COACHES

Patrick Wentland: Three times National Short Track Champion and two time North American Short Track Champion, (Senior class) 1988-1993. World Team Member 1987, 1992; set a number of records and finished 4th at World Short Track Championships in Denver, CO, 1992. Eastern Regional Coach for Short Track, 1993; appointed Assistant Coach in 1997, Head Coach in 1998. Team Leader, 1998 Olympic Team. A member of the International Coaching Committee since 1999. Elected May 19, 2001, to the Speedskating Hall of Fame.

Beth Bedford: Beth Bedford has been a competitive runner and skater since the age of 7. She has received numerous National as well as Wisconsin and Michigan State titles and championships, spanning from 1975 to 2006. She has broken several national short track records and still holds three today. In long track racing, Bedford has been the National Champion in the 25K and 50K marathons multiple times. She also won the International Master Women's Championship in 2000 and is an inductee in the Midland Country Sports Hall of Fame for her athletic accomplishments. She has been the head coach of the Midland Speed Skating Club in Michigan for 15 years and has helped many of the young skaters earn State, National and North American Speed Skating Championship titles as well as coached skaters that are currently on the National Team and those that have earned Category 1 status. In addition she has been the meet director of many local and high level events. She is currently on the USS Board of directors and serves as the treasurer.

Kristin Duncan: Kristin Duncan has been involved in the speed skating world since 1991. She has been a competitive skater from the age of 5 until 21. In that time she has placed well at many U.S. Championships and American Cups. She has been a member of the Short Track National Team, Long Track Junior National Team and Category One skater for multiple years. Also she has held the U.S. Junior National Record for the 1500 meters. Kristin has been involved as the coach with the Midway Speed Skating Club in Roseville, MN for one season and volunteered with the Midland Speed Skating Club. Besides enjoying the love of speed skating, Kristin is an elementary teacher in Denver and stays busy running her own nonprofit organization.