
Casey Dawson, new world record holding Park City speed Skater surrounded by the Dutch Fan Club at Sunday's world cup in Utah. Photo: Dawson Family/YSA
KEARNS, Utah — Over this past weekend, Casey Dawson, a 2019 Park City High School grad, competed in the long-track speedskating World Cup held in the Salt Lake Valley at the
Utah Olympic Oval, the sister facility to the Utah Olympic Park.
Along with teammates Joey Mantia and Emery Lehman, he took gold in the men’s team pursuit and set a new world record along the way. Dawson also took bronze in the men’s 5,000 meters B group and silver in the 1500 B group.
Dawson has the 10th fastest time in the world this year in the 5,000 meters and 15th fastest time in the world this year in the 1500 meters. He also has the 8th fastest time in the 10,000 this year. The 10,000 is an Olympic event but wasn’t contested this past weekend. He also set the US record in the 3,000 meters earlier this year.
The Utah Olympic Oval, built for and utilized in the Salt Lake 2002 Olympics, is world-renown for its fast ice times due to the comparatively high elevation of the venue, which has a positive impact on the consistency of the ice.
The nonprofit YSA focuses on providing pipelines from afterschool programs to sports clubs and Olympic teams and the need-based funding they offer athletes. With Dawson’s inspiration leading the way, YSA is in the process of teaming up with the Park City Ice Arena to revitalize the Park City Skating Club.
Dawson has the final World Cup this weekend in Calgary, Canada, and will return home to Park City on Monday.
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I've lived in Park City for 30 years but right off the starting line, my journalism professors expressed plaudits after class for writing more so about the small-town sports in the surrounding mountains than the urban updates they assigned. Therefore, I’m on par punning and penning Parkites' pastimes. Turning high and early through my career, I’ve worked communications for The Olympics, the Paralympics and the Special Olympics. Additionally, there's been National Geographic, Patagonia, NCAA, USA Nordic and the United States Library of Congress, so I guess you could say this ain't my first rodeo.
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