St Lawrence had a strong showing in the Canadian age class long track speed skating championships in Winnipeg Feb 8 and 9 with three local skaters representing Team Ontario at the competition.

Nick Everett  was 4th in the 13 year old male category.  His  3000m time was the fastest in his age group at 5:08.82.  He was the top skater from Ontario in his age group.  He placed 3rd for  bronze medals in the 100m and 500m sprints.

Connor Taugher was 11th overall in the 14 year old male group and was 2nd overall from Ontario.  He had 2 top ten finishes (8th in 100m & 9th 300m)and was the top Ontario skater in both the sprints.  Taugher was 12th overall in the 3000m.

Chloe Segal placed 13th overall in the 12 year old female group. She was 10th in the 3000m, 14th in the 100m and 12th in the 500m  races.

St Lawrence Rapids had a very successful Competition taking in 9 out of the 21 medals handed out on Feb 9, 2013 at the Brockville Memorial Centre.  Many skaters  recorded personal best times for the meet as well.   89 skaters participated from Speed skating Clubs in Kingston, Ottawa, Gloucester, Quinte (Belleville), Val Des Monts, Quebec and  6 skaters from Nunavut.

The 9 medalists from St Lawrence were as follows:
Alpha Division:  Tristan Brunet Silver and Bryony Schonewille Bronze.
Bravo Division:  Andrew Chartrand Gold
Charlie Division: Lukas Heuval Gold and Emma Grace Wheeler Silver
Delta Division:  Aidan VanBeek Gold
Foxtrot Division:  Landyn Urslak Gold and Lucas Peddell Silver
Golf Division:  Julia Wheeler Silver

Other results were as follows:
Alpha Division:  Nathan Heuval 4th, Spencer Delaney 5th, Terry Knapp 9th and  Abigael Schonewille 11th
Bravo Division:  Corinne Schonewille 6th and Kyle VanBeek 12th
Charlie Division: Kayle Urslak 11th, Nick Thompson 13th and Natalie Peddell 15th
Delta Division:  Malcolm Spence 6th
Echo Division:  Nolan Roney 5th
Foxtrot Division:  Cameron MacKay 6th, Jordan Throop 7th
Golf Division:  Andy Giroux 5th, Annella Roney 6th, Paige Besner 7th, Arie Devos 10th  and Celia Giroux 11th.

The skaters who have qualified for the Provincial series will complete their season February 24 and 24th in Kitchener for the Provincial Championships.  St Lawrence has 2 skaters who qualify for this series:  Nick Everett and Chloe Segal.

The Final Competition Provincially for the Regional Short track series for 6-11 year old skaters will be in Oakville March 2 and 3rd and for age 12 and older, including Masters in Clarington March 9 and 10th.

Here is the meet protocol as a pdf file.  The Personal Bests page has been updated.

Congratulations to Chloe, Connor and Nicholas!!!

On January 26 and 27th , 2013 the Provincial long track speed skating championships were held at Brewer Park Oval in Ottawa. 3 St Lawrence Rapids Long track Speed Skaters participated in the competition. In the Age 14 male group Connor Taugher had a bronze medal placing 1st in the 100 m, 4th in the 500 m and 3rd in the 3000 m. In the Age 13 male group Nicholas Everett had a gold medal placing 2nd in the 100 m and 1st in the 500 m. In the Age 12 girls group Chloe Segal had a silver medal placing 2nd in the 100 m and the 500 m. All three skaters qualify to skate for Team Ontario for the Canadian Age Class Long Track Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba on February 9th, 2013.

Here are some pictures from the Belleville meet.

Enjoy…

Ten skaters from the club participated in the Eastern Regional Meet #3 this past weekend in Belleville.

New personal bests were set by:

• Tristan
• Spencer
• Conner
• Emma Grace
• Nolan
• Jordan
• Andy
• Annella
• Julia

Congratulations!

Here is the meet protocol as a pdf file.  The Personal Bests page has been updated.

Please send me pictures if you have some…

Eighteen St Lawrence Rapids speed skaters participated in the ladder meet hosted by the Kingston club last weekend with many new personal best being set.

Here is the meet protocol as a pdf file.  The Personal Bests page has been updated

22  St Lawrence Rapids Rapids speed skaters participated in 2 competitions on the weekend of November 3rd.
A provincial meet was held in Cambridge and St Lawrence had 2 skaters participate. Nicholas Everett was 5th in the Group 2- D1 Mixed Gender Age 13 group. Everett had personal best times in the 400 ,500 and 1500 meter races.  Chloe Segal  was 5th overall in her group 2-D4 of 11-13 year old mixed gender skaters.  Here is a link to the protocol (pdf).

Special congratulations to Nick who joined the 50 Second Club with a 500 meter time of 49.940 seconds!

At the Regional Meet in Gloucester Nov 3rd 20 skaters participated . St Lawrence brought home 3 medals and many personal best times. Corrinne Schonewille had a silver medal in the Delta Division, Aidan VanBeek a Gold medal in the Foxtrot Division, and Landyn Urslak had Bronze in the Hotel Division.

Other skaters finished as follows:  in the Alpha division Todd Schonewille was 6th and Bryony Schonewille was 7th. In the Bravo Division Spencer Delaney was 4th, Abigael Schonewille 6th, Terry Knapp 7th, Trudy Ouimette 10th, Pam Knapp 13th, and Kim Schonewille 14th.  In the Charlie Division,  Connor Taugher was 6th and Andrew Chartrand 11th.  Chartrand had a very exciting 1500m race where he held  the back of the pack for most of the race and passed 5 skaters strategically to win the race!

In the Delta Division Kyle VanBeek was 12th, Echo Division Kayle Urslak  7th, and Foxtrot Division Malcolm Spence was 11th. In the Golf Division Lucas Peddell was 15th, India Division Cameron MacKay 4th and Juliet Division Anderson Giroux 4th and Ethan MacKay 12th.  Here is the protocol for the Gloucester meet (pdf).

Special Congratulations to Corinne who joined the 60 Second Club with a 500 meter time of 59.580 seconds!

St Lawrence skaters will head to Kingston this weekend for another Regional Meet.

The Wall of Fame and the personal bests spreadsheet has been updated on the Personal Bests page.

St Lawrence Rapids speed skaters had a very successful 1st meet of the season. 13 skaters participated in the meet and St Lawrence came home with 3 medals.

Nolan Roney received a a silver medal in the juliet division, Cameron Mackay received Bronze in the Kilo Division and Paige Besner a bronze in the Lima Division.

Other results were as follows: Bravo Division Tristan Brunet was 6th, Charlie Division Nathan Heuval was 7th, Delta Division Connor Taugher was 13th, Golf Division Lukas Heuval was 9th and Emma Grace Wheeler 11th; Hotel Division Aidan VanBeek was 5th and Malcolm Spence was 11th, Lima Division saw Anella Roney 8th, Julia Wheeler 9th and Ethan Mackay 11th. Many Personal Bests were achieved over the weekend. St Lawrence skaters are gearing up for the first provincial meet November 3/4 in Cambridge and also another regional meet November 3 in Gloucester.

Here is the meet protocol as a pdf file.  Pictures from the meet and from the awards ceremony were previously posted.

New personal bests were achieved by every skater – congratulations! The Personal Bests page has been updated.