Leo Drossos-Thompson won three individual events and Elise Stave won two as each claimed their respective Overall Classification Title at the US Speedskating Long Track Age Group Nationals, held this past weekend in Roseville, Minnesota.

Drossos-Thompson, of the Northbrook Speedskating Club in suburban Chicago, topped the Junior A/Senior Men’s class with 38,000 points. Stave, of Roseville’s Midway Speedskating Club and skating on home ice at the Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval, topped the Junior B/Senior Women’s class with 34,400 points. (There was no Junior A/Senior Women’s class.)

The competition was held Feb. 3 and 4 at the John Rose Minnesota Oval, drawing more than 60 skaters who were classified into multiple classes following 50-meter time trials.

Drossos-Thompson reached the podium in all four individual events, winning the 1000m, 1500m and 3000m races, and finishing second to Zachary Jensen in the 500m. He won the 1000m by nearly two seconds in 1:40.797, the 1500m in 2:52.204 and the 3000m in 4:35.351.

Stave also reached the podium in all four distances, winning at 1500m and 3000m, finishing as runner-up in the 500m and placing third in the 1000m. Stave won the 1500m in 2:26.503 and the 3000m in 5:55.656.

Leah Choi, of Puget Sound Speedskating in Washington, reached the podium in three events, finishing second in the 1000m, 1500m and 3000m. She finished runner-up to Stave in the overall standings. Samantha Scheffler, of the Danbury (Conn.) Speedskating Club, was the other skater to win two races, claiming the 500m in 45.660 seconds and the 1000m in 1:39.754 to take third in the overall standings.

Jensen, of Midway Speedskating, finished second to Drossos-Thompson in the Men’s Overall Classification. He won the 500m in 39.780 seconds and finished second to Drossos-Thompson in the 1000m and 1500m. He was third in the 3000m, finishing behind Drossos-Thompson and Ryan Olijnyk. Olijnyk, of Northbrook Speedskating, posted third-place finishes in the 1000m and 1500m to take third overall.

Riley Martin, of Midway Speedskating, reached the podium with a third-place finish at 500m.

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