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Some of them were so young and keyed up that
their parents had to tie their shoelaces before races,
others were experienced competitors who calmly
stretched out before their next dance routine. But
no matter what their age, once they stepped onto
Pershing Auditorium's wooden floor all that mat
tered was executing the best spin or rolling past the
black-and-white check flag first, enabling them to
join the ranks of national roller-skating champions.
The 1984 United States Amateur Roller Skating
Championship, held in Lincoln from July 28 to Aug."
9, offered only a few of the 2,000 skaters at the
championship a chance in the limelight. But accord
ing to Nance Kirk, skaters trained like world class
champions just to get to Lincoln.
The skaters practiced an average of six to nine
hours a week on the skating rink during the fall and
winter season and an average of 10 to 20 hours a
week during the spring and summer season. Many of
the skaters supplemented their rink training with
bicycling, weight lifting or ballet, if competing in
figure skating, she said.
Training culminated with regional competitions.
Skaters had to finish in the top three at one of the
nine regional meets held throughout the nation in
order to compete at nationals, she said.
After training long hours and making it through
regionais, losing did not come easy for many skaters.
Some left the floor in a fit of tears, others left with
bitter feelings over referees' calls and still others left
disappointed but with grace.
Among the graceful losers was the defending
senior speed skating champion, Darlene Kessinger
of Louisville, Kentucky. After losing her title to Kim
Turner of Livonia, Michigan, Kessinger said, "She's a
real good friend. I'm happy for her, she deserved to
win."
Losing is not a familiar thing to Kessinger. She was
introduced to skating at 18 months and became a
serious competitor at nine-years old She quickly
made a nam for herself in the skating world, but
had to drop out of competition for two years
because of financial problems, vvnen ncr lamny guvs
her the okay to return to skating, she came back
stronger than ever. .
At the lCSO national championships, Kessinger
was so impressive that coaches for the U.S. outdoor
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world championship team asked her to try out for
the team. Although she had never competed out
doors or skated on banked tracks, she made the
team as first alternate and went to Puerto Rico for
two weeks of training.
Since 1980 she has made the world team every
year. At the 1983 competition, she won the 300
meter time race and the 1500 meter race. She left for
the 1 984 competition soon after finishing at nation
als. Because the 21 -year-old's Kentucky team only
skates indoors, she said she has to "sneak off
between the morning and afternoon practices to get
some outdoor training in. Once outdoors, she bicy
cles and skates in one of the city's subdivisions.
"I don't like to skate on the city's streets," she said.
"Motorists don't understand why I'm there and they
yell."
Her indoor training complements her outdoor
training. The cornering work inside helps her once
she gets outside, Kessinger said. The only difference
between the two types of training is the types of
muscles a skater uses, she said. Outdoor skating
requires longer strides, using the inner thigh muscle
and indoor skating uses the outer leg muscles.
"I'm one of the few skaters who believe you can do
both," Kessinger said.
Kessinger has riot always wanted to compete in
other fields of skating. When she first began skating,
she eliminated the possibility of being a figure skater
because she was a tomboy.
"When I was little I didn't like wearing skirts and
to be a figure skater you had to wear a skirt," she
said. "So I became a speed skater."
Kessinger's style of choosing an area of expertise
is not typical according to Kirk: Most skaters become
involved in the sport at about six-years old after
attending a skating party, she said. If they like to go
fast, they choose speed skating or roller hockey, and
if they like turns and spins they go into figure skat
ing, she said. .
No r stter what area a skater chooses, Kirk said
size cr body structure does not matter. At nationals
it was a skater's balance, quickness and power that
separated the champions from the contenders.
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