WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) — Heather Richardson won the 500 and 3,000-meter races Friday on the first day of the U.S. Single Distance Long Track Speedskating Championships.
Richardson, of High Point, N.C., had a winning time of 37.96 seconds in the 500 and 4:09.39 in the longer race at the Pettit National Ice Center.
In the men’s competition, Mitchell Whitmore, Waukesha, Wis., won the 500 in 35.12 and Brian Hansen, Glenview, Ill., the 5,000 in 6;27.80. Both competed at the 2010 Olympics.
The three days of competition are also being used to qualify skaters for the U.S. World Cup team.
