Zach Stoppelmoor, West Des Moines native, wins the 500 at the Olympic speedskating trials

Zach Stoppelmoor, a West Des Moines native, won the men’s 500 meters at the U.S. trials on Monday to earn his first trip to a Winter Olympics. He turned in the best time over two days of racing after star long track speedskating star Jordan Stolz — already assured of a berth at the Milan Cortina Games — opted to sit out his second heat.

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