Melvindale's Jessica Smith -- one of the latest inline skaters to switch to ice skating -- won the women's 500 meters Tuesday in the U.S. Allround Long Track Championships in West Allis, Wis.
Smith won the race in 41.04.2 seconds, beating Maria Lamb of River Falls, Wis. (41.12. 3).
Locally, Smith skates with the Roseville-based Wolverines inline club.
A world champion for the U.S. inline team, she qualified for the U.S. speedskating team in October with an eye on the 2010 Vancouver Games.
"It's not that ice is more exciting than inline," Smith told InlinePlanet.com then. "I'm just ready for a new challenge. And this is a way to get to the Olympics."
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