The Zone 2 speed skating qualifiers were held in Kelowna this past weekend along with the Kelowna interclub competition.
Anneke (14) and Sara (13) were both vying for a spot on the Juvenile girls BC team to which the top two skaters in Zone 2 were selected. Anneke completed the qualifiers in first place spot with 3 first place finishes, one third and and three personal best times. Sara finished in second overall with 2 second place finishes, 1 third and 1 first place finish.
Josie (15 yrs) prequalified for the BC games team in the Junior women division as she qualified to skate at her first Junior National Short Track Competition held in Edmonton this same weekend. This was Josie’s first time to qualify for Junior Nationals – she skated to a personal best time in the 500m and finished in 24th place overall. Sister Tori Spence also qualified for Junior Nationals for the first time and finished in 20th place overall. Tori placed 1st in her super 1500m D final but had some tough luck in her other events with a fall in the preliminary rounds of the 1500m event and was disqualified in the 500m event. She finished in 2nd place in the F final of the 1000m.
Personal best times were shattered by other club skaters participating in the interclub portion of the Kelowna competition. In Division 9 Alexander Willis skated to one 1st and two 2nd place finishes with personal bests in all three distances. In Division 7, Tim Mburu skated to 6 personal best times with four 1st place finishes; Alex Forbes skated to 5 personal best times with one 1st place finish. In Division 6 Eric Spence skated to 4 personal best times with three 1st place finishes; Matej Pederson had one personal best time and one 1st place finish, and Calvin Forbes had 4 personal best times.
Anneke Pederson, Sara Spence and sister Josie Spence, all members of the River City Racers Speed Skating Club, will be representing Zone 2 at the BC Winter Games in Terrace BC this March 3 – 7th 2010.
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