January 4, 2025 – Milwaukee, Wi – Jordan Stolz secured his spot in the 500m at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a solid win Sunday afternoon during Olympic Trials at the Pettit National Ice Center.
Coming back from a brief spill Saturday in the 1000m, Stolz took first place in the 500m with a time of 34.76; he was .06 ahead of second-place finisher and fellow Olympian Cooper McLeod who crossed the finish at 34.82.
While Stolz finished first he was less than impressed with his time, something he said was impacted by a current head cold. Coach Bob Corby echoed that. “It wasn’t good. He won, but it wasn’t good.”
Stolz looked unphased by Saturday’s slip. His warmup laps had the same stoic confidence as the last 100.
“I was actually maybe a little nervous this time,” said his mom Jane Stolz. “Because I’m always kind of like, you don’t want to have that in the back of your mind.”
Jane said nothing really seems to faze her son. “But, for me, I just thought, please, don’t fall.”
Questioned where the focus comes from, Jane said it’s a family thing. “Especially Jordan, he would get more nervous about, not getting sick, just because he felt what happened when he actually got sick.”
Stolz skated in the 16th and final pairing against Tanner Worley. Stolz holds the track record in the 500m at 33.69, set in February 2025.
Fellow 500m Olympic qualifier Erin Jackson said Stolz is an amazing part of Team USA. “He’s really a special guy, and it’s hard to put into words what he’s accomplishing right now. He elevates the rest of the team too to be just as good and we’re all pushing each other. I’m excited to see what Jordan does this year.”
Post race, even though he finished first Stolz was not impressed with his time. He said that and his illness were enough to make him decide not to compete in the 1500m.
Stolz is already prequalified for the Olympics in the 1500m so he didn’t have to race. He did line up at the start and then simply pushed off and skated slowly on the inner shoulder, making one lap and waving to the crowd.
Stolz is on tap to skate the Mass Start on Monday but will likely forego the second 500m competition.
Below are articles about Stolz skating the 500m in Hamar and Calgary this season.
December 14, 2025 – Hamar, Norway – It’s the final skate today at the ISU World Cup in Hamar, Norway and for Jordan Stolz that means two events, the 500m and the Mass Start.
Stolz will try to better the track record he set Friday night, when he topped Jenning De Boo’s record by skating a 33,97. Stolz has been on a tear this week crushing standing track records. In the 500m he will skate in the ninth pair against Damian Zurek of Poland.
Zurek’s personal best is a 33,850.
The other big race on tap is the Mass Start and fans are going to see if Stolz can be the comeback kid. It was last Sunday in Heerenveen when a crash took out Stolz in the early part of the race.
Earlier in the season, the 21-year-old picked up a bronze in Calgary.
On an interesting side note:
USA team member Cooper McLeod learned the power of noise-cancelling headphones as he almost got crushed by falling scaffolding earlier this week.
The 500m begins around noon Sunday, and the Mass Start for men will be around 1:15 p.m.
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November 24, 2025 – Calgary, CA – Jordan Stolz added two more medals to his fast-growing World Cup résumé over the weekend, claiming gold in the 500m and securing his first career Mass Start podium with a gritty bronze at the ISU World Cup in Calgary.
The Mass Start marked a milestone for the 21-year-old from the Town of Wayne, who is only beginning to test himself in the 16-lap discipline.
