Canada Cup #4

March 18, 2011

Calgary – Tori Spence (18yrs) of the Kamloops River City Racers Speed Skating Club set two new provincial records at her final competition of the season – Canada Cup #4 being held in Calgary this week and weekend. This is an international competition with up to a field of 70 skaters (junior and senior combined) in each distance. (Tori is still a junior skater)

Tori set personal best times in all three of the three distances she has raced so far and two were fast enough to also set new provincial records. New provincial records came in the 3000m with a time of 4:16.19 – the old record was 4:19.35 set by Tori earlier this season. In the 5000m Tori smashed her old time of 7:42.09 setting a new provincial record of 7:16.44 which also was less than a second off the Canadian junior record of 7:15.56. Tori was the second place finisher out of the Canadian skaters who raced this distance.

Tori also set a new personal best time of 41.76 in the 500m distance – her previous time being 41.98. Tori is scheduled to race the 1000m on Saturday and the 1500m on Sunday.