Americans shine in Canada as Casey Dawson smashes U.S. speedskating record

U.S. Speedskating men's team in Calgary. Photo: Getty Images // courtesy of U.S. Speedskating

CALGARY, Canada — Olympic medalist Casey Dawson delivered a standout performance at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating stop in Calgary, Alberta, shattering a nearly two-decade-old U.S. record in the Men’s 10,000m. The Park City Speedskating Club alum and Park City High School graduate clocked a time of 12:45.43, slashing more than nine seconds off Chad Hedrick’s 2005 record and securing a seventh-place finish.

Dawson’s record-breaking race headlined a historic weekend for U.S. Speedskating. Jordan Stolz set two track records, while Austin Kleba, Cooper McLeod, and Zach Stoppelmoor teamed up to break the Men’s Team Sprint World Record, cementing an unforgettable showing for Team USA.

Stolz, the two-time reigning World Champion in the Men’s 500m, 1000m and 1500m, swept all three distances to remain unbeaten in World Cup competition this season. The Wisconsin native returns to a hometown World Cup next weekend in Milwaukee with 20 consecutive wins on the circuit.

Stolz set Track Records in the 1500m and 1000m, and he nearly broke his own Track Record in the 500m. But with Calgary’s elevation of more than 3,400 feet, the racing didn’t come easily.

“I had a very bad headache. It was throbbing,” Stolz said to U.S. Speedskating of Friday’s 1500m race. “It just felt like it was going to explode.”

Stolz was so sick that he vomited between the time he raced and when he went to the podium to collect his medal. Still, Stolz won in a Track-Record time of 1:41.22, defeating China’s Zhongyan Ning by more than a second.

“I had a really good opener in first lap, and then after that I started blowing up a little,” Stolz said. “When I felt that, I just attacked the last lap as hard as I could, and it was actually pretty good.”

Meanwhile, Greta Myers added to the big weekend by winning the Women’s Mass Start, claiming her first World Cup Gold medal.