Good luck to the 5 Glen Ellyn Speed Skating (GESS) Skaters that are competing in US Long Track Olympic Trials today!

[Carl Cepuran]

US Long Track Olympic Trials Day 4 of 6 - 500m today! Jan 5th - on NBCSN live 5-630pm CST

Good luck to the 5 Glen Ellyn Speed Skating (GESS) Skaters that are competing in US Long Track Olympic Trials today!

Today is the 500m for both Men and Women. The skaters will race the 500m twice, getting to start in each lane over the course of the event. The best time of the two runs counts toward their final ranking.

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 5:30pm - 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 225pm-325pm

Anthem 340pm

Men's 500 #1 - pairs 1-14 348pm - 423pm (Live TV coverage starts at 515pm)

Women's 500 #1 - pairs 1-10 449pm - 513pm

Men's 500 #2 - 536pm to 610pm

Women's 500 #2 - 628pm to 652pm

All racing ends by 650pm

Live coverage ends at 700pm

Men's pairs for the first 500m (the pairs for the 2nd 500m won't be announced until after the first 500's are completed):

Jon Ricardo Aquino, Carol Stream, IL, Glen Ellyn Speed Skating Club - pr 2

Evan Flaherty, Orland Park, IL, Glen Ellyn Speed Skating Club - pr 5

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

Austin Kleba, Campton Hills, IL, Glen Ellyn Speed Skating Club - pr 11

Women's pairs:

Hannah Bosman, Oak Brook, IL, Glen Ellyn Speed Skating Club - pr 2

Upcoming days - the 1500m; and, Mass Start events are coming up in the next days. Plan to catch all the action Live on NBCSN!

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

630-640-4485mbl

cep...@aol.com

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

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.

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.

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