When Emery Lehman takes the ice at the Pettit Center in Milwaukee Tuesday afternoon, he will be returning to his home ice, the same rink he trained in for most of his career. However, this week has far more implications than his average training session.
After four years of grueling training, schoolwork and illness, Lehman is just one week away from finding out his Olympic fate in the U.S. Olympic Long Track Speedskating Trials.
Lehman, a junior in the College of Engineering and a long track speedskater, is attempting to get to the Olympics for the second time, as the games will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.