Alum Wins Silver at Olympics

Posted February 27, 2010

Jonathan Kuck, Countryside alum, won silver in the men's speed skating team pursuit today in Vancouver. The US team of Brian Hansen, Chad Hedrick, and Jonathan Kuck won the silver medal in the men’s team pursuit in long track speed skating at the Richmond Olympic Oval. Trevor Marsicano, who skated in the quarterfinals, is also on the team. The US team finished the race in 3:41:58, edged by Canada by only 0.21 seconds. Canada took gold, the US silver and the Netherlands bronze.

In the team pursuit, three team members out of the four are selected to skate in a race. The three team members skate as a tight group against three skaters from another country on the opposite side of the speed skating oval. For eight laps the team stays as close as possible and alternates lead position. The finish is determined by when the third team member crosses the finish line. In the Olympics the teams skate in rounds - the quarter and semi finals determine which countries will battle for gold and silver. Jonathan raced in all three rounds. Congratulations, Jonathan!

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