12th Master’s Long Distance Races – Heereveen, Mar.15th 2016

The 2016 US Masters Nationals & World Open Championships was again hosted at the Pettit National Ice Center (PNIC) Olympic Oval in Milwaukee, WI. 40 combined Master age skaters from the USA, Canada, Romania, and the anxiously anticipated Mongolian Speed Skating Team were in attendance for some fast and ferocious skating. Master’s divisions are set into 5-year age groups. This year a “World Open” division was added to support our international and historically “out of competition” skaters when it was a USA only event. This competition uses the  single distance format featuring 500M x 2 samalog, 1000M, 1500M, 3000M, and 5000M. This event was appreciatively sponsored by The Skatenow Shop (www.theskatenowshop.com), Suzy Osum real estate, and massage therapist Jayne Ader, who helped quite a few skaters set up their champion performances.