Plenty of personal bests as Canada Cup begins in Calgary
Date posted: 01/09/2009
Canadian athletes compete in the Canada Cup series to win points to qualify for National and Development team positions. On the first day of competition of the Canada Cup #1, over 75 skaters improved their personal best times. Among the skaters trying to make a name for themselves were several familiar faces.
In the junior men’s 3000m, first place was awarded to Richard Maclennan of Ontario who raced the distance in 3:53.82. William Dutton from Saskatchewan, a member of the Humboldt Speed skating club, finished second while British Colombia’s Scott Bickerton took third place with times of 3:56.72 and 3:57.87 respectively.
McLennan was the 2007 Canada Winter Games 500 gold medalist and Dutton won bronze in the 100. Dutton finished the meet second in overall among juniors behind McLennan.
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