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Colorado Springs Will Host The 24th USA Roller Sports Outdoor Banked Track
And Road Speed Skating National Championships, May 26-31
USA Roller Sports will stage its 24th Annual Outdoor Banked Track and Road
Speed Skating National Championships May 26 through May 31 in Colorado Springs.
This championship will showcase some of the most vibrant and dynamic inline
speed skaters in the country, with athletes participating in the freshman,
junior, world class and masters divisions. Spectator admission is free.
The first part of the competition will be the banked track events, which will
kick off on Friday, May 26 and will finish up on Sunday, May 28 at the 7-Eleven
Velodrome, just five blocks south of the Olympic Training Center in Memorial
Park. The opening ceremonies will commence on May 26, and the track competition
will immediately follow. The rain date for the track competition will be Monday,
May 29.
The road competition will take place at the World Arena, which is located at
3185 Venetucci Blvd in Colorado Springs. The road championships will start on
Tuesday, May 30 and will finish up the next day on Wednesday, May 31. The rain
date will be Thursday, June 1.
The USA Roller Sports Outdoor Banked Track and Road Championships will feature
some of the nations finest in inline speed skating. The best athletes from all
corners of the United States will vie for a spot on the US Inline Speed Skating
World Team, which will compete at the 2006 Federation Internationale de Roller
Sports (FIRS) World Speed Skating Championships in Anyang City, South Korea from
September 2 though September 9. The junior and senior world teams will have 16
representatives in each class, for a total of 32 American athletes that will
represent Team USA at the world championships in Anyang City, South Korea.
For more information on the 2006 Outdoor Banked Track and Road Championships,
log on to www.usarollersports.org or contact the USARS Executive Director,
Richard Hawkins, at 402.483.7551 or via email at rhawkins@usarollersports.org
USA Roller Sports is recognized by the Federation Internationale de Roller
Sports (FIRS) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) as the National
Governing Body for Competitive Roller Sports in the United States. For more
information log on to www.usarollersports.org or contact the Director of
Marketing and Sales, Brock Kuester, at 402.483.7551 or via email at bkuester@usarollersports.org
“USARS is dedicated to creating, enhancing and conducting the best competitions
and programs for roller sports. We instill the drive to win and to be the
absolute best… in sports and in life.”
Mike Moran, Director of Communications
The Colorado Springs Sports Corporation
1631 Mesa Ave., Suite E
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(719) 634-7333, ext.1011
mike@thesportscorp.org
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May 15-July 15: "Lighten Up Colorado" Program, Statewide
May 25: Annual Breakfast of Champions, The Wyndham Hotel, 7:30 a.m.
June 21: 2006 Sports Corp Football Kickoff Luncheon, Garden Pavilion, Penrose
House, 12:00 Noon, Sponsored by the Denver Broncos
July 1: 84th Pikes Peak Int'l Hill Climb
August 1-5: USA Archery National Target Championships, Memorial Park,
Colo.Springs
August 4-5-6: 2006 Rocky Mountain State Games
Oct. 25: 7th Annual Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction
Ceremonies, World Arena
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