1/15/19 –
Registration links for the remaining ASE camps this season are up!
12/12/18 –
ASE Holiday Camp 12/27 to 12/30; Info and registration link –
We have a great line up of coaches led by 2018 USS Development Coach of the Year Hongyang Wang that includes 2x Olympian in Long Track Emery Lehman, 2x Olympic Medalist Katherine Reutter-Adamek, 500m Olympic Gold Medalist Casey Fitzrandolph, 4x Olympian in Long Track Mary Docter, along with other ASE athletes and 2016 USOC Volunteer Coach of the Year Carl Cepuran. Also a special session on mental, physical and technical racing insights by former speedskater and current pro race car driver Thomas Bernacki.
We hope you can join us for this camp. Please share this invite with your fellow speedskaters.
ASE 2018 Holiday Camp
2018 US Speedskating Development Coach of the Year and ASE and Jr World Team Coach Hongyang Wang (Short Track) is leading this camp along with 2-time Olympian Emery Lehman (Long Track).
We welcome special guest coaches Olympic Silver and Bronze Short Track medalist Katherine Reutter Adamek who will provide Short Track and Mindset coaching; Olympic 500m Gold Medalist Casey FitzRandolph who will teach start and sprint technique in Long Track; and, Mary Docter, 4-time Olympian in Long Track. Former speedskater and current pro race car driver Thomas Bernacki will share his insights into racing and the mental and physical tools needed to help you compete/race in NASCAR on ice! Athletes will be supported by ASE Team members and 2016 USOC Volunteer Coach of the Year and ASE Program Director Carl Cepuran to provide a low skater to coach ratio.
This camp now in its 15th year providing focused, high level training and development opportunities to skaters at the Pettit with the ASE offering its resources to supplement their speedskating technical knowledge and training.
The camp will use both long track and short track skating for cross-training and exposure to both disciplines. Long track skates are not required. If you wish to not do long track and are at a high level in short track, we have a short track only option available for a limited number of skaters.
We will once again offer lodging at the Wisconsin International Academy (WIA) for the camp at the cost of $65 per room per night + tax, for either one queen size bed or two double beds per room.
Here’s the schedule –
Day 1 – Thursday, December 27th –
8:00am – 8:30am Check-in
8:30am – 9:00am Introduction
9:00am – 10:15am Casey Fitz on sprinting and starts
10:30am to 12:00pm Long Track Ice
1:00pm – Off ice warm up
1:30pm to 3:30pm Short Track Ice
4:00 to 4:30pm Off-ice session
Day 2 – Friday, December 28th –
8:30am – 9:30am Off-ice dryland session
9:45am to 11:30am Long Track Ice
12:45 – Off ice warm up
1:30pm to 3:30pm Short Track Ice
4:00 to 5:00pm Mindset mental training w/Katherine Reutter Adamek
5:00pm – Asian Fusion and Pasta Dinner
Day 3 – Saturday, December 29th –
8:30am – 9:30am Off-ice dryland session
9:45am to 11:30am Long Track Ice
12:45 – Off ice warm up
1:30pm to 3:30pm Short Track Ice
4:00 to 4:30pm Off-ice session
Day 4 – Sunday, December 30th –
8:30am – 9:30am Off-ice dryland session
9:45am to 11:30am Long Track Ice
12:45 – Off ice warm up
1:30pm to 3:30pm Short Track Ice
4:00 to 4:30pm Off-ice wrap-up session
The clinic is open to skaters with the maturity to be able to understand and work in a focused way with technique.
Parents are welcome to observe the ice and off-ice sessions and to attend the off-ice equipment and planning sessions. Club coaches are welcome to attend and participate on ice and off ice at no charge.
Cost –
All 4 days – $280.00
Individual days – $90.00
We will cap registrations at 30 per day with those signing up for all 4 days given priority under the cap.
It is recommended you register online. You may pay online via credit card, or, in person via check, cash, or program swipe card. A waiver must be signed when you arrive.
If you have any questions, please contact Carl Cepuran, ASE Program Director, at cepuran@aol.com or 630-640-4485(mbl).
Websites with more information –
Online registration – https://speedskating.wufoo.com/forms/ase-2018-holiday-camp/
Academy of Speedskating Excellence home – www.asespeedskating.org
ASE Facebook page – www.facebook.com/asespeedskating/
The Pettit National Ice Center – www.thepettit.com
Wisconsin International Academy (WIA) for housing – www.english.wiaedu.org
12/4/18 –
ASE Short Track Coach Hong Yang Wang named 2018 US Speedskating Development Coach of the Year!
Please join me and the ASE program in expressing congratulations to our very own Coach Hong Yang Wang, our Head Short Track Coach, who was just announced yesterday as the 2018 US Speedskating Development Coach of the Year!
Dear Coach Hong Yang,
We are very proud of you and grateful to have you as part of the Academy for Speedskating Excellence program at the Pettit National Ice Center!
It is especially gratifying to see you win this award when we know how many good coaches are out there, doing great work, that could be considered for this award!
You arrived in June of 2016 and have done so much in a short time, making a positive impact, not just on the skaters’ technique but on the culture of the program and the individual lives of the skaters in a personal way that transcends sport, sharing your concern for your athletes as people first, and being willing to teach life lessons and develop relationships that will endure after the time we share in sport has passed.
You stepped up and earned the trust of an Olympian and former coach making a challenging comeback, guiding them to a World Cup team and almost another Olympic team.
You stepped in and earned the trust of a new team and then grew that team, mixing the veterans with the new into a cohesive group.
You used your experience as a member of many teams in China – the Junior World Team, the Senior National Team, the World Cup Team, and the University Games Team – to improve the technique, the strategy, the tactics, and the mental and emotional strength of your skaters in the United States.
You were able to achieve putting two skaters on the US Junior World Short Track Team – a first for the ASE Short Track program!
You were able to help the skaters who were struggling to recover from setbacks and disappointments to work through them.
You were able to achieve noticeable technical gains in your team and the skaters who regularly came to your camps or drop-in sessions.
You were able to help your entire group rise up and exceed their past performances by the end of the season at Am Cup Final/Nationals.
You work equally hard across a variety of ages and abilities – from your full-time training group, as well as the part-time training and club athletes who commute as often as they can from around the Midwest region and the country from coast to coast to learn from you at camps and drop-in sessions.
You take an interest in the growth of the sport and use your personal relationships to recruit brand new members to try speedskating and grow the sport, even working at public sessions to make it possible for novices at the very early grassroots level to learn and be inspired.
You have developed good working relationships with community partners inside and outside the speedskating world, from coaches and parents to officials and administrators, to make speedskating a better sport.
You have high standards and hold everyone to them, starting with yourself. You have high expectations and do everything you can to help us reach them. You’re a team player and willing to roll up your sleeves and jump in and do any job required.
We extend our gratitude and thanks especially to your wife, Kelly Liu, because we know no coach can ever do their job as well without support and encouragement from their spouse, and, because Kelly brings so much of herself to share with all of us through you and standing alongside you that makes you even better.
We also recognize and thank your colleague on the long track side, Coach Eric, who was instrumental in bringing you on board, and, stands by you as you both develop the vision for the program and work to secure the resources and athletes to make it succeed for the athletes and the sport in the USA.
It is exciting and speaks well of the program that the last two US Speedskating Development Coaches of the Year both are in the Academy for Speedskating Excellence program with Eric, the 2017 winner, being the Head Long Track Coach, and, you, the 2018 winner, being the Head Short Track Coach. To have two such honored coaches working together in cooperation bodes well for the athletes, the program, the Pettit, and the sport!
Once again, it is exciting and gratifying to see you all get some measure of recognition, as you do so much and endure so much that goes unseen. I speak for many when I say that I am pleased to be able to work with you and am very glad to see you receive this kind of recognition for your work.
Sincerely,
Carl Cepuran
ASE Program Director
The Pettit National Ice Center
630-640-4485mbl
12/3/18 –
Results from the Can-Am Long Track Competition in Calgary, AB, Canada, November 30th to December 2nd –
Six of the Academy for Speedskating Excellence (ASE) Long Track program skaters traveled to Calgary for the Can-Am competition over the past weekend of November 30th through December 2nd. The Can-Am is one of the largest and most competitive meets in North America and this year was no exception with 227 athletes (142 men, 85 women) representing six countries (Canada, United States, China, India, Australia and France) taking part. The six ASE skaters who competed scored 20 season bests and 10 personal bests enroute to a number of podium finishes.
Austin Kleba led the way to the podium. Kleba, a Junior A2, took a 1st and 2nd in the 500 meters which gave him first overall among both seniors and juniors in the 500 distance. He raced to a season best time of 35.66, just .26 seconds off his own US Junior Men’s National Record he set last year at the World Cup held in Salt Lake City. Kleba also scored a 1st place and a 4th place in the 1000m, good for 2nd combined overall among all seniors and juniors, with his best time a season best 1:11.04. The overall combined 500m and 1000m results positioned Kleba on top of all sprinters in 1st place for the weekend’s sprint events.
Sara Rehklau, a 4th year Neo-senior, had a phenomenal weekend of personal bests across every distance and capped things off by winning the Women’s Mass Start event! Rehklau’s tally includes – a 41.76 personal in the 500m (9th overall best finish and 2nd among all US skaters in each run); a 1:21.84 personal in the 1000m (11th overall best finish and 1st and 3rd among all US skaters in the two runs); a 2:06.12 personal in the 1500m (12th overall best finish and 2nd among US skaters); and, a 4:30.59 personal in the 3000m (12th overall best finish and 2nd among US skaters). Sara’s Mass Start 1st place came in a full field of over 20 skaters.
Ethan Cepuran, a Junior A2, and Silver medalist in the Mass Start at the 2018 World Junior Championships last March, continued to shine in that event this weekend crossing the line in third place, with second going to the Chinese, and first taken by Ian Quinn of the US, with all three skaters within 1/10th of a second of each other in an exciting race by the field of 18 which included Canadian Olympian Olivier Jean who placed 14th in the Mass Start in the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
Cepuran also finished in 2nd place after Kleba among all juniors in the 1000m with a personal best time of 1:11.46. He was 4th among all skaters, just missing the overall podium occupied by Kleba and Cooper Emin in a tie at 1:11.04 on top, and, Olivier Jean in 3rd at 1:11.29. In the 1500m, Cepuran was also 2nd of all juniors after Connor Howe of Canada, 6th overall of all skaters, and, the top US finisher, in a season best time of 1:47.88. Kleba’s time of 1:49.25 in the 1500m was good for 8th overall, 3rd among all juniors, and, 2nd among all US skaters with Steve Hartman 3rd on the US podium in 1:49.71.
In the 5000m Cepuran skated a 6:45.92, good for 9th of all skaters, and the 2nd best junior of all skaters (Yu Jiawei, CHN, 1st – 6:42.77, and, Sun Jiazhou, CHN, 3rd – 6:54.21), 2nd on the US podium (Ian Quinn, 1st – 6:34.65, and, Cooper McLeod, 3rd – 7:22.95) and top US junior.
Anna Quinn, a Junior A2, also ran the table with a personal best in each of the three distances she raced. Quinn’s 41.97 in both runs was good for a personal best and 12th and 16th overall among all skaters, 3rd among all US skaters and 2nd among US juniors. In two runs of the 1000m, Quinn placed 9th and 17th among all skaters while coming in 1st and 3rd among all US skaters, and, 2nd and 3rd among US juniors competing. In the 1500m her personal best time of 2:07.98 was 19th in the overall field, 3rd among all US skaters, and the top US junior time.
Sydney Terpening, a Junior A1, skated to season bests in every race she skated. Her best 500m was a 43.59 which placed 31st among all skaters in the field. She posted a 1:26.49 in the 1000m to finish 21st in the field. And her season best 1500m time of 2:15.64 placed 41st.
Muriel Kennedy, a 3rd year Neo-senior and full-time college student at Marquette University, had season bests in the 500m with a 44.87 and the 1500m with a time of 2:18.16 while skating the 1000m in 1:29.72 and the 3000m in 4:50.08.
At this point in the season we are proud of the effort being made and glad to see it turning into results on the ice as the Team competed in the Can-Ams. To give a perspective on how the skaters are doing compared to their peers see the stats below for rankings by time compared to other juniors in the world, all other skaters in the US, and, all other juniors in the US –
Ranking among all Juniors in the world:
Austin Kleba, 500m – 3rd; 1000m – 7th; 1500m – 7th
Ethan Cepuran, 500m – 76th; 1000m – 9th; 1500m – 3rd; 5000m – 2nd
Ranking among all Juniors in the USA:
Austin Kleba, 500m – 1st; 1000m – 1st; 1500m – 2nd; 3000m – 3rd
Ethan Cepuran, 500m – 3rd; 1000m – 2nd; 1500m – 1st; 3000m – 1st; 5000m – 1st
Anna Quinn, 500m – 2nd; 1000m – 2; 1500m – 1st; 3000m – 2nd
Sydney Terpening, 500m – 6th; 1000m – 6th; 1500m – 4th; 3000m – 11th
Ranking among all skaters in the USA including Seniors and Juniors:
Austin Kleba, 500m – 2nd; 1000m – 4th; 1500m – 4th; 3000m – 5th
Ethan Cepuran, 500m – 12th; 1000m – 5th; 1500m – 2nd; 3000m – 2nd; 5000m – 2nd
Anna Quinn, 500m – 13th; 1000m – 12th; 1500m – 12th; 3000m – 10th
Sydney Terpening, 500m – 19th; 1000m – 18th; 1500m – 19th; 3000m – 22nd
Sara Rehklau, 500m – 11th; 1000m – 8th; 1500m – 9th; 3000m – 6th
Muriel Kennedy – 500m – 26th; 1000m – 22nd; 1500m – 23rd; 3000m – 9th
