Team BC had a training day as they prepare for a day of racing the 500 metre event on Wednesday.
BC had a good showing in the men's 500 m event with three skaters. Lukas MacDonald (Vancouver), Craig Miller (Prince George) and Marshall Shupe (Maple Ridge) qualified direct to the main event. Keanan St. Rose (Prince George) and Noah Hyun (Port Coquitlam) have a chance to qualify for the main event via the repechage rounds on Wednesday morning.
Sherilyn Chung (Coquitlam) is the only skater to qualify direct to main for Team BC on the ladies side with a time of 46.773 in round two of qualifications.
The remaining skaters from BC — Samantha Spencer (Burnaby), Ainsley Spencer (Burnaby), Jane Green (Maple Ridge) and Annabelle Green (Maple Ridge) all have an opportunity to claim a spot in the 500 m main event via repechage.
Ladies 500 m repechage rounds are scheduled to start on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 9:10 a.m. (MT) and the men's 500 m repechage will start shortly after at 9:52 a.m. (MT).
The main event is set to go on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 2:55 p.m. (MT) with the ladies 500 m quarterfinal to start, followed by the men's. The final rounds of the 500 m are set to start at 4:15 p.m. (MT).