TISC Skaters Dominate RSO Series

October 13, 2008

TISC’s skaters claimed the majority of the top placements in this year’s Roller Sports Ontario Outdoor Series.

The RSO Outdoor Series finale took place this past Sunday. Despite a very low turn-out, a number of final placements were decided, including the men’s and women’s top placement.

TISC’s Jesse Pauley claimed the top position in the men’s category by a mere 2 points over club-mate Peter Doucet. Paisley Perrie won the women’s category by a 1 point margin over Morgane Echardour.

You can view photos of the racing action here.

Use the following links for results [1500m time trial] [500m] [10km] [Stage #2 (4th race) ranking] [Final series ranking- overall] [Final series ranking- age rank]


Travis Shaw leads Jesse Pauley, Morgan Williams, and Peter Doucet during the 10km race- photo by Morgane Echardour/ SpeedSkateWorld.com

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Morgan Williams- Top 20 At Athens To Atlanta

October 5, 2008

Morgan Williams managed to place top-20 today in Athens to Atlanta. Williams finished in just under 5-hours 10-minutes in his first ever A2A.

A2A is a legendary event in which skaters race out almost 140km’s of Georgia’s rolling hills from downtown Athens all the way to Piedmont Park in Atlanta.

Greenfield Park’s (Montreal) Martine Charbonneau won her 2nd women’s title in as many years. She edged out Minesotta’s Rebecca O’Hearn by 1-second with a time of 4-hours 53-minutes 28-seconds.

Toronto’s Herb Gayle finished 2nd overall in the 52-mile event event, 2-seconds shy of first place finisher Robert Clare from Nashville.

TISC’s Aaron Arndt was unable to defend his victory from last year’s event. He is currently recovering from a broken leg suffered in a 50-skater crash in the World Inline Cup in Europe this past June.

You can find results here and here.

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New York 100k & NYC Skate Marathon- Candy Wong & Morgane Echardour Win 42k

October 1, 2008

TISC’s Candy Wong won the advanced 42km at the New York 100k & NYC Skate Marathon this past weekend. Wong, who skated the race in wet & rainy conditions in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, skated a good race to take the win.


Candy Wong (in TISC’s blue and orange) during the 42km race- photo from VRL/ Nathalie Larouche

Morgane Echardour raced in the pro women’s 42km. She won the race finshing under 1 hour 30-minutes after skating with the pro women’s 100k racers. The women’s 100k was won by Quebec’s Martine Charbonneau.


Morgane Echardour (in white) leads the pro women’s 100km and 42km racers- photo from VRL/ Nathalie Larouche

The duo of Peter Doucet and Morgan Williams took to the pro men’s 100km race. Doucet skated a strong race setting himself as one of the strongest skaters in the competitive field. He finished 7th overall.


Peter Doucet (white) in front of a small group of skaters early on in the pro men’s 100km race- photo from VRL/ Nathalie Larouche

Morgan Williams surprised himself by staying in the lead group for 11 of the 19 laps. He managed to earn a top-20 finish.


Morgan Williams (middle) drinks water during a calm portion of the 100km pro men’s race- photo from VRL/ Nathalie Larouche

The men’s 100km race was won in a two man breakaway by France’s Philippe Boulard, with his teammate, World Championships silver medalist Julien Levrard coming 2nd. A skater from Colombia was 3rd.

Results will be posted here. You can view photos thanks to VRL and more pictures thanks to the PrintRoom.

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