1.11.2005

Shani Davis named Athlete of the Week

This weekend, Derek Parra's 1500m record was erased on the same track by Shani Davis, a skater who is also a member of the US short-track team. Davis, who has continued to bounce back and forth between the different worlds of short-track and long-track, lowered the record to 1:43.33 at the North America/Oceania regional qualifier.

The record was just a highlight of a dominant weekend for Davis, who also set personal bests in winning the 500 and 10,000 to sweep to overall victory in the samalog points system.

For his efforts, the versatile skater is USATODAY.com's U.S. Olympic Athlete of the Week. Congratulations, Shani.



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