(HEERENVEEN, Netherlands) U.S. speedskater Jonathan Kuck (Champaign, IL) skated to a third place finish in today’s 500m race at the ISU World Allround Championships. Kuck’s time of 36.3 was just .63 back from today’s winner Konrad Niedzwiedzki (POL). Teammate Trevor Marsicano (Ballston Spa, NY) finished 5th with a time of 36.40.    “Jonathan didn’t get off the starting line very well, but he made up for it during the last lap of the race clocking ... READ MORE

(HEERENVEEN, Netherlands) U.S. speedskater Jonathan Kuck (Champaign, IL) skated to a third place finish in today’s 500m race at the ISU World Allround Championships. Kuck’s time of 36.3 was just .63 back from today’s winner Konrad Niedzwiedzki (POL). Teammate Trevor Marsicano (Ballston Spa, NY) finished 5th with a time of 36.40.    “Jonathan didn’t get off the starting line very well, but he made up for it during the last lap of the race clocking the s ... READ MORE

Good luck to the U.S. long track athletes at this weekend’s 2010 Essent ISU World Allround Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Trevor Marsicano and Jonathan Kuck will compete in tomorrow’s 500m and 5000m. Please visit http://live.isuresults.eu/2009-2010/wk-heerenveen/ for race results and visit Up to Speed for daily race recaps. ... READ MORE

Good luck to the U.S. short track athletes competing at this weekend's 2010 ISU World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria: Allison Baver, Kimberly Derrick, Alyson Dudek, Lana Gehring, Katherine Reutter, Kyle Carr, J.R. Celski, Simon Cho, Travis Jayner & Jordan Malone. Please visit http://www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11210200000007 for race results and visit Up to Speed for a daily race recap. ... READ MORE

Congratulations to Brian Hansen (Glenview, IL) who completed his last race of the season, and last race as a Junior, at this weekend’s ISU Junior World Championships in Moscow, Russia. Brain finishes the season as the Junior World Champion in the 1500m and the1000m. He was second in the allround, winning medals in every event. He skated the fastest all-around 500m, the fastest 1500m, won a silver medal in the 5000m and a bronze in the 3000m.  The Junior World Championships feature a ... READ MORE

KEARNS, Utah (March 15, 2010) – The US Speedskating Board of Directors has named Bradley A. Olch as the organization’s interim executive director. Mr. Olch is the former Mayor of Park City, Utah, a position he held for 12 years, and is a founding Board Member of the Park City Foundation.  In addition to his civic leadership, Olch brings a long history of Olympic sports development to the organization, serving as a key member of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee.& ... READ MORE

KEARNS, Utah (March 14, 2010) Some of the best long track speedskaters from around the United States and from as far away as Great Britain, Finland, and Sweden gathered in Salt Lake City over the weekend for the final event in the 2010 American Cup Long Track Series.  The American Cup Final featured three days of high quality competition between some up and coming long trackers.     On the mens side, Parker Vance of Kearns, Utah and Mike Blumel (Woodbury, MN) traded wins in th ... READ MORE

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (March 14, 2010) The 2009-2010 Essent ISU World Cup Final concluded today as Shani Davis (Chicago, IL) won the 1000m distance with a time of 1:08.89, capping off an undefeated season at that distance and taking the top Overall spot in the 1000m World Cup rankings.    Davis was the only skater to break the 1:09 mark today. Trevor Marsicano (Ballston Spa, NY) skated his best race of the season finishing seventh in the 1000m with an impressive time of 1:09.72, ... READ MORE

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (March 13, 2010) The Essent ISU World Cup Final continued today in Heerenveen, with Tucker Fredricks (Janesville, WI) securing the Overall World Cup Title in the Mens 500m. Fredricks finished fourth with a time of 35.44, 0.39 behind today’s winner Jan Smeekens (NED).   “Tucker skated very strong yesterday. We were hoping for another podium today but he avoided two nears falls in today’s race.  Winning the Overall title was a nice way to ... READ MORE

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands March 12, 2010--The Essent ISU World Cup Final kicked off today in Heerenveen, with Shani Davis (Chicago, IL) winning the 1500m by almost a full second with a time of 1:45.20. Trevor Marsicano (Ballston Spa, NY) finished eighth with a time of 1:47.31. In the Men’s 500m, Tucker Fredricks (Janesville, WI) skated strong finishing second in the men's 500m just .02 behind the winner Jan Smeekens (NED). Fredricks has now taken the lead in the overall 500m World Cu ... READ MORE