Davis, coming off a 500-meters victory Saturday, set a new 1500-meters world record in 1:43.33. The record was previously held by teammate Derek Parra. Parra's record was 1:43.95 also set in Salt Lake City on Feb. 19, 2002.

Klassen, also coming off a successful day Saturday with two victories in the 500-meters and 3000-meters, set a new 1500-meters world record Sunday with a time of 1:53.86. The previous record was 1:54.02 and was set by Anni Friesinger (GER) also in Salt Lake City on Feb. 20, 2002.

Chad Hedrick (Spring, Tex.) set a personal best in the 1500-meters with a silver medal finish in 1:45.07. Hedrick was aiming for a new world record in the samalog. However, in the 10,000-meters, Hedrick was on track for the new record when he failed to crossover on the first lap. Hedrick was disqualified in the event but skated it again out of competition. His 13:03.99 out of competition time allowed Hedrick to “unofficially” have the world record.

“That was a dumb way to (get a record),” Hedrick said after his race. “I wish my 10,000 meters was in-competition but I’m still glad I re-skated it. Now I’ll have a lot of confidence going into international competitions.”

Davis claimed the 10,000-meters victory and a new personal record with a 13:32.90 finish time. Teammate KC Boutiette (Tamoca, Wash.) finished second in 13:40.34.

Kristine Holzer (Boise, Ida.) set a new personal record in the 1500-meters with a third place finish of 1:58.24. Teammates Maria Lamb (River Falls, Wis.) and Anna Ringsred (Duluth, Minn.) also set personal records in the event with their fifth and eighth place finishes, respectively.

Clara Hughes (CAN) won the women’s 5000-meters event in 7:03.03, followed by Klassen and Catherine Raney (Elm Grove, Wis.) with a bronze medal finish in 7:12.16.The Canadian women swept the top three samalog finishes with Lamb finishing fourth with 165.423 points.
Holzer beat out teammate Raney by 7/100th of a point. Holzer point tally was 165.929 followed by Raney’s 165.936.

Davis claimed the samalog victory with 143.359 points, followed by Boutiette with 152.674 points.

According to Tom Cushman, U.S. Speedskating’s Long Track national coach, the weekend’s events were “absolutely phenomenal.”“The ice in Salt Lake City is crazy fast,” Cushman said. “Once again Davis and Hedrick battled it out like they did one year ago at the qualifiers.”

The U.S. skaters who qualified for a spot to represent the U.S. at the World Championships (Allround) are Davis, Boutiette, Derek Parra (Orlando, Fla.) and Clay Mull (Gastonia, N.C.). Lamb and Holzer also qualified for a berth to represent the U.S. The skaters who will fill the berths are up to the discretion of the U.S. Long Track committee.

The World Championships (Allround)will be held in Moscow, Russia Feb. 4-6.