GT Speed to Head to National Inline Skating Championships

By Laurie Bernstein

Many people around Columbus don't know what "GT Speed" is, but they should. It is the local inline speed skating team.

Out of 35 skaters in the club, seven qualified for the national inline speed skating championships this year, in Omaha, Nebraska.

GT Speed Coach, Yamill Collazo, says, "We have a big age difference, we have a seven year-old all the way to a 58 year-old. We're a hot team, we've been a hot team for about 15 years now, we represent Columbus well."

The youngest on the team, at seven years-old, is Allison Pierce, a 2nd grader at St. Luke School. At last years championships, she broke speed records in the 100, 200, and 300 meter races.

Her mother Rhonda Pierce says, "She was six and she broke three national records. I did not realize how nerve racking it could be but it was wonderful seeing her do it."

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