River City Racers Sara Spence (14 yrs)skated to three provincial records and four personal best times on the weekend at the Alberta Long Track Speed Skating competition in Calgary. Sara was competing in the Juvenile female category and placed second overall with new provincial records in three of the distances she skated: 43.95 in the 500m (old record 44.22); 1:29.64 in the 1000m (old record 1:30.12) and 2:19.51 in the 1500m (old record 2:19.86).
Sara's brother Eric (11 yrs) placed first in each of his four distances capturing the overall gold medal in the midget boys division. Eric set four new personal best times and set a new provincial record in the 1000m with a new time of 1:39.23 (old record 1:44.20).
The next competition for the River City Racers is the Provincial Long Track Championships in Fort St. John this coming weekend. This will be the first championships held in their new indoor long track oval that was completed earlier this season.
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