BONT NEWS

World Junior Short Track Championships - Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia

Date: 11 January 2005

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 11th, followed by Wheeler (13th) and Wilson (15th).

 

“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