March 29th, 2017, Charlottetown – Already riding high on a banner season, Island short track speed skaters saved their best performances for their last and biggest races of the season, winning their first ever medals – six in all – at the Canada East Short Track Speed Skating Ch
March 20th, 2017, Charlottetown – Speed Skate PEI has unveiled its team for the 2017 Canada East Short Track Championships, taking place in Ottawa this weekend. After playing host to the event last year in Charlottetown, a team of eight Island athletes is set to travel to Ontario this
March 15th, 2017, Charlottetown – Charlottetown short track speed skaters Andrew McQuaid, Peter McQuaid and Carly Connell will be representing P.E.I. in competition at the Canadian Junior Open Selections #2 competition in Trois-Rivières, QC, this week. The McQuaids will be among 60 of
March 12th, 2017, Charlottetown – Island short track speed skaters took home overall wins, seven medals and four new provincial records from the recent Citadel Cup Short Track Championships in Halifax. Andrew and Peter McQuaid led the way for the Island team, as the Charlottetown sibl
February 20th, 2017, Charlottetown – Peter McQuaid of Charlottetown set a new P.E.I. record in short track speed skating over the weekend in Lévis, Quebec. McQuaid’s new mark came in the 1000 metre distance for Intermediate men, toppling Scott Beamish’s record time from October, 2010.
February 9th, 2017, Charlottetown – Island Speed Skaters took home eight medals from the Atlantic Canadian Short Track Championship held recently in Dieppe, New Brunswick. The P.E.I. medals included two gold in the competition which boasted more than 180 skaters from 13 clubs across A
January 31st, 2017, Charlottetown – Zachary Chatfield picked up P.E.I.’s lone medal at a recent short-track speed skating competition in Hampton, New Brunswick. The Charlottetown native grabbed a bronze medal in division 3, after posting personal best times in two of three distances a
January 19th, 2017, Charlottetown – A trio of Island short track speed skaters opened their 2017 competitive campaigns in strong fashion at a Quebec provincial circuit meet in Chicoutimi, Quebec, recently. Carly Connell, along with Charlottetown siblings Andrew and Peter McQuaid, were
December 14th, 2016, Charlottetown – Carly Connell, Kyle Connell, Jenna Larter and Jacob Theriault led P.E.I.’s contingent with gold medal wins at the Charles Gorman Memorial Speed Skating Championships held recently in Saint John, N.B.. Carly Connell grabbed the Division 1 gold medal
November 29th, 2016, Charlottetown – Island Speed Skaters earned a half dozen medals and nearly as many new P.E.I. records at the Harold Joyce Invitational Speed Skating Championships held over the weekend in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Andrew Binns (Division 3) and Jane Bruce (Divisi