Craig Webster
This accomplished speed skater broke provincial records in junior and senior Olympic Style. At the national level, Craig Webster held records for the 1500-metres in the junior long track and the 600 and 800-metres in short track. He also broke records in the Canadian Olympic Style. After placing fourth in the 1978 World Junior Championships, [...]
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Brenda Webster
Brenda Webster competed in four junior world championships in one year, 1977, in both long and short track speed skating. She held almost every Saskatchewan record and Canadian record in Olympic style juniors and seniors. Internationally, she won the North American Junior Class Championships in long and short track speed skating and the World Short [...]
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Eleanor (Powley) Van Impe
In 1931, Eleanor Van Impe skated her way to the front ranks in the Canadian and North American Championships. Her winning accomplishments stretched over an eleven-year period; her specialties varied from the 220-yard race to 3/4 -mile, indoor and outdoor races. Following her competition days, she coached many Saskatchewan speed Skaters. Eleanor also excelled in [...]
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Cathy Turnbull-Spence
Cathy Turnbull began her speed skating career in 1969 with the Regina Speed Skating Club. In 1978, 1979, and 1980 Cathy won the Canadian Senior Women’s Short Track title, breaking records in all distances each year. She won the Canadian Senior Long Track Championship in 1980. Cathy was the North American senior women’s champion in [...]
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Shelley Rhead Skarvan
Moose Jaw’s Shelley Rhead burst onto the Saskatchewan speed skating scene in 1973, winning her first of many provincial titles in 1974, and accumulating three bronze medals in the Canadian Short-Track Championships in 1975. Between 1977 and 1991, she won nine gold medals in Canadian Long Track Championships, as well as gold and bronze medals [...]
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John Sands
John Sands competed in the Olympic Games in 1956 and 1960. Prior to the 1956 Games, he captured a bronze in the pre-Olympic meet, and set a new Canadian record in the 500-metre that stood for twelve years. Sands went on to take a second in the 220-metre at the 1961 North American championships and [...]
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