Lehman Schoutens win events at US speedskating trials
Emery Lehman
MILWAUKEE (AP) —  Emery Lehman  won the 5 000 meters at the U.S. speedskating trials. Except  he  didn't earn an Olympic berth. Not yet anyway.
The U.S. doesn't have a spot in the 5 000 next month in Pyeongchang  South Korea  so  Lehman  will try to make the team in a different event.
The Americans have second priority and third reserve for the 5 000. They won't find out until later this month whether a spot opens up for someone  not necessarily  Lehman   to skate at the Olympics. That could happen if other countries decide not to enter their skaters.
However   Lehman  still needs to make the team in another event in order to skate the 5 000 if the U.S. earns a spot. Otherwise  the U.S. would choose a skater already in Pyeongchang to compete.
 Lehman  is skating on home ice this week.  He  trains and coaches skaters ranging from first grade to junior high at the Pettit National Ice Center and attends nearby Marquette University  where  he 's taking a break from  his  civil engineering studies.
"They say you don't really know something until you can explain it or try and make other people understand it "  he  said. "That really relates to speedskating. I have to explain it to these really little kids who may not understand it fully. Half the time I probably don't fully understand what I'm saying until I try to explain it 100 times and finally it clicks in my head."
MILWAUKEE (AP) —  [TGT]won the 5 000 meters at the U.S. speedskating trials. Except  [TGT]  didn't earn an Olympic berth. Not yet anyway.
The U.S. doesn't have a spot in the 5 000 next month in Pyeongchang  South Korea  so  [TGT]will try to make the team in a different event.
The Americans have second priority and third reserve for the 5 000. They won't find out until later this month whether a spot opens up for someone  not necessarily  [TGT]to skate at the Olympics. That could happen if other countries decide not to enter their skaters.
However   [TGT]still needs to make the team in another event in order to skate the 5 000 if the U.S. earns a spot. Otherwise  the U.S. would choose a skater already in Pyeongchang to compete.
 [TGT]is skating on home ice this week.  [TGT]  trains and coaches skaters ranging from first grade to junior high at the Pettit National Ice Center and attends nearby Marquette University  where  [TGT] 's taking a break from  [TGT]  civil engineering studies.
"They say you don't really know something until you can explain it or try and make other people understand it "  [TGT]  said. "That really relates to speedskating. I have to explain it to these really little kids who may not understand it fully. Half the time I probably don't fully understand what I'm saying until I try to explain it 100 times and finally it clicks in my head."