Ledger-Enquirer.com | 04/29/2007 | Soldiers skate for speed

Ledger-Enquirer.com | 04/29/2007 | Soldiers skate for speed

By day he is surrounded by the quiet of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) library but after hours it's all about speed for Yamill Collazo. The information specialist and manager of the library is also the coach, teacher and mentor of GT Speed, an area inline roller skating team

Northwest Herald - Local News and Video for McHenry County, Illinois - Around Town: CL teen skates onto national stage

Northwest Herald - Local News and Video for McHenry County, Illinois - Around Town: CL teen skates onto national stage

For Hailey Leech, winning a race during an open skate at X-treme Wheels in Crystal Lake when she was 8 provided a springboard into the world of competitive inline speedskating.

Leech received a speedskating lesson as a prize for the win. Now 13 and an eighth grader at Lundahl Middle School in Crystal Lake, she will train for a week this month at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs as a member of the U.S. National Team.

Inline marathon returns to Dome

Some people might walk a full lap around the Metrodome's narrow upper concourse in search of a short bathroom line. On Saturday, though, laps around that concourse will have a much more official and pleasant purpose: the Metrodome Inline Marathon.

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