84)
25	KRIEVANE , Evita	LAT	79	(102)
26	ZOUTENDIJK , Anouk	NED	84	(84)
27	SCHMID , Karin	SUI	88	(81)
28	PRIBYSH , Elena	ISR	88	(74)
29	STUKANOV , Ekaterina	ISR	88	(73)
30	VAN KERKHOF , Sanne	NED	89	(92)
31	TALAYEVA , Olga	BLR	93	(65)
32	STEPANOVA , Liya	RUS	97	(71)
33	RIEDEL , Julia	GER	97	(50)
34	GULIAEVA , Ekaterina	RUS	103	(50)
35	ALTMANN , Denise	AUT	105	(44)
36	MARCOZ , Brigitte	ITA	109	(63)
37	ANTANENKA , Vera	BLR	113	(34)
38	JACKSON , Francesca	NZL	121	(41)
39	KARABOVA , Renata	SVK	122	(50)
40	LOPATKINA , Olga	KAZ	122	(37)
41	ZAWADA , Malwina	POL	127	(31)
42	HUANG , Yu-Ting	TPE	128	(34)
43	OSKINA , Olessia	RUS	128	(26)
44	SNYDROVA , Lenka	CZE	129	(45)
45	TEPLA , Lucie	CZE	130	(37)
46	TER MORS , Jorien	NED	131	(26)
47	TOMSIKOVA , Simona	SVK	133	(29)
48	ZIMOVA , Tatiana	SVK	135	(34)
49	KOVACS II , Kinga	ROM	140	(29)
50	SKACHKOVA , Elena	KAZ	146	(26)
51	DERGACHA , Victoria	LAT	148	(24)
52	STUTHRIDGE , Sherry	RSA	150	(26)
53	SNYMAN , Melissa	RSA	153	(29)
54	KATSOV , Vera	ISR	153	(21)
55	SIGULENKOVA , Elisoveta	KAZ	155	(26)
56	KROFLIC , Tjasa	SLO	158	(24)
57	IVANOVA , Diana	BUL	160	(26)
58	MANUILOVA , Galina	BUL	160	(21)
59	STANCHEVA , Evelina	BUL	161	(16)
60	DJUZEL , Asja	BIH	164	(24)
61	SLUGA , Patricija	SLO	164	(24)
62	ODTSETGEG , Narangereo	MGL	178	(8)
63	ZUNAC , Monika	CRO	179	(8)

Men’s Overall Classification:

Rank	Name	ISU Member	Comined Dist. Ranking	Points
1	LEE , Ho-Suk	KOR		81
2	KIM , Hyun-Kon	KOR		68
3	KWAK , Yoon-Gy	KOR		47
4	CUI , Liang	CHN		39
5	ZHAO , Quinyu	CHN		32
6	GIROUX , Mathieu	CAN		29
7	GUILLAUME , Bastille	CAN		8
8	CHATAIGNIER , Maxime	FRA		5
9	BELLOTTI , Denis	ITA	28	(204)
10	DARAZS , Peter	HUN	31	(217)
11	MIURA , Yu	JPN	33	(217)
12	CONFORTOLA , Yuri	ITA	36	(194)
13	YKURGINYAN , Vyaceslav	RSA	39	(194)
14	HERRMANN , Paul	GER	46	(152)
15	KULESZA , Dariusz	POL	47	(160)
16	HORSEPOOL , Oliver	GBR	49	(157)
17	VALIULIN , Bulat	RUS	58	(121)
18	JAWORSKI , Jakub	POL	59	(186)
19	GALAMBOS , Gabor	HUN	61	(136)
20	HAMELIN , Francois	CAN	73	(136)
21	FILPOWICZ , Adam	POL	77	(97)
22	UEMURA , Daisuke	JPN	81	(89)
23	CARR , Kyle	USA	87	(94)
24	LINDSEY , Bobby Joe	USA	94	(73)
25	MILZ , Christoph	GER	94	(71)
26	KOCH , Benjamin	AUT	95	(71)
27	OLICHON-PERREAULT , Didier	FRA	97	(84)
28	PULEC , Andre	AUT	97	(68)
29	SAKURAI , Yuma	JPN	98	(87)
30	PLEYSTER , Marcel	NED	98	(73)
31	OOSTEN , Jorrit	NED	106	(63)
32	HAN , Jialiang	CHN	109	(115)
33	BERTOLDI , Marco	ITA	111	(63)
34	ZACHAROV , Ruslan	RSA	112	(89)
35	DE SMET , Yves	BEL	112	(63)
36	WILSON , Matthew	GBR	114	(89)
37	BYKANOV , Vladislav	ISR	114	(58)
38	WORTH , Paul	GBR	115	(55)
39	MASSON , Jeremy	FRA	121	(68)
40	SEIFERT , Robert	GER	122	(76)
41	HARGAS , Petr	CZE	128	(68)
42	HINKE , Jordan	USA	130	(63)
43	LIFYRENKO , Serhiy	UKR	136	(44)
44	VRENCEAN , Laszlo	ROM	141	(39)
45	HAY , Lachlan	AUS	145	(42)
46	VALACH , Andrej	SVK	145	(34)
47	SIMON , Anton	UKR	146	(39)
48	OOSTEN , Roderick	NED	147	(34)
49	KALMAR , Kertsz-Zsolt	ROM	150	(39)
50	KASTOV , Sergei	ISR	154	(31)
51	VIGAS , Milos	SVK	155	(47)
52	MIKA , Josef	CZE	159	(29)
53	JANECKO , Jakub	CZE	160	(32)
54	YAKUSHTOV , Sergei	BLR	161	(34)
55	CELIS , Dries	BEL	162	(37)
56	KNOCH , Viktor	HUN	165	(34)
57	MERRIMAN , Alexander	AUS	165	(31)
58	KOZUHUKH , Andriy	UKR	167	(21)
59	JARGALANCHULUUN , Ganbat	MGL	168	(39)
60	SULTANGALIYEV , Artur	KAZ	168	(29)
61	DEMOVIE , Vladimir	SVK	169	(29)
62	COPSEY , Justin	NZL	175	(26)
63	PATAKI , Gellert	ROM	176	(29)
64	LO , Wei-Lin	TPE	176	(26)
65	SAPUNENKA , Aleh	BLR	177	(26)
66	SHRIANE , Elliott	AUS	177	(21)
67	CHENG , Eric I	TPE	179	(24)
68	YORDANOV , Assen	BUL	180	(26)
69	ZELEZNOV , Alexander	ISR	181	(21)
70	DUGI , Tomislav	CRO	185	(26)
71	BORODAVKO , Vitali	BLR	188	(21)
72	KALSEK , Urban	SLO	194	(24)
73	PETROV , Petar	BUL	195	(24)
74	ZUNAC , Boren	CRO	197	(26)
75	GEORGIEV , Martin	BUL	198	(24)
76	KARPOVICIUS , Stasys	LTU	202	(24)
77	DINO , Sofic	BIH	206	(24)
78	LIGATA , Amir	BIH	208	(21)
79	DAUMOV , Aslan	KAZ	211	(13)
80	GRM , Denis	SLO	212	(21)
81	HORVACKI , Dejan	SCG	221	(16)

Melissa Scott
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