A great weekend of racing wrapped up Sunday at the U.S. National Short Track Championships and American Cup Final in Wausau, Wisconsin. Records fell and champions were crowned. Here are the 2010 National Short Track Champions:   Pony Ladies(10 and under): Saree Han (Federal Way, WA) - Puget Sound Speedskating Club Pony Men: Aaron Heo (Warrington, PA) - Potomac Speedskating Club Midget Ladies(11-12): Sally Chea (Midlothian, VA) - Virginia Speedskating Midget Men: Thomas Insuk Hong (Lau ... READ MORE

March 7, 2010--Erfurt, Germany   For the sixth time in World Cup competition, Shani Davis (Chicago, IL) dominated the field winning the Men’s 1000m by .25 of a second to take home the gold. Davis was joined on the podium by two Dutch skaters; Stefan Groothius and Mark Tuitert.   Coming off a bronze medal yesterday in the Ladies 500m, Heather Richardson (High Point, NC) was the top U.S. ladies finisher in the 1000m with a seventh place finish. Rebekah Bradford (Apple Valley ... READ MORE

Richardson gets her first World Cup medal Davis brings home the 1000m gold   March 6, 2010--Erfurt, Germany Going straight from the Olympic Games to World Cup competition can be difficult, but U.S. long track speedskater Heather Richardson (High Point, NC) won her first World Cup medal in Germany in the Ladies 500m, finishing third with 38.93.   Elli Ochowicz (Palo Alto, CA) and Lauren Cholewinski (York, SC) both had a rough day during the 500m event, ending in 17th and 18th pla ... READ MORE

Congratulations to Mary Grace, Sugar Todd, Jerica Tandiman, Brian Hansen, Colton Barrett, Robert Lawrence and Paul Nahrwold for making the U.S. Junior World Long Track Team. They will be traveling to Moscow, Russia to participate in the World Junior Speedskating Championships on March 12-14. Good luck all! ... READ MORE

Christiana Johns February 27, 2010 2:47 PM christina.johns@usoc.org The US team of Brian Hansen (Glenview, Ill.), Chad Hedrick (Spring, Texas) and Jonathan Kuck (Champaign, Ill.) won the silver medal in the men’s team pursuit in long track speedskating at the Richmond Olympic Oval Saturday afternoon. The trio trailed their opponent from Canada by as much as 0.73 seconds early in the race, trimming that margin to 0.21 at the finish with a time of 3:41.58 ... READ MORE

Board of Directors Election   Voting ballots for the 2010 election for the Board of Directors are being mailed from the US Speedskating independent accounting firm on March 1, 2010.  US Speedskating members eligible to vote will receive these ballots at the address on file with US Speedskating.  All voting instructions are on the ballot.   Candidate submissions of message and/or biography are posted on the US Speedskating website at   https://webpoint.usspe ... READ MORE

Ladies move on to semifinals   February 26, 2010—Richmond, B.C.   U.S. men are guaranteed an Olympic medal in the Team Pursuit as they get ready for tomorrow’s gold medal round with Canada. Brian Hansen (Glenview, IL), Chad Hedrick (Spring, TX), Jonathan Kuck (Champaign, IL) and Trevor Marsicano (Ballston Spa, NY) threw down two fantastic races at the Richmond Olympic Oval, winning their quarterfinal and semifinal events.   First paired with Japan, the U.S. Men ( ... READ MORE

February 24, 2010—Vancouver, B.C.   Tonight, the U.S. Ladies Short Track team ended the 16-year drought for Olympic medals as they brought home a bronze medal in the 3000m Relay event. Not since 1994 have U.S. short track ladies brought home Olympic medals in any event.   The relay team, consisting of Allison Baver (Sinking Spring, PA), Kimberly Derrick (Memphis, TN), Alyson Dudek (Hales Corners, WI), Lana Gehring (Glenview, IL) and Katherine Reutter (Champaign, IL), skate ... READ MORE

February 23, 2010—Richmond, B.C. Sven Kramer (NED) was on his way to a new Olympic record during the Men’s 10,000m event at the Richmond Olympic Oval. His finishing time of 12:54.50 was good enough for the record, and the gold. But Kramer was disqualified from the event after making an illegal lane change. Korea’s Seung-Hoon Lee skated away with the gold and new Olympic record of 12:58.55. Ivan Skobrev (RUS) won silver with 13:02.07 and Bob de Jong (NED) earned bronze with 13: ... READ MORE

  Coming within six seconds of tying the Olympic record in the Ladies 5000m at the Richmond Olympic Oval, long track skater and current world record holder Martina Sablikova (CZE) added another gold medal to her collection by winning the event with a time of 6:50.91. In second place, German skater Stephanie Beckert followed close behind with 6:51.39 and defending Olympic 5000m champion Clara Hughes (CAN) rounded out the top three with 6:55.73.   Two U.S. ladies skated the 5000m with ... READ MORE