US Short Track Age Group Nationals (March 2024)
Potomac Speedskating Club ended the 2023-2024 season by winning another U.S. Short Track National Club Champion, seven time in total and SIX times in a row (2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, and now 2024). Thanks to coaches Simon Cho and John-Henry Kruger, thanks to all 20 PSC skaters who competed, and thanks to ALL the PSC families for the fantastic season. Skate fast and turn left – we are proud of you all!
Tiffany Zhang, Women’s D
Makayla Chou, Women’s D 
Olimpia Kazanecka, Women’s C
Isabella Chen, Women’s C
Michelle Yi, Women’s B
Caroline Anderson, Women’s A
Renee Miller, Women’s A
Lucas Wu, Men’s D
Ethan Lin, Men’s D
Gabriel Rillotta, Men’s D
Benjamin Sullivan, Men’s C
Thank you Midland Speed Skating Club and the US Speedskating for hosting a great event! See the recap below.
Presidential Cup (February 2024)
We welcomed 120 skaters from 12 clubs to the Prince William Ice Center for Presidential Cup 2024 on February 17 -18! Congrats to all the skaters who earned personal bests, qualified for nationals, and took away valuable lessons on racing. A heartfelt thank you to our hard-working coaches and many volunteers. Click here for the race website for results and photos. See you next year!
See the recap video below by Raymond Lin.
We are in Olympic News! (January 2024)
See the amazing article about our club, highlighting our skaters at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea.
https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-communities-behind-potomac-production-line-of-olympic-athletes
2023 Buffalo ST Championships (October 2023)
We won the Buffalo Team Trophy again (for the 8th year in a row), and we’re very proud of the 32 Potomac skaters who raced at the Buffalo ST Championships this past weekend. Thank you to our coaches Simon and John-Henry! Thank you to all supporting PSC families! Last but not least, many thanks to the Buffalo Speedskating Club and all the meet volunteers!
Kyungeun (Cindy) Jang and Julius Kazanecki – 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games nominees for Team USA (Sept 2023)
Congrats to PSC skaters Cindy and Julius!! Read more here: https://www.usspeedskating.org/news/2023/september/26/uss-announces-2024-youth-olympic-games-nominees?fbclid=IwAR1F6Wxl-7RHFl0UPRF-UxqZgnyo-wTHmeRwyPjIqfd6LxcNrINsz-EAR6A
PSC Skaters are making their mark internationally! Peter Groseclose and Lucas Koo also secured spots at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, Gangwon 2024. Read more here:
https://ocasia.org/news/3720-philippines-secures-berth-at-2024-winter-yog.html
Michelle Yi – USS Development Skater of the Year (May 2023)
Congrats to PSC skater Michelle Yi for being named the 2023-2024 Short Track Development Skater of the Year by US Speedskating! Read more here:
Penta-peat!!!!! (March 2023)
Potomac Speedskating Club has won the U.S. Short Track National Club Champion at FIVE consecutive Age Group Nationals. It is nothing short of remarkable to maintain excellence over such a long period of time and we never take it for granted. Our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to Coach Simon Cho, who leads the way at every practice. Congratulations to ALL 21 Potomac skaters who competed. Skate fast and turn left – we are proud of you all!
Presidential Cup (February 2023)
We welcomed more than 100 skaters from around the country to the Prince William Ice Center for Presidential Cup 2023 on February 18 -19! Congrats to all the skaters who earned personal bests, qualified for nationals and took away valuable lessons on racing. A heartfelt thank you to our hard-working coaches and many volunteers. We hope everyone had fun; see you next year! Click here for the race website for results and photos.
See the recap video below by Red Tractor.
Tetra-peat!!!!! (April 2022)
Three-peat!!! (March 2019)
The Potomac Speedskating Club won the title of National Club Champion for the THIRD year in a row (and fourth time in club history) at the US Speedskating National Age Group Short Track Championship in Verona, Wi. March 22-24, 2019! Twenty skaters competed for Team Potomac.
Hailey Choi showed great maturity competing against the fastest skaters in the country, placing fifth in the America Cup to finish the circuit in second place overall in the 1500m and third place overall in the 1000m. We enjoyed catching up with Potomac alum Andrew Heo, who also raced well to place 6th in the U.S. at the AmCup race.
Ava Fradlin-Ryan kicked off the season with a broken leg but worked her way back to earn the title of national champion in the Junior B women’s division. In Junior C men, Seung-Min Kwon and Shawn Kim earned the top two spots on the podium. Sydney Wong skated away with the bronze medal among Junior D women. Jing-Kye “Mathew” Yen fought the good fight to earn third in the Junior D men’s group, with Sean Shuai, Peter Groseclose (in his nationals debut) and Lucas Koo battling it out to earn fifth, sixth and eighth place, respectively. In the Junior E women’s group, Kyungeun “Cindy” Jang won three of four distances to earn the gold medal while Audrey Lengkong won third place. Benjamin Sullivan edged out the competition in every distance to win the overall title for Junior E men.
In the master’s division, Laura Alexander took the top prize and Yu Shuai, skating in his first nationals, the bronze, in their respective divisions. Tim (who puts the Bake in Shake and Bake) Groseclose skated valiantly in the master’s division, Andrew Lengkong made personal best lap times skating in Junior C men, Ethan Lin executed some impressive passes in his first appearance at nationals, in the Junior E division, Samir Ouchikh finished in the top 10 in Junior E, the largest age group, and Noah Troppe had breakout performances and times in Junior B men.
A standing ovation to Potomac head coach Simon Cho, who is already thinking about next season, kudos to Coach James Koo for the endless hours he has put in to train Potomac’s newest skaters and thank you to all the parents who put so much time and effort into supporting the skaters and making the club a family.
Other 2018-19 Season Highlights
- Potomac skater Roen Riehl represented Team USA at the 2019 University Games in Krasnoyarsk, Russia on March 2-12, 2019! Roen raced in the 500m, 1,000m and 1,500m events.
- Big congrats to Potomac skater and Special Olympics Athlete Jay Choi, who won gold in the 333m, 500m and 777m at the Speedskating Championship in Chesapeake, Virginia Feb. 16-17. This event was one of the qualifiers for the 2021 Winter Games for Special Olympics Games to be held in Sweden.
- Thank you to all of the 100+ skaters and families who competed at the inaugural Presidential Cup Feb. 16-17, 2019 at Prince William Ice Center in Woodbridge, Va. hosted by the Potomac and St. James-Dominion Speedskating Clubs.
- Potomac skaters James Gil de Lamadrid and Ava Fradlin-Ryan won gold and bronze, respectively, in their divisions at Long Track Age Group Nationals Feb. 9-10, 2019 in Milwaukee – congrats!
- Potomac’s Thomas Hong placed second at U.S. National Short Track National Championships in Kearns, UT January 5-6, 2019 while first-time competitor Hailey Choi placed fourth!! Potomac alumni (and brothers) Aaron and Andrew Heo placed fifth and sixth. Hong and the Heos will compete at World Cups 5 and 6 in Torino, Italy and Dresden, Germany (Choi qualified but is ineligible to compete because she is too young); Hong also earned a chance to compete at the World Championships, which will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria March 8-10, 2019. Congrats to all of our skaters!!!
- Potomac skaters Hailey Choi, Andy Kim and Brandon Kim represented Team USA at the Junior World Short Track Championships in Montreal Jan. 25-27, 2019!
- Brandon Kim won first place at the U.S. Junior Short Track Championships for an impressive third year in a row, placing first in all three distances (500m, 1000m and 1500m). Hailey Choi placed third in her first time at junior nationals and Andy Kim placed fourth. Altogether, three of the eight Americans who competed at junior worlds skate with Potomac. Congrats, all!
- The International Skating Union featured a story on Potomac skater and rising short track star Thomas Hong, who competed at the PyeongChang Olympics in February, 2018. Here’s another article from PassionPVSS naming Hong one of the skaters to watch this World Cup season.
- Potomac won the team trophy at the Buffalo Speedskating Championships for the third year in a row!
Potomac and St. James-Dominion Speedskating Clubs successfully hosted the inaugural Presidential Cup on Feb. 16-17, 2019 at Prince William Ice Center in Woodbridge, Va. Thank you to all of the 100+ skaters and families who competed at the race.
PSC skater Hailey Choi joined Maame Biney, Corinne Stoddard, and Julie Letai as part of 2018 USS Ladies Short Track Junior World Team. (photo courtesy of US Speedskating)
PSC skater Brandon Kim and Andy Kim joined Chiyuan Zhong and Caleb Park as part of 2018 USS Men’s Short Track Junior World Team. (photo courtesy of US Speedskating)
PSC skaters Brandon Kim wins the mens 1500m at the 2018 US Short Track Junior Championships! (photo courtesy of US Speedskating)
