Marquette well-represented at U.S. Olympic Speed Skating Trials

Milwaukee's Pettit National Ice Center is a regular host of national and international speed skating events. With the U.S. Olympic Trials at the Pettit from Jan. 2-5, Marquette was well represented both on and off the ice.

• Alumnus Emery Lehman, ENG '20, won the men's 1500m event to qualify for his fourth Olympics next month in Milano Cortina, Italy. In addition to the 1500m, he qualified in the Team Pursuit event. Lehman won a bronze medal in Team Pursuit at the 2022 Beijing games.
• Sophomore Leo Drossos-Thompson from the College of Business Administration posted a pair of personal bests at the trials, taking 10th place in the 500m with a time of 37.02. He also skated to a time of 1:12.43 in the 1000m event. Drossos-Thompson also posted an eighth-place finish in one of the two "Mass Start" events and was ninth in the 1500m. Read more about Leo's journey.
• Senior Sammy Hart-Gorman out of the College of Health Sciences skated in four races. He finished 7th in the 5000m, 16th in the 1500m and took 27th in the 1000m. Hart-Gorman skated in both "Mass Start" events, taking 12th in the first race and 10th in the second. Read more about Sammy's journey.
• Senior Blair Cruikshank, a student in the Diederich College of Communication, competed in three races on the women's side. The highlight of her trials was posting the sixth-best time in the 500m. She also skated to 12th place in the 1000m.

Marquette Law Students volunteer with U.S. Speed Skating

Marquette Law School has long had a relationship with the Pettit Center through Paul Anderson, director of the Sports Law Program. This relationship allows students in the Sports Law Program to volunteer for the event in a number of capacities, including tickets, merchandise, press and VIP access, and duties on the ice.

This year, five students were on hand to help, including third-year law student Lizzie Palumbo, the Sports Law Program's legal intern for U.S. Speed Skating. This internship works directly with the U.S. Speed Skating's executive director and extends beyond the Olympic Trial event. Anderson created the internship with U.S. Speedskating with the assistance of two-time Olympic Speed Skater Dave Tamburrino, an alumnus of the sports law program at Marquette Law School.

Palumbo talked with TMJ4 in Milwaukee about the experience for her and her classmates at the event.