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Park City High’s Casey Dawson named to Beijing Olympic speedskating team

Michele Roepke
Jan 10, 2022

Long track speedskater Casey Dawson (center), graduate of Park City High School, seen here at the Utah Olympic Oval among his many fans, will represent the United States in his first Olympics in Beijing Photo: Dawson Family

PARK CITY, Utah — Casey Dawson, 21, has been named by US Speedskating to join the Beijing 2022 Olympic Long Track Speedskating Team.

Dawson graduated from Park City High school, skates for the Park City Speedskating Club, skates at the Park City Ice Arena and represents Park City’s Youth Sports Alliance.

Casey Dawson took to Instagram to express his feelings about qualifying for the Olympics. “No words can describe the feelings and emotions going through my head right now. 11 years ago I started the sport of speed skating in park city at my small, local speed skating club. I always looked up to my mentors growing up as they were olympians, and I thought of them as superheros”

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By: Michele Roepke

Contact: mroepke@townlift.com

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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