Rockets in Winnipeg!

Held at the RINK Training Centre, the competition brought together the best skaters aged 11–13 from across Western Canada to an academy on March 27 and competed on March 28 and 29. We are incredibly proud of the courage, speed, and sportsmanship our skaters displayed throughout the event.

Please join us in celebrating their achievements:

• Anbo Wang: 🥇Gold in 400m, 800m, and 1500m distances in youth 11 male

• Skyler Jino Chu: 🥉Bronze in 1500m in youth 11 male, personal best in 800m

• Aidan Lapierre: 1st place finish in one of the 1000m races in youth 12 male

• Kailey Wong: Overall 6th place in youth 11 female

• Ellie Leung: Overall 7th place in youth 11 female, personal best in 400m and 1200m

• Jocelyne Chene: Overall 7th place in youth 12 female

Huge congrats to all skaters – your hard work during practices and your dedication to the sport truly paid off this weekend.  A round of applause to the parents who supported the event and also the unconditional support that the skaters needed. We can’t wait to see everyone back at the rink to keep this momentum going!

More photos can be found at Speed Skating Canada’s website here.  Also, we really appreciate Anita for her time and effort in taking gorgeous photos for our BC skaters at the event – you can view them here.