1.   Arizona senior Amy Skieresz of Tucson is a possibility in distance events.

2.   Boxing matches start midday and swimming medals will be awarded in short distance individual events.

3.   For the distance events, the thermostat can be tweaked again to produce somewhat harder ice and longer glides.

4.   Most in-line races are distance events on flatter terrain.

5.   One team of runners staying here, the Kenyans, is favored to win the distance event and has a huge corporate sponsorship.

6.   Other distance events were slowly added after that.

7.   Too long to be a comfortable sprint and too short to be a distance event, this race combines the worst of both worlds.

8.   Both women recently beat Romanian star Gabriela Szabo, the dominant runner in distance events.

9.   But the relative cool may be just a memory by the time the longer distance events are held later this week.

10.   Mexico continued its domination in distance events, picking up two golds.