03/28/2026
🔥 What a season for WSC Speedskating's own 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐚! 🔥
As the 2025–26 ice season wraps up, we can't help but shout out one of our own who absolutely LEVELED UP this year. Let's recap what Jace pulled off:
⚡ 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊 Jace slashed his personal bests in a big way — dropping his 500m from 43.63 → 𝟒𝟏.𝟗𝟗 and his 1000m from 1:28.81 → 𝟏:𝟐𝟏.𝟑𝟖. All of that while training part-time and making trips to Milwaukee. The grind is REAL.
🏅 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊 & 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 Jace started the season as one of the younger skaters on the "B" squad — and by December he had earned his way up to the "A" squad competing against older athletes. He didn't just hold his own — he won overall gold at a Heartland meet in Cleveland. He then closed out the Heartland Series by:
✅ Taking home the 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝐦 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 at the final meet
✅ 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 in the 777m for his age group
✅ Finishing the season as the 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭
🏆 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒
Nationals is where the nation's best show up, and Jace showed OUT. Competing as a first-year Junior C, he battled through a tough field and 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 to finish 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥. Even more impressive? He was the 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐂 in the entire field, surpassing skaters who had finished ahead of him the year before. That's growth you can't fake.
Jace, the whole WSC Speedskating family is incredibly proud of you. The hard work, the grit, and the determination you showed all season long was something special to watch. The best is still ahead! 🚀
