Follow 3 GESS at the US Long Track Olympic Trials Day 5 of 6 - the 1500m today! Jan 6th - on NBCSN live 500-700pm CST

[Carl Cepuran]

US Long Track Olympic Trials Day 5 of 6 - the 1500m today! Jan 6th - on NBCSN live 500-700pm CST

Good luck to the 3 GESS Skaters that are competing in US Long Track Olympic Trials today! 

Today is the 1500m for both Men and Women.

We've enjoyed watching your performances so far! We look forward to watching you compete tonight!  We are proud of you and wish you all the best!

The event will be broadcast live on NBCSN from 5:00pm - 7:00pm CST and streamed on the internet in it's entirety. 

There are 3 spots in the Olympics for both the men and women being competed for today. 

Here is the schedule for today - 

Warm up 325pm-425pm

Anthem 450pm

Men's 1500 - pairs 1-11 500pm - 540pm (Live TV coverage starts at 500pm)

Women's 1500 - pairs 1-12 600pm - 645pm

Awards 650pm

Live coverage ends at 700pm

Men's pairs for the 1500m:

Ethan Cepuran, Glen Ellyn, IL, Glen Ellyn Speed Skating Club - pr 7

Austin Kleba, Campton Hills, IL, Glen Ellyn Speed Skating Club - pr 7

Women's pairs:

Hannah Bosman, Oak Brook, IL, Glen Ellyn Speed Skating Club - pr 4

Upcoming the Mass Start event tomorrow. Plan to catch all the action Live on NBCSN!

The following 2 GESS skaters will be competing in the Mass Start tomorrow along with those above:

Jon Ricardo Aquino, Carol Stream, IL, Glen Ellyn Speed Skating Club

Evan Flaherty, Orland Park, IL, Glen Ellyn Speed Skating Club

For more information on the trials and how and when to tune in to watch - see the rest of the email below which contains the US Speedskating news article with the important info.

Carl Cepuran

630-640-4485mbl

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You can watch Olympic Trials on NBC Sports Network or live stream on nbcolympics.com. Here is the link to complete schedule:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/how-watch-us-olympic-speed-skating-trials

https://www.teamusa.org/US-Speedskating/News/Featured-News/2017/December/26/Long-Track-Secures-16-Quota-Spots-For-Olympic-Games

Long Track Secures 16 Quota Spots For Olympic Games

    

 

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DEC. 26, 2017, 3:12 P.M. (ET)

US Speedskating has qualified 16 long track spots for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. Team USA can take a maximum of eight men and eight women based on their performance at the first four ISU Long Track World Cups during the 2017-18 season.

Team USA will have a total of 25 racing spots available but can only have a maximum number of 16 different skaters fill those spots due to ISU quota allocation rules.

Team USA’s quota spots are as follows:

USA Ladies                          Entry Quotas For Individual Events

USA Quota	500m	1000m	1500m	3000m	5000m	Mass Start	Team Pursuit
8	3	3	3	1	1	2	0

USA Men                              Entry Quotas For Individual Events

USA Quota	500m	1000m	1500m	5000m	10000m	Mass Start	Team Pursuit
8	3	3	3	0	0	2	1

The U.S. has reserve spots in the women’s Team Pursuit (1st reserve), the men’s 5000m (3rd reserve) and the women’s 3000m (6th reserve).

To view the official ISU announcement, click here.

U.S. skaters will qualify for the 16 total spots at U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Speed Skating from Jan. 2-7, 2018 at the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. If an athlete secures multiple distance spots at Trials, the U.S. will take less than 16 skaters. For full U.S. Team athlete selection procedures, click here.

Tickets for U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Speed Skating are now available and can be purchased here. If you can’t make it to Trials, make sure to watch the coverage live on NBC Sports Network:

NBCSN Schedule (all times local CST)
Tuesday, January 2 – 4:30-6pm
Wednesday, January 3 – 5-6:30pm
Thursday, January 4 – 5:30-7:30pm
Friday, January 5 – 5:30-7pm
Saturday, January 6 – 5-7pm
Sunday, January 7 –  5-5:45pm