7 GESS and 2 PRSSC skaters raced Mass Start (Pack) Demo Races at the US Long Track Olympic Trials earlier this week on Jan 4, 2018

[Carl Cepuran]

Mass Start (Pack) Demo Races at the US Long Track Olympic Trials earlier this week on Jan 4, 2018

43 skaters turned out at the Trials (including 7 from Glen Ellyn and 2 from Park Ridge) to skate under the bright lights in prime time in a packed house to treat the sellout crowd to a taste of pack (mass start) racing excitement and preview what they are going to see the Olympic Trials racers do tonight when they compete for 2 spots for both the men and women to go the Olympics in the Mass Start event!

Here are some results and pics from the demo below. The event made the front page of yesterday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel! See attached!

The 43 skaters raced in three groupings by age and ability in a mixed gender format. The skaters represented 9 clubs and came from 4 states, with the majority being local - 21 from Illinois and 20 from Wisconsin. The skaters ranged in age from 6 to 18.

Mass Start Demonstration (Pack) Races - US Long Track Olympic Trials, 1/4/18, Milwaukee, WI
#	First	Last	Age	Club	ST	Time	Place	M/F
Group 3  - 1,255 meters (3 laps + 100m)
39	Jersey	Chytla	14	Glen Ellyn	IL	2.02.41	6	M
54	Robert	Crawford	14	Wisconsin	WI	2.02.76	7	M
53	Nate	Edwards	13	Wisconsin	WI	2.03.07	8	M
57	Xavier	Lawrence	11	Northbrook	IL	2.01.90	5	M
55	Aidan	Lewis	16	Glen Ellyn	IL	1.59.12	3	M
40	Tyler	McHugh	11	Wisconsin	WI	2.04.86	10	M
49	Brianne	Molenda	15	Franklin Park	IL	1.58.27	4	F
51	Anna	Quinn	17	ASE-Gateway	MO	1.57.81	3	F
52	Angelo	Riccobono	14	Wisconsin	WI	2.03.10	9	M
43	Audrey	Steffes	14	Wisconsin	WI	2.03.16	6	F
46	Hannah	Stolz	15	Wisconsin	WI	2.04.29	7	F
44	Jordan	Stolz	13	Wisconsin	WI	1.54.72	2	M
48	Carl	Tatelli	12	United Capital Blades	IL	2.01.83	4	M
50	Sydney	Terpenning	16	ASE-Rochester	NY	1.55.75	1	F
42	Jon	Tobon	13	Wisconsin	WI	1.54.67	1	M
41	Lindsay	Tobon	11	Wisconsin	WI	2.00.78	5	F
47	Piper	Yde	12	Wisconsin	WI	1.56.19	2	F
Group 2 - 870 meters (2 laps + 100m)
56	Jesus	Avila	12	Wisconsin	WI	1.40.27	6	M
30	Maja	Gakovic	12	Franklin Park	IL	1.40.13	2	F
29	Natasa	Gakovic	12	Franklin Park	IL	1.33.17	1	F
26	Keith	Keovan	12	Glen Ellyn	IL	1.37.72	3	M
34	Ella	King	9	Northbrook	IL	1.57.58	5	F
33	Jerry	Mech	10	Franklin Park	IL	1.50.72	9	M
28	Mia	Mohamud	12	Park Ridge	IL	1.48.28	4	F
25	Nathaniel	Moore	13	Glen Ellyn	IL	1.42.63	7	M
24	Ryan	Olijnyk	11	Park Ridge	IL	1.38.89	4	M
36	Jon	Olson	12	Northbrook	IL	1.39.94	5	M
35	Sean	Riley Coggin	10	Franklin Park	IL	DNS	-	M
37	Matthew	Ryan	11	Northbrook	IL	2.02.70	10	M
27	Ynez	Toth	12	Glen Ellyn	IL	1.40.20	3	F
32	Mathew	Voegeli	12	Madison(WI)	WI	1.36.70	2	M
23	Jarrod	Ward	14	Glen Ellyn	IL	1.35.58	1	M
31	Chase	Witty	12	Wisconsin	WI	1.43.39	8	M
Group 1 - 485 meters (1 lap + 100m)
20	Stella	Bickham-Okoniewski	9	Wisconsin	WI	1.20.50	2	F
17	Josh	Borg	10	Wisconsin	WI	1.12.56	2	M
11	Anthony	De Rosa	6	Northbrook	IL	1.21.88	6	M
18	Ben	Haines	11	Wisconsin	WI	1.05.70	1	M
15	Josie	Javorsky	7	Wisconsin	WI	1.31.19	4	F
14	Juliet	Javorsky	8	Wisconsin	WI	1.24.82	3	F
22	Lucas	King	10	Northbrook	IL	1.16.12	4	M
12	Owen	King	6	Northbrook	IL	1.23.97	7	M
21	Lily	Kreuger	9	Wisconsin	WI	1.19.10	1	F
10	Sam	Ross	11	Glen Ellyn	IL	1.20.36	5	M
16	Anders	Yde	9	Wisconsin	WI	1.15.44	3	M

Today's Mass Start races will be broadcast live on NBC-SN from 5pm-530pm.

Carl Cepuran

ASE Program Director

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