James rodowsky

James Rodowsky, born in January 1993, in Annapolis, MD is a rising national short track speedskating champion. He first became interested in the sport after watching a disney channel commercial featuring speedskating at age 8. He asked his mother if he could try the sport, after researching on the internet she located a local speedskating club in Laurel, MD. James started delivering newspapers at age 8 in order to pay for his skates and practices.

He is currently a 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Hopeful.On February 27, 2008 James was on of only 25 men in the US to receive one of the William E. Simon Olympic Endowment awards.

On October 17, 2007 James achieved qualifying time of 1:33.1 at Robert Morris University Island Sport Center in Pittsburgh, PA which advanced him into the Americas Cup A Division of men’s short track speedskating. This allowed James to compete in November 2007 in Saratoga Springs, NY beside Olympic and World Team skaters.

2006 Dow American Cup II RESULTS

Group 2 Men 1500M SA Final2. James Rodowsky

Group 2 Men1000M FinalOverall Placement2. James Rodowsky

Group 2 Men1000M Semi Finals (pick 2)Heat 11. James Rodowsky

Group 2 Mens1000M Heats (pick 2 plus 2) Heat 2 2. James Rodowsky

References

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080227&content_id=44838&vkey=ice_pressrelease

http://www.robert-morris.edu/OnTheMove/wpnews.full_story?inws_seqno=14975&it=&icalledby=umbraco&iattr=

http://www.midlandspeedskatingclub.com/MSSCevents/2006DowAmericanCupIIGroup2Results.html