2004 Nationals!
Day 1  -  J.O. Divisions

HEATS

SKATER SHORT HEATS     LONG HEATS
Katy     3rd           3rd
Marlin 3rd 2nd-he took it easy coasting behind 1st
Mary 2nd 1st 
Cameron  1st 1st -he was way out in 1st by a corner
Maria 5th    5th-she had great starts and skated thru her corners....the other girls were huge!
Justin 2nd  2nd-head was the lead skater almost all of this race.....Justin was taken out by a skater before races even began.  He was on the sidelines watching and someone plowed him over.
Liz 5th 4th-she almost got 3rd at the line "photo finish".  She skated very strong!
Todd 3rd 2nd -Todd, John, & Reggie were in different heats
John 2nd  1st
Reggie  *3rd 3rd *In his short race Reggie fell and took the mat from the wall with him. The gentlemen that he is, he got up, and started to fix the wall in the middle of the race.  The refs blew the whistle and RE-RAN the race.  Reggie managed to get third even though he had to skate it twice.

Remember: Only the top three skaters make it out of the HEATS and qualify for the SEMIS and only the top 3 will make it from the SEMIS to the FINALS.  Also remember that NO POINTS are awarded for heats or semis.
SEMI FINAL HEATS
SKATER SHORT SEMIS LONG SEMIS
Katy *fell 4th-what a great start, she skated strong *she fell & got up & finished
Marlin 5th-he ran his start & stayed up w/the pack 6th
Mary 4th great start & beautiful pass 4th-almost 3rd, it was a race to the line
Cameron 3rd-skated awesome 2nd-skated good
Justin 5th-tripped on start, was flying to catch up, skated good 2nd-absolutely beautiful-he skated like he has been here before.  He sat in 3rd place and when Coach Lee yelled for him to move up into 2nd he did it beautifully.
Todd 2nd 3rd
John 4th-*fell and got up 2nd
Reggie *fell 4th
*Unlike the heats John, Reggie, & Todd were all in the same semi race. A guy from another team went to pass John and grabbed Reggie and took Reggie and John and himself down. John was able to get back up and finished 4th. This same guy passed right at the last cone in the long race.

 Who's in the FINALS?
Cameron and Todd are for both short and long races. Justin and John are in their long race final.

SKATER SHORT FINAL LONG FINAL
Cameron 4th (5 pts) 5th
Justin x 6th
Todd 5th 5th
John x 2nd (20 pts)

John Hurst took 3rd overall for JO Master Men!!!

The points fell this way....

They guy that got first in the short race did NOT make it to the long, so he had 30 points.  The guy that got second in short race got first in the long race, so he had 50 points.  The guy that got third in the short race got also got third in the long race, so he had 20 points.  John got second in the long race, so he had 20 points.  Remember, when there is a tie, whoever placed higher in the long race wins.  So, because John got 2nd in the long he beat out the other guy who had 20 points because that guy only got third in the long.  The guy that got 4th overall was so mad that he didn't get third (he obviously did NOT understand the point system and how a tie is broken)...that he would not even get on the podium.

GO JOHN! Reggie's first comment to John was, "BYE JOHN!" Reggie is so excited that John is NOT JO anymore! Now Reggie doesn't have to race John at Regionals next year!

Day 2  -  J.O. Relays

Day 3 - 4-Person Relays

Standard Finals