Long track speed skaters from across the province braved the elements this weekend for a historic occasion.
Despite temperatures below minus 20, hundreds of competitors from across Alberta gathered at Setters Place for the first annual Jeremy Wotherspoon Open Saturday.
It was the first competitive race on the long track speed skating oval, with the Canada Winter Games less than a month away.
Byron has been the sports reporter at the advocate since December of 2016. He likes to spend his time in cold hockey arenas accompanied by luke warm, watered down coffee.
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