Eric Spence, 11 years and a member of the River City Racers Speed Skating Club was crowned the new Midget Boys Canadian Champion at the Canadian Age Class Long Track Speed Skating Championships in Winnipeg over the weekend. Eric swept all four distances he skated in receiving gold medals for each of his performances in 300m, 500m, 800m and 1000m events. Eric set a new provincial record in the 1500m with a time of 1:50. 25. The old record was 1:52.96. Eric set new personal best times in the 500m, 800m, and 1000m races.
Sister Sara, 14 years, competed in the Juvenile girls division and set 4 new personal best times. She placed first in the 1000m and 1500m B finals and 5th and 6th respectively in the 300m and 500m A finals. Sara finished 6th overall in her age category.
In other action over the weekend several racers were competing in the Vernon interclub short track competition. Calvin Forbes won the bantam boys 333m event, brother Alex set a personal best in the 333m event, Matej Pederson and Tim Mburu finished with the gold and silver medal respectively in the PeeWee boys division. In the girls divisions Anneke Pederson finished with the silver medal in Juvenile girls and Gillian Michell took the bronze medal in Bantam girls.
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