Salt Lake Tribune - U.S. Speedskating Championships: Former inline skater makes mark

Salt Lake Tribune - U.S. Speedskating Championships: Former inline skater makes mark: "Barely a year ago, speedskater Justin Stelly was stepping onto the ice for the first time. On Friday, he was stepping to the starting line poised to qualify for the World Championships.
'It was, 'Either I do it, or I don't,' ' Stelly said. 'Simple as that.'
And do it, he did.
Knowing he had to beat junior world champion Trevor Marsicano by nearly two seconds in the penultimate pairing of the 10,000 meters at the U.S. Speedskating Championships at the Utah Olympic Oval, the 20-year-old former inline skater from Louisiana put on a burst of speed in the final mile to secure his place among the most promising young American skaters heading toward the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
'Honestly, I don't even know where I'm going,' he said, after jubilantly pumping his fist at the finish. 'I just wanted to make the world team. I don't even know what that means. I have no idea where I'm going, when I'm going. What happens next. I'm clueless.'
Not entirely.
Stelly might not have known that by finishing in 13 minutes and 45.42 seconds - 4.17 seconds ahead of Marsicano, and 24.60 seconds behind winner and two-time Olympian Shani Davis - he finished third in the allround competition and secured himself a place in at least the next two World Cup races and the Wo"