KERNS, Utah — Butte’s Will Silk won the US Junior Speed Skating Championships Saturday at the Olympic Oval.
Silk is a senior at Butte High School. He skated personal best times in all four races and narrowly edged Dylan Woodbury of Salt Lake City.
Silk won the 1,500-meter and 5,000-meter races with times of 1 minute, 50.32 seconds and 6:43.65. He finished fourth in the 500 meters in 38.11 and fifth in the 1,000 meters in 1:13.46.
He edged Woodbury, who won the 500 and 1,000 by 0.016 Samalog points, which are calculated by dividing the skaters time in each race by the number of 500 meters in the event.
By placing in the top three, Silk earned a spot on the US team for the Junior World Speed Skating Championships in Hachinohe, Japan Feb. 9-11. He skated in two Junior World Cup races in Italy in November and December.
Click the link below for complete results. A summary of the Junior Men’s results on page 47 at the end of the document.
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