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| THIS YOUNG SKATER TAKES TO THE FLOOR ON HER QUADS FOR HER OFFICIAL WARM-UP |
Well it is a bit after midnight here in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We stayed for half of Quad Nationals and had a great time. Josh stayed to ref the remainder of Nationals and just called us at 12:13AM Sunday morning, letting us know that 2011 Nationals were officially over. As I type this, it has been thundering and lightening for the last hour and a half. On top of that, it just started raining HUGE rain drops that sound like hail but really aren't. Something us Californians are not used to! This morning the Novice Inline Speed Skaters finished up their 3 separate distance finals, as the Quad skaters prepared for a long day ahead of them. I was actually surprised at how many "Inliners" stuck around to watch Quads. One Quad skater stands out in my mind. Not for how fast he was, or for some spectacular fall or an even better "save" that he might have done, but for what he "shouldn't have been able to do". Look for an upcoming story on 17-yr old KYLE CRANE (pictured bottom left with Assistant Coach Steve) watching the races. Kyle's reason for skating is no different than any other speed skater. He skates because he loves going fast. However his arrival and his outcome is just a bit different than the other skaters.
Fort Wayne... we are truly going to miss you. Not the heat, not the humidity, NOT YOUR SCARY THUNDERSTORMS... but your people! We will be back in a heartbeat if you'll have us!
