The following reports were gratefully received from Mike Hagen of the Burnaby Haida Speed Skating Club. Mike advises there about 14 masters skaters in this club, which he believes makes it one of the largest masters groups in the province.
At the British Columbia short track championships held in Fort St. John during March 11 to 12, the competiton included 9 masters skaters who appear to have broken several provincial records during the meet. Rick Lee, of Fort St. John, set a new 500m Masters 2 Men's record (40-49) of 51.20 sec. Gary Link, of Vernon, also appears to have set several Masters 4 Men's records (60-69) in the 500m (54.37 sec), 777m (1:25.07) and 1000m (1:52.40). Gary's records are curious, however, as he holds faster Canadian masters records in these same distances - 500m (52.81), 777m (1:23.93) and 1000m (1:48.28) all set in Medicine Hat in 2005.
Complete meet results can be seen at http://home.cogeco.ca/~mss/BCST%202006%20Masters.xls
Mike also reports that, at the BC long track championships in January, Ross Knudson of the Mackenzie Speed Skating Club set a new national Masters 3 Men's record (50-59) with a time of 1:34.88 in the 1000m outdoor mass start. Ross, who also apparently set a new provincial record in the 500m, got a good pull from other Masters 2 skaters in the 1000m pack including Rick Lee (1:32.56), Trevor Nelson (1:32.86) and Lyle Dickenson of Prince George (1:33.39).
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