MN Masters Speedskating

Inliners lead the way:

Last season when the American Cup came to town, skaters were met with a beautiful, mild, and sunny Saturday, and a blizzard on Sunday. This season, skaters dealt with temperatures below zero on Saturday and once again snow falling on Sunday. Conditions hampered skaters preparation and slowed the lap times. Rebekah Dryrud was consistently strong, inliner Briana Kramer was solid in the 3k, and Steven Hartman, the Blumels, and Paul Dyrud led the way for the men. Randy Plett led the way for Canada.

On the international scene, Joey Mantia earned his first First Place at the final World Cup event before the Olympics. Heather Richardson continued to dominate the women.

Here is the photo gallery.

Saturday Results:

Female 500:

1	Paige Schwartzburg	LN4	USA	43,20
2	Allie Thunstrom	LSA	USA	43,97
3	Rebekah Dyrud	LN3	USA	44,39

Female 1000:

1	Paige Schwartzburg	LN4	USA	1.27,86
2	Rebekah Dyrud	LN3	USA	1.29,26
3	Erin Bartlett	LSA	USA	1.30,77

Female 3000:

1	Jaclyn Rowe	LN1	USA	4.48,59
2	Erin Bartlett	LSA	USA	4.51,14
3	Danielle Barrett	LN3	USA	4.51,19
4	Rebekah Dyrud	LN3	USA	4.51,82
5	Briana Kramer	LN3	USA	4.53,69

Male 500:

1	Mac (Joseph) Blumel	MN3	USA	38,45
2	Mike Blumel	MSA	USA	38,93
3	Steven Hartman	MA2	USA	39,07

Male 1000:

1	Alex Ochowicz	MSA	USA	1.17,69
2	Mike Blumel	MSA	USA	1.18,43
3	Steven Hartman	MA2	USA	1.18,80

Male 3000:

1	Steven Hartman	MA2	USA	4.25,32
2	Michael Koenig	MB2	USA	4.33,99	SB
3	Kyle Ronchak	MA2	USA	4.39,14
4	Robert Goodwin	MA2	USA	4.41,41

Male 5000:

1	Paul Dyrud	MSA	USA	7.15,44
2	Chase Reichmann	MSA	USA	7.15,61
3	Connor Theisen	MN1	USA	8.23,74

 

Here is a link to complete results.