By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)

Local Speed Skaters keep busy in Long Track and Short Track events

Jan 23, 2019 | 2:20 PM

LETHBRIDGE – This past weekend, indoor and outdoor competitions saw skaters from Lethbridge travel to Calgary and Red Deer to compete.

Three skaters attended the inaugural Jeremey Wotherspoon Open on Jan. 19-20.

The long track event took place at the new Setters Place at Great Chief Park, built for the 2019 Canada Winter Games, and Jonnathan McIntosh received a bronze medal in the T2T 12 male age class. 

The event was a qualifier for Alberta T2T (Training to Train) skaters to attend the Canadian Age Class Long Track Championships which are being held in Winnipeg, MB, on Feb. 9 and 10. The team will be announced by the end of January.

Overall results for combined divisions were:

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T2T 11/12 Female:
Mikka Eaves – 8th

T2T 12/13 Male:
Jonnathan McIntosh – 9th
Braeden Kremenik – 12th

Aaron Cooney was busy on the short track in Calgary competing at the Calgary Oval Winterfest – the third competition of the season for Western Elite Short Track Circuit that also ran from Jan. 19 to 20.

Cooney finished 35th overall in the male division. 

Sixty-six skaters from clubs in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and China participated in the division.