|
The need for SPEED Pensacola hosts 69th Annual National Indoor Speed and Figure Skating Championships July 17-Aug. 7
P
USA Roller Sports
(USARS) announces the 69th
Annual National Indoor
Speed and Figure Skating
Championships to be held
Sunday, July 17 through
Sunday, August 7, 2005, at the
Pensacola Civic Center in
Pensacola, Fla. The threeweek
National
Championships will attract
over 3,500 athletes and 8,000
spectators from across the
nation, reaping a $5 million
economic impact to the city of
Pensacola. Athletes in all age
divisions will compete in quad
skating, inline speed skating
and figure skating during the
three-week period.
The fastest inline speed
skaters from across the nation
will roll into Pensacola, Fla.,
from Sunday, July 17 through
Friday, July 22, to compete in
the 2005 National Indoor
Speed Skating
Championships. Athletes in
Junior Olympic and Standard
divisions will contend for
national gold medals and division
titles. The Quad Speed
Skating National
Championships have been
scheduled for Saturday, July
23. Athletes will compete on
2x2 skates.
The most dynamic athletes
in the nation will perform at
the 2005 National Figure
Skating Championships from
Sunday, July 24 through
Sunday, August 7. Figure skating
athletes will compete in a
variety of programs in both
Junior Olympic and Standard
divisions.
The Pensacola Sports
Authority (PSA), Convention
and Visitors Bureau and the
Pensacola Civic Center have
come together to host the 2005
National Indoor Speed and
Figure Skating
Championships. Previously,
Pensacola held the competition
in 1990, 1993, 1997 and
2001. This is the fifth year that
the city of Pensacola will play
host to the National
Championships. For more
information on the 2005
National Indoor Speed and
Figure Skating
Championships, log on to
www.usarollersports.org or
contact the national office at
402.483.7551.
USA Roller Sports is recognized
by the Federation
Internationale de Roller
Sports (FIRS) and the United
States Olympic Committee
(USOC) as the National
Governing Body for
Competitive Roller Sports in
the United States. For more
information, log on to
www.usarollersports.org or
contact the Director of Media
and Public Relations, Kellie
Habeeb, at 402.483.7551 or
via email at
khabeeb@usarollersports.org.
“USARS is dedicated to
creating, enhancing and conducting
the best competitions
and programs for roller sports.
We instill the drive to win and
be the absolute best.in sport
and in life.”
| 
