The West Allis Speedskating Club (WASSC) is a short track speed skating

Short track speed skating

Short track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters skate on an oval ice track with a circumference of 111.12 m...

 club located in West Allis, Wisconsin

West Allis, Wisconsin

West Allis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 61,254 at the 2000 census. Its name derives from Edward P. Allis, who started the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company in the 19th century. The site of the town was...

. Founded in 1930, it is a nonprofit organization

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 that runs under and as part of the West Allis/West Milwaukee Department of Recreation. The club trains on the Pettit National Ice Center

Pettit National Ice Center

The Pettit National Ice Center is an indoor ice skating facility in West Allis, Wisconsin featuring two international-size ice rinks and a 400-meter speed skating oval. Located adjacent to Wisconsin State Fair Park, the center opened on December 31, 1992, and was named for Milwaukee philanthropists...

, at the State Fair grounds, which houses a 400 metres (1,312.3 ft) indoor speed skating oval and two Olympic-size ice rink

Ice rink

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s.

Members of the club, both novice and advanced, compete in short track speed skating competitions in various parts of the United States

United States

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, such as the Great Lakes region.

For over 70 years, the WASSC has developed top US speedskaters claiming over 17 Olympians, more than 50 World Team members and over 95 National Champions.

List of Olympians

Names
Nick Pearson
Dan Jansen Dan Jansen Daniel Erwin Jansen is a former speed skater, best known for winning a gold medal in his final Olympic race after suffering through years of heartbreak. He graduated from West Allis Central High School....
Chris Witty Chris Witty Christine Diane Witty is an American speed skater and racing cyclist and participated in the Olympic Games in both sports. However, she is more successful in skating....
Cory Carpenter
Kip Carpenter Kip Carpenter Kip Carpenter is an American speedskater who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics, as well as the 2006 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the 500 meter race at the 2002 games, while also skating the fastest lap in Olympic history in the 500 meter race with a time of 24.87 for a 400 meter...
Chris Scheels
Catherine Raney Catherine Raney Catherine Raney-Norman is an Olympic speed skater from Elm Grove, Wisconsin who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics. She has won the U.S. Allround Championship three times in 1999, 2002 and 2003. Raney also made the US team for the 2010 Winter...
Darcie Dohnal Darcie Dohnal Darcie Dohnal is an American short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics.In 1992 she was a member of the American relay team which won the silver medal in the 3000 metre relay competition....
Julie Goskowicz
Tony Goskowicz
Kirsten Holum
Angela Zuckerman