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Editor’s letter
Icebreakers
Kwan on the move
Where are they now?
U.S. Championships preview
SKATING

10 Greensboro primed to put on

great show at 2011 AT&T U.S.
Championships.

14 Adult Corner
15 Special Olympians earn gold
34 Grand Prix Series kicks off
40 Club matters
46 Development
48 In synch
50 Adult Corner
52 Kidz Spotlight
53 Kidz Zone

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54 Rinkside
64 Classifieds

RISE coming
to a theater
near you.

26
Dr. Debi Thomas and
surgical team make a
difference in Nepal.

On the cover
Cover design by Andrea Morrison
Happy holidays to all U.S. Figure Skating members and
SKATING magazine subscribers. The world premiere of
the much-anticipated cinematic feature RISE is just around
28 Ice dancers Chock
and Zuerlein
working hard for
the corner. Tickets and the list of theaters showing this
historic event, hosted by Matt Lauer from The Today Show,
can be found online at www.rise1961.com.
‘their time.’
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the editor U.S. FIGURE SKATING
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Coaches receive high marks on compliance

With regional and sectional competitions now complete, I thought this would be a good time
to assess how well everyone responded to the requirements for coaching compliance. This has been
a huge undertaking by U.S. Figure Skating and the Professional Skaters Association (PSA) to make
sure coaches are current with their continuing education as well as in good standing with both org-
gnizations. Playing a major leadership role in this effort is Heidi Thibert, who is the PSA E-curriculum
coordinator. She does a fantastic job and has helped to ensure the integrity of this process. In this
editor’s letter, Heidi gives her thoughts on how well things went during this first year of compliance
enforcement.

By Heidi Thibert
The word for the year in the coaches’ circles was “compliant.” Two sets of annual requirements
for coaching credentials for U.S. Figure Skating-sanctioned events were implemented successfully
at several nonqualifying competitions, the U.S. Collegiate Championships, the nine regional cham-
pionships and three sectional competitions. Coaches Registration went into effect for the 2008–09
season. The Continuing Education Requirement (CER) deadline was July 1, 2010, with an extension
granted until Oct. 1, 2010.
A relatively smooth implementation of compliance was due to several factors, starting with the
scores of coaches (including the coaching leaders in our sport such as Frank Carroll) who achieved U.S. FIGURE SKATING
their own compliance by July 1, 2010. Many coaches also helped their peers who were “techni- Suppliers
cally challenged” do the same. Coaches Committee Chair Jackie Brenner was instrumental in the
process, sending out reminder letters three times during the year to coaches.
Another significant contributing factor was the close working relationship that has developed
between the entire staffs at U.S. Figure Skating and the PSA. By communicating and cross-checking
the compliant coaches’ lists, they cleared up confusion and resolved issues before they became
problems. Competitions Committee Chair Lynn Goldman, the chief referees, the local organizing
committees and the PSA representatives at each regional and sectional also deserve high praise.
Each of these groups assisted the coaches and each other with preparation and follow-through.
Also, without the critical point person at each competition (who is local) it would have been difficult
to ensure compliance for coaches.
At U.S. Figure Skating, Kathy Drevs, Pam Crowley and Anna Meyer, with support from Susi
Wehrli-Mclaughlin, checked the coaches’ lists daily, flagging and contacting coaches who had
either not started the process or had not finished it to completion. They cross-checked the non-
compliant list of coaches through PSA staff members Ann Miksch (who updates the PSA list) and me.
This proved to be a successful partnership since there were no ethics violations issued at regionals
or sectionals due to coaches’ noncompliance.
In situations when noncompliant coaches showed up to get credentials, they were informed
that it was not possible and were assisted with getting their athletes taken care of at the gate.
The coaches in those situations handled themselves professionally and without incident. Coaching
U.S. FIGURE SKATING
or attempting to coach without credentials is an ethics violation, that could result in suspension of a
coach’s U.S. Figure Skating membership for a period of time. Licensees
It goes without saying that in this first year of implementation, there have been a few kinks to
work out. Sometimes there is missing information on the website list due to a coach using a maiden
name on her U.S. Figure Skating registration or membership, and a hyphenated name on the CER
form. Sometimes coaches enter a nickname and not their legal names. Coaches can print a certifi-
cate for each course or program they complete to prove their CER compliance.
Just as athletes are required to be U.S. Figure Skating members and pass certain tests before
competing at events, judges must be members and attend judges’ schools and pass an annual exam
before being assigned to judge events. Just as technical panel members must do the same before
officiating at events, coaches now must meet requirements as well.
Once again, I would like to congratulate our coaches and those who worked tirelessly to en-
sure proper compliance. In the end, this cooperation will make our sport stronger than ever.
To verify a coach’s status, use this link:
http://www.usfigureskating.org/Content/web%20report_alpha_2011.pdf.
For more information on Coaches Requirements for the 2010–11 season, follow this link:
http://www.usfigureskating.org/content.asp?menu=coaches.
Consult this chart for U.S. Figure Skating requirements and recommendations for coaches:
http://www.usfigureskating.org/Content/Coaches%20Requirement%20Chart.pdf.
If you have questions, contact U.S. Figure Skating Member Services at
memberservices@usfigureskating.org or 719.635.5200.

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Tanith Belbin
and Ben Agosto

Belbin and Agosto

to address novice skaters The 11th annual “An Evening with Scott Hamilton and Friends” ice show and gala on
Nov. 6 raised more than $1.1 million for Hamilton’s CARES Initiative (Cancer Alliance for
Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, the most decorated Research, Education and Survivorship) at the Cleveland Clinic. Grammy Award-winning
ice dancing team in U.S. history, will be the guest speak- recording artist Vince Gill provided the live musical talent, while many skating stars of
ers for the 2011 Team USA Prep Seminar breakfast today and yesterday performed memorable programs at the Quicken Loans Arena in
(formerly Team 2014 Prep Seminar) on Jan. 25 during Cleveland. That skating A-list included Dorothy Hamill, Evan Lysacek, Sasha Cohen, Todd
the 2011 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Eldredge, Michael Weiss, Steven Cousins, Ryan Bradley, Christina Gao, Caryn Kadavy,
Greensboro, N.C. Sinead and John Kerr, Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov and Dan Hollander. There
The duo will reflect on their 11-year career, of were also surprise performances by Hamilton’s close friends Brad Paisley and Sheryl
which highlights included a 2006 Olympic silver medal, Crow. Crow will be the musical talent for next year’s event. For more information about
five U.S. titles and four World medals. Belbin and Agos- CARES, go online to www.scottcares.org.
to, who have skated together since 1999, announced
their retirement from competitive skating in June.
The educational program, held annually for all nov-
ice skaters (parents and coaches) who qualify for the U.S.
Championships, offers athletes a chance to learn what it
means to be part of U.S. Figure Skating’s Team USA. HQ profile
The morning will also include dialogue on the In- Liz Podominick
ternational Selection Pool, athlete development and the
S.T.A.R.S. Program (Skaters Talent and Athleticism Recog- I handle all of the logistics
nition Program). for Team USA when the athletes
travel internationally. I distribute
athlete funding, coordinate U.S.
2012 Regional Championships Figure Skating’s annual Champs
Camp and process paperwork
EVENT/HOST CITY DATES, 2011 HOST SKATING CLUB
pertaining to Team USA. Liz Podomin
ick
Eastern Great Lakes Regional/Cleveland, Ohio Sept. 30–Oct. 5 Greater Cleveland Council What do you like to do in
of FSC your spare time? When I have it, I
New England Regional/Boston, Mass. Sept. 30–Oct. 5 SC of Boston like to explore the Colorado outdoors. I live really close to
Northwest Pacific Regional/Spokane, Wash. Sept. 30–Oct. 5 Lilac City FSC some great hiking trails, so I feel really blessed. I like to stay
active, but when I am looking for down time, I like to watch
North Atlantic Regional/Amherst, N.Y. Oct. 14–18 Amherst SC movies and read.
Southwest Pacific Regional/Culver City, Calif. Oct. 14–18 All Year FSC What would people be surprised to know about you?
Upper Great Lakes Regional/Richfield, Minn. Oct. 14–18 Saint Paul FSC I still competitively throw the discus and I am training for the
2012 Olympic Summer Games. In college, I threw for the
Central Pacific Regional/Santa Rosa, Calif. Oct. 21–25 Santa Rosa FSC
University of Minnesota, as well as played on the basketball
South Atlantic Regional/Aston, Pa. Oct. 21–25 IceWorks SC team. I am training with the Air Force throw coach Scott Irving.
Southwestern Regional/Grapevine, Texas Oct. 21–25 Dallas FSC What do you cherish most? Faith, family and friends.
What is your favorite part about your job? It’s working
with our athletes and coaches because I feel like I make a dif-
2012 Sectional Championships ference. The staff in the office is also great.
EVENT HOST CITY DATES HOST SKATING CLUB Tell us about your family. I am close with my family and
it is hard to be away from them in Minnesota. My parents still
Eastern Sectional Jamestown, N.Y. Nov. 15–19, 2011 Jamestown SC
live in the house I grew up in and I have a younger brother,
Midwestern Sectional Fort Collins, Colo. Nov. 15–19, 2011 Fort Collins FSC Johnny, who passed away unexpectedly two years ago. I also
Pacific Coast Sectional Salt Lake City, Utah Nov. 15–19, 2011 Salt Lake Figure Skating have two dogs at home (Baxter and Meg) that I really miss.
What is your ideal vacation? I love going to Alaska
2012 U.S. Junior Championships (in the summer), but if I had to choose anywhere that I have
not visited I would love to do a tour of Europe (with unlimited
EVENT HOST CITY DATES HOST SKATING CLUB funds). Australia is a close second because I do love Aussie
U.S. Junior Championships East Lansing, Mich. Dec. 9–13, 2011 Lansing SC accents.

6 DECEMBER 2010
 Yu-Na Kim and
Michelle Kwan
walk the red car-
pet at the WSF’s
31st annual Salute
to Women in
Sports. Kim was
named Sports-
woman of the
Year for 2010.
Kwan received the
honor in 1998.
PHOTO BY LOIS ELFMAN
Spin to win
Kwan lends name, time to
Women’s Sports Foundation program
By Lois Elfman
A
fter a predawn wake-up call and a spin-
ning class, which is really not her thing,
nine-time U.S. champion, five-time
World champion and two-time Olympic medal-
ist Michelle Kwan sat down (on the floor) for a
one-on-one interview. Although Bikram yoga is
much more to her liking, Kwan agreed to spin at
Flywheel Sports in New York as part of a fundrais-
ing effort for the Women’s Sports Foundation’s
(WSF) GoGirlGo program.
Twice honored by the WSF—1998 Sports-
woman of the Year and 2007 Billie Jean King
Contribution Award—Kwan credits a WSF travel
and training grant in 1993 with helping propel
her competitive career forward. At the time she
often wore used costumes and even strapped on
used custom skates.
“I remember going to the pro shop at Blue
Jay (one of the rinks at Lake Arrowhead, Calif.,
where she trained for many years) because Frank
[Carroll] told me I needed practice costumes,” she
recalled. “[At competitions] everyone was making
sure to look a certain way. I didn’t have any prac-
tice dresses. Everything had holes in it. My dad
spent like $69. It was the most expensive dress. I
still remember it and I still have it.”
The young skater of that era was a far cry
from the fashion trendsetter she would become,
wearing costumes such as an unadorned, yet el-
egant, ice blue dress by couture designer Marc
Bouwer at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in
Nagano.
“I wanted something that was so simple,”
Kwan said. ‘Lyra Angelica’ was spiritual, simple.
I was thinking clouds. I was thinking this is pure
skating—what I wanted the dress to reflect.”
This past July Kwan turned 30, which in-
stead of fazing her seemed to give her a jolt of
energy.
“I prepared myself for turning 30 for the last
two years,” she said. “I think 28 and 29 were huge
years for me—that transition from skating to
something else. Luckily, I found something that
I’m really interested in and that’s international re-
lations.
“I think the path from being a competitive
skater to a path of international relations goes
parallel. I’m not making a complete U-turn or
doing a 180.”
She traveled the world during her 13-year
senior competitive career, so combining the
discipline of an athlete with an appreciation of
new experiences seemed a natural transition.
That doesn’t mean it was easy. Going from be-
ing a highly recognized sports star to student took
some adjustment. She earned a bachelor’s degree
at the University of Denver and is now in a two-
year master’s program at the Fletcher School of
Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Bos-
ton.
“It is dynamic because it’s so challenging,”
she said. “When you submit a paper it doesn’t
matter if your name is Michael Jordan, Michelle
Kwan or John Smith. It’s exhilarating.
Michelle Kwan took part in an
early morning spinning class
at Flywheel Sports in New
York to raise money for the
Women’s Sports Foundation’s
GoGirlGo program.
PHOTO BY SARAH BETH TURNER
“I think the most important thing is to
understand yourself,” she added. “As I’ve gotten
older I realize you have to ask yourself questions
periodically. You define yourself.”
In 2009, a healthy Kwan skated her first
public performance in three years in South Korea
in a show headlined by Yu-Na Kim. She returned
to Seoul again this year and then she and Kim
brought a version of the show, All That Skate, to
the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles in October.
“All That Skate was so well produced, well
choreographed,” said Kwan, giving special credit
to choreographer David Wilson. “It was such a
great visual. It had to be a very spectacular show
for me to come back and it was definitely that.”
After her spinning experience, Kwan went
hunting for a dress for the evening’s festivities.
She walked the red carpet at the WSF’s 31st an-
nual Salute to Women in Sports alongside Kim,
2010 Sportswoman of the Year.
“Yu-Na is an incredible athlete,” Kwan said.
“She’s really developing into her own. To see her
in the last couple of years grow and grow and
grow. She has so much potential.
“I don’t know what she will decide to do—a
professional career or competing,” she added.
“She loves skating. That’s the thing where she and
I have that mutual bond or that common thing.
We love skating, we love performing, we love ev-
erything about it. It’s a friendship.”
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 where are
they now?

New chapter
Pairs great finding his rhythm as a coach
By Lois Elfman

T
hree-time U.S. pairs champion and World bronze med- “We want to eventually get
alist John Zimmerman is transitioning into the next into lifestyle wear that broadens
phase of his life. In 2008, his longtime partner, Kyo- it outside of skating,” Zimmer-
ko Ina, decided she needed a break. He spent the next year man said.
working with several partners—skating in Smucker’s Stars “It’s kind of like a
on Ice, appearing on the Russian version of “Skating with baby,” said Fontana, who
the Stars” and performing the occasional show with his wife, has a partner knowl-
former Italian ladies champion and two-time Olympian Sil- edgeable about pro-
via Fontana. duction, which is
In 2009, Fontana launched the skatewear company Ka- essential as the company does its own manufacturing. “John
risma, which is based in Torino, the city that hosted the 2006 and I went and searched for the best fabrics in Italy. We went
Olympic Winter Games. Zimmerman also started spending all over. We went all the way down to Tuscany. It’s a beauti-
significant time in Italy, where he coached the young Ital- ful area with textile industries. Between there and Milan we
ian pairs team of Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek, who found the best fabrics for technical sportswear.
made an impressive World Championships debut, finishing “Same with zippers,” she continued. “We’re researching
11th this past spring. to make our product the latest, newest and most efficient.
Zimmerman and Fontana decided to move their U.S. As far as production, we have invested in the best sewing
home base from New Jersey, where he’s been for more than machines, like the Ferrari of sewing machines. I started off
a decade, to Florida. The Saveology Ice Complex in Coral thinking this business could be something nice, but then it
Springs welcomed them and their students. took off. We went from two employees last year to right now
Although Berton and Hotarek decided not to move to we have 10.”
the U.S., Zimmerman soon found himself coaching a high- Zimmerman has even learned how to sew, so he could
level senior pairs team when U.S. champions Caydee Den- be totally knowledgeable about the company’s operations.
ney and Jeremy Barrett came to work with him. Denney’s In order to assist her husband with his elite pairs teams,
younger sister, Haven, and her partner Daniel Raad, who Fontana is now doing more of her Karisma business remote-
compete at the junior level, also made the move. ly so she can be in Florida. She’s also trying to increase Ka-
“Silvia and I have been planning on making a change in risma’s distribution in the U.S., where it’s already on shelves
our lives for some time,” Zimmerman said. “We wanted to in six stores.
remain on the East Coast because it’s easier to get back and Over the course of his competitive career, Zimmerman
forth to Italy. We wanted to get away from the cold. This is was coached by some of the top coaches, from
a nice environment. They are very much making it work for Peter Oppegard, whom he trained with at Ice
the teams we have here.” Castle International Training Center in Lake
For now, Zimmerman is putting performing on the Arrowhead, Calif. (where he met Fontana), to
back burner. legendary Russian coach Tamara Moskvina,
“My main priority is the kids,” he said. “If I can make who trained Ina and Zimmerman en route
some things work around it, that’s great. It’s still fun and I to the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.
still feel the urge. When I’m in my car cruising down the “I was totally the product of Amer-
road and hear a great song on the radio, I still really want to ican pairs skating when I started. I
skate to it.” feel like Tamara instilled in me a lot
This past summer, Zimmerman, 37, and Fontana, 34, of the details of Russian skating,”
skated in Yu-Na Kim’s shows in Seoul, South Korea. They’re Zimmerman said. “Like when you
also doing a bit of production work. They handled the cast- watched an Anton Sikharulidze
ing for the Golden Skate Awards in Torino on Oct. 9 and and Elena Berezhnaya skate,
Fontana choreographed the group routines, which featured there’s a certain amount of
the first appearance of Evan Lysacek and Evgeni Plushenko details that are not about the
together since the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Van- big tricks.
couver. Lysacek was honored for most outstanding year and “Caydee and Jeremy
Plushenko for most medals won in ISU competitions. have big tricks. I’ll be the
It was perfect timing for the opening of a Karisma store first to say to Jim Peter-
right in Palavela, the Olympic arena. son (Denney and Bar-
“The drive that you put for years and years into skating, rett’s former coach) he
you put into your next project,” Fontana said. did an amazing job with
She initially thought Karisma would be a small side them getting their big Kyoko Ina and John
Zimmerman finished
business, but it quickly took on a significant role in her life. tricks. They’ve got a great fifth at the 2002
She and Zimmerman decided if they were going to be in- foundation. I really applaud Olympic Winter Games
volved they wanted to do it in the best way possible. Right him and what he did. in Salt Lake City, Utah
now, they’re producing practice wear, but they plan on ex- “I’m feeling there are things I can do
panding. to hopefully get them to the top level. I’m

8 DECEMBER 2010
 where are
they now?
trying to figure out what I can do to get them to the next

PHOTO BY LEAH ADAMS

level—exploring the ways that Tamara would work with me.
Trying to bring that something extra out in them.”
Fontana said she brings a female perspective to both
Caydee and Haven. She also works with the teams to refine
their skating skills as well as adding ballet and stretching to
their training. She was with Denney and Barrett when David
Wilson choreographed their new programs. She said watching
Wilson work was an honor.
When Zimmerman accompanied Denney and Barrett to
the NHK Trophy, Fontana coached Denney and Raad. She
also went with the junior team to sectionals and then joined
Zimmerman at Skate America. She sees her husband’s coach-
ing skills as strong and growing.
“He is very much a perfectionist,” Fontana said. “He’s
very passionate about what he does. That will lead him to
guide them through, to strive for more and more. Just because
you’re a good athlete doesn’t
mean at all you
can be a good
coach.
“I think he
has a good
combination
of having the
knowledge of
being a high-
level athlete, but
he does have the
heart and unselfish
attitude to be a good
coach.”
Zimmerman admit-
ted he misses some of the
things we used to see from pairs
before the international judging
system, such as long, beautifully
stretched-out death spirals and pairs
spins without contorted positions.
He is proud that he and Ina did some
innovative moves, which continued to
serve them well through their six years on
the professional circuit.
“Tamara was good at doing different things,”
he said. “Now if you waste your time doing that, peo-
ple are going to pass you in points. I’m now challenged Top, Silvia Fontana and husband John Zimmerman display their skating talents and showman-
with trying to find ways to be creative, trying to make the ship at a recent ice show. Bottom, U.S. pairs champion Jeremy Barrett (with Caydee Denney)
most of the system.” and their new coach John Zimmerman take advantage of a big sale at the U.S. Olympic
He is not afraid to call Moskvina and ask for her advice. Training Center during last summer’s Champs Camp.
He thanks her for her input and especially thanks her for be-
PHOTO BY MICKEY BROWN

ing his coach.

PHOTO BY HENRI SZWARC/BONGARTS/GETTY IMAGES

As much as he admires those who coached him, he’s in-

tent on developing his own style of coaching.
“One of the cool things is I am starting to find my own
thing, my own rhythm, my own strategy and my own take,”
Zimmerman said. “Take the best of the American system, the
best of the Russian style and meld it all together into my own
thing.
“I feel good about the approaches I take and what Silvia
has to offer with her expertise in footwork. I think we have a
pretty good combination.”
In addition to occasional solo performances as well as
with Fontana, he may get back on the ice with Ina soon. She
has returned to top shape after taking part in the Canadian
show Battle of the Blades, where she partnered former NHL
player Kelly Chase, and she is open to skating shows with
Zimmerman.
“If Stars on Ice would be interested in having us do some
shows, we would be more than willing to work this out,” he
said. ¤

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 The Greensboro Coliseum will be buzzing with excitement when the 2011 U.S. Figure Skating Championships come to town, Jan. 22–30.

Big plans
North Carolina knows how to put on a show
By Troy Schwindt

T
he 92nd edition of the AT&T U.S. Figure
Skating Championships will take place for
the first time in North Carolina, a state
known for its college basketball, NASCAR, tobac-
co crops and Great Smoky Mountains. “North Carolina will be a fantastic location
The event, which runs Jan. 22 to Jan. 30,
2011, is being held at the venerable Greensboro
Coliseum Complex, which has played host to
countless major events over five decades, includ-
ing the 1974 NCAA Men’s Final Four Basketball
Tournament.
For chief organizer Hill Carrow, delivering
the U.S. Championships to the “Tar Heel State”
was awarded the 2011 U.S. Championships on
Feb. 25, 2009. U.S. Olympic silver medalist Paul
TICKETS Wylie, who resides in Charlotte, N.C., was named
honorary chairman of the event.
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the Greensboro Coliseum, where they were well- Area information, things to do:
supported by the fans.
“If you Google ‘U.S. Olympic Festival 1987,’
www.greensboronc.org
you’ll see YouTube videos that people put up from
that event, which include Kristi Yamaguchi doing
pairs and some skating from Brian Boitano,” Car-
TRANSPORTATION
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Because of that success, Carrow tried—albiet Go to www.northcarolina2011.com
unsuccessfully—to secure the U.S. Champion-
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“Back then, U.S. Figure Skating required that shuttle line from Jan. 23 through
everything go through a local figure skating club
in terms of its bid process,” Carrow said. “We just Jan. 30 is available for $30 per
had a single club, very modest in size, and its abil- person. Shuttle stops include the
ity to do a multimillion dollar event was not really
there.”
Greensboro Coliseum Complex,
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and his Sports & Properties group decided to Marriott and proximity hotels.
make another run at the U.S. Championships. A
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2011 U.S. Figure Skating
Championships schedule
(All times Eastern)

SUNDAY, JAN. 23
Novice compulsory dance, 11 a.m.
Novice ladies short program, 12:30 p.m.
Novice men’s short program, 2:30 p.m.
Novice pairs short program, 5:30 p.m.
Junior men’s short program, 7:30 p.m.
MONDAY, JAN. 24
Novice free dance, 10:30 a.m.
Novice ladies free skate, 12:30 p.m.
Novice men’s free skate, 3:45 p.m.
Novice pairs free skate, 5:45 p.m.
Junior ladies short program, 8:45 p.m.
TUESDAY, JAN. 25
Junior short dance, 11 a.m.
Junior men’s free skate, 8:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26
Junior pairs short program, 11 a.m.
Junior free dance, 1:30 p.m.
Junior ladies free skate, 8:30 p.m.
U.S. champion Rachael Flatt and her coaches Tom Zakrajsek and Becky Calvin are thrilled with the skater’s
scores at the 2010 U.S. Championships in Spokane, Wash. THURSDAY, JAN. 27
Senior pairs short program, 3:30 p.m.
Senior ladies short program, 7:15 p.m.
That North Carolina hospitality that Perdue talks about will be on display in Greensboro, Car-
row said. FRIDAY, JAN. 28
“We are going to have a very unique presentation for this event,” Carrow said. “We are going to Junior pairs free skate, 11 a.m.
put the three major elements of the championships—competition, practice and fanfest—under one Senior short dance, 3 p.m.
roof in one building. To the best of our knowledge, it’s never been done this way before. Senior men’s short program:, 7:30 p.m.
“Even Spokane (Wash.), which is a benchmark for excellence, had those three components in
SATURDAY, JAN. 29
three different locations.”
Practice sessions and an expanded fanfest will be free for the fans. Senior pairs free skate/Senior free dance, 10:45 a.m.
“We are trying to create a ‘happening’ if you will,” Carrow said. “Competition and athletes are Senior pairs free skate/Senior free dance, 2:30 p.m.
going to be the center of everything, but around that we are working to build something that has a Senior ladies free skate, 6:45 p.m.
SUNDAY, JAN. 30
Senior men’s free skate, 1:30 p.m.
The Greensboro skyline in the Smucker’s Skating Spectacular, 7 p.m.
evening is electric and inviting.

NBC schedule
(All times Eastern)

SATURDAY, JAN. 29
3–6 p.m. (LIVE)
Senior free dance
SATURDAY, JAN. 29
9–11 p.m. (LIVE)
Senior ladies free skate
SUNDAY, JAN. 30
4–6 p.m. (LIVE)
Senior men’s free skate
SATURDAY, FEB. 5
2:30–4:30 p.m.
Smucker’s Skating Spectacular

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lot of critical mass, a lot of synergy, that’s right there on site. It will be
very convenient for the skaters, their families and support teams.
“It will be super-convenient for the average, everyday fan and
also the hardcore fan to be there.”
One of the major highlights of the fanfest will be a mini-sheet
of ice that will be available for demonstrations and small exhibitions.
“It won’t be open to the public but available to someone like
Paul Wylie to come out and do a few moves and explain to people
the difference between a Salchow and a Lutz,” Carrow said. “And we
are going to re-present the medals and do a victory ceremony on the
ice.”
Many of the event’s sponsors will also have interactive booths
in the fanfest. U.S. Figure Skating plans to erect a kiss and cry plat-
form, where people can stop by and get their picture taken. It will
also bring back its “You Be The Judge” station, where the public can
judge a competition using the same touch-screens and software as the
event judges and officials.
One of the most popular displays, Carrow predicts, will be an
area that features a Wii station, where fans can play games from the
Olympic winter sports.
“We are also working on having a movie theater set up where
we run continuous figure skating films and documentaries,” Carrow
said.
Olympic silver medal- “We are really working hard to make that (fanfest) a very fun,
ists Meryl Davis and engaging, family-entertainment experience.”
Charlie White perform Another component of fanfest will be a café, where people can
their free dance at the go and get more healthy fare instead of hot dogs and pretzels, said
NHK Trophy in Japan
last fall. The two-time Carrow, who took that idea from Spokane’s fanfest.
reigning U.S. cham- “There will be tables to sit out in the garden area, where people
pion ice dancing team can get salads, fruits and enjoy buffet-type offerings,” Carrow said.
hopes to make it three A regular schedule of musical performances at fanfest is planned
in a row at the 2011
U.S. Championships in throughout the event.
Greensboro, N.C. “There will be something for everybody,” Carrow said. “People
can go any time, day or night, and enjoy the experience.” ¤

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 adult corner
Roller skating offered enjoyable transition to ice
By Lexi Rohner
Carolee Kness-Purdie, 58
Bonita, Calif.
San Diego FSC
Adult gold ladies
Carolee
Kness-Purdie did
it all in four years
of roller skating—
races, dance, pairs,
fours and freestyle.
“You couldn’t
get me out of the
rink,” said Kness-
Purdie, who today
skates at roller re-
unions.
Roller skat-
ing competitions
in the 1960s were
different than
today, she said. As with ice skating, adults
mostly competed in dance.
Kness-Purdie loved roller skating from
the moment she laced up her skates at her
12th birthday party.
“Great party, great day and the beginning
of a fun life,” she said.
During her competitive days as a teen,
she was nicknamed “Popeye” for her muscular
legs. That served her well in skating, though
blades were an adjustment when she and her
daughter switched to the ice in 1999.
She did not like roller figures, but loved
skating fast, jumping and spinning.
“Roller is like water-skiing with weight
toward the front of the skate, while ice is like
snow-skiing with weight further back,” she
said.
Her roller skating coach, Ken Debit (who
recently passed away), was the one to suggest
that she take ice skating lessons. Looking back,
it was one of the best pieces of advice she ever
received.
“I cannot contain my excitement when
traveling to the rink,” said Kness-Purdie,
whose infectious personality is a testament to
her love of the sport.
Kness-Purdie, an investigator at the U.S.
Attorney’s Office, Department of Justice,
practices three times a week. Her falls, she
chuckled, have covered the entire sheet of ice.
“You have to be a good sport because it
looks crazy when you’re trying your best not
to fall,” she said.
Her focus is on technique, dance tests
and landing a clean double toe loop.
“I’d like to coach beginner classes because
they’re so excited to learn,” said Kness-Purdie,
a breast cancer survivor. “I can relate to their
joy of accomplishment.”
14 DECEMBER 2010
Dann Littel, 58
San Francisco, Calif.
Levittown SC, New York
Gold (Roller)
Dann Littel competed as a roller skater
for 14 years, starting with the old-fashioned
metal skates that attached to his shoes. Even-
tually he made his way from the street to the
ice rink, where he has spent the last six years.
“Roller is natural to me,” he said. “When
I ice skate my weight is farther back, which
can cause shin splints for me,” he said. “It’s
still, however, enjoyable.”
Littel earned three world roller skating
titles from 1977 to 1979, and took gold at the
1979 Pan American Games, all with Florence
Arsenault. Littel was also honored with the
Fabulous Feet award by the National Footwear
Industry.
Littel has a special connection to ice skat-
ing. He is the godfather of U.S. pairs cham-
pion and Olympian Caydee Denney. He also
coached Denney’s mother from age 7 to 19
and attended his first World Figure Skating
Championships in 2009 to support Denney
and partner Jeremy Barrett.
“Skating taught me desire, determination
and dedication to a complete lifestyle,” said
Littel, who coached and consulted roller skat-
ers for 25 years after his competitive days.
He was inducted into the Amateur Ath-
letes Roller Skating Hall of Fame and was
the only American to choreograph the open-
ing ceremonies at the World Roller Skating
Championships.
Littel has volunteered in recent years as a
judge and competition director.
These days, Littel tries to keep at least one
foot on the surface at all times, preferring not
to jump.
“Prior to skating I was shy and stuttered
heavily,” Littel said. “Skating helped me past
that and I know if I set my mind to something
I can do it.”
Patricia Graves, 43
San Clemente, Calif.
All Year FSC
Adult gold ladies
Though she has only been on roller skates
once in 20 years, Patricia Graves fondly re-
members the four years she was involved in
the sport.
“I started skating in the driveway and at
my school’s playground,” said Graves, who
went on to skate at public sessions, take les-
sons and watch the local junior club competi-
tive practices. “My favorite move was a travel-
ing camel and I eventually competed in roller
figures.”
The levels for roller skating and ice skat-
ing, she said, are similar and somewhat trans-
ferable. There are big differences, though,
regarding some of the jumps and other ele-
ments.
Jump landings also feel different, she
added. Roller skating is flat and loud, while
ice skating is smooth and quiet.
After college, Graves found ice skating
more fun than being in a gym or roller rink.
A retired dental hygienist, Graves makes
time for family, including her 6-year-old
daughter and her ice skating lessons.
“We skate together but have different
coaches and clubs,” said Graves, who trains
five days a week.
She’s working on her novice moves in the
field and is aiming to win a medal at the 2011
U.S. Adult Championships in the champion-
ship gold ladies division.
Graves cross-trains on an elliptical ma-
chine, stretches and lifts free weights.
She describes her coach, Tim Tourtellott,
as “tough as nails.”
“I couldn’t ask for more,” said Graves,
who took gold in 2006 and 2007 at the U.S.
Adult Championships (bronze ladies III and
silver ladies III). “Skating gives me joy. My
friendships are amazing, and skating is an art
that can never be perfected. It challenges me
daily.”
Two Special Olympians
achieve gold dance test status
By Joanne Vassallo Jamrosz
S
hannon Lamb and Katie Crawford are
World Special Olympics competitors
and medalists, spokespersons for Special
Olympics and U.S. Figure Skating Champion-
ships exhibition skaters. Now, they can add first
Special Olympics skaters to pass all four gold
dance tests.
Lamb and Crawford are lifelong friends who
train and skate together at the Indiana World
Skating Academy and are members of the Winter
Club of Indianapolis. Although Special Olym-
pics skaters’ tests work on a slightly different
track than the standard track (SO uses the pass/
fail system and requires no solo), the dances are
the same and must be skated showing a general
knowledge of the steps, pattern and timing.
Lamb has been working on her dances
since 1983, and Crawford for almost 23
years. The two passed their Westminster
Waltz on Sept. 27, finishing the 23
dance tests from preliminary to gold
level. Both skaters hone their dance
skills with 1986 U.S. ice dancing
champion and coach Donny Adair.
“Shannon was very excited
but I don’t think realized the
magnitude of the pass and
therefore the gold medal,”
said Sandy Lamb, Shan-
non’s mother, former
Olympic and World coach
and past president of
the Professional Skaters
Association (PSA). “I
think it is beginning to set
in now that she has received
so many congratulations
cards and even a call from
the president of U.S. Figure
Skating, Patricia St. Peter.”
Both Lamb and
Crawford hold full-
time jobs besides pursu-
ing their skating goals:
Crawford works at a local
delicatessen and Lamb is em-
ployed at a neighborhood grade
school. Both women also have
an impressive competitive career
in Special Olympics. Lamb was
the youngest skater to compete
in the World Special Olympics in
Stowe, Vt., in 1981 and placed
second. She was also one of the
first Special Olympics athletes in-
Katie Crawford, coach Donny Adair and
Shannon Lamb proudly show off their
successful gold test.
vited to skate at the 1986 U.S. Figure Skating
Championships exhibition at the conclusion
of the competition, a tradition still alive to-
day. Lamb also competed in five World Winter
Games and one World Summer Games and was
the first athlete to serve as an athlete-official at
the World Games held in Canada, Japan and
Boise, Idaho.
Crawford competed in nine World Games
in seven different sports. In 2008, she was one of
only nine Special Olympics athletes from around
the world chosen to carry the Olympic torch
through Beijing and Shanghai. She also keeps
busy coaching a Special Olympics class each win-
ter, competing in her state games and speaking
about her experiences with Special Olympics.
“We were so proud when she passed her
R
Special
Olympics
last gold dance,” said Crawford’s mother, Nancy.
“She’s worked so hard on them for the last 23
years.”
The new gold medalists do not plan to stop
there. Both will soon begin work on their in-
ternational dances and moves-in-the-field tests.
Crawford has passed her pre- preliminary moves,
and Lamb her pre-juvenile moves.
“These goals are lofty, and without the
constant support of her parents, grandparents,
brother, sister in-law, cousins, aunts and uncles,
people she has worked with and other coaches,
she could not have done it,” Sandy Lamb said.
One of Lamb’s greatest supporters is her
aunt, Judy Schwomeyer Sladky, five- time U.S.
ice dancing champion and winner of one silver
and three bronze medals at the World Champi-
onships with partner Jim Sladky.
“She stuck to it and finally accomplished
that goal,” Sandy Lamb said of Shannon. “I did
not want there to be a stopping point where there
was nothing else to work for, so that is why we
are polling the U.S. Figure Skating’s Spe-
cial Olympics Committee to allow Special
Olympics testing of the international
dances, with the same rules as the pre-
vious dances. The international dances
are extremely difficult and I believe she
will only be able to test one or two
of them, but she has surprised
me before. I never thought
she would be able to do the
quick Fiesta Tango mo-
hawk, and boy did she
prove me wrong.”
With their determina-
tion and drive, who knows
what the future holds?
“Our thanks go to the
greatest governing body in
the world, U.S. Figure Skat-
ing, without whose support
we would not be where we
are,” Sandy Lamb said. “We
are finding that the Special
Olympics skaters are able
to achieve more advanced
skills due to the PSA’s
coaches’ education in work-
ing with athletes with mental
and physical disabilities and
U.S. Figure Skating’s willing-
ness to continue raising the
bar for our athletes to be able
to achieve their goals.” ¤
PHOTO BY SANDY LAMB
S K AT I N G 15
16 DECEMBER 2010
I
t was Valentine’s Day, 1961. Love songs such
as “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” by The
Shirelles and “At Last” by Etta James played
on the radio. Audiences filled local movie
theaters on this special day, taking in films such
as The Misfits and In Love and War. And 16-year-
old Laurence Owen, the recently crowned U.S.
ladies champion, appeared on the cover of Sports
Illustrated.
A year removed from the 1960 Olympic
Winter Games, in which the United States had
won four figure skating medals, the state of the
sport was full of promise. Owen, whom Sports Il-
lustrated deemed the country’s “most exciting girl
skater,” was ready to lead a new group of athletes
into the next Olympic cycle.
As the best skaters in the country spent
their Valentine’s Day evening en route to Prague,
Czechoslovakia, for the World Figure Skating
Championships, thoughts and dreams of a suc-
cessful competition danced in their heads.
But the 18 members of the U.S. World
Team and 16 international officials, coaches
and family members would never arrive in
Prague. The plane went down in flames in a
field just four miles from the Brussels, Bel-
gium, airport, where they were to have a brief
layover before resuming their trip to Prague.
The crash of Sabena Flight 548 left no survi-
vors. Twenty-seven other passengers and a flight
crew of 11 also perished.
The entire skating community and the rest
of the world were shocked by this catastrophe.
“This disaster has brought tragedy to many
American families and is a painful loss to the in-
ternational community of sport as well,” Presi-
dent John F. Kennedy said. “Our country has
sustained a great loss of talent and grace, which
has brought pleasure to people all over the world.
Mrs. Kennedy and I extend our deepest sympa-
thy to the families and friends of all the passen-
gers and crew who died in the crash.”
Nearly 50 years later, the spirit of the 1961
U.S. World Figure Skating Team lives on. The
Memorial Fund, created on Feb. 23, 1961, as a
living memorial for the U.S. athletes who lost
their lives in the crash, provides financial assis-
tance to young and up-and-coming figure skat-
ers. The two programs that make up the Memo-
rial Fund — the Competitive Skaters Assistance
Program (CSAP) and the Academic Scholarship
Program — have benefitted countless athletes,
including Olympians, since the fund’s inception.
The CSAP helps to subsidize a skater’s train-
PHOTO BY MICHELLE HARVATH
Caitlin Yankowskas and John Coughlin
ing expenses. Awards are based on financial need
and competitive history. In addition, academic
scholarships are awarded to skaters pursuing a
college degree who prove financial need.
Two-time reigning U.S. men’s champion
and 2010 Olympian Jeremy Abbott often heard
stories about the 1961 U.S. World Team while
training in Colorado.
“Many of the coaches, officials and ath-
letes that were aboard the plane were part of the
Broadmoor Skating Club at the original World
Arena in Colorado Springs,” he said. “Being from
Colorado and skating at the World Arena for 10
years, I learned a lot about it.”
Abbott is a past recipient of the Memorial
Fund.
“My family and I have been helped tre-
mendously by the generosity of the people who
donate to this fund,” he said. “Because of this, I
have been able to skate and see my dreams be-
come a reality which otherwise may not have
happened. I owe a lot to the support that this
amazing fund has given me.”
Though he is most known for coaching
talented skaters such as U.S. champion Rachael
Flatt, Tom Zakrajsek was a rising star in the U.S.
figure skating scene in the 1970s and 1980s.
Growing up in a large family in Cleveland, Ohio,
Zakrajsek and his family struggled to pay his
skating bills.
“My dad remortgaged our home twice to
pay for skating,” he said. “There was a point
where my skating career ended in 1986 after na-
tionals. I remember going home and my parents
saying, ‘You’ve done a good job and are a good
skater but you’re not at the top of the sport. We
can’t continue doing this for you anymore.’”
Because of the Memorial Fund, Zakrajsek
was able to continue to compete until his retire-
ment in 1988.
“Those last two years of my skating were re-
ally my best years because it was me taking re-
sponsibility, and receiving money from the Me-
morial Fund helped me to keep going when even
my parents couldn’t do it anymore,” Zakrajsek
said. “Maybe I wouldn’t have been a coach, or
maybe I wouldn’t have been involved in the sport
if it wasn’t for that extra money.”
U.S. pairs skaters Caitlin Yankowskas and
John Coughlin have also been touched by the
Memorial Fund on more than one occasion.
“It’s just a great fund to donate to for any
athlete,” Coughlin said. “We always support it
because it’s saved us a couple times.”
PHOTO BY MICHELLE HARVATH
Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig
The magnitude of what happend on Feb. 15,
1961, always hits home, they say, when they see
the historic Associated Press photo of the team
standing outside the plane before taking off.
“It’s haunting,” Yankowskas said.
“I can’t think of many other examples in
sports that had something that ripped the core
of the sport from everybody,” Coughlin said. “It’s
something that skaters are still protective of to
this day. People who may not have been alive
when it happened or had no association with it
understand the depth and weight when you see
that photo.”
The connection between the 1961 U.S.
World Team members and present-day athletes
remains strong. Mark Ladwig, 2010 Olympian
and reigning U.S. silver medalist in pairs with
Amanda Evora, has a personal tie to those skaters.
“My former coach Ron Ludington was un-
able to go to the World Championships that
year,” Ladwig explained. “I worked with Ron for
two years (from 1999 to 2001) and he is the one
that recommended that I skate with Amanda.”
Figure skating has been a source of financial
struggle for Ladwig and his family. The Memorial
Fund has “helped lessen the burden of everyday
living,” he said.
One particular time when the monetary
assistance came in handy was at the 2010 U.S.
Championships in Spokane, Wash.
“The fund was a big boost for nationals,”
Ladwig said. “It helped with a lot of things, like
paying for the hotel room. Not having to worry
so much about the money allows me to concen-
trate and do my best on the ice.”
Skaters such as Abbott illustrate the impor-
tance of the fund and the endless possibilities it
offers to future athletes.
“I would encourage people to look right to
the top of the sport in our country, because there
are so many of us that have benefited from this
fund and the people who donate to it,” he said.
“It’s the generosity of the people who give to this
fund that will one day help another family see
their child’s dream come true.”
The 1961 U.S. World Team members have
helped to elevate American figure skating to the
place where it is today, and athletes such as Lad-
wig are grateful.
“I can’t think of a better way to honor their
memory than to encourage others to stay in the
sport,” he said. ¤
PHOTO BY MICKEY BROWN
PHOTO BY MICHELLE HARVATH
Coach Tom Zakrajsek with U.S. cham- Jeremy Abbott
pion Rachael Flatt
S K AT I N G 17

The following is a list of the nearly 500 theaters nationwide that will present the special one-night-only Fathom event that will celebrate American figure skating while
commemorating the 50th anniversary and legacy of the 1961 U.S. World Team tragedy. The historic evening will originate live from the Best Buy Theater in New York
City’s Times Square. Uniquely choreographed figure skating performances, interviews with American figure skating legends, a red-carpet celebration, the big screen
premiere of RISE and more will make up the event. The pre-event show gets under way at 7:30 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time, 6:30 p.m. Central time and 5:30 p.m.
Mountain Time. The suggested nationwide ticket price is $15. To get the most up-to-date theater listing and to purchase tickets online, go to www.rise1961.com.
ALABAMA
Trussville 16
5895 Trussville Crossings Pkwy
Birmingham AL 35235
Cobb Pinnacle 14
3780 Gulf Shores Pkwy
Gulf Shores AL 36542
Hollywood 18
3312 Memorial Pkwy Sw
Huntsville AL 35801
Stadium 18
1250 Satchel Paige Dr
Mobile AL 36606
Hollywood 16
4250 Old Greensboro Rd
Tuscaloosa AL 35405
ARKANSAS
Tinseltown Benton
17314 Interstate 30 N
Benton AR 72019
Breckenridge Village
1200 Breckenridge Dr
Little Rock AR 72205
ARIZONA
Westgate 20 with IMAX
9400 W Hanna Ln
Glendale AZ 85305
Cinemark 16
1051 N Dobson Rd
Mesa AZ 85201
Ahwatukee 24
4915 E Ray Rd
Phoenix AZ 85044
Desert Ridge 18 with IMAX
21001 N Tatum Blvd Ste 32
Phoenix AZ 85050
Cinemark Sierra Vista
2175 El Mercado Loop
Sierra Vista AZ 85635
Century
12155 N Oracle Rd
Tucson AZ 85737
El Con 20
3601 E Broadway Blvd
Tucson AZ 85716
Park Place 20
5870 E Broadway Blvd
Tucson AZ 85711
CALIFORNIA
Alhambra Renaissance 14
1 E Main St
Alhambra CA 91801
Cinemark Jess Ranch
18935 Bear Valley Rd
Apple Valley CA 92308
Santa Anita with IMAX
400 S Baldwin Ave
Arcadia CA 91007
Bakersfield Stadium 14
9000 Ming Ave Ste G
Bakersfield CA 93311
Burbank 16 with IMAX
125 E Palm Ave
Burbank CA 91502
Cinemark Chico
801 East Ave
Chico CA 95926
18 DECEMBER 2010
Otay Ranch 12
2015 Birch Rd
Chula Vista CA 91915
Cupertino 16 with IMAX
10123 N Wolfe Rd
Cupertino CA 95014
Daly City 20
1901 Junipero Serra Blvd
Daly City CA 94014
Blackhawk
4175 Blackhawk Plaza Circle
Danville CA 94506
Hacienda Crossings 20
plus IMAX
5000 Dublin Blvd
Dublin CA 94568
Cinemark Imperial
Valley Mall 14
3651 S Dogwood Rd
El Centro CA 92243
El Dorado Hills Stadium 13
with IMAX
2101 Vine St
El Dorado Hills CA 95762
Laguna 16
9349 Big Horn Blvd
Elk Grove CA 95758
Bay Street 16 with IMAX
5614 Bay St Ste 220
Emeryville CA 94608
Folsom 14
261 Iron Point Rd
Folsom CA 95630
Fresno Stadium 21
plus IMAX
250 E Paseo Del Centro
Fresno CA 93720
Glendora 12
1337 E Gladstone St
Glendora CA 91740
Century
22695 Foothill Blvd
Hayward CA 94541
Huntington Beach 20
7777 Edinger Ave
Huntington Beach CA 92647
Irvine Spectrum 20
with IMAX
65 Fortune Dr
Irvine CA 92618
Cinemark 22
2600 W Avenue I
Lancaster CA 93536
Cinemark 14
99 S Pine Ave
Long Beach CA 90802
Long Beach 26 with IMAX
7501 Carson Blvd
Long Beach CA 90808
Century City 15 with IMAX
10250 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90067
LA Live
1000 W Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90015
Rave 18
6081 Center Dr
Los Angeles CA 90045
ONE NIGHT ONLY
(theater locations subject to change)
Showplace Manteca 16
848 Lifestyle St
Manteca CA 95337
Mainplace Stadium Cinema
403 W Main St
Merced CA 95340
Mill Valley Cinearts Sequoia 2 Sacramento CA 95834
25 Throckmorton Ave
Mill Valley CA 94941
Milpitas Great Mall 20
1010 Great Mall Dr
Milpitas CA 95035
Monterey 13
1700 Del Monte Ctr
Monterey CA 93940
Mountain View Cinemas 16
1500 N Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View CA 94043
Napa 8
825 Pearl St
Napa CA 94559
Plaza Bonita 14 with IMAX
3050 Plaza Bonita Rd
National City CA 91950
Ontario Mills 30
4549 Mills Cir
Ontario CA 91764
The Block 30 @ Orange
with IMAX
20 City Blvd W Ste E
Orange CA 92868
Orange Stadium
Promenade 25
1701 W Katella Ave
Orange CA 92867
Palm Springs Courtyard
Stadium 9
789 E Tahquitz Canyon Way
Palm Springs CA 92262
Antelope Valley Mall
1475 W Rancho Vista Blvd
Palmdale CA 93551
Pleasant Hill Downtown 16
125 Crescent Dr
Pleasant Hill CA 94523
Century Theatres at The River Santa Cruz 9
71800 Highway 111
Rancho Mirage CA 92270
Movies 14
980 Old Alturas Rd
Redding CA 96003
Century 20 Downtown
Redwood City
825 Middlefield Rd
Redwood City CA 94063
Galleria at Tyler 16 with IMAX
3775 Tyler St
Riverside CA 92503
Roseville 14
1555 Eureka Rd
Roseville CA 95661
Sacramento Stadium 14
1590 Ethan Way
Sacramento CA 95825
Sacramento Downtown
Plaza 7
445 Downtown Plz
Sacramento CA 95814
Sacramento Greenback
Lane 16
6233 Garfield Ave
Sacramento CA 95841
Natomas Marketplace
3561 Truxel Rd
Century Theatres at Tanforan
1188 El Camino Real
San Bruno CA 94066
Mission Valley 20 with IMAX
1640 Camino Del Rio N
San Diego CA 92108
Mira Mesa 18 with IMAX
10733 Westview Pkwy
San Diego CA 92126
Horton Plaza
475 Horton Plz
San Diego CA 92101
Century 9
San Francisco Centre
835 Market St
San Francisco CA 94103
Eastridge Mall 15 with IMAX
2190 Eastridge Loop
San Jose CA 95122
Cinearts Santana Row 6
3088 Olsen Dr
San Jose CA 95128
San Jose Oakridge 20
925 Blossom Hill Rd
San Jose CA 95123
San Marcos 18
1180 W San Marcos Blvd
San Marcos CA 92078
San Mateo Downtown
320 2nd Ave
San Mateo CA 94401
San Rafael Regency 6
280 Smith Ranch Rd
San Rafael CA 94903
Valencia Stadium 12
24435 Town Center Dr
Santa Clarita CA 91355
1405 Pacific Ave
Santa Cruz CA 95060
Sausalito Cinearts Marin 3
101 Caledonia St
Sausalito CA 94965
Stockton City Centre Stadium
16 with IMAX
222 N El Dorado St
Stockton CA 95202
Temecula 15 with IMAX
40750 Winchester Rd
Temecula CA 92591
Tustin Legacy 14
2457 Park Ave
Tustin CA 92782
Union City Union Landing 25
32100 Union Lndg
Union City CA 94587
Ventura Stadium 16
2875 Elba St
Ventura CA 93003
Cinemark 16 Victorville
14470 Bear Valley Rd
Victorville CA 92392
Walnut Creek 14
1201 Locust St
Walnut Creek CA 94596
Promenade 16 with IMAX
21801 Oxnard St
Woodland Hills CA 91367
Yuba City
1410 Whyler Rd
Yuba City CA 95993
COLORADO
Southlands 16
23955 E Plaza Ave Ste 109
Aurora CO 80016
Century Boulder
1700 29Th St
Boulder CO 80301
Orchards of Westminster 12
with IMAX
14653 Orchard Pkwy
Broomfield CO 80023
Castle Rock 12
3960 Limelight Ave
Castle Rock CO 80109
Tinseltown
1545 E Cheyenne Mountain Blvd
Colorado Springs CO 80906
Cinemark Carefree Circle
with IMAX
3305 Cinema Pt
Colorado Springs CO 80922
Hollywood Theaters 14
11250 Rampart Hills Vw
Colorado Springs CO 80921
Pavilions 15
500 16Th St Ste 310
Denver CO 80202
Greenwood Plaza 12
8141 E Arapahoe Rd
Englewood CO 80112
Cinemark Fort Collins
4721 S Timberline Rd
Fort Collins CO 80528
Cinemark Greeley Mall
2160 Greeley Mall
Greeley CO 80631
Bel Mar 16
440 S Teller St
Lakewood CO 80226
Colorado Mills Stadium 16
14500 W Colfax Ave
Lakewood CO 80401
Highlands Ranch 24
with IMAX
103 Centennial Blvd
Littleton CO 80129
Tinseltown Pueblo
4140 N Freeway Rd
Pueblo CO 81008
Regal River Point
3565 South Platte Drive
Sheridan CO 80110
Cinebistro at Solaris
141 E Meadow Dr
Vail CO 81657
CONNECTICUT Lakeside 18 Cinemas
Branford 12 1650 Town Center Dr
325 E Main St Lakeland FL 33803
Branford CT 06405 Merritt Square 16
777 E Merritt Island Cswy
WASHINGTON DC Merritt Island FL 32952
Mazza Gallerie 7
5300 Wisconsin Ave Nw Dolphin 19 Cinemas
Washington DC 20015 11471 Nw 12Th St Ste 100
Miami FL 33172
DELAWARE Dolphin Cinebistro
Brandywine Town Center 16
11471 Nw 12Th St Ste 615E
3300 Brandywine Pkwy
Miami FL 33172
Wilmington DE 19803
Movies @ The Falls 12
FLORIDA 9000 Sw 136Th St
Aventura Mall 24 with IMAX Miami FL 33176
19501 Biscayne Blvd
Aventura FL 33180 South Beach Stadium 18
1120 Lincoln Rd
Cinemark Palace 20
Miami Beach FL 33139
3200 Airport Rd
Boca Raton FL 33431 Hollywood Stadium
20-Naples
Shadowood 16
6006 Hollywood Drive
9889 Glades Rd
Naples FL 34109
Boca Raton FL 33434
Woodland Square 20
Cinemark Boynton Beach 14 with IMAX
1151 N Congress Ave 3128 Tampa Rd
Boynton Beach FL 33426
Oldsmar FL 34677
Magnolia Place 16 Orange Park 24 with IMAX
9645 Westview Dr
1910 Wells Rd
Coral Springs FL 33076
Orange Park FL 32073
Oceanwalk Movies 10 Cinemark Orlando
250 N Atlantic Ave
Festival Bay
Daytona Beach FL 32118
5150 International Dr
Delray Beach 18
Orlando FL 32819
1660 S Federal Hwy
Pointe Orlando with IMAX
Delray Beach FL 33483
9101 International Dr Ste 2100
Hollywood Coconut Point 16
Orlando FL 32819
8021 Cinema Way
Waterford Lakes Stadium 20
Estero FL 33928
with IMAX
Cinemark Paradise 24 541 N Alafaya Trl
15601 Sheridan St
Orlando FL 32828
Fort Lauderdale FL 33331
Downtown At The Gardens
Cypress Creek Station 16
16 Cinemas
6415 N Andrews Ave
11701 Lake Victoria Gardens
Fort Lauderdale FL 33309 Ave Ste
Belltower 20 Palm Beach Gardens FL 33410
13499 Bell Tower Dr
Park Place Stadium 16
Fort Myers FL 33907 7200 Us Highway 19 N
Gainesville Cinema 14 Pinellas Park FL 33781
3101 Sw 35Th Blvd Hollywood
Gainesville FL 32608
5547 S Williamson Blvd
Miami Lake 17 Cinemas Port Orange FL 32128
6711 Main St Sarasota 12
Hialeah FL 33014 8201 S Tamiami Trl
Regency Square 24 with IMAX Sarasota FL 34238
9451 Regency Square Blvd
Hollywood Stadium
Jacksonville FL 32225
20-Sarasota
Tinseltown USA 1993 Main St
4535 Southside Blvd Sarasota FL 34236
Jacksonville FL 32216
Governors Square
The Avenues Stadium 20 Stadium 12
9525 Philips Hwy 1501 Governors Square Blvd
Jacksonville FL 32256 Tallahassee FL 32301
Jupiter 18 Cinemas Hyde Park Cinebistro
201 N US Highway 1 1609 W Swann Ave
Jupiter FL 33477 Tampa FL 33606
Pleasure Island 24 Citrus Stadium Park Mall 20
1500 N Buena Vista Dr 7999 Citrus Park Town Ctr. Mall
Lake Buena Vista FL 32830 Tampa FL 33625
Grove 16 Cinemas IDAHO Cinemark Woodridge 17 LOUISIANA Bowie Crossing 14 Brooklyn Center 20 North Hills Stadium 14
6333 Wesley Grove Blvd Boise 21 plus IMAX with IMAX Perkins Row 15200 Major Lansdale Blvd 6420 Camden Ave N 4150 Main At North Hills St
Wesley Chapel FL 33544 7701 W Overland Rd 6500 Route 53 10000 Perkins Rowe Ste 125 Bowie MD 20716 Minneapolis MN 55430 Raleigh NC 27609
Royal Palm Stadium 18 Boise ID 83709 Woodridge IL 60517 Baton Rouge LA 70810 Columbia Mall 14 with IMAX Showplace ICON
1003 N State Road 7 10300 Little Patuxent Pkwy at The West End
NEBRASKA
Riverstone Stadium 14 INDIANA Citiplace 11 Oakview 24 with IMAX
West Palm Beach FL 33411 2416 N Old Mill Loop 2610 Citiplace Ct Columbia MD 21044 1625 West End Blvd
Showplace Bloomington 11 3555 S 140Th Plz
Cobb Grand 10 Cinemas Coeur D Alene ID 83814 Baton Rouge LA 70808 Snowden Square 14 Saint Louis Park MN 55416
1351 S College Mall Rd Omaha NE 68144
920 Spring Lake Sq Grand Teton Stadium 14 Bloomington IN 47401 Hollywood Stadium 14 9161 Commerce Center Dr Rosedale 14 with IMAX
Winter Haven FL 33881 2707 S 25th E 69348 Highway 21 Columbia MD 21046 850 Rosedale Ctr NEW HAMPSHIRE
Evansville 16 Saint Paul MN 55113 Fox Run Stadium 15
Idaho Falls ID 83406 Covington LA 70433 Germantown 14
GEORGIA 5600 Pearl Dr 45 Gosling Rd
North Point 8 ILLINOIS Evansville IN 47712 Elmwood Palace 20 with IMAX 20000 Century Blvd MISSOURI Newington NH 03801
6500 N Point Pkwy 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd Germantown MD 20874 Town Plaza 5
South Barrington 30 Coldwater Crossing
Alpharetta GA 30022 with IMAX 211 W Washington Center Rd
Harahan LA 70123 Cinemark Egyptian 24 2136 William St Apt 205 NEW JERSEY
Beechwood Stadium 175 Studio Dr Fort Wayne IN 46825 Westbank Palace 16 7000 Arundel Mills Circle Cape Girardeau MO 63703 Middlebrook Galleria
Cinemas 11 Barrington IL 60010 1151 Manhattan Blvd Hanover MD 21076 Chesterfield 14 Cinema 10
196 Alps Rd Castleton Square 14 Harvey LA 70058 1502 Route 35
Century @ Stratford Square Owings Mills 17 3000 Chesterfield Mall
Athens GA 30606 6020 E 82Nd St Ofc 900 Asbury Park NJ 07712
804 Stratford Square Mall Cinemark 14 10100 Mill Run Circle Chesterfield MO 63017
Indianapolis IN 46250
Fork and Screen Buckhead Bloomingdale IL 60108 548 W Prien Lake Rd Owings Mills MD 21117 Forum 8 Burlington 20
3340 Peachtree Rd NE Showplace Indianapolis 17 Lake Charles LA 70601 250 Bromley Blvd
Showplace Carbondale 8 MAINE 1209 Forum Katy Pkwy
Atlanta GA 30326 4325 S Meridian St Columbia MO 65203 Burlington NJ 08016
1263 E Main St Tinseltown Brunswick 10
Indianapolis IN 46217
Perimeter Pointe 10 Carbondale IL 62901 8400 Millicent Way 19 Gurnet Rd Independence 20 with IMAX Clifton Commons 16
1155 Mount Vernon Hwy River East 21 Galaxy 14 Shreveport LA 71115 Brunswick ME 04011 19200 E. 39th St. S 405 State Rt 3
Atlanta GA 30338 322 E Illinois St 8105 E 96Th St Independence, MO 64057 Clifton NJ 07014
Tinseltown USA
Augusta Exchange 20 Chicago IL 60611 Indianapolis IN 46256
220 Blanchard St
MICHIGAN
Quality 16 St. Louis Mills 18 Edgewater 16
with IMAX ShowPlace ICON Showplace Michigan City 14 West Monroe LA 71291 5555 Saint Louis Mills Blvd Multiple Cinemas
1144 Agerton Ln 100 Meijer Dr 3686 Jackson Rd
at Roosevelt Collection Hazelwood MO 63042 339 River Rd
Augusta GA 30909 150 W Roosevelt Rd Michigan City IN 46360 MASSACHUSETTS Ann Arbor MI 48103
Edgewater NJ 07020
Bellingham 14 State Theatre Northstar 14
Galleria Mall Chicago IL 60605 Movies 14 201 N Northpark Ln Hamilton 24 with IMAX
259 Hartford Ave 233 E. Front St.
Stadium Cinemas City North 14 910 W Edison Rd Joplin MO 64801 325 Sloan Ave
Bellingham MA 02019 Traverse City MI 49684
2980 Watson Blvd 2600 N Western Ave Mishawaka IN 46545 Hamilton NJ 08619
Centerville GA 31028 Fenway 13 Canton Cinema Barrywoods 24 with IMAX
Chicago IL 60647 Showplace Muncie 12 8101 Nw Roanridge Rd
201 Brookline Ave 43555 Ford Rd Town Center Plaza
Hollywood 24 @ North I-85 Webster Place 11 860 E Princeton Ave Kansas City MO 64151 319 Route 130
Boston MA 02215 Canton MI 48187
3265 Northeast Expy NE 1471 W Webster Ave Muncie IN 47303
Braintree 10 Cinemark 14, The Palace Hightstown NJ 08520
Chamblee GA 30341 Chicago IL 60614 Flint West 14
Showplace Schererville 16 121 Grandview Rd 1591 S Graham Rd 500 Nichols Rd Hamilton Commons 14
Avenue Forsyth 12 Showplace 16 875 Deer Creek Dr Kansas City MO 64112
Braintree MA 02184 Flint MI 48532 4215 Black Horse Pike
350 Peachtree Pkwy 5000 Northwest Hwy Schererville IN 46375
Cumming GA 30041 Burlington 10 Kansas City 18 Cinemas Mays Landing NJ 08330
Crystal Lake IL 60014 Celebration Cinema/IMAX
Showplace Terra Haute 12 20 South Ave 2121 Celebration Dr NE 3200 Ameristar Dr Commerce Center 18
Tinseltown USA Century 16 Deer Park 3153 S 3rd PL Kansas City MO 64161
134 Pavilion Pkwy Burlington MA 01803 Grand Rapids MI 49525 2399 Us Highway 1
21600 W Field Pkwy Terre Haute IN 47802 Hollywood Theaters 10 North Brunswick NJ 08902
Fayetteville GA 30214 Deer Park IL 60010 Legacy Place Holland 7
Valparaiso Commons 670 Legacy Place 500 S Waverly Rd 5405 N Belt Hwy Bldg M Garden State 16 with IMAX
Hollywood Stadium Cinemas ShowPlace 12 Saint Joseph MO 64506
120 Green Hill Cir NW 700 Porters Vale Blvd Dedham MA 02026 Holland MI 49423 1 Garden State Plz
6633 Center Grove Rd Valparaiso IN 46383 Esquire 7
Gainesville GA 30504 Patriot Place Kalamazoo 10 Paramus NJ 07652
Edwardsville IL 62025 6706 Clayton Rd
Discover Mills 18 KANSAS 24 Patriot PL 820 Maple Hill Dr Rockaway 16 with IMAX
Evanston 18 Foxboro MA 02035 Kalamazoo MI 49009 Saint Louis MO 63117
5900 Sugarloaf Pkwy 1715 Maple Ave Southwind 12 363 Mount Hope Ave
Lawrenceville GA 30043 Evanston IL 60201 3433 Iowa St Framingham 15 Celebration Cinemas Lansing College Station Rockaway NJ 07866
Lawrence KS 66046 22 Flutie Pass 200 E Edgewood Blvd 415 W College St
Merchant’s Walk Stadium Cinemark Springfield MO 65806 Showplace 14
Cinemas 12 Framingham MA 01701 Lansing MI 48911 650 Plaza Dr
3340 Mall Loop Dr Cinemark 20 (Merriam)
1301 Johnson Ferry Rd Joliet IL 60431 5500 Antioch Rd Hampshire Mall 12 Livonia 20 with IMAX MISSISSIPPI Secaucus NJ 07094
Marietta GA 30068 Merriam KS 66202 367 Russell St 19500 Haggerty Rd Cinemark 16 Gulfport Movies 16
Lincolnshire 20 plus IMAX Hadley MA 01035
Savannah Stadium 10 Livonia MI 48152 15171 Community Rd 711 Evesham Ave
300 Parkway Dr Olathe Studio 30 with IMAX
1132 Shawnee St Apt 34 Lowell Showcase Cinemas Oxford 7 Gulfport MS 39503 Somerdale NJ 08083
Lincolnshire IL 60069 12075 S Strang Line Rd
Savannah GA 31419 Olathe KS 66062 32 Reiss Ave 48 S Washington St Tinseltown Jackson
Showplace Naperville 16 Ritz Center 16
Valdosta Stadium Cinemas Lowell MA 01851 Oxford MI 48371 411 Riverwind Dr 900 Haddonfield Berlin Rd
2815 Show Place Dr Hollywood Stadium 14
1680 Baytree Rd Solomon Pond Mall 15 Krafft 8 Pearl MS 39208 Voorhees NJ 08043
Naperville IL 60564 6200 SW 6th Ave
Valdosta GA 31602 591 Donald Lynch Blvd 2725 Krafft Rd
Showplace New Lenox 14 Topeka KS 66615
Marlborough MA 01752
MONTANA NEW MEXICO
Port Huron MI 48060
HAWAII 1320 W Maple St
KENTUCKY
Gallatin Mall Cinema 11 Albuquerque Rio 24
Prince Kuhio Theaters 9 New Lenox IL 60451 Blackstone Valley Saginaw 8 / Quad 2825 W Main St
Town Cinema 4901 Pan American West Fwy NE
111 E Puainako St 70 Worcester Providence 3250 Kabobel Dr Bozeman MT 59718
Showplace Niles 12 400 Winchester Ave Albuquerque NM 87109
Hilo HI 96720 Tpke Millbury MA 01527 Saginaw MI 48604 Great Northern 8
301 Golf Mill Ctr Ashland KY 41101 Albuquerque Downtown 14
Dole Cannery 18 with IMAX Niles IL 60714 The Beacon Cinema Commerce Township 14 750 Great Northern Blvd
Fayette Mall 57 North St 100 Central Ave Sw
753B Iwilei Rd 3033 Spring Vale Rd Helena MT 59601
Showplace Pekin 14 3800 Mall Rd Albuquerque NM 87102
Honolulu HI 96817 Pittsfield MA 01201 Walled Lake MI 48390
1124 Edgewater Dr Lexington KY 40503 NORTH CAROLINA
Randolph Showcase Cinemas Ann Arbor 20 IMAX Cottonwood 16
IOWA Pekin IL 61554 The Carolina Asheville
Hamburg Pavilions 16 73 Mazzeo Dr 4100 Carpenter Rd 10000 Coors Byp NW
Movies 12 Willow Knolls 14 1640 Hendersonville Rd Albuquerque NM 87114
1949 Star Shoot Pkwy Randolph MA 02368 Ypsilanti MI 48197 Asheville NC 28803
1317 Buckeye Ave 4100 W Willow Knolls Dr
Peoria IL 61615 Lexington KY 40509 Revere Showcase Cinemas NEVADA
Ames IA 50010 MINNESOTA Stonecrest 22 @ Piper Glen
Tinseltown Louisville 565 Squire Rd Eagan 16 with IMAX Orleans 18
Star 16 Showplace Rockford 16
4400 Towne Center Dr Revere MA 02151 2055 Cliff Rd 7824 Rea Rd 4500 W Tropicana Ave
3220 23rd Ave 8301 E State St
Council Bluffs IA 51501 Rockford IL 61108 Louisville KY 40241 Swansea Eagan MN 55122 Charlotte NC 28277 Las Vegas NV 89103
Savoy 16 Stonybrook 20 IMAX 207 Swansea Mall Dr Eden Prairie 18 with IMAX Concord Mills 24 with IMAX Sams Town 18
Davenport 53 18
232 Burwash Ave 2745 S Hurstbourne Pkwy Swansea MA 02777 8251 Flying Cloud Dr 8421 Concord Mills Blvd 5111 Boulder Hwy
3601 E 53rd St
Davenport IA 52807 Savoy IL 61874 Louisville KY 40220 West Springfield 12 Eden Prairie MN 55344 Concord NC 28027 Las Vegas NV 89122
Star 14 Showplace Springfield 12 Cinemark Paducah 864 Riverdale St West Movies 8 KDH Movies 10 Santa Fe Station 16
2835 Nw Arterial 3141 Mercantile Drive 5159 Hinkleville Rd Unit 10 Springfield MA 01089 1850 Adams St Ste 15 1803 N Croatan Hwy 4949 N Rancho Dr
Dubuque IA 52002 Springfield IL 62711 Paducah KY 42001 Mankato MN 56001 Kill Devil Hills NC 27948 Las Vegas NV 89130
MARYLAND
Jordan Creek 20 Cantera 30 The Shops at Richmond Hills Bel Air Cinema 14 Block E 15 Brier Creek Stadium 14 Century 16 South Point
101 Jordan Creek Pkwy 28250 Diehl Rd 2103 Lantern Ridge Dr 409 Constant Friendship Blvd 600 Hennepin Ave 8611 Brier Creek Pkwy 9777 Las Vegas Blvd S
West Des Moines IA 50266 Warrenville IL 60555 Richmond KY 40475 Abingdon MD 21009 Minneapolis MN 55403 Raleigh NC 27617 Las Vegas NV 89183

S K AT I N G 19
 Village Square 18
9400 W Sahara Ave
Las Vegas NV 89117
Colonnade 14
8880 S Eastern Ave
Las Vegas NV 89123
Riverside 12
11 N Sierra St
Reno NV 89501
Summit Sierra
13965 S Virginia St
Reno NV 89511
NEW YORK
Crossgates Stadium 18
with IMAX
120 Washington Avenue Ext Ste 1 Cinemark 24 Cleveland
Albany NY 12203
Bay Plaza 13
2210 Bartow Ave Unit 12
Bronx NY 10475
Elmwood Center 16
2001 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo NY 14207
Shoppingtown Mall 14
3649 Erie Blvd E
De Witt NY 13214
East Hampton Cinemas 6
30 Main St East
Hampton NY 11937
Farmingdale Multiplex
Cinemas
1001 Broadhollow Rd
Farmingdale NY 11735
College Point Multiplex
2855 Ulmer St
Flushing NY 11354
Island 16 Cinema De Lux
185 Morris Ave
Holtsville NY 11742
Ithaca Mall 14
40 Catherwood Rd
Ithaca NY 14850
New Roc Stadium
18 plus IMAX
33 Lecount Pl
New Rochelle NY 10801
Chelsea Cinema
260 W 23rd St.
New York, NY 10011
Empire 25 with IMAX
234 W 42nd St
New York NY 10036
Union Square Stadium 14
850 Broadway
New York NY 10003
Tinseltown 17 with IMAX
2291 Buffalo Rd
Rochester NY 14624
Henrietta Stadium 18
525 Marketplace Dr
Rochester NY 14623
Carousel Mall Stadium 17
9586 Carousel Ctr
Syracuse NY 13290
Eastview Mall 13
70 Eastview Mall Dr
Victor NY 14564
Westbury Stadium 12
7000 Brush Hollow Rd
Westbury NY 11590
City Center 15 Cinema Delux
19 Mamaroneck Ave
White Plains NY 10601
Transit Center Stadium 18
plus IMAX
6707 Transit Rd
Williamsville NY 14221
20 DECEMBER 2010
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Theatre
1486 Interstate Loop
Bismark, ND 58503
OHIO
Montrose Movies 12
4020 Medina Rd
Akron OH 44333
Tinseltown USA
7401 Market St Rm 575
Boardman OH 44512
Springdale Showcase
Cinemas
12064 Springfield Pike
Cincinnati OH 45246
6001 Canal Rd
Cleveland OH 44125
Severance Stadium 14
3492 Mayfield Rd
Cleveland OH 44118
Lennox Town Center 24
with IMAX
777 Kinnear Rd
Columbus OH 43212
Georgesville Stadium 16
1800 Georgesville Sq
Columbus OH 43228
Hollywood Stadium 20 @
Fairfield Commons
2651 Fairfield Commons Blvd
Dayton OH 45431
Stoneridge Plaza Movie 16
323 Stoneridge Ln
Gahanna OH 43230
Hudson Cinema 10
5339 Darrow Rd
Hudson OH 44236
Cinemark 14
2355 Walker Lake Rd
Mansfield OH 44903
Deerfield Town Center
5500 Deerfield Blvd
Mason OH 45040
Cinemark Tinseltown USA
4720 Mega St Nw
North Canton OH 44720
Miami Valley Center
1020 Garbry Rd
Piqua OH 45356
Southpark Mall
17450 Southpark Ctr
Strongsville OH 44136
Crocker Park Stadium 16
with IMAX
30147 Detroit Rd
Westlake OH 44145
Colony Square Mall
3575 Maple Ave
Zanesville OH 43701
OKLAHOMA
Cinemark Broken Arrow
1801 E Hillside Dr
Broken Arrow OK 74012
Spotlight 14
1100 N Interstate Dr
Norman OK 73072
Quail Springs 24 with IMAX
2501 W Memorial Rd
Oklahoma City OK 73134
Tinseltown USA
6001 N Martin Luther King Ave
Oklahoma City OK 73111
Cinemark Tulsa 17 with IMAX Sandhill Stadium 16
10802 E 71St 450 Town Center Pl
St Tulsa OK 74133 Columbia SC 29229
OREGON Swamp Fox Stadium 14 Northpark Center 15 Cinemark West Plano Danville Stadium Cinemas
Cedar Hills Crossing 16 3400 Radio Dr 8687 N Central Expy Ste 3000 3800 Dallas Pkwy 3601 Riverside Dr
3200 Sw Hocken Ave Florence SC 29501 Dallas TX 75225 Plano TX 75093 Danville VA 24541
Beaverton OR 97005 Hollywood 20-Greenville Cinemark 17 with IMAX Cinemark 24 (The Legacy) Fairfax Towne Center
Old Mill Stadium 16 1025 Woodruff Rd 11819 Webb Chapel Rd 7201 N Central Expy Ste 100 4110 W Ox Rd Ste 12110
680 Sw Powerhouse Dr Greenville SC 29607 Dallas TX 75234 Plano TX 75025
Fairfax VA 22033
Bend OR 97702 Cinemark 14 at Coastal Grand Galaxy Theatre Cinemark 12 Rockwall
Virginia Center 20
Clackamas Town Center 2100 Coastal Grand Cir 11801 Mccree Rd 2125 Summer Lee Dr
Dallas TX 75238 10091 Jeb Stuart Pkwy
12000 SE 82nd Ave Myrtle Beach SC 29577 Rockwall TX 75032
Glen Allen VA 23059
Happy Valley OR 97086 Azalea Square Stadium 16 Tinseltown USA
Huebner Oaks 24
Tinseltown 215 Azalea Square Blvd 11855 Gateway Blvd W Hampton Towne Centre 24
11075 W H10
651 Medford Ctr Summerville SC 29483 El Paso TX 79936 1 Town Center Way
San Antonio TX 78230
Medford OR 97504 Cinemark El Paso 14 Hampton VA 23666
SOUTH DAKOTA 7440 Remcon Cir
McCreeless Mall
Movies 10
Lloyd Center 10 Century Dawley Farms Village El Paso TX 79912 4221 S New Braunfels Ave
1510 Ne Multnomah St 3700 Candlers Mountain Rd
1101 S Highline Pl San Antonio TX 78223
Portland OR 97232 Cinemark Cielo Vista Lynchburg VA 24502
Sioux Falls SD 57110 Cielo Vista 18
Santiam 11 8401 Gateway Blvd W Tyson’s Corner 16 with IMAX
Sioux Falls Stadium 14 El Paso TX 79925 2828 Cinema Rdg
365 Lancaster Dr SE 7850 Tysons Corner Ctr
2400 S Carolyn Ave San Antonio TX 78238
Salem OR 97317 Palace 9 Mc Lean VA 22102
Sioux Falls SD 57106 Fiesta 16 Theatres
Cinemark 17 (Springfield) 220 E 3Rd St
12631 Vance Jackson Rd Cinemark Norfolk
2900 Gateway St TENNESSEE Fort Worth TX 76102
San Antonio TX 78230 880 N Military Hwy
Springfield OR 97477 Hamilton Place 10-17 Fossil Creek
2000 Hamilton Place Blvd Cinemark at Market Street Norfolk VA 23502
6100 North Fwy
PENNSYLVANIA Chattanooga TN 37421 Fort Worth TX 76137 9595 Six Pines Dr Ste 8200 Mac Arthur Center 18
Neshaminy 24 with IMAX Spring TX 77380
West Town Mall 9 Tinseltown Movies 17 300 Monticello Ave
4200 Neshaminy Blvd Ste 660
7600 Kingston Pike 911 W State Highway 114 Texarkana Pavilion 14 Norfolk VA 23510
Bensalem PA 19020
Knoxville TN 37919 Grapevine TX 76051 4230 Saint Michael Dr
Movies 17 Texarkana TX 75503 VERMONT
1910 Rotunda Dr Green Hills 16 Harker Heights Palace 9
Erie PA 16509 3815 Green Hills Village Dr 201 E Central Texas Expy Ste 100 Cinemark Victoria
10 Fayette Dr South
Nashville TN 37215 Harker Heights TX 76548 7806 N Navarro St
Hanover Movies 16 Burlington VT 05403
Tinseltown Cinemark 16 Victoria TX 77904
380 Eisenhower Dr
Hanover PA 17331 755 W Main St 401 S Expressway 83 Cinemark 18 Webster WASHINGTON
Oak Ridge TN 37830 Harlingen TX 78550 20915 Gulf Fwy Auburn 17 Theatres
Susquehanna 14 Harrisburg
Highland Village 12 Webster TX 77598 1101 Supermall Way Ste 901
1500 Caughey Dr TEXAS 4090 Barton Crk Auburn WA 98001
Harrisburg PA 17110 Abilene 12 Cinemark 14 Wichita Falls
Highland Village TX 75077
3818 John Knox Dr 2915 Glenwood Ave Century Theatres Federal
King of Prussia 15
Abilene TX 79606 Willowbrook 24 Wichita Falls TX 76308 Way 16
with IMAX 300
17145 State Highway 249 2001 S Commons
Goddard Blvd Cinemark Allen 16
Houston TX 77064 UTAH
King Of Prussia PA 19406 921 State Highway 121 Jewel 16 Federal Way WA 98003
The Penn Cinema Allen TX 75013 Memorial City Mall 7200 Woodway Dr Columbia Mall 8
310 Memorial City Way Woodway TX 76712
541 Airport Rd Hollywood USA 1321 N Columbia Center Blvd
Lititz PA 17543 Houston TX 77024
9100 Canyon Dr Cinemark-Bountiful Ste 701
Houston Marq*E Stadium 22
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 Indelible Tracings chronicles ’61 Team
W
hen Patty Shelley Bush-
man grew up skating
with the Arctic Blades
Figure Skating Club in Paramount,
Calif., she often passed by a plaque
on the wall about skaters who were
killed in the 1961 plane crash,
including the entire U.S. World
Team, in addition to officials, judg-
es and coaches. The plane, Sabena
Airlines Flight 548, was bound for
Brussels, Belgium, and the team was
en route to Prague, Czechoslovakia,
for the World Championships.
It wasn’t until later that she re-
alized that crash directly impacted
her skating career.
“Mr. (John) Nicks became my
coach when I was 5, and he replaced
Billy Kipp, who was killed in that
crash,’’ Bushman said. “I wanted to
know more about who these people
were.”
She had no idea her curiosity
would send her into an eight-year
journey in the lives of that team.
She has turned her numerous in-
terviews into a 400-plus page book
titled Indelible Tracings. She is self-
publishing the book and it is being
released at an opportune time—the
By Amy Rosewater
50th anniversary of the crash is Feb.
15, 2011, and the documentary
RISE, is set to premiere Feb. 17,
2011. Bushman worked with the
film as a research consultant.
“It’s finally going to print,” said
Bushman, who makes her home in
Overland Park, Kan., a suburb of
Kansas City. “I’m really thrilled.”
Bushman writes about every-
one on that tragic flight but part of
her account that is special to her is
about the U.S. delegation that came
from the West Coast. Over the
years, much has been written about
the likes of Maribel Vinson Owen,
a nine-time U.S. champion who
coached many top stars in Boston,
and about the skating community
that was impacted at the Broad-
moor in Colorado Springs, Colo.
But the West Coast, where Bush-
man and her brother, Ken Shelley,
got their start, had not received
much coverage.
“So many of these people were
just so fascinating,” Bushman said.
Among those people that
Bushman found fascinating was
Rhode Michelson, the U.S. bronze
medalist in 1961.
“I saw of picture of Rhode in U.S. bronze medal in junior ladies.
this chiffon dress and I quickly en- The book was expected to be
visioned her like Peggy Fleming,” released in late November. Check
Bushman said. “I found out she www.1961team.com for updated
was the complete opposite and that information.
came as a surprise. She wasn’t Peggy “I couldn’t have written this
at all, but Rhode was an incredibly book without the great generosity
powerful free skater and I liked her of so many people, many of whom
a great deal.” trusted me with their personal
She also enjoyed learning memories,’’ Bushman said. “I know
about William Kipp, who coached it wasn’t easy for everyone and I’m
both Michelson and Fleming. really grateful for everyone who par-
“Everyone just adored him and ticipated.’’ ¤
I would have loved to have known
him,” she said.
Part of the reason she wrote
this book was to preserve skating
history and to explain to future
generations of the Memorial Fund
recipients just who those people on
the plane were.
Among those who received
funding from the Memorial Fund,
which was established shortly after
the crash, were none other than
Bushman and her brother. Ken
Shelley went on to compete in the
1968 and 1972 Olympic Winter
Games with partner JoJo Starbuck.
Bushman was an accomplished
skater herself. She won the 1971 Patty Shelley Bushman
“The definitive account of
the tragedy that forever
changed figure skating.”
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S K AT I N G 21
 WORLD FIGURE SKATING MUSEUM
Barbara Ann Roles:

‘I did it
for them’ By Lynn Rutherford

I
n the aftermath of the loss of the 1961 U.S.
World Team, Barbara Ann Roles ranks high
among many unsung heroes.
A sun-kissed blonde known for both her
solid figures and dynamic free skating, Roles—
now Barbara Roles Williams—grew up in Ar-
cadia, Calif. This was not far from Berkeley,
where Maribel Vinson Owen raised her two
daughters, Maribel Y. and Laurence, before
moving back to her native Massachusetts.
The daughter of Carl A. Roles, one-time
president of the California Thoroughbred
Barbara Ann Roles Trainers Association, Barbara Ann brought a
is one of only a touch of sporty California glamour to the rink.
handful of ladies “Dad and I are known in our family as
to have won U.S.
titles in the novice, the ‘Reveille Roles’ because we’re both up and
junior and senior out of the house by 5 (a.m.),” a 16-year-old
divisions. Barbara told the Los Angeles Times in 1958.
Carl, of course, was off to the track,
where he guided horses for such luminaries
as MGM head Louis B. Mayer, while Barbara
practiced for two hours each morning under
coach Nancy Rush’s watchful eye at Pasadena
Winter Gardens before heading off to Arcadia
High School.
On one famous family occasion, Carl’s
filly Born Rich won the prestigious Santa Mar-
garita Handicap on the same day—February
11, 1958—Barbara won the California State
Senior Ladies Figure Skating Championship at
Hollywood’s Polar Palace, which burned down
in 1963.
Roles’ memories of Laurence Owen and
her family date back to the early 1950s, when
both girls competed as juvenile ladies in Cali-
fornia.
“I did my very first competition with
Laurence,” Roles said. “Back then they had
California state competitions, so it was our
regionals. My coach [Rush] and her coach
[mother Maribel] were friends.
“She was a little younger than me [three
years] and we did the juvenile event. At that
time you only had to pass your first test to
compete as a juvenile. We were patching next
to each other and talked and became friends
at that young age, probably around 1952. We
were 9 and 12 years old, or something like
Barbara Roles Williams, that. So we go back a long time together.”
the 1960 Olympic
bronze medalist and Roles rose through the ranks a step or two
1962 U.S. champion, ahead of Laurence. She won the U.S. novice
has enjoyed a long championship in 1956 and the U.S. junior ti-
and successful career
as a coach. One of tle in 1958. In 1959, she placed third in senior
ladies, behind Carol Heiss and Carol’s younger
PHOTO BY DAVE CARMICHAEL

her students at the

University of Dela- sister, Nancy. That season she also made her
ware was Geoffry World Championships debut, placing fifth as
Varner, the 2006
U.S. junior bronze Heiss won her fourth World title.
medalist. The following year, she took the U.S. sil-

22 DECEMBER 2010

ver medal behind Heiss and earned a trip to the
Squaw Valley (Calif.) Olympics, where she won
bronze behind Heiss and Sjoukje Dijkstra of the
Netherlands. Soon after, she married and retired
from competition.
On February 15, 1961, the date of the crash
of Sabena Flight 548, Roles was awakened at 6
a.m.
“A newspaper person called, wanting an in-
terview,” she said. “At first I couldn’t believe it. I
wasn’t sure what they were saying.
“When they actually explained it to me, of
course I was horrified but it was hard for me to
even think realistically about it. I kept thinking,
‘They’ll be back, they’ll be back.’ I didn’t want to
believe that it had happened.”
Roles kept up her friendship with the Owen
family after their move to Boston, and had many
other friends on the plane.
“The spring before the crash, I did Ice Chips
[the annual Skating Club of Boston show] and
Maribel gave me a birthday party at her house,”
she said. “All the kids from Boston who were on
the plane were at my party. I have many pictures
of them, and Granny [Gertrude] Owen, too.”
U.S. Figure Skating officials, seeking an ex-
perienced skater to go to the 1962 World Cham-
pionships, requested Roles return to competition.
Although expecting her first child, she did not
hesitate to say yes.
“As far as I remember, some people from
U.S. Figure Skating called my mother to see if I
would be interested in competing again, because
they wanted a senior-level skater and, of course,
the new skaters would be more junior level,” Roles
said. “They wanted to try to have three girls qual-
ify for Worlds the next year [1963]. The way it
worked then, a country had to place a skater in the
top five, and then the following year it could send
three skaters [in that discipline].
“I don’t believe they asked anyone else, be-
cause at that time we had a different way of be-
coming a senior lady. You had to be in the top
three at junior nationals to be eligible to compete
in seniors. So there were very few senior ladies,
maybe six. I was the one, which I’m grateful for.
And I went to the rink and started working, and it
was not very easy.”
When asked what inspired her, a young wife
just starting a family, to put other concerns aside
and re-enter a stress-filled competitive environ-
ment, Roles said, “I had to do it and I wanted to
do it. The team leader, Deane McMinn, was presi-
dent of the club I represented [Arctic Blades] and
I later named my son [Ronald Dean] after him.”
Roles crammed a lot of training into a few
months, once again rising before dawn to head
out to Los Angeles-area rinks to work with long-
time coach Rush.
“That was the hardest part, getting into con-
dition again,” she said. “It wasn’t just about get-
ting into shape, but getting conditioned to be able
to do a program. It was difficult in the beginning
but there was a point of no turning back for me.”
The 1962 U.S. Figure Skating Champion-
ships were held at the Skating Club of Boston,
which had lost 10 members in the crash. Com-
peting under her married name of Barbara Roles
WORLD FIGURE SKATING MUSEUM
Pursley, the skater brought 7-month-old daughter
Shelley to the event.
The experienced Olympic medalist won eas-
ily, joining an elite group of ladies—including
Heiss, Tenley Albright, Gretchen Merrill and Joan
Tozzer—who captured U.S. titles at the novice,
junior and senior levels. In 2007, Kimberly Meiss-
ner added her name to the list.
Roles headed off to Prague with U.S. silver
medalist Lorraine Hanlon and bronze medalist
Victoria Fisher. There, she accomplished her goal,
placing fifth and qualifying three U.S. ladies for
the 1963 World Championships. (After these
Worlds, the qualification rules changed. They
have changed many times since.)
“I probably wasn’t at my peak condition
yet at that time, but I did the best I could and it
turned out nicely,” Roles said. “It was a little bit
strange, going to Prague after the plane crash the
year before. You kind of felt like they were watch-
ing, you know.
“I still had many competitors and officials
who were friends of mine. It was all a wonderful
experience for me.”
She remembers the figures competition as
particularly grueling. Barbara Ann Roles and Lorraine Hanlon finished first
“I always did well in figures but I was an ag- and second at the 1962 U.S. Championships.
gressive freestyler,” Roles said. “I was well-known
for my jumps and presentation. At Worlds it was
COURTESY OF BARBARA ROLES WILLIAMS
two days’ worth of figures from 7 in the morning
until 9 at night. It was a long time. You could do a
figure and go back to the hotel and come back in a
couple hours and get ready for the second figure.
“I think the grueling part was the length of
time, not actually doing them, because you were
on the ice warming up your figure and laying it
down for 15 minutes, and then you had to wait
three hours for the next figure.”
After Prague, Roles retired again, having her
second child, Ronald Dean, later that year. She
returned to competition for the 1964 U.S. Cham-
pionships, placing fifth, and then retired from
competition for good to concentrate on raising
her family in California.
In 1969, after her children had both entered
grammar school, a friend coaxed her to the rink to
try her hand at coaching.
“I kept saying no, I just don’t think I have
the patience for it, but finally he convinced me
to go coach,” she said. “I started with an adult
group class which was really good for me, I think,
because you had to teach everything: standing on
two feet, bending your knees, all of the basics. It’s
always good to go back to basics when you begin
coaching rather than starting out with competi- Chuck Foster and Laurence Owen visit backstage at
Ice Chips in Boston, April 1960.
tors.”
In time, Roles relocated to Las Vegas and
eventually moved east to coach at the University
of Delaware. She was inducted into the U.S. Fig- 1962 U.S. Championships as the most fulfilling
ure Skating Hall of Fame in 1997. event of her competitive career.
Over the years, her students have included “It was a wonderful nationals that year,” she
Lisa-Marie Allen, Vikki DeVries and Nicole said. “As far as I knew everyone supported me, ev-
Bobek. More recently, she coached Geoffrey Var- eryone was behind me. And with winning the se-
ner, the 2006 U.S. junior bronze medalist. She is nior ladies title, I had won all three national titles
also a technical specialist who serves on the panels [novice, junior and senior], which was very rare
of many U.S. qualifying and nonqualifying com- for people to do.
petitions. “But in the end, it wasn’t really for me. I did
Looking back, she counts her victory at the it for them, the people on the plane.” ¤
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 On a mission
Dr. Thomas and team make a difference for Nepalese women
By Kama Korvela

I
n the 1980s, Debi Thomas led a double life. As
the 1986 World champion and 1988 Olympic
bronze medalist, she spent many hours on the
ice, perfecting triple jumps and other elements
that pushed her body to the limit. But Thomas
was also a devoted scholar, working toward her
dream of becoming an orthopaedic surgeon.
That dream came true after her competi-
tive skating days, and today Dr. Thomas helps
patients at the Clinch Valley Medical Center
in Richlands, Va. Dr. Thomas has also recently
added “international philanthropist” to her im-
pressive and ever-growing list of credentials.
From Sept. 23 to Oct. 1, Thomas traveled
to Kathmandu, Nepal, with a team of female sur-
geons representing the non-profit organization
WOGO (Women Orthopaedist Global Out-
reach) to perform knee replacement surgeries for
women in the country.
Nepal is nestled in the Himalayan Moun-
tains, between China and India. About 85 per-
cent of the country’s population lacks access to
health care. Nepalese women handle 86 percent
of social and domestic work, yet they have little
to no access to hospitals or clinics for orthopaedic
care, according to the WOGO website.
The country served as the destination for the
group’s inaugural outreach mission. Created in
2006, WOGO is the newest team of Operation
Walk, a private, non-profit, volunteer medical
services organization that provides free surgical
treatment for patients in developing countries.
Usually its patients have little to no access to
life-improving care for arthritis and other debili-
tating bone and joint conditions. Dr. Lawrence
D. Dorr, a noted orthopaedic surgeon, founded
Operation Walk in 1994.
Thomas was asked to join WOGO after an-
other surgeon had to drop out on short notice.
  “WOGO was looking specifically for a
female surgeon who was trained in adult recon-
struction (joint replacement and reconstruction)
because of WOGO’s purpose,” she said.  
Her educational background proved the
perfect fit for the non-profit and its mission.  
“Since I had completed my fellowship at the
Dorr Institute in 2007, they naturally pointed
them in my direction,” Thomas said.
“There are probably fewer than
20 fellowship women trained
in adult reconstruction in
the country.”
WOGO’s goals
for the trip were

Dr. Debi Thomas bonds with the women of Nepal,

who have virtually no access to health care.

Debi Thomas performs her free

skate at the 1988 Olympic
Winter Games in Calgary.
She won the bronze
medal.

PHOTO BY JEROME DELAY/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

PHOTO COURTESY OF DR. THOMAS

26 DECEMBER 2010

(l-r) Dr. Thomas and her fellow colleagues with the Women Orthopedist Global Outreach (WOGO) performed dozens of
knee replacement surgeries during their weeklong mission to Nepal. Dr. Thomas performs a knee replacement surgery as part of
Operation Walk, a volunteer medical services organization that provides free surgical treatment for patients in developing countries.
simple—to empower,
educate and engage the
women of Nepal.
“We wanted to give the
patients their lives back by restor-
ing their mobility and function, which
would empower them to take charge of
their lives,” Thomas said. “The team gave a se-
ries of lectures and provided hands-on exposure
of the latest techniques in knee replacement for
the local physicians and health care workers,
which will help with the long-term care of the
patients having surgery.”
She continued, “We were able to reach out
specifically to young women and girls in an ef-
fort to motivate them to pursue their education,
and we served as role models for what women
can do if given the opportunity.”
Despite the modest conditions of the hos-
PHOTO BY ROBERT DUKES
PHOTOS BY SHAWN TYLKA
pital, Thomas and the team did a lot of work.    “As I get older and as I meet all sorts of
“We were prepared to do 71 knee replace-
ments in about 40-plus patients, but many (pa-
tients) did not show up, so we ended up doing
44 knee replacements in 25 patients, which
was still the most done by any Operation Walk
team who had been to Nepal previously,” she
said. “The cost for the implants donated was
reported to be about $750,000 on top of the
$220,000 WOGO received in donations.”
Because of the limited time the group had
in Nepal, every moment mattered.   Walk trips with WOGO,” she said. “I realized
  “I invited a surgical tech who I worked
with in Indiana along so she could see how
team effort in the operating room maximizes
efficiency,” Thomas said. “I wanted her to see
that we would accomplish more in a developing
country in three-and-a-half days with limited
resources and many obstacles than we generally
accomplish in the U.S.”
Without a doubt, her experiences in Ne-
pal have inspired her to do more humanitarian
work.
Always the skater, Dr. Thomas dem-
onstrates a spiral to friends and
colleagues in Nepal.
people enduring the ongoing challenges of the
world, I have begun to have an increasing inter-
est in philanthropy,” she said. “Helping coun-
tries like Nepal help themselves indirectly takes
some of the burden off the U.S. We (the U.S.)
usually help developing nations in one way or
another because we are a philanthropic nation.”
The work that WOGO is doing is some-
thing Thomas wants to continue to be a part of.
 “I absolutely plan to do more Operation
that WOGO has the potential to be an amaz-
ing force in humanitarian mission work. Our
outreach efforts to the young girls in Nepal were
highly successful, and I do plan to do more with
that.”
As WOGO prepares for more outreach
trips, the organization will need continued do-
nations.
“I hope my old skating fans will show their
support and donate,” Thomas said. “Some of
the surgeons in WOGO put up a lot of their
own money and time. I would hate to see our
efforts end because it is too much of a strain on
members of the team.”
Just as she helped Nepalese woman regain
their mobility, Thomas is making a comeback
of her own. On Dec. 11, she will join fellow
Olympians Evan Lysacek, Nancy Kerrigan,
Sasha Cohen and Scott Hamilton in Atlantic
City, N.J. for “The Caesars Tribute: A Salute
to the Golden Age of American Skating.” The
television special will be broadcast on NBC on
Christmas Day.
“The show should have virtually all of the
Olympians (who are still living) from the U.S.
present for the event, and I actually agreed to do
a little number,” she said.
As Thomas prepares for her next challenge,
her dedication to and enthusiasm for WOGO
and its purpose continue to grow.
“I have always believed that I can change
the world, and this trip has inspired me to try
even harder.”
To see videos of WOGO’s inaugural
outreach mission to Nepal or to donate, visit
www.wogo.org. ¤
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28 DECEMBER 2010
Chock and Zuerlein share special relationship, Olympic dream
By Renee Felton
W
alk into the Arctic Edge Ice Arena in Can-
ton, Mich., any time day or night and you
are likely to encounter Olympians, World
champions and U.S. titlists.
And by no coincidence, all these athletes will
be ice dancers.
The Arctic Edge facility boasts Olympic
champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Cana-
da, two-time reigning U.S. champions and Olym-
pic and World silver medalists Meryl Davis and
Charlie White, and Olympians and U.S. bronze
medalists Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates.
Add to that elite group a talented and prom-
ising young crop of ice dancing teams and one of
the best coaching staffs in the land and you have
the recipe for past, current and future success.
Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein are among
that fledgling group of athletes ready to make a
splash at the senior level. Entering their fifth sea-
son together, this duo has already turned heads
domestically and internationally. In 2008‒09,
the team swept the gold medals at its two Junior
Grand Prix Series assignments, the Junior Grand
Prix of Figure Skating Final, the AT&T U.S. Fig-
ure Skating Championships (junior level) and the
World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
And while Chock and Zuerlein reflect on
that season with great pride and joy, they realize
the real work begins now, with a new Olympic
cycle under way.
“The Olympics are on our minds, but we try
to focus on the present,” Zuerlein said. “Going
into the 2010 Games, we thought we might be in
contention for a spot. We hoped for the best but
the three teams who represented the U.S. deserved
to be there [Davis and White, Tanith Belbin and
Ben Agosto, Samuelson and Bates]. Our time will
come.”
All things considered, Chock and Zuer-
lein enjoyed a successful senior season debut in
2009‒10. Even in the face of stiff competition and
injuries to both athletes, they placed fifth at both
the 2010 AT&T U.S. Championships and Four
Continents Figure Skating Championships. They
also improved between their two Grand Prix Se-
ries assignments despite Chock losing two weeks
of training to injury.
Suffering from tendonitis in the front of her
left foot, Chock was forced to stand by and watch
her partner train alone while she tried to manage
the injury. Relief came in the form of adjustments
to her boot.
“I worked with the Detroit Red Wings’ skate
specialist,” she said. “He was able to build up the
tongue of my boot to cushion my tendon and al-
low me to skate with less pain.”
Meanwhile, Zuerlein developed plantar warts
on the bottom of his foot that made skating un-
comfortable. The injuries still nag but are not
nearly as bothersome.
This season, Chock and Zuerlein—along
with their coaches Igor Shpilband and Marina
Zoueva—are working toward specific goals
that include the team standing on the podium
at the 2011 U.S. Championships in Greens-
boro, N.C., next month and representing the
United States at the World Figure Skating
Championships in Tokyo in March.
“Our goals for Madison and Greg are
to first establish themselves internationally
and then be named to the World Team,”
Shpilband said. “We don’t want them to
be looked at as juniors anymore. They are
seniors, and we hope they will perform
like they are this season.”
They consider a pair of new rou-
tines—a short dance to waltzes sung by
Edith Piaf and a Cabaret-themed free
dance—works-in-progress as the season
unfolds. In addition to a positive attitude,
peaking at the right time is the other half
of accomplishing their goals.
“Let’s do well in our Grand Prix as-
signments (Skate Canada International
in Kingston, Ontario, and Trophée Eric
Bompard in Paris),” Zuerlein said. “That
will influence how the U.S. Champion-
ships go. We want to improve all the
way up through January. Don’t peak
too early or too late, that’s the key.”
The 2010 Grand Prix Series
started on a positive note as they
finished third at Skate Canada,
giving them their first-ever
Grand Prix medal. The
team’s free dance featured
level-four twizzles and
a quartet of level-four
lifts. In addition to
the more technically
challenging elements
in their programs,
Chock and Zuer-
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PHOTO COURTESY OF ZUERLEIN FAMILY
The Zuerlein family spent a recent weekend in Washington, D.C. (l-r) are Greg,
Richard, Susan, Robert and Brittany.
lein are also striving to connect more with their
audience than they have in the past.
Following Skate Canada, they told icenet-
work.com that, for their first time performing
the Cabaret routine in competition, they were
“very pleased” and excited to play different roles
on the ice.
Shpilband acknowledges that they have
what it takes to be at the top of their sport. He
credits Chock with having a natural grace and
softness when she’s on the ice—“something that’s
nearly impossible to teach.”
Meanwhile, Zuerlein, 22, understands what
it means to be a strong partner.
“Greg is a sharp guy,” Shpilband said. “He is
aware of what a partner should be. There is not a
moment when Madison does not feel secure with
him. He keeps her safe. They work well together,
they support each other on and off the ice”
Similar life situations have helped to fuel
their partnership and friendship. One of the
threads that drives the partnership is that both
their mothers are cancer survivors. Zuerlein’s
mother overcame a battle with malignant brain
tumors, while Chock’s mother is a breast cancer
survivor.
In October 2005, shortly before Zuerlein
began his partnership with Chock, his mother,
Susan, started forgetting things such as names,
dates and other important information. At the
urging of her family, she went to the doctor and
an MRI revealed a grade-four brain tumor, the
most serious found in adults.
“It was unreal,” he reflected. “You wouldn’t
think that could happen to your family. She was
given six months to live.”
Surgery followed shortly thereafter but the
tumor was not completely removed. Despite the
grave nature of the situation, Zuerlein says his
family, his mother most of all, pushed through.
The cancer didn’t spread through her body but
the tumor did regrow, which required a more ag-
gressive operation in combination with chemo-
therapy and radiation.
“She suffered seizures and had to be taken to
the hospital several times throughout the ordeal,”
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PHOTO COURTESY OF CHOCK FAMILY
The Chock family attended a niece’s wedding this year. (l-r) are Wesley, Madison and
Barbara.
Zuerlein said. “After the second surgery, she be-
gan an experimental drug protocol. Five years
later, she is cancer-free. She takes fistfuls of pills
and can still be forgetful at times, but is healthy.”
During this difficult time, Zuerlein took on
much of the responsibility for his younger broth-
er, Robert, who is now a senior in high school.
His older sister, Brittany, was in school in Los
Angeles. Richard, Zuerlein’s father, supported the
family and did what he could to care for his wife.
Zuerlein said his independent nature comes from
the time when his mother was sick. His parents
and Robert now live in West Virginia.
As part of his independence, Zuerlein man-
ages school (studying business at Schoolcraft
College), work (coaching 10 to 15 ice dancing
students at the rink) and his own training. Even-
tually, he would like to continue coaching, but
recognizes the importance of getting a degree.
For Chock, a budding fashion designer, her
mother’s battle with breast cancer has had a simi-
lar effect as Susan Zuerlein’s brain cancer battle
did on Greg. An only child, she is also indepen-
dent and mature beyond her 18 years. And she’s
thankful that her mother is cancer-free.
Barbara Chock was diagnosed with breast
cancer in 2006 and went through treatment for
a year. In order to get the best professional care,
Chock’s parents (her dad is Wesley) traveled to
Texas to work with some of the top doctors in the
country. During that time, a 15-year-old Chock
stayed with friends, bounced around from place
to place and took care of herself. She used her
time on the ice as a release.
“The whole period is blurred; maybe I am
blocking it out,” Chock said. “But I do know that
when I got on the ice, I left everything outside. It
was therapeutic. I never really let myself come to
the fact that I might lose her, but in retrospect I
realize how bad the situation could have been.”
Like Susan Zuerlein, Barbara is still on med-
icine that she will take for years but is doing well.
“We’re there for each other always,” Zuer-
lein said of his relationship with Chock. “Both of
us understand what the other has gone through.”
Adds Chock, “We are so lucky.”
Chock’s parents have been able to resume
attending the team’s competitions. As Ameri-
can Airlines employees, they fly free around the
country as long as seats are available. Zuerlein is
excited that his family is just a few hours away
from Greensboro, site of the 2011 U.S. Cham-
pionships, so they will be able to see more of the
competition than in the past.
As the pair continue to improve, their
coaches hope they can keep the grace and smooth
execution that is their trademark, while becom-
ing faster and stronger on the ice.
“It’s a balance. I love the softness of their
presentation,” Shpilband said. “But they have to
become more athletic to keep up with the teams
at the top of the sport.”
At Arctic Edge Ice Arena, they are part of a
successful family of skaters and work with a team
of coaches that have the proven keys to winning.
Zuerlein explains that even with so many
high-caliber teams training in one facility under
the same team of coaches, they all receive the
time and attention necessary to flourish. Each
team, he said, respects their coaches Zoueva,
Shpilband, Johnny Johns and Adrienne Lenda
and marvel at Zoueva’s ability to organize a com-
plex schedule.
“Our training schedule varies. Sometimes
we will have lessons with Marina and Igor, some-
times with Johnny or Adrienne,” Chock said.
“It’s ridiculous how organized the schedule is, not
just for us but for our teammates, too. Marina
has the schedule a month in advance.”
Shpilband also credits Zoueva, and his team
of coaches, exercise specialists and doctors, with
the success their teams have enjoyed.
“It has taken a lot of years to figure this all
out,” he said. “Working with Marina is great.
She organizes the teams’ training, plans for ev-
erything. We know that it’s the team of coaches
and staff, not one person, that allows our teams
to excel.”
Chock and Zuerlein are grateful for the op-
portunity to train alongside these strong teams,
calling it a family environment at Arctic. They
can’t point to one piece of advice or even choose
a pair of skaters who have mentored them more
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Chock and Zuerlein display
raw emotion in their short
dance at Skate Canada.

Madison Chock and

Greg Zuerlein captured
their first-ever Grand
Prix Series medal – a
bronze – at Skate Cana-
da earlier this fall.

PHOTO BY DAVE SANDFORD/GETTY IMAGES

PHOTO BY GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

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 closely than others. They are all there to help each
other, give advice and lend a helping hand.
The tandem said that their continued im-
provement in skating skills, presence and expres-
sion comes from studying the likes of Virtue and
Moir, Davis and White, and Samuelson and Bates.
“The bottom line is that the whole rink is
inspiring,” Zuerlein said. “It’s special.”
Samuelson, whose season was cut short by
an Achilles’ tendon injury to Bates, explained
that even though she and Bates are one of the
rink’s more experienced teams, they learn from
every other skater in the rink. strong partnership that will take them far in the
“While I feel that we may be seen as role
Madison Chock is an avid reader and would like to
someday become a player in the fashion industry.
models for younger teams, we also learn a lot
from every single other skater at the rink whether
they be younger, older, or more or less experi-
enced,” Samuelson said.
As for Chock and Zuerlein, she especially
admires their strong partnership and sense of hu-
mor.
“Madison and Greg are two of the most fun
and light-hearted people to be around,” she said.
“They’re hard-working yet always seem to be en-
joying what they do. And more than that, they
are so supportive of each other and really have a
sport.”
According to Shpilband, in a rink of that
stature, Chock and Zuerlein have no choice but
to learn and improve every day. They have to put
in a lot of work—sometimes up to six hours a day
of ice time plus strength and conditioning, dance
classes and mime (yes, mime)—six days a week.
The pair are dedicated to the cause, with
Shpilband expressing pleasure with their “what-
ever-it-takes” attitude and commitment to get-
ting better.
“We have the drive,” Chock said. “We
haven’t made it to top yet but have the hunger to
get there. We work hard. We’ll get there.” ¤
Greg Zuerlein is a big soccer/sports fan. He cheered
on Germany during last summer’s World Cup.

Favorite s
Madison
City: Los Angeles
Season: Summer
Author: Jane Austen
Favorite books: Pride and
Prejudice, Stephanie Plum
novels, Stieg Larsson series
Magazine: Harper’s BAZAAR
Gadget: MacBook
Foods: Thai, Hawai’ian
Vacation spot: Hawaii
TV characters: Cast from
“Friends”
TV shows: Grey’s Anatomy,
Vampire Diaries, Desperate
Housewives, Dexter

Greg
Sports figure: Cristiano
Ronaldo
Sports team: Manchester
United
City: New York City
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Drink: Root beer float

Vacation spot: Caribbean
Movie: The Shawshank
Redemption
TV shows: So You
Think You Can Dance,
SportsCenter
Food: Thai
32 DECEMBER 2010
 Starting new
Davis, White claim gold, lead strong U.S. medal effort
O
lympic and World silver medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White
picked up where they left off last season, winning the NHK Trophy
in Nagoya, Japan, in convincing fashion.
The competition, Oct. 22‒24, kicked off the 16th annual ISU Grand Prix
of Figure Skating Series.
The Michigan-based ice dancing team sealed its 23.64-point margin of
victory with an intricate and polished free dance to tangos. While happy with
the outcome, there’s still plenty of room for improvement, said Davis, who with
White has won four Grand Prix Series events, not including the 2009 Grand
Prix of Figure Skating Final.
“We have a lot to do before we can be completely content with the per-
formances of our short dance and free dance,” she said. “We are excited about
our programs and we are enjoying our time at home, improving and making
adjustments. Over the course of the next few weeks, we are excited to see where
we can take these programs.”
The two-time reigning U.S. champions finished with 165.21 points, with
Canada’s Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje placing second with 141.57 points.
Team USA siblings Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, training mates of Da-
vis and White in Canton, claimed the bronze medal with 136.93 points. Davis
admits there hasn’t been much of a break since wrapping up their ambitious
Olympic campaign, but they are eager to see what the future holds.
“It’s been exciting for us to embrace all the new experiences that being on
Team 2010 and coming away with a silver brought us,” Davis said. “Now, at the
start of the next Olympic cycle, Charlie and I are looking to take our skating to
a new level. We see where we want to go, and we’re working hard to get there,
both in our results and with the level of our performance.”
For the Shibutanis, things couldn’t have gone better for their first Grand
Prix Series event. They climbed from fifth place after the short dance to third
overall, with a second-place effort in the free dance. Their free dance to a med-
ley of “Smile” and “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” earned six level four ele-
ments, an event-best.
“We were very happy with how we handled ourselves at NHK,” Maia said.
“It’s a big step to move from junior to senior, and we feel that we put out two
strong programs. We worked hard all summer and we feel that our work paid
off.
“Although we had a costume issue in the short dance (Alex stepped on
her dress), we came back strong in the free dance. The crowd support was over-
whelming and we had a lot of fun. You only have your first Grand Prix once,
and it was an amazing experience for us.”
LADIES
U.S. champion Rachael Flatt captured the free skate by 0.01 points en
route to a silver-medal finish. European champion Carolina Kostner of Italy
took the gold, with Kanako Murakami of Japan earning the bronze in her
Grand Prix Series debut.
The Stanford-bound Flatt sat third after the short program, but rallied
with a technically sound free skate to “Slaughter on 10th Avenue,” which fea-
tured a double Axel-triple toe loop combination followed by a triple Lutz-dou-
ble toe and three more clean triple jumps.
Kostner ended with 164.61 points, with Flatt next at 161.04 points and
Murakami third with a score of 150.16.
“(My finish) set me up very well for Skate America, and it was a much bet-
ter international debut than last year,” said Flatt, who in 2009 was fourth in her
first Grand Prix Series event of the season at Cup of China. “My short program
(third place) was not as strong as it had been in training, so that was disap-
pointing. In the long, I was very happy to have done my double Axel-triple toe
combination so well since it was the first time I’d tried it internationally.
“There’s still a lot of room for improvement, though. I definitely need to
continue to work on my components and perform my programs the way I’ve
been training.”
Flatt praised the Japanese crowd for their encouragement of the skaters.
“It certainly makes skating programs easier with that kind of support,” she
said.
34 DECEMBER 2010
Flatt performed her short program to a jazz medley of “Summertime” and
“Happy Feet Blues,” sporting a new short haircut and sparkling green dress.
After Flatt exited the ice and entered the kiss and cry, coach Tom Zakra-
jsek said, “It looked like you were having fun. You were really into the pro-
gram.”
U.S. bronze medalist Ashley Wagner finished fifth with a score of 143.73
points, while Caroline Zhang ended up seventh in the 12-skater field with
133.86 points.
World champion Mao Asada finished a disappointing eighth.
MEN’S
World champion Daisuke Takahashi of Japan claimed his first NHK Tro-
phy title since 2007 with a score of 234.79 points. Two-time reigning U.S.
champion Jeremy Abbott had a successful start to his 2010-11 campaign, win-
ning the silver medal with 218.19 points.  Frenchman Florent Amodio earned
his first-ever senior Grand Prix medal, a bronze, rolling up 213.77 points.
Abbott began the competition by placing second in the short program,
skating a tango choreographed by Antonio Najarro, one of the most recognized
flamenco dancers in Spain and a favorite  choreographer of two-time World
champion Stephane Lambiel. The skater, who tweeted about equipment prob-
lems prior to the event, wore last season’s boots but still hit all his jumps, in-
cluding a triple Axel, triple flip-triple toe and triple Lutz.
In his free skate, Abbott took the subtle approach with his David Wil-
son-choreographed program to Nicole Piovani’s La Vita e Bella (Life Is Beauti-
ful) soundtrack. As reported by icenetwork.com, the routine emphasized the
whimsy and life-affirming aspects of the story of a father shielding his young
son from the horrors of a World War II concentration camp.
Although Abbott held the audience’s  interest with evocative steps and
finely measured transitions,  jumping mistakes hurt his technical score and
dropped him to third in the free skate.
“I was most pleased with strength and stability of both of my programs so
early in the season,” Abbott said. “I was also so pleased with the crowd response
to both.”
Abbott credited the time he’s spent touring with Stars on Ice with elevat-
ing his performance quality.
“It’s given me so much more confidence being on the ice and performing
in front of an audience,” he said. “I think the confidence is evident in my skat-
ing.”
Ross Miner, making his Grand Prix Series debut, finished ninth with
186.62 points. He performed his free skate to music from the Casablanca
soundtrack, successfully landing a triple Axel and five other triple jumps. Edge
calls on two triple flips and an underrotated triple Salchow, however, cost the
2009 U.S. junior champion significant points.
PAIRS
China’s Qing Pang and Jian Tong, the Olympic silver medalists, won the
title with 189.37 points.
Caitlin Yankowskas and John Coughlin kicked off their Grand Prix Series
with a strong showing, finishing third in the free skate with their “Ave Maria”
program and fourth overall.
The Colorado Springs-based skaters, who placed sixth at the 2010 U.S.
Championships, opened with double Axels, a triple twist and a throw triple
loop, but Yankowskas fell on a triple toe. Mistakes on the death spiral dropped
that element to level one and possibly cost them a medal. They finished with
154.88 points.
U.S. champions and Olympians Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett
struggled with their programs, settling for seventh in the free skate and fifth
overall with 152.38 points.
Joining Pang and Tong on the podium were Russia’s Vera Bazarova and
Yuri Larionov, who earned the silver medal with 173.83 points, and Japan’s Na-
rumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran, who collected a bronze medal with 155.66
points. ¤
MERYL AND CHARLIE PHOTO BY KOJI WATANABE/GETTY IMAGES; RACHAEL PHOTO BY TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; JEREMY PHOTO BY KOJI WATANABE/GETTY IMAGES; CAYDEE AND JEREMY PHOTO BY KOJI WATANABE/GETTY IMAGES; MAIA AND ALEX PHOTO BY KOJI WATANABE/GETTY IMAGES

Olympic silver med-

alists Meryl Davis
and Charlie White
put on a show for
the appreciative
Japanese crowd.
The two-time U.S.
ice dancing cham-
pions claimed the
gold medal.

U.S. champion Rachael

Flatt kicked off her
season in style, winning
the free skate and a
silver medal.

U.S. champion
Jeremy Abbott
performs his
free skate at the Maia Shibutani and her older
NHK Trophy. brother Alex won the bronze
Abbott earned medal in ice dancing. It
the silver medal was their first Grand
with two enter- Prix Series event.
taining perfor-
mances.

Caitlin Yankows-
kas and John
Coughlin just
missed standing
on the podium,
finishing a solid
fourth in pairs.

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 Classic comeback
Czisny’s magic continues north of border
By Laurie Nealin
S
omething about Skate Canada International just seems to agree
with Alissa Czisny.
On her latest trip north of the border in October, she earned
a standing ovation for an elegant, lyrical free skate which featured five
triple jumps and a trio of spellbinding spins. The cheering crowd was on
its feet before the delicate “Winter into Spring” piano piece faded.
The judges were impressed, too, pushing Czisny from fourth after
the short to the top of the leaderboard with 172.37 points.
With that victory in Kingston, the 2009 U.S. champion is batting
.800 at Skate Canada, having landed on the podium in four of her five
appearances at the Grand Prix event.
“For me, this competition was all about going out and showing all
the improvements I’ve made in the last few months. I’m really happy
with how far I’ve come so far,” said Czisny, who first won Skate Canada
2005 and collected silver and bronze in between.
“I wasn’t completely satisfied with my performance. I know there’s
a lot I can improve, but it was a big step in the right direction,” added
Czisny, who wore flowing chiffon in shades of blue hand-painted by her
mother to evoke the sky as her choreographer Pasquale Camerlengo had
directed.
After finishing a disappointing 10th at the 2010 AT&T U.S. Fig-
ure Skating Championships, Czisny decided to reinvent herself. She left
longtime coach Julianne Berlin and signed on with Yuka Sato, 1994
World champion, and her husband Jason Dungjen, twice U.S. pairs
champion.
“Every day I go home thankful that they are teaching me and that
they believe in me,” Czisny said. “I feel like I can start over again, forget
the past and really make a name for myself.”
Fast-rising Russian Ksenia Makarova, 17, who has lived in the
United States since age 8, finished second with 165 points. She soared
through a beautiful triple toe-triple toe combination to open both pro-
grams, as did 16-year-old Agnes Zawadzki, third after the short pro-
gram.
Zawadzki’s inexperience showed in the free skate as she slipped to
sixth overall (154.54 points). Her coach Tom Zakrajsek told her, “Ex-
perience is what you get after you needed it.”
The 2010 World Junior silver medalist, who was competing in her
first senior event and only second international competition of her ca-
reer, said working on her mental toughness will be a priority.
Canadian Amelie Lacoste claimed the bronze (157.26 points).
First-round leader Cynthia Phaneuf of Canada crumbled under the pres-
sure in the free skate and tumbled to fourth place with 156.24 points.
Alexe Gilles finished 11th.
Like Czisny, Canada’s World silver medalist Patrick Chan rebound-
ed from fourth in the short program to win gold. However, unlike Czis-
ny, who committed only one small error in her short program, Chan hit
the ice three times in his error-strewn effort which still scored high on
the artistic side.
Chan’s primary goal for Skate Canada was to officially join the
quad squad. He crashed on his first attempt in the short but nailed a
picture-perfect quadruple toe loop in his Phantom of the Opera free skate
en route to victory.
With falls on the triple Axel in both programs, Chan, 19, admitted
that jump is now more problematic than the quad.
The Canadian amassed 239.52 points to overtake short program
leader Nobunari Oda of Japan, who landed a quad of his own but also
crashed on a triple Axel. Oda’s technical scores were on par with Chan’s,
but he earned 10 fewer component points to finish three points behind
Chan overall.
36 DECEMBER 2010
“After I landed the quad, it was pretty exhilarating,” Chan said.
“I’m sure Nobu felt the same. It’s a whirlwind, pretty much. It was a
really cool feeling to finally put it out there in competition, especially in
Canada.”
Two-time World Junior champion Adam Rippon, 21, claimed
bronze with the second-best free skate and 233.04 points. He wore a
cherry-red bruise on his left cheek and an ice pack on his sore shoulder
after slamming into Chan during that morning’s practice.
“With Patrick and I being in that collision, to keep my head fo-
cused and just stay the course, I’m proud of that,” Rippon said. “There
are lots of things I can work on, but it’s really a solid start to the season.”
Rippon hopes to add a quad to his free skate later this season.
Canadian Kevin Reynolds, 20, made history by becoming the first
man to land two quadruple jumps in the short program: a quad Sal-
chow-triple toe combination and a quad toe loop. Despite also getting
credit for two quadruple jumps in his free skate, he faded from second
to fourth (218.65 points) after singling two intended triple Axels.
Grant Hochstein never dreamed he would be performing in the
exhibition after finishing 10th among the 12 men. But there he was in
the spotlight on Sunday after earning the most votes from fans as the
non-medalist they most wanted to see perform.
Meanwhile, the pairs event proved to be a flash from the past as
well as a glimpse into the future.
The young couples who had finished first, third and fourth at the
World Junior Championships two seasons earlier claimed the top three
positions in the short program with the hierarchy unchanged. Russians
Lubov Iliushechkina and Nodari Maisuradze finished on top followed
by Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir and Canadians Paige Lawrence
and Rudi Swiegers.
In the end, the Russians hung on for gold (171.40 points) de-
spite being outscored on day two by another Canadian pairing. Kirsten
Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch brought the house down with
their “Les Miz” finale to surge from fifth to second overall (170.92
points).
Their teammates held third (161.15 points), while Castelli and
Shnapir settled for fourth (159.85 points) after encountering some tur-
bulence on jump landings in their Avatar program, including her fall on
the throw triple Axel.
“We got the score we came here for,” said Castelli, surmising they
need more energy and drive to get the big tricks done. “It’s the highest
(score) we ever received internationally. We’re excited about that. We
never expected to be second after the short.”
Britney Simpson and Nathan Miller finished sixth among eight
couples.
Ice dancers Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier of Canada, and siblings
Sinead and John Kerr of Great Britain, took the gold and silver, scor-
ing 154.42 points and 149.80 points, respectively. Madison Chock and
Greg Zuerlein, the 2009 World Junior champions, earned bronze with
139.05 points.
Chock, 18, and Zuerlein, 22, debuted a new free dance to a Cabaret
medley. It proved a real crowd pleaser.
“Cabaret is a perfect fit. It’s very fun and entertaining. We watched
the movie and we are using the storyline as the base, but we want to
bring out our own personalities into the program,” Chock said.
Rachel Tibbetts and Collin Brubaker finished 12th. ¤
Laurie Nealin is a freelance sports journalist, specializing in figure
skating. A former figure skater and coach, she has written about the sport for
20-plus years for newspapers, magazines and websites around the world.
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Alissa Czisny nails one of
her triple jumps en route
to the gold medal. Czisny
turned in an unforgettable
free skate that had the
crowd on their feet.

Madison Chock and Greg

Zuerlein entertained the
crowd with the Cabaret
free dance. The couple
secured the bronze medal.

Adam Rippon dazzles the audi-

ence with his signature Lutz.

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 Feelin’ a mile high
Mroz, Yankowskas and Coughlin secure first Grand Prix medals
B
randon Mroz, the 2009 U.S. silver med-
alist, took a big step in reemerging as one
of country’s top skaters by claiming the
silver medal at Cup of China, the third stop on
the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, Nov.
5‒7.
Fourth after the short program, the 19-year-
old rallied with a technically demanding perfor-
mance to Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront
that featured a quadruple toe loop and eight triple
jumps. He collected 146.96 points for his free
skate and accumulated 216.80 points overall to
grab his first-ever Grand Prix medal.
Takahiko Kozuka of Japan won the title with
233.51 points, and Tomas Verner of the Czech
Republic claimed bronze with 214.81 points.
“Today was definitely a great start for me on
the senior Grand Prix,” said Mroz, a member of
the Broadmoor Skating Club in Colorado Springs,
Colo. “I got my first medal, which is a good thing
in my book. My performance today was great. I
was trying to push everything out, get
every point I could and make every-
thing look easy. I have things to
work toward such as
Caitlin Yankowskas
and John Coughlin
perform their “Ave
Maria” free skate
at Cup of China.
PHOTO BY PETER PARKS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
38 DECEMBER 2010
pushing my levels up; I’m a little disappointed
with my levels. I’m looking forward to Paris and
putting on a good show there,” Mroz said.
Mroz struggled during the 2009–10 cam-
paign, finishing seventh and eighth at his Grand
Prix Series events and sixth at the 2010 AT&T
U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
Ross Miner, the 2009 U.S. and Junior
Grand Prix Final champion, finished seventh with
197.13 points. Miner was ninth earlier this year at
the NHK Trophy, rolling up 186.82 points.
Brian Joubert, the 2007 World champion,
finished fourth with 210.29 points.
LADIES
U.S. silver medalist Mirai Nagasu won the
short program but dropped to fourth place after
missing several jumps in her free skate. She suf-
fered a similar fate last year at Cup of China, win-
ning the short program before experiencing some
shaky jumps in the free skate and settling for fifth
place.
Nagasu’s coach Frank Carroll told icenet-
work that Nagasu looked great in the six-minute
warmup and he felt she was going to do well.
Ironically, being in first after the short pro-
gram may have worked against Nagasu. Teammates and Olympians Amanda Evora
“She said, ‘I hate being in first,’” Carroll said.
“I said, ‘So pick a spot, one through six, and [pre-
tend] you’re there. Isn’t it the goal to be first in
everything, short, figures, free? You want to be first
all the way through.’ She can do it.”
In her defense, Carroll said Nagasu only had
two weeks to fully practice her programs before
the event. Nagasu spent much of the summer in a
foot cast after being diagnosed with a stress frac-
ture.
“There have been basketball players who have
had their careers ended because of it,” Carroll said.
“Mirai was lucky that Dr. Jung, who works with
the L.A. hockey team, diagnosed it.”
Nagasu’s teammates Amanda Dobbs and
Kristine Musademba finished sixth and eighth
with 132.45 and 119.45 points, respectively.
Miki Ando, the 2007 World champion, led a
one-two finish for the Japanese.
Ando, who stood third follow-
ing the short program, turned in a
strong free skate that featured five
triple jumps. Her overall score
of 172.21 was 10 points better
than teammate Akiko Suzu-
ki’s. Russia’s Alena Leonova
earned the bronze medal.
“I knew I had to skate well today and I was
nervous, but the audience cheered for me and that
helped me a lot,” Ando said. “I didn’t have enough
speed and I didn’t get a level four for my spins and
footwork. I will work hard to make sure I get a
level four next time.”
PAIRS
Caitlin Yankowskas and John Coughlin se-
cured their first Grand Prix Series medal with their
bronze-medal finish. Their score of 166.72 points
was more than eight points better than their
fourth-place effort at the NHK Trophy.
“Winning a Grand Prix medal is a tremen-
dous honor but that wasn’t something we thought
about before going to Cup of China,” said
Yankowskas, who with Coughlin trains in Colo-
rado Springs. “We went there wanting to skate
well and achieve new season-best scores. We knew
by focusing on our component marks that would
help gel the elements together because that’s how
we had trained them at home and it worked. John
and I knew that getting into character and emot-
ing to each other would help achieve our goals,
and it did.”
and Mark Ladwig finished fifth with 151.66
points.
Olympic silver medalists Qing Pang and Jian
Tong made it two for two this Grand Prix Series
season with a home victory. The veteran team
won both programs en route to a score of 177.50
points. They also won the Grand Prix Series open-
er at NHK Trophy.
The two-time and reigning World champions
turned in an emotional free skate to Liebestraum
by Franz Liszt that was highlighted by their big
triple throws. Pang, though, fell on a double Axel
and Tong doubled a side-by-side toe loop.
Their Chinese teammates, World Junior
champions Wenjing Sui and Cong Han, captured
the silver medal with 171.47 points.
Brandon Mroz
and coach Tom
Zakrajsek enjoy the
moment following
Mroz’s silver-medal
PHOTO BY DEVENY DECK
performance in
Beijing.
 PHOTO COURTESY OF JIM PETERSON
ICE DANCING
Madison Hubbell and Keiffer Hubbell
opened their Grand Prix Series campaign with a
sixth-place finish.
The 2010 Four Continents Figure Skating
Championships bronze medalists were eighth af-
ter the short program, which they performed to
music from the Addams Family Values soundtrack.
They rallied with a strong free skate to a medley
of songs by Yello and Art of Noise. The Michigan-
based siblings finished fifth in the free skate and
ended with a total score of 120.95 points.
The Hubbells switched coaches following the
2009–10 season, moving from Yuri Chesnichen-
ko and Yaroslava Nechaeva in Ann Arbor, Mich.,
to Pasquale Camerlengo, Angelika Krylova, Liz U.S. silver medalists Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig
Swallow and Natalia Deller in Bloomfield Hills, take in the sights with coach Jim Peterson.
Mich.
Their teammates in China, Isa-

PHOTO BY DEVENY DECK

bella Cannuscio and Ian Lorello, were
10th in their Grand Prix Series debut
with 101.83 points.
France’s Nathalie Pechalat and
Fabian Bourzat danced off with the

PHOTO BY PETER PARKS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

gold medal, scoring 159.59 points.
Russia’s Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmi-
tri Soloviev claimed the silver medal
with 145.39 points, while Italy’s Fed-
erica Faiella and Massimo Scali settled Mirai Nagasu pulls
for the bronze with 139.52 points. ¤ up into a Biellmann
to end her short
program.
Team USA takes a break
from competition to visit the
Great Wall of China.

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 club matters
Come
together
Merger makes
Rockford skating
stronger than ever
By Christine McKenna

W
est of Lake Michigan, on
the banks of the Rock
River, is the picturesque
city of Rockford, Ill. Now home to the
Rockford Skating Club, Rockford was
put on the figure skating map more
than 30 years ago by Janet Lynn, five-
time U.S. champion and 1972 Olym-
pic bronze medalist.
But this city, rich in figure skat-
ing history, was not always the home
of only one figure skating club. For
almost 13 years, the city of Rockford,
population 160,000, was seemingly
divided by the presence of two clubs. It
has taken more than five years, count-
less compromises and the determina-
tion of a number of people, but the
two small clubs have joined forces and
come together as the stronger, united
Rockford Skating Club.
In 1997, the Rockford Park
District elected to build a second ice
rink, in addition to the one already in
Rockford, in the neighboring com-
munity of Loves Park. The second rink
resulted in the formation of a second
figure skating club, the Northern Illi-
nois Skating Club. For years, these two
smaller clubs operated independently
of each other. The Figure Skating Club
of Rockford focused mainly on indi-
vidual skaters, while the Northern Il-
linois Skating Club kept synchronized
skating as its main focus. Each club
had its own membership, bylaws, vol-
unteers and resources.
“The separation of the clubs really
stunted the growth of figure skating in
Rockford,” said Jay Sandine, deputy
director of operations for the Rockford
Park District.
The Park District, not wanting to
favor one club over the other, often
had to tell a club “no” when simple re-
quests were made. Parents and skaters,
confused by the presence of two clubs
and not sure what the difference was,
ultimately decided not to join either.
Over time, both clubs saw member-
ship decline and financial resources
dry up.
For the past five years, there were
a lot of discussions and a few attempts
to bring the two clubs together. Many
Rockford residents, including cur-

40 DECEMBER 2010
 Facts about Rockford
• Rockford is the largest city in Illinois outside of the Chicago area.
• Rockford, nicknamed the Forest City, was well known for its elm trees, until an
epidemic of Dutch elm disease wiped out the population of elm trees.
• During the 1940s, the Rockford Peaches, of the All-American Girls Professional
Baseball League, was one of the first all-female baseball teams in the world.

rent Rockford Skating Club President Sheila
Felder, felt it was just plain silly that there
were two clubs so close together.
Phil Elsbree was president of the North-
ern Illinois Skating Club, and Mary Kroll
was president of the Figure Skating Club of
Rockford. When they sat down with repre-
sentatives of the Rockford Park District and
Maureen Dalton, who serves as membership
chair for U.S. Figure Skating, change began
to happen.
“Instead of us all operating as individual
organizations, we wanted everyone to come
together to share information and help each
other,” Dalton said.
Now came the tough part.
There had been numerous attempts in
the past to bring the two clubs together, and
each one had failed. What would be differ-
ent this time? How could the two clubs come
together and agree on the tough decisions
that had kept them apart for so many years?
Whose name and logo would they keep?
Each club had its own president and board of
directors; who would be on the board of the
new club?
First and foremost, both club presidents
wanted to make sure that a merger was what
their skaters wanted. Each club president
met with their membership and conducted a
vote. From there, meetings were set up with
both boards to draft new bylaws and, in De-
cember 2009, the new board held a competi-
tion for the members to design the new logo.
The winner received a club jacket with the
new logo.
Since the two clubs have joined together,
the new Rockford Skating Club has realized
countless benefits including increased mem-
bership, more support from the Park District
and a bigger pool of volunteers. Each club’s
annual events, the Rockford Open and the
Benefit for St. Jude Children’s Research Hos-
pital, enjoyed record attendance this year. To
date, more than $50,000 has been raised for
St. Jude.
The merger, of course, was not without
its obstacles. The Figure Skating Club of
Rockford had a difficult time letting go of its
name. And neither club wanted to let go of
its logo or colors, but Sandine warned, “You
cannot get hung up on the name of a club, or
the logo or the colors. You have to look to the
future and think about what is best for figure
skating.”
Looking ahead, Felder is optimistic. She
believes that the merger has been positive for
the community, the skaters and ultimately
figure skating.
“We have offered to hold a coaches’
workshop and have contacted the Skating
Council of Illinois, as we hope to use our new
resources to hold an Illinois synchronized
skating competition. For the good of skating
and the good of the kids, the two clubs have
finally come together.” ¤

The Rockford Skating Club has enjoyed growth and

more cooperation with the local park district after the
recent merger of two area clubs.

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PHOTOS COPYRIGHT 2010 MS. LI MANN, MS. LI MANN ART PICS
ITNY celebrates 25 years by
honoring Dorothy Hamill
By Lynn Rutherford
A
fter all these years, Dorothy Hamill still does a
mean layback.
“She’s gotten better,” no less an authority than
Dick Button said after watching Hamill—along with
friends JoJo Starbuck and Elin Gardiner Schran (daugh-
ter of 1956 Olympic champion Tenley Albright), and
longtime choreographers Tim Murphy and Nathan
Birch—perform an ensemble to “Moon River” for Ice
Theatre of New York’s benefit show at New York’s Chel-
sea Piers.
Hamill, the evening’s honoree, laughed off But-
ton’s compliment.
“Skating is all I know; I just wish I could do what I
used to do,” she said.
Since 1984, ITNY has combined the worlds of
skating, dance and art in performances throughout the
world. So in planning this year’s silver anniversary gala,
ITNY founder Moira North thought it was time to
honor America’s golden girl.
“She is such an iconic figure in skating, and not
only for her competitive titles,” North said. “She has
a long commitment to the artistic skating movement,
42 DECEMBER 2010
Ice Theatre of New York’s
founder Moira North waves to
the crowd following the silver
anniversary benefit gala.
starting by performing with John Curry at the Metro-
politan Opera House [in 1984] up through her support
for [Murphy and Birch’s] Next Ice Age, a similar-mind-
ed company to ITNY.”
The skating world agreed, turning out in force to
pay tribute to the 1976 Olympic and World champion.
Sarah Hughes and Johnny Weir took to the ice in
the evening’s benefit show and Peter Carruthers served
as host. Other luminaries including Button, two-time
World champion Aja Zanova and fashion magnate Vera
Wang attended the gala.
“I grew up skating with Ice Theatre of New York
from when I was very young, and it’s nice to come back
and celebrate the 25th anniversary, especially when they
are honoring someone like Dorothy,” Hughes said.
“When we [Sarah and sister Emily] were real little,
I remember one night I did a New Year’s show in, I
think, Annapolis [Maryland] and I did four shows in Olympic champion and
one night. So Ice Theatre trained me well for the tour- skating icon Dorothy Hamill
performs during the Ice
ing I did later on.” Theatre of New York’s 25th
Tributes poured in from everyone from Peggy anniversary show. Hamill was
Fleming, Janet Lynn Solomon, an old Hamill rival; the evening’s special honoree.
Scott Hamilton and Brian Boitano, up through
U.S. champion Rachael Flatt, whom Hamill has
mentored the past few seasons.
“You’ve been a teacher, mentor, athletic icon
and inspiration,” Flatt said via video.
Wang, a member of the U.S. Figure Skating
Hall of Fame for her contributions as a costume
designer, recalled long-ago days skating alongside
Hamill when both youngsters trained under New
York coaches Sonya and Peter Dunfield.
“Watching Dorothy evolve from young
skater to great champion was an unforgettable
experience for me,” Wang said. “Her talent, de-
termination and spirit were genuinely infectious,
and she lit up the rink with her boundless energy
and enthusiasm, to say nothing of her edges and
posture.”
After watching a specially produced film
chronicling Hamill’s journey from fresh-faced
youngster skating on Greenwich, Conn.’s Bin-
ney Pond to her competitive and professional
triumphs, the honoree took the podium and re-
flected on the joy of performing in ensembles like
John Curry’s Skating Company, the New Ice Age
and ITNY.
“After the Olympics I went into the Ice Ca-
pades and [Clairol’s] “Short and Sassy” and all
those fun things, but when I got to skate with
John Curry’s Skating Company I realized I didn’t
really know how to skate anymore. It wasn’t
about jumping and spinning, it was about edges,
it was about the tilt of the head, gesture of the
arms.
“There is so much more to figure skating
than the Olympics. I love to watch the Olympics
but it’s very important for skaters to have another
venue to go to, and I congratulate Moira on hav-
ing this wonderful company for 25
years.”
For many New Yorkers,
watching ITNY’s free springtime
Olympic champion Sarah Hughes
gave her first public performance
in four years to Joni Mitchell’s
“Both Sides Now.”
lunch concerts at Rockefeller Center are practi-
cally a rite of spring; others gather at area rinks
like Harlem’s Riverbank State Park, for Christ-
mas tree lightings and holiday performances.
Exposing as many people as possible to artis-
tic skating was part of North’s vision in founding
the company. Under her direction, ITNY became
the first artistic ice group to receive government
funding. The company has created a repertory of
more than 65 original pieces working with such
renowned choreographers as Lar Lubovitch, Su-
san Marshall, Peter Martins and JoAnna Mendl
Shaw.
“Having done competitive skating, and
been a part of Ice Follies and Holiday on Ice, I
had met skaters that appreciated those shows but
wanted to express themselves in more of a dance
and performance manner,” North, a former ice
dancer, said.
“Originally, ITNY had three mandates. One
was to present dance on ice and hopefully tour
internationally, which we have done. Another
was to establish a school to teach performance
skills more and to provide performance opportu-
nities.
“The third was to find a venue like Lincoln
Center to perform in; we’re still looking for that
in New York City. We’ve performed at the Eisen-
hower Hall at West Point and the Staller Center
for the Arts at Stony Brook on Long Island.”
ITNY has also performed at the World Ice
Arena in Flushing Meadows since its opening in
Johnny Weir captivated
the audience with his self-
choreographed “Heartbroken”
program, created specially
2009, offering a series of free Saturday evening
performances throughout July and August. They
feature not only the company’s ensemble, but na-
tional and international competitors, some try-
ing out their competitive programs for the first
time.
Emily Hughes debuted her competitive
short program for the 2009-10 season there, and
British ice dancing champions Sinead Kerr and
John Kerr showed fans their Olympic folk dance
program. Younger performers use it as a spring-
board to gain experience performing in front of
audiences.
“I can honestly say, we wouldn’t have devel-
oped the way we did without all of the oppor-
tunities to perform with ITNY,” said ice dancer
Danielle Gamelin, who with brother Alexander
represented the U.S. on the Junior Grand Prix
Series this fall.
“We’ve performed in Rockefeller Center,
Chelsea Piers, Harlem. Getting out in front of
audiences, from a young age, has been so impor-
tant.”
While performance is the most visible aspect
of the company, it is only one facet of ITNY. A
portion of the proceeds from the 25th anniver-
sary gala evening went to ITNY’s outreach pro-
gram for public school children in some of New
York’s at-risk areas, providing free performances
and skating clinics.
“We’ve been developing that program for the
last 16 years,” North said. “It introduces the sport
to young public school kids, who might not oth-
erwise have the opportunity to try skating.
“We visit classrooms to
show kids the actual skates and
teach them to lace up—these
days, so many kids just wear
shoes with Velcro—and talk
about safety, and a few of the basics.
Then they’re invited to one of our free
performances, and afterward, there’s a teach-
ing clinic with some of the performers and also
some teaching pros.”
North paused to reflect, again, over the
years since 1984.
“We’ve accomplished a
lot of these goals to a limited
degree, but there’s so
much more that can
be done,” she said.
“I hope we can
continue to build
the brand, spread the
word and show beauti-
ful skating for another 25
years, at least.” ¤
for ITNY.
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 2010 - 2011

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 development

Application process for McLoraine 2010 Helen M. McLoraine

FIGURE SKATING

scholarships begin SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Abby Engen, Valley FSC

By Stacey Marsh Allanah Barbour, Central Florida FSC
Allison Krein, Champlain Valley SC

T
he Helen M. McLoraine Skaters College Scholarship Program was estab- Allister Chang, SC of Boston
lished through the Pioneer Fund in December 2009 to assist current and Ameena Sheikh, Detroit SC
former amateur and professional skaters who have dedicated their lives to Amy Cuadra, Individual member
skating and now wish to pursue a college education. Berlin Sohn, Duluth FSC
Blake Rosenthal, SC of Wilmington
The Pioneer Fund serves as the foundation of the late Ms. McLoraine. She Carly Milden, SC of Boston
established the fund in 1960 as a way to support projects and organizations which Christina Caucci, Amherst SC
she had contributed to throughout her life and, now, through her estate. Colleen Clancy, Kalamazoo FSC
Deeply influenced by her mother’s dedication to philanthropy, Helen became David Lenz, University of Delaware
a generous benefactor to others with a passion for figure skating, higher education Dorian Burks, Jamestown SC
and medical research. Helen McLoraine
Jessica Martino, All Year FSC
U.S. Figure Skating is pleased to announce the first class of scholarship recipients. The scholarship Kali Sarcinella, Michigan State University
program is administered by Scholarship Management Services, a division of Scholarship America. Kendall Wyckoff, Vermont SC
Initially, scholarships totaling $50,000 were to be awarded to 10 finalists in increments of $3,000, Kendra Keenan, Salt Lake FS
Kerianne Fernandez, Florida SunCoast FSC
$5,000 and $7,000. In the end, 126 applications were received from current and former skaters repre- Kevin Sun, University of Delaware
senting 30 states. Due to the overwhelming response, Pioneer Fund trustees increased the scholarship Kirsted Carpenter, Washington FSC
funds available to $150,000. In July 2010, the first scholarships were awarded to 30 finalists from 18 Lauren Nieman, DuPage FSC
states. Maddison Grogan, Northeastern University
The Pioneer Fund trustees have recently confirmed that they will award $150,000 this coming year Molly Oberstar, St. Paul FSC
and plan to keep it at that funding level for future years. Between 30 and 35 scholarships are expected to Noelle Cunningham, FSC of Charleston
be awarded annually. Quoc-Kha Vu, Individual member
The application process for 2011 scholarships runs from Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, through Fri- Rebecca Tran, Broadmoor SC
day, Feb. 18, 2011. Visit http://sms.scholarshipamerica.org/pioneerfund after Dec. 14, 2010, for an Robert Crawford, Washington FSC
Shayna Richman, Individual member
application and more information. Stephanie Ellis, Glacier Falls FSC
Tiffany Earl, Cottonwood Heights FSC
Stacey Marsh is the director of development at U.S. Figure Skating.

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in synch
Against the world
U.S. teams gear up for international assignments
T
he U.S. Synchronized Skating Team
enjoyed success around the world in
2010, highlighted by two teams plac-
ing in the top five at the ISU Junior World
Challenge Cup and a breakthrough bronze-
medal performance by the Haydenettes at the
ISU World Synchronized Skating Champion-
ships in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Team USA wants more this season as it
builds toward the ultimate goal of challenging
the powerhouse teams from Finland (they won
gold and silver at the 2010 World Champion-
ships) at the 2011 ISU World Synchronized
Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
The international season gets underway
Jan. 13-15.
CUP OF BERLIN
California Gold and Chicago Jazz,
the 2010 U.S. junior pewter medal-
ists, will attend Cup of Berlin. ments in order to earn one of two places
California Gold holds the distinction of
being the first senior team from the Pacific
Coast Section to earn a medal at the U.S.
Synchronized Skating Championships (pew-
ter in 2008). The team will skate to “I’ve Got
the World on a String” by Michael Bublé
for its short program and the soundtrack
from the 2010 film Robin Hood for its free
skate. Chicago Jazz will skate to “Nessun
Dorma” from Turandot for its short pro-
gram and the soundtrack of The Lion King,
the team’s favorite movie, for its free skate.
48 DECEMBER 2010
The Haydenettes showcase their 2010-11 programs at the opening of the rink at Bryant Park in New York City.
By Lauren Magliola
MOZART CUP
From Jan. 21‒23, the Haydenettes will be
in Salzburg, Austria, to compete in the first-
ever Mozart Cup. Following the most success-
ful year in the team’s storied history, the skat-
ers from Lexington, Mass., look to repeat their
success with a “Rhythm of the Night” short
program, including various songs by the group
Safri Duo, and a “Kooza Dance” free skate
from Cirque du Soleil.
“Both programs are extremely fun to
skate,” Haydenette Erika Hoffman said. “They
are very different from what we have skated in
the past, and both programs allow us to skate
with a lot of emotion and style.”
Joining the Haydenettes will be their
club mates, the Lexettes, the 2010 U.S. ju-
nior bronze medalists. The Lexettes are
looking to improve their domestic place-
on the 2011 U.S. World Junior Team.
PRAGUE CUP
On Jan. 28‒30, the Starlights will be the
U.S. senior-level representative at the Prague
Cup. The Miami University junior team and
Evolution will represent Team USA in the ju-
nior competition.
After a successful senior debut in 2010
that was highlighted by a pewter medal at the
U.S. championships, the Starlights look to
break into the top three at the U.S. champi-
PHOTO BY DONNA HOFFMAN
onships as well as improve their international
standing. The team skates to “Black Velvet” by
Alannah Myles for its short program and to a
“Zombie Theme” for its free skate.
The junior team from Miami University
looks to improve on its fifth-place finish at the
2010 U.S. championships and earn a place on
the podium at the 2011 U.S. championships.
Evolution is moving to the junior level
after consistent top-five (senior-level) finishes
at the U.S. championships.
FRENCH CUP
The French Cup, always one of the most
competitive international events of the season,
takes place in Rouen, France, Feb. 4‒6. The
Crystallettes, the 2010 U.S. silver medalists
and World Team members, will represent the
United States along with the 2010 U.S. junior
champions and World Junior Team members
Team Braemar.
The Crystallettes hope to repeat their
international success in 2010, when they
earned a gold medal at the 2010 Prague Cup.
The team from Dearborn, Mich., skates to
“Rhapsody in Blue” and “I’ve Got Rhythm”
by George Gershwin for its short program and
selections from the soundtrack of The Mummy
for its free skate.
“Our short is very fun and upbeat,” Crys-
tallette Tessa Hedges said, “The (free skate)
music portrays a range of emotions that have

Miami University’s senior team performs its new programs during Parents Weekend in Oxford, Ohio.
been challenging but fun to capture. The cho-
reography is extremely dynamic, and we have
loved learning how to belly dance.”
Team Braemar wants to repeat as U.S. ju-
nior champions and improve its international
standing. Its 2010 season included a fourth-
place finish at the Junior World Challenge
Cup. The team is led by coach Pam May and
skates its short program to “Cell Block Tango”
from the movie Chicago and its free skate to
music from the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland.
SPRING CUP
The final international event before the
2011 U.S. Synchronized Skating Champion-
ships, the Spring Cup, takes place February
11–13. The senior team from Miami Univer-
sity will be joined by 2010 U.S. junior silver
medalists, the Skyliners, and the Hockettes,
from Ann Arbor, Mich., at the event in Milan,
Italy.
The RedHawks from Miami University,
the 2010 U.S. bronze medalists, will perform
their short program to “Bridge Over Troubled
Waters” by Mary J. Blidge and Andrea Boc-
celli. Miami’s freeskate is themed “Hypnotized
in a Dream” and includes music by the groups
Nightwish, Nox Arcana and the Trans-Siberi-
an Orchestra.
“The short is soft, pretty and lyrical—
I can’t help but smile when I hear the mu-
sic,” Miami junior Sarah Arnold said. “(The
freeskate) is out of the box and exciting,
and I’m certain people will be watch-
ing on the edge of their seats—I
don’t know if I can pick a
favorite, they’re both great
in their own way.”
The Skyliners hope
to challenge for the U.S.
junior title in 2011 and
qualify for the 2011 Ju-
nior World Challenge
Cup after placing fifth
in their first appearance
at the event last season.
The team from New
in synch
PHOTO COURTESY OF MIAMI UNIVERSITY
ing Championships, and Chicago Jazz,
competitors at the Junior World Challenge
Cup every year the event has been held until
last season. A U.S. team looks to earn a spot
on the podium after fourth- and fifth-place
finishes in 2010. Team USA was last on the
podium in 2007, when Chicago Jazz earned
the bronze.
WORLD SYNCHRONIZED
SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The top senior teams in the country will
meet at the 2011 U.S. Synchronized Skating
Championships and fight for a trip to Helsinki
and a chance to take on the top teams in the
world April 8‒10 at the 2011 ISU World Syn-
York, N.Y., skates to “Don’t Rain on my Pa- chronized Skating Championships.
rade” by Lea Michele for its short program and Miami University, eight-time World Team
selections from “Phantom of the Opera” for its members, looks to regain a spot after failing to
freeskate. qualify for the 2010 Team. The Crystallettes,
2010 World Team members, hope to qualify
After a two-year absence from the U.S. for consecutive World Synchronized Champi-
Synchronized Skating Team, the Hockettes, onships for the first time in team history.
earned their spot on the 2011 Team with a Last year’s U.S. champions and World
sixth-place finish at the 2010 U.S. Synchro- bronze medalists, the Haydenettes, can qualify
nized Skating Championships. The team for their 12th straight World Team and im-
skates its short program to “Invictus” by Im- prove their world ranking at the event, which
mediate and its freeskate to a “Moondance” is being held in the hometown of head coach
theme, which includes music by Michael Saga Krantz. ¤
Bublé and Frank Sinatra.
World Junior Challenge Cup The Crystallettes made plenty of noise in 2010, earn-
Two teams chosen at the World Junior ing a silver medal at the U.S. Synchronized Skating
Team Selection Competition, Jan. 8‒10, in Championships and earning a berth to the World
Fond du Lac, Wis., will represent competition in Colorado Springs, Colo. They hope to
ride that momentum into the 2011 campaign.
the United States at the 2011
Junior World Challenge Cup in
Neuchatel, Switzerland, March
11‒13. Team Braemar and
the Skyliners, the 2010 World
Junior Team members, will
face strong challenges from
the Lexettes, junior bronze
medalists at each of
the last three U.S.
Synchronized
Skat-
PHOTO BY PAUL HARVATH
S K AT I N G 49
ATHLETE
CORNER
Retirement doesn’t have to mean
saying ‘goodbye’ to skating
W
hen I stepped off the ice at the
2008 U.S. Figure Skating Cham-
pionships in Saint Paul, Minn., I
was literally stepping onto what I hoped was
solid ground. I had decided to go to college
full-time and take a turn at a regular life.
I had envisioned a life that did not revolve
around ice times, coaching schedules, off-ice
workouts and the demands of competitions.
I imagined putting on a college sweatshirt
and cheering for a Division I basketball team,
where no one in the audience was waiting for a
combination lift or a change-of-position spin.
I thought it possible to become just a college
girl and not be known as the girl who skates.
But figuratively, my retirement was not
on such solid ground. I had factored in my de-
sire to gain the experience of an education, but
I had not realized my competitive career was
only a small part of my figure skating commit-
ment.
When I retired from competing I discov-
ered I still got up at the same time and still
went to the rink. I added the component of
college, but I had only adjusted my vision on
skating to make the focus a bit clearer.
I started coaching young skaters in moves
and dance and assisted with a budding Theatre
On Ice team. My interest in the governing de-
cisions prompted my election to the Athletes
50 DECEMBER 2010
By Pilar Bosley
Advisory Committee (AAC) and subsequent
committee posts and allowed me to channel
my interest and passion for the sport with oth-
ers who have taken the pledge to find the best
course of action for the current life and future
of figure skating.
Being able to give back to the sport that
has shaped me into the person I am today is so
fulfilling. The AAC is one of the bridges that
has allowed me to do that. It has connected me
to people that I once looked up to as a younger
skater and also placed me in a position where
I can set an example for other athletes. After
all, figure skating wouldn’t be what it is today
without the athletes and I believe that it is our
duty to pave the way for future athletes and
the future of our sport.
The committee has also opened many
pathways for me that I would never have ex-
plored if it weren’t for my role in the AAC. I
have become familiar with all of the behind-
the-scenes committees that work together to
run an organization as large as U.S. Figure
Skating. It has really allowed me to appreciate
the dedication of so many different people at
so many different levels. The experiences that
come along with competitive figure skating
reach far beyond the ice rink, and the AAC is a
great example of that.
Much as I hoped, I have found enjoyment
sitting at a basketball game where no one expects
a quad, and spandex is not part of any uniform.
But for those of us who have laced up skates for
a number of years, the concept of retirement
does not have to be connected to an ending.
The AAC has allowed me to continue my
journey as an active member in U.S. Figure
Skating. While my involvement in skating and
the role of the sport in my life have evolved
over time, one thing has remained constant—
my devotion and love for the sport that has
made me into the person I am today. The AAC
has helped me balance my life as the college
girl and as the girl who skates, and for that I
am thankful. ¤
***
The Athletes Advisory Committee (AAC)
will hold its annual alumni reception for past
U.S. senior medalists on Saturday, Jan. 29, at
the 2011 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Cham-
pionships in Greensboro, N.C. This year’s hosts
will be Olympic silver medalists, four-time
World medalists and five-time U.S. ice dancing
champions Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto.
The reception provides a chance for past cham-
pions to reunite at the U.S Championships. For
more information, contact AAC chair Lindsey
Weber at LindseyWeber1@aol.com.
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 Answers to the Crossword
ACROSS Puzzle and Word Find
appear on page 64.
1 This thingie on the end of your
bootlace makes it easy to insert
it through 7 Across
6 Originally, this was a place for
knights to joust, but now it’s a
place to skate!
7 A reinforced hole in ice skates

z
for the laces to go through

kid
9 At 10 Down, skaters are
told about the latest ISU ___
changes
12 Who was the ladies gold med-
alist at the 2002 Olympics in

zone
Salt Lake City? (2 wds.)
14 Michelle Kwan is a member of
the President’s Council on Fit-
ness, ___ and Nutrition
15 ’86 World champ ___ Thomas By Joel Kaplow
is now an orthopaedic surgeon,
and has recently performed
dozens of knee replacements
on ladies in Nepal
WORDS ON ICE – Hi skaters! Try to
16 What month is National Skating find and circle the words listed below
Month? hidden in the “rink” full of letters. The
DOWN
words will appear in a straight line
in any direction (up, down, forward,
2 ___ singles is traditionally the backward or diagonally) and some
last event completed at an ISU words may overlap and share
competition letters. Find them all and you’ll be on
top of the medals podium!
3 Patrick Chan, born in the capi-
tal city of Ottawa, has won the TWIST LIFT
Canadian Championships the AMANDA EVORA
last ___ years in a row MARK LADWIG
4 A ___ is done with an in and JUNIOR GRAND PRIX
out motion of both skates to YUKA SATO
move the skater across the ice DAISUKE
(Hint: it rhymes with “twizzle”) TAKAHASHI
5 We see the letters ISU all over KURT BROWNING
the place, but what do they SNOWPLOW SAM By Joel Kaplow
stand for? International ___,
and it has been around since
1892 (2 wds.)
8 The letters in FOFS stand for
the fundraising organization
AXEL ANNIE By Andrea Nason • Check out www.axelannie.com
See Axel Annie on Facebook
___ of Figure Skating
10 Champs ___ was held last
August, where our best skaters
revealed their new routines for
this season
11 What discipline is traditionally
completed first at ISU competi-
tions?
13 The Biellmann ___ is done with
one leg brought straight up
from behind and the blade
grasped with one or two hands
while rotating on the ice

52 DECEMBER 2010

Age: 8
Hometown: Shingle Springs, Calif.
Home club: Capital City FSC
Level: Preliminary
How often I skate: Four to five times
per week
Coach: Michelle Ray Davis
Favorite skaters: Yu-Na Kim, Mao
Asada, Michelle Kwan, Sasha Cohen,
Mirai Nagasu
How I got started: We came across
an ice skating rink while traveling in
Hong Kong when I was 5. I wanted to
get on the ice, but we didn’t have time.
I begged my mom to let me skate dur-
ing the entire trip and for the whole
summer. Finally, she took me to the
rink for my sixth birthday, and I have
loved skating ever since.
Editor’s note: Because of the popularity of our Kidz Spotlight segment, we’ve expanded it to include
more photographs and fun information. If you want to have the chance to be featured in the Kidz
Spotlight, please submit an action photo as well as an off-ice photograph. Also, please answer all
the questions in order.
Tifany Wong
Favorite jumps/moves: Axel, double More favorites
Salchow, back camel spin and lay-
back spin Foods: Noodles and fried
rice
Goal: To win as many competitions as
possible Singer: Michael Jackson
What else you should know about TV shows: Olympic
Winter Games, “Johnny
me: I’m a Level VI pianist and have
played since I was 3. In the last Test,” “Jonny Quest” and
anything on Discovery
two years, I have performed at the
Channel
California Music Teachers’ annual
conventions. For my next skating pro- Books: The Percy Jackson
gram, I would like to skate to music series, The Chronicles
that I play myself to make it more of Narnia, the Warriors
meaningful. I’m fluent in Chinese, and series
I’m learning Spanish and American Movies: Avatar, How to
Sign Language. I’m also a Junior Girl Train Your Dragon, The
Scout and a Miss Sacramento County Spy Next Door
Princess.
Sports I enjoy other than
Memorable moments: Attending skating: Swimming, golf
summer camps at the Toyota Sports and basketball
Center, working with U.S. and Olym-
pic coaches and watching world-class
skaters train.
S K AT I N G 53

rinkside
Judy Sargent and Paul Mata perform to the Lion King during the finale of their
wedding program.
Sargent and Mata
wed on ice
Adult skaters Judy Sargent
and Paul Mata exchanged vows
during an on-ice wedding cer-
emony on Oct. 10, 2010, at the
Troy Sports Arena in Troy, Mich.
The two met in February
2002 at the Yost Ice Arena at the
University of Michigan. At that
time, she was pursuing her Ph.D. in
nursing at the University of Michi-
gan while he was a lead anesthe-
sia technician at the University of
Michigan Hospitals.
Mata had just lost his pairs
partner and Sargent had always
wanted to try pairs skating. They
went on to compete at the U.S.
Adult Figure Skating Champion-
ships between 2002 and 2007.
They won a bronze medal in
2007.
“During the time of our skat-
ing career, we were the best of
friends but didn’t date until after
we stopped skating,” Sargent
said.
He proposed in November
2008 atop the Empire State
Building.
Sargent now skates in the
numerous competitions and show
productions with Mata and also
with Vladimir Levchenkov and
Sergey Lichanski. Sargent won
the last three U.S. Adult Cham-
pionships in pairs under coaches
Sergey Petrovskiy, program di-
rector at the International Cen-
ter for Excellence in Ice Skating
(ICES), and Olympic choreogra-
pher Olga Volozhinskaya.
Nearly 280 guests at-
tended the “White Wedding on
Ice.” Chicago wedding planner
Frank Andonoplas said it took
him five months to plan, including
54 DECEMBER 2010
PHOTO BY RIC MARTIN, MARTIN-IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHY
thoughts as both a parent and
professional author. She weighed
in on the fine line between moti-
vating unmotivated kids and kill-
ing the joy and fun of skating.
Four U.S. senior-level ath-
letes from the Broadmoor Skating
Club, Alexe Gilles, Joshua Farris,
and ice dancers Rachel Tibbetts
and Collin Brubaker, elaborated
on their background, training
techniques and answered ques-
tions.
Seven-year-old Sophia
North told her mother afterward
1,200 man hours on site, three that she loved hearing about the
semi-trucks of lighting and stage many hours per day the skaters
equipment and 8,000 square practiced and was amazed that
feet of carpet, according to a they had six or more coaches.
story in The Detroit News. — Linda Famula
Sargent, founder and direc-
tor of ICES, teaches at the facility
and Mata helps as a Basic Skills Binnebose to perform
instructor. in Nutcracker on Ice
The ceremony included a Skate-acular
tango on ice by the newlyweds, J. Paul Binnebose, 1999
and a “Wedding on Ice” show U.S. pairs bronze medalist, will
choreographed by Volozhins- perform in the third annual Nut-
kaya. The guest star was Dan cracker on Ice Skate-acular on
Hollander, with students from the Dec. 18 at the Sertich Ice Center
ICES and Cornerstones school in Colorado Springs, Colo.
also performing. Binnebose recently relo-
“I had no doubt about how cated to Colorado and is now
perfect it would be,” Mata said in coaching in the Denver and sur-
the newspaper story. “It’s kind of rounding areas.
still unreal. It’s just phenomenal.” “I wanted to perform in the
Nutcracker because it allows one
of those rare moments of being
A doubly good seminar able to skate out of the pure love
for parents, skaters of skating,” he said. “After sev-
eral years of not being involved
Skaters had the chance to in skating, I really feel I have an
talk behind their parents’ backs entire new outlook on the sport
at the “Double Flip” seminar on and want to share the greatness
Oct. 14 at the World Figure Skat- found within.”
ing Museum in Colorado Springs, Binnebose will be joined
Colo. on the ice by U.S. Adult medal-
Participants learned about ist Dianna-lynne Wells and doz-
the upcoming film RISE, which ens of other cast members from
premieres nationwide Feb. 17, the Centennial Skating Club. The
2011. Parents and skaters then event benefits gifted club skat-
attended separate breakout ses-
sions.
World and Olympic coach
Kathy Casey, who is director of
performance and enhancement
tracking at U.S. Figure Skating,
gave an informative yet fun par-
ent presentation.
“I addressed what, in my
opinion, makes a good skating
parent as well as what makes a
good coach,” Casey said.
Jax Bubis offered her
Paul Binnebose and family
ers and local charity Care &
Share. For more information call
719.385.5983.
Michigan coach
transforms uninspired
teen on MTV’s ‘MADE’
Imagine being a teenager
with aspirations of becoming a
singer, athlete or figure skater,
and the thrill of realizing your
dream when you are transformed
into that special someone on
MTV’s self-improvement reality
television series “MADE.”
Now imagine being a
“MADE” coach and expert in the
field—and the rewards of being
that encouraging influence, a sort
of cheerleader in that young per-
son’s life to help them reach their
goals.
That’s exactly what figure
skating coach Craig Joeright of
Troy, Mich., experienced.
Dealing with drama at home
and a school hard hit by Michi-
gan’s economic downturn, Detroit
high school student Raine Webb
was uninspired and full of doubt.
Joeright proved to be just the
remedy she needed to turn things
around. The episode aired on
MTV in May 2010.
The teen’s metamorphosis
from quitter to achiever wasn’t
always easy but Joeright hung
in there to make a difference.
He made arrangements for life
coach Danni Stillwell to help-
Webb sort out her past, and
he even whisked Webb and
her mother off to Boston where
Webb met and skated with Mi-
chelle Kwan.
In several weeks, Webb was
transformed from quitter to con-
fident teen. Webb achieved her
goal of skating in an exhibition.
As she stepped onto the ice, Jo-
eright shouted one final word of
encouragement: “Smile!” After-
ward he said, “Awesome. Awe-
some. Give me a hug.”
“I have never felt so good
about myself,” Webb said with
a smile. “Craig has helped me to
achieve my goals by helping me
build confidence in myself.”
— Denise Manzagol

The Dallas FSC had an eerily good time at its Halloween party.
Dallas FSC gets into
spirit of occasion
The Dallas Figure Skating
Club hosted its Halloween party
on Oct. 24 at The Ice at Stone-
briar Center in Frisco, Texas. With
more than 60 skaters, the party
was the most attended in club
history. The club’s junior board
planned the event and reached
invitees through its Facebook
page. Festivities included on-ice
games (Capture the Flag, Sharks
and Minnows, relay races), re-
freshments and a costume contest.
The Dallas FSC also hosts
holiday and Valentine’s Day par-
APPO I N T M E N T S
Appointments
Bronze Singles/Pairs Test Judge
Samantha Chan, Beaverton, Ore.;
Steven Hsu, Los Angeles, Calif.; Laurie
Smith, Woodridge, Ill.; Kevin Winston,
Belmont, Calif.
M E M O RI A L F U N D
“In Memory Of” Pat Brockner
Bette Ann Biron Bowie Figure Skating Club
Dean, Bonnie, Matthew and Rusty Fein
Adam Birchard John O’Connor
Gary, Sharyl and Marion Biron Ronen Katz
Daren Chastain Rusty Fein
OBITU A RY
SMITH
Janice L. Smith of
Amherst, N.Y., a figure
skating coach and the
founder of Skate Great,
died Oct. 6, 2010, at
Millard Fillmore Suburban
Hospital, Amherst, follow-
ing a lengthy battle with cancer. She
was 52.
Born in Buffalo, the former
Janice L. Conner was encouraged in
the sport by her father, Richard, who
played ice hockey for Northeastern
University in Boston. As a child, she
competed extensively in the sport.
Mrs. Smith was a graduate of
ties, as well as a summer picnic.
All events are planned by the ju-
nior board.
The Dallas FSC’s junior
board is made up of high school
students who, in addition to their
dedication to the sport of figure
skating, strive for the opportunity
to develop leadership skills and
provide service to others. The ju-
nior board is responsible for host-
ing annual club parties, mentoring
younger skaters in the club’s Basic
Skills program, preparing goodie
bags for skaters competing at
regionals, sectionals and U.S.
Championships, and organizing
fundraisers.
Silver Singles/Pairs Test Judge
Carolyn Dow, Lincoln, Neb.; Hannah
Katz, Littleton, Colo.
Gold Singles/Pairs Test Judge
Susan Demeniuk, Shelby Township, Mich.;
Colin Ward, Spring, Texas
Joan Kulaszewski
Mary Moss
Audrey St. Peter
Susan Bonn
Robert Weston
Patricia Lynch
Buffalo State College,
where she earned a de-
gree in business adminis-
tration. Her true passion,
however, was coaching
young athletes and men-
toring young coaches.
After a brief stint
working in her family’s business,
she began coaching figure skaters
and guided her students to 41 gold
medals in various competitions over
30 years. Many of her students
spent more than 10 years under her
tutelage.
In 1998, she founded Skate
Great, a program that teaches be-
Special Olympian
participates in EKS Day
Special Olympian Avery
Pratt participated in the first Eu-
nice Kennedy Shriver (EKS) Day
at the Allied Veterans Rink in
Everett, Mass. Avery was one of
15 athletes to participate in a
skating clinic with nine-time U.S.
champion Michelle Kwan.
Rebecca Pratt, Avery’s older
sister, along with Tylar Suckau,
both coaches at the Western
Massachusetts Figure Skating
Club, assisted Kwan and other
Bronze Dance Test Judge
Laura Elmufdi, San Jose, Calif.
Gold Dance Test Judge
Patricia Lynch, Glen Ridge, N.J.; Darlene
Michael, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Tom and Gale Tanger
“Honor”
Justin Dillon
Susan Bonn
Nikki Metzger
Elizabeth Metzger
ginner ice skaters and also cultivates
championship-level skaters. Accord-
ing to its website, www.skategrea-
tinc.com, the Skate Great program
is the fourth largest Basic Skills pro-
gram within U. S. Figure Skating.
“What Janice was able to build
through Skate Great, Inc. is a true
inspiration,” said Susi Wehrli-
McLaughlin, senior director of mem-
bership at U.S. Figure Skating. “It
was her vision, enthusiasm and dedi-
cation that took her skating program
from a 45-minute, once-a-week
class to a full company serving four
arenas, more than 1,500 skaters
and employing 27 instructors. She
rinkside
coaches at the clinic.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver,
founder of the Special Olympics,
passed away in 2009 at the age
of 88. More than 18 million peo-
ple around the world participat-
ed in EKS Day, celebrating the
life and legacy of Shriver with
EKS acts of inclusion and unity.
Avery Pratt, center, receives a skating
lesson from Michelle Kwan with help
from Pratt’s mother Michelle during the
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day in Everett,
Mass. Helping Kwan at the clinic were
coaches Tylar Suckau and Pratt’s older
sister, Rebecca.
Sectional Singles/Pairs Competition Judge
Holly Cole, Hunt Valley, Md.; Laura
Murphy, Wooster, Ohio
Level 2 System Specialist
Cathy Brinkman, Cincinnati, Ohio;
Rebecca Watford, Canton, Miss.
Team USA – JGP Japan
Lindsey Weber
“General”
Alex Blavatnik
has received the Basic Skills high
honors membership award every
year. The skating community has suf-
fered a big loss but I am confident
her dream and vision will continue.”
Mrs. Smith was also adept at
other athletic disciplines, including
skiing, power walking and kayaking.
She is survived by her husband
of 10 years, Scott; her mother, Mary
Ann Conner; and two sisters, Debra
Carr and Cynthia Oehler.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial
scholarship has been created in her
name through the Skating Club of
Western New York.
S K AT I N G 55
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4 | 2010 Aspen Invitational sponsored
by the Aspen SC at Lewis Ice Arena,
0861 Maroon Creek Rd., Aspen, CO
81611. For more information call Lisa
Bodek at 970.925.3184.
4-5 | 11th Annual Terry Conners Syn-
chronized Skating Open sponsored by
the SC of Southern Connecticut at Terry
Conners Ice Rink, 1125 Cove Island Rd.,
Stamford, CT 06902. For more informa-
tion call Karl Ryan at 203.451.4703.
4 | 12th Annual Snowflake Open Basic
Skills Competition sponsored by the
Kettle Moraine FSC at Kettle Moraine
Ice Center, 2330 South Main St., West
Bend, WI 53095. For more information
call Patti Jedrejewski at 414.617.1796.
4 | Second Annual Skylands Ice World
Basic Skills Competition sponsored by
the North Jersey FSC at Skylands Ice
World, 2765 Route 63, Stockholm, NJ
07460. For more information call Rick
Breitweiser at 201.696.8046.
5 | 2010 Bay Cities Synchronized
Team Skating Competition sponsored
by the St. Moritz ISC at Oakland Ice
Center, 519 18th St., Oakland, CA
94612. For more information call Jean
Fahmie at 510.797.8985.
10-12 | 16th Annual Cape Cod Syn-
chronized Skating Classic sponsored
by the Bourne SC at John Gallo Arena,
Sandwich Road, Bourne, MA. 02532. For
more information call Catherine Walton
at 508.759.8956.
11 | 2010 District 5 High School Com-
petition at 52 Arena, 5076 Sports Dr.,
Kalamazoo, MI 49009.
11 | First Annual New Edge Skate Fest
at John Lindell Ice Arena, 1403 Lexing-
ton, Blvd., Royal Oak, MI 48073. For
more information contact New Edge FSC
at 248.797.2611.
12 | 2010 Granite City Basic Skills
Competition sponsored by the St. Cloud
FSC at Municipal Athletic Complex,
5001 8th St., North, Saint Cloud, MN
56303. For more information call Lori
Stuart at 320.260.2285.
12 | 2010 District 3 High School
Competition at Hartland Sports Center,
2755 Arena Dr., Hartland, MI 48353.
18 | 2010 Chippewa Figure Skating
Basic Skills Competition sponsored
by the Chippewa FSC at Chippewa Ice
Arena, 839 First Ave., Chippewa Falls,
WI 54729. For more information call
Shelley Stelter at 715.288.5886.
56 DECEMBER 2010
18 | 2010 Holiday Competition spon-
sored by Columbus FSC at the Ohio
State University Ice Rink, 390 Woody
Hayes Dr., Columbus, OH 34210. For
more information call Melissa Shilling at
740.967.6866.
18-19 | 2010 Maplewood Synchro-
nized Skating Classic sponsored by
the Maplewood FSC at Mariucci Arena,
University of Minnesota campus, Min-
neapolis, MN. For more information call
651.230.4996.
JANUARY
7-19 | 14th Annual Foot of the Lake
Synchronized Class sponsored by Fond
du Lac Blue Line Figure Skating at Blue
Line Family Ice Center, 550 Fond du Lac
Ave., Fond du Lac, WI 54935. For more
information call Suzanne Schlecht at
920.926.1550.
7-9 | 2011 Colonial Classic sponsored
by the Colonial FSC at UMass Lowell
Tsongas Center, 300 Martin Luther
King Way, Lowell, MA 01852. For
more information call Kristin Farren at
508.277.2305.
8 | Eighth Annual Bend of the River
Competition sponsored by Mankato
FSC at All Seasons Arena, 1251
Monks Ave., Mankato, MN 56001. For
more information call Cheryl Liu at
507.386.7242.
8-9 | 11th Annual Magic City Figure
Skating Club Basic Skills Competition
sponsored by the Magic City FSC at
MAYSA Arena, 2501 Burdick Express-
way West, Minot, ND 58703. For more
information call Shayna Gibbons at
701.340.8259.
8-9 | 22nd Annual Magic City Inter-
national Figure Skating Competition
sponsored by the Magic City FSC at
MAYSA Arena, 2501 Burdick Express-
way West, Minot, ND 58703. For more
information visit magiccityfsc.com
11 | 2011 District 1 High School Skat-
ing Competition at Detroit Skating Club
Rink, 888 Dennison Court, Bloomfield,
MI 48302.
14-15 | 2011 Capital City Champion-
ship sponsored by the Bismark FSC
at VFW Sports Center, 1200 North
Washington St., Bismark, ND 58501. For
more information call Bismark FSC at
701.221.6892.
15-16 | 2011 Mid-America Synchro-
nized Skating Championships spon-
sored by the Fraser FSC at Great Lakes
Sport City, 34400 Utica Rd., Fraser, MI
48026. For more information call Chris-
tine Bisby at 586.323.8907.
15 | 2011 Lakes Area Classic spon-
sored by the Diamond Edge FSC at
Willmar Civic Center, 2707 Arena Dr.,
Willmar, MN 56201. For more informa-
tion call Beth Fischer at 320.214.0122.
15-16 | 2011 Winter Escapade spon-
sored by Essex SC of NJ at Richard J.
Codey at South Mountain, 560 North-
field Ave., West Orange, NJ 07052. For
more information call the Essex Skating
Club at 973.768.1817.
15 | 2011 Mohawk Valley Basic
Skills Competition sponsored by the
SC of New Hartford, New Hartford
Recreation Center, 1 Mill St., New Hart-
ford, NY 13413. For more information
call Elizabeth Thompson Hotvedt at
315.797.4527.
15 | 2011 Mohawk Valley Classic
sponsored by the SC of New Hartford
at the New Hartford Recreation Center,
1 Mill St., New Hartford, NY 13413. For
more information call Elizabeth Thomp-
son Hotvedt at 315.797.4527.
15 | 2011 Star of Texas International
Adult Open sponsored by the Iceland
FSC of Houston at Sharpstown Ice Cen-
ter, 7300 Bellerive, Houston, TX 77036.
For more information call Linda Stiegler
at 713.653.3776.
15-16 | 2011 Hoosier Challenge In-
tercollegiate Competition at Hamilton
Center Ice Arena, 2501 Lincoln Park Dr.,
Columbus, IN 47201. For more informa-
tion contact Kayla Whaley at
whaley@indiana.edu.
15-16 | 21st Annual Fox Cities Invita-
tional sponsored by the Valley FSC at
Appleton Family Ice Center, 1717 East
Witzke Blvd., Appleton, WI 54914. For
more information call Amy McCann at
920.791.0613.
15-16 | 2011 Adult Mid-Winter Warm-
up Open Championships sponsored by
the Escondido FSC at Icoplex Escondido,
555 Tulip St., Escondido, CA 92025. For
more information call Morry Stillwell at
760.728.4208.
16 | 2011 Columbus Classic spon-
sored by Lincoln Center FSC at Hamilton
Center Ice Arena, 2501 Lincoln Park
Dr., Columbus, OH 47203. For more
information call Jennifer Cashen at
812.343.2376.
16 | 2011 Capital City Champion-
ships sponsored by Bismarck FSC
at VFW Sports Center, 1200 North
Washington St., Bismarck, ND 58501.
For more information call Emily Zahn at
701.220.5757.
16 | 2011 Capital City Championships
Synchronized Skating Competition
sponsored by Bismarck FSC at VFW All
Seasons Arena, 1200 North Washing-
ton St., Bismarck, ND 58503. For more
information contact Bismarck FSC at
701.751.1321.
16 | 2011 Winter Games of Texas
sponsored by the Dallas FSC at The Ice
@ Stonebriar Centre, 2601 Preston Rd.,
Frisco, TX 75034. For more information
call Janet Wagner at 469.854.6456.
17 | 2011 District 3 High School Com-
petition at Farmington Hills Ice Arena,
35500 8 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, MI
48335.
19 | 2011 District 2 High School
Competition at Hart Southgate Arena,
14700 Reaume Parkway, Southgate, MI
48195.
21-22 | 2011 Boston Synchronized
Skating Classic sponsored by the Skat-
ing Club of Boston at New England
Sports Center, 121 Donald Lynch Blvd.,
Marlborough, MA 01752. For more
information call Deanne Benson at
978.263.0323.
21-22 | 14th Annual Port City Invita-
tional sponsored by Oswego FSC at
Crisfulli Rink, 79 East 9th St, Oswego, NY
13126. For more information call Linda
Mandanas at 315.746.0123.
21-23 | 2011 Northern Star Interna-
tional Competition sponsored by the
Northern Lights FSC at VFW Arena, 711
Third St., East Grand Forks, MN 56721
Civic Center Arenas, 300 15th North-
west, East Grand Forks, MN 56721. For
more information call Haley Thoron at
218.791.4124.
22-23 | 2011 Deborah Burgoyne
North American sponsored by Wyan-
dotte FSC at Benjamin F. Yack Recre-
ation Center, 3131 Third St., Wyandotte
MI 48192. For more information call
Mary Moss at 313.567.8770.
22 | Tomahawk State Classic 2011
at Sara Park Ice Arena, 900 West
Somo Ave., Tomahawk, WI 54487. For
more information call Jackie Bremer at
715.453.9003.
23 | 2011 Winter Blizzard sponsored
by Skokie Valley SC at Skatium 9300
Weber Park Place, Skokie, IL 60077. For
more information call Kerry Murphy at
847.674.1500, ext. 2925.
27-30 | 2011 Northland Figure Skat-
ing Competition sponsored by the Dulu-
th FSC at Duluth Entertainment and Con-
vention Center, 350 South 1st Ave. West,
Duluth, MN 55805. For more information
call Kathy Jensen at 218.590.1710.
28-30 | 2011 Bay State Games Figure
Skating Competition sponsored by
Christmas Brook FSC at Williams Col-
lege, Lansing Chapman Skating Rink,
Latham St., Williamstown, MA 01267.
For more information call Christmas
Brook FSC at 781.932.6555.
29 | 2011 Colorado High School Team
Figure Skating Championships spon-
sored by Denver FSC at South Suburban
Ice Arena, 6580 South Vine St., Centen-
nial CO 80121. For more information
call Rebecca Nordin at 303.699.3458.
29 | 2011 District 5 High School Com-
petition at Alpena Ice Rink, 751 Wood-
ward Ave., Alpena, MI 49707.
29 | Showskate 2011 sponsored by
Stars FSC of Texas at Dr. Pepper Star
Center-Euless, 1400 South Pipeline Rd.,
Euless, TX 76040. For more information
call Melissa at 972.978.4021.
29-30 | 2011 New Year’s Invitational
sponsored by the Washington FSC at
Ashburn Ice House, 21595 Smith Switch
Rd., Ashburn, VA 20147. For more infor-
mation contact Judy Reiner at
judyq@rocketmail.com.
30 | 31st Annual Northland Figure
Skating and Minnesota Basic Skills Se-
ries sponsored by Duluth FSC at Duluth
Entertainment and Convention Center,
350 Harbor Dr., Duluth, MN 55805. For
more information call Kathy Jensen at
218.590.1710.
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NHK TROPHY
NAGOYA, JAPAN, OCT. 22-24
Ladies
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SP, FS
1. Carolina Kostner, ITA, 164.61, 1, 2
2. Rachael Flatt, USA, 161.04, 3, 1
3. Kanako Murakami, JPN, 150.16, 2, 5
4. Kiira Korpi, FIN, 148.44, 5, 4
5. Ashley Wagner, USA, 143.73, 4, 6
6. Elene Gedevanishvili, GEO, 141.52, 9, 3
7. Caroline Zhang, USA, 133.86, 6, 9
8. Mao Asada, JPN, 133.40, 8, 8
9. Viktoria Helgesson, SWE, 130.11, 10, 7
10. Lena Marrocco, FRA, 122.03, 11, 10
11. Jenna McCorkell, GBR, 121.52, 7, 11
12. Diane Szmiett, CAN, 88.33, 12, 12
Men’s
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SP, FS
1. Daisuke Takahashi, JPN, 234.79, 1, 1
2. Jeremy Abbott, USA, 218.19, 2, 3
3. Florent Amodio, FRA, 213.77, 4, 2
4. Yuzuru Hanyu, JPN, 207.72, 5, 4
5. Shawn Sawyer, CAN, 193.80, 3, 8
6. Takahita Mura, JPN, 191.85, 9, 6
7. Jialiang Wu, CHN, 189.58, 8, 7
8. Kevin van der Perren, BEL, 189.41, 11, 5
9. Ross Miner, USA, 186.82, 7, 10
10. Adrian Schultheiss, SWE, 181.47, 10, 11
11. Jeremy Ten, CAN, 176.48, 12, 9
12. Denis Ten, KAZ, 171.68, 6, 12
Pairs
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SP, FS
1. Qing Pang/Jian Tong, CHN, 189.37,
1, 1,
2. Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov, RUS,
173.83, 2, 2
3. Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran, JPN,
155.66, 3, 4
4. Caitlin Yankowskas/
John Coughlin, USA, 154.88, 6, 3
5. Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett, USA,
152.38, 4, 7
6. Mylene Brodeur/John Mattatall, CAN,
151.97, 5, 6
7. Maylin Hausch/Daniel Wende, GER,
148.31, 7, 5
8. Yue Zhang/Lei Wang, CHN, 138.55,
8, 8
Ice dancing
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SD, FD
1. Meryl Davis/Charlie White, USA,
165.21, 1, 1
2. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, CAN,
141.57, 2, 3
3. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, USA,
136.93, 5, 2
4. Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov, RUS,
135.05, 3, 4
5. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, ITA,
127.43, 4, 5
6. Lucie Mysliveckova/Matej Novak, CZE,
115.17, 6, 6
7. Cathy Reed/Chris Reed, JPN, 114.52,
7.7
8. Penny Coomes/Nicholas Buckland, GBR,
109.80, 8, 8
9. Xiaoyang Yu/Chen Wang, CHN,
102.65, 9, 9
10. Dora Turoczi/Balazs Major, HUN,
87.40, 10, 10
U.S. officials: Lorrie Parker, Shawn Rettstatt
SKATE CANADA
KINGSTON, ONTARIO, OCT. 29-31
Ladies
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SP, FS
1. Alissa Czisny, USA, 172.37, 4, 1
2. Ksenia Makarova, RUS, 165.00, 2, 2
3. Amelie Lacoste, CAN, 157.26, 5, 4
4. Cynthia Phaneuf, CAN, 156.24, 1, 7
5. Haruka Imai, JPN, 154.54, 6, 3
6. Agnes Zawadzki, USA, 154.35, 3, 6
7. Myriane Samson, CAN, 152.05, 7, 5
8. Valentina Marchei, ITA, 137.78, 9, 8
9. Fumie Suguri, JPN, 132.84, 8, 10
10. Sonia Lafuente, ESP, 131.20, 10, 9
11. Alexe Gilles, USA, 125.64, 11, 11
Men’s
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SP, FS
1. Patrick Chan, CAN, 239.52, 4, 1
2. Nobunari Oda, JPN, 236.52, 1, 3
3. Adam Rippon, USA, 233.04, 3, 2
4. Kevin Reynolds, CAN, 218.65, 2, 6
5. Javier Fernandez, ESP, 210.85, 6, 4
6. Alban Preaubert, FRA, 209.05, 5, 5
7. Artur Gachinski, RUS, 204.08, 7, 7
8. Jeremy Ten, CAN, 191.86, 9, 8
9. Yasuharu Nanri, JPN, 199.96, 8, 9
10. Grant Hochstein, USA, 181.65, 12, 10
11. Kristoffer Berntsson, SWE, 175.84, 11, 11
12. Paolo Bacchini, ITA, 167.60, 10, 12
Pairs
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SP, FS
1. Lubov Iliushechkina/Nodari Maisuradze,
RUS, 171.40, 1, 2
2. Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan
Moscovitch, CAN, 170.92, 5, 1
3. Paige Lawrence/Rudi Swiegers, CAN,
151.15, 3, 3
4. Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir, USA,
159.85, 2, 5
5. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, CAN,
158.53, 4, 4
6. Britney Simpson/Nathan Miller, USA,
134.05, 6, 6
7. Huibo Dong/Yiming Wu, CHN, 129.26,
7, 7
8. Stacey Kemp/David King, GBR,
125.52, 8, 8
Ice dancing
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SD, FD
1. Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier, CAN,
154.42, 2, 1
2. Sinead Kerr/John Kerr, GBR, 149.80,
1, 3
3. Madison Chock/Greg Zuerlein, USA,
139.05, 4, 4
4. Alexandra Paul/Mitchell Islam, CAN,
138.16, 6, 2
5. Pernelle Carron/Lloyd Jones, FRA,
136.03, 3, 5
6. Kristina Gorshkova/Vitali Butikov, RUS,
127.45, 5, 6
7. Sarah Arnold/Justin Trojek, CAN,
107.64, 8, 7
8. Stefanie Frohberg/Tim Giesen, GER,
105.10, 7, 8
9. Rachel Tibbetts/Collin Brubaker, USA
95.86, 9, 9
U.S. officials: Todd Bromley, Janis Engel,
Lisa Ervin-Baudo
CUP OF CHINA
BEIJING, CHINA, NOV. 5-7, 2010
Ladies
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SP, FS
1. Miki Ando, JPN, 172.21, 3, 1
2. Akiko Suzuki, JPN, 162.86, 2, 2
3. Alena Leonova, RUS, 148.61, 5, 3
4. Mirai Nagasu, USA, 146.23, 1, 5
5. Bingwa Geng, CHN, 142.48, 4, 4
6. Amanda Dobbs, USA, 132.45, 7, 6
7. Joshi Helgesson, SWE, 131.40, 6, 7
8. Kristine Musademba, USA, 119.45, 8, 8
9. Min-Jeong Kwak, KOR, 113.98, 9, 9
10. Diane Szmiett, CAN, 95.43, 10, 10
Men’s
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SP, FS
1. Takahiko Kozuka, JPN, 233.51, 1, 1
2. Brandon Mroz, USA, 216.80, 4, 2
3. Tomas Verner, CZE, 214.81, 3, 3
4. Brian Joubert, FRA, 210.29, 2, 5
5. Tatsuki Machida, JPN, 200.95, 7, 6
6. Samuel Contesti, ITA, 198.84, 9, 4
7. Ross Miner, USA, 197.13, 6, 8
8. Jinlin Guan, CHN, 196.92, 8, 7
9. Peter Liebers, GER, 175.94, 10, 9
10. Jialiang Wu, CHN, 172.56, 11, 10
11. Peitong Chen, CHN, 150.69, 12, 11
Pairs
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SP, FS
1. Qing Pang/Jian Tong, CHN, 177.50, 1, 1
2. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, CHN, 171.47,
2, 2
3. Caitlin Yankowskas/John Coughlin,
166.72, 3, 3
4. Lubov Iliushechkina/Nodari Maisuradze,
RUS, 162.09, 4, 4
5. Amanda Evora/Mark Ladwig, USA,
151.66, 5, 5
6. Nicole Della Monica/Yannick Kocon,
ITA, 145.21, 6, 6
7. Huibo Dong/Yiming Wu, CHN, 123.93,
7, 7
8. Kaleigh Hole/Adam Johnson, CAN,
115.15, 8, 8
Ice dancing
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SD, FD
1. Nathalie Pechalat/Fabian Bourzat, FRA,
159.59, 1, 1
2. Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev,
RUS, 145.39, 3, 2
3. Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali, ITA,
139.52, 2, 3
4. Nora Hoffman/Maxim Zavozin, HUN,
130.82, 4, 4
5. Xintong Huang/Xun Zheng, CHN,
124.60, 5, 6
6. Madison Hubbell/Keiffer Hubbell,
USA, 120.95, 8, 5
7. Kharis Ralph/Asher Hill, CAN, 119.51,
6, 7
8. Xiaoyang Yu/Chen Wang, CHN,
114.46, 7, 8
9. Xueting Guan/Meng Wang, CHN,
105.91, 9, 9
10. Isabella Cannuscio/Ian Lorello, USA,
101.83, 10, 10
U.S. officials: Robert Rosenbluth, Richard
Dalley, Linda Leaver, Troy Goldstein
JGP GREAT BRITAIN
SHEFFIELD, GREAT BRITAIN
SEPT. 29-OCT. 3, 2010
(pairs results were omitted in
November issue of SKATING)
Pairs
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SP, FS
1. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, RUS,
151.64, 1, 2
2. Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran, JPN,
144.69, 4, 1
3. Natascha Purich/Raymond Schultz,
CAN, 126.98, 3, 4
4. Taylor Steele/Robert Schultz, CAN,
124.74, 2, 5
5. Kylie Duarte/Colin Grafton, USA,
123.45, 6, 3
6. Ashley Cain/Joshua Reagan, USA,
118.62, 5, 7
7. Klara Kadlecova/Petr Bidar, CZE,
117.72, 7, 6
8. Cassie Andres/Timothy LeDuc, USA,
114.62, 8.8
9. Alexandra Vasilieva/Yuri Shevchuk,
RUS, 112.75, 9, 9
10. Margaret Purdy/Michael Marinaro,
CAN, 109.25, 11, 10
11. Carolina Gillespie/Luca Dematte, ITA,
108.89, 10, 11
12. Karolin Salatzki/Nolan Seegert, GER,
95.14, 12, 12
13. Catherine Clement/James Hunt, GBR,
85.89, 13, 13
14. Magdalena Jaskolka/Piotr Snopek,
POL, 73.93, 14, 14
JUNIOR GRAND PRIX
OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC
OCT. 13-17, 2010
Ladies
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SP, FS
1. Vanessa Lam, USA, 156.41, 1, 2
2. Risa Shoji, JPN, 155.23, 4, 1
3. Polina Shelepen, RUS, 152.92, 2, 3
4. Zijun Li, CHN, 148.26, 5, 4
5. Kiri Baga, USA, 137.28, 3, 5
6. Monika Simancikova, SVK, 117.12, 6, 10
7. Alice Garlisi, ITA, 116.32, 8, 9
8. Karen Kemanai, JPN, 115.28, 7, 11
9. Timila Shrestha, FIN, 112.21, 9, 12
10. Kaetlyn Osmond, CAN, 111.90, 11, 7
11. Bahia Taleb, FRA, 111.11, 13, 6
12. Victoria Huebler, AUT, 105.08, 23 8
13. Anatasia Kononenko, UKR, 102.29,
10, 18
14. Eliska Brezinova, CZE, 101.70, 19, 13
(32 ladies competed)
Men’s
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SP, FS
1. Han Yan, CHN, 193.62, 1, 1
2. Artur Dmitriev, RUS, 185.73, 6, 2
3. Alexander Majorov, SWE, 180.72, 2, 3
4. Keegan Messing, USA, 177.90, 4, 4
5. Jiaxing Liu, CHN, 168.65, 3, 5
6. Stanislav Pertsov, UKR, 161.92, 7, 6
7. Petr Coufal, CZE, 156.63, 8, 7
8. Kento Nakamura, JPN, 150.86, 5, 9
9. Martin Rappe, GER, 135.36, 11, 8
10. Maurizio Zandron, ITA, 133.70, 9, 10
11. Kamil Bialas, POL, 125.26, 10, 13
12. Yoji Tsuboi, JPN, 120.86, 18, 11
13. Jordan Ju, TPE, 118.14, 19, 12
14. Tomas Kupka, CZE, 112.75, 14, 14
15. Luiz Manella, BRA, 109.25, 16, 15
(20 men competed)
Pairs
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SP, FS
1. Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin, CHN, 138.66, 5, 1
2. Ashley Cain/Joshua Reagan, USA,
134.14, 1, 2
3. Natasha Purich/Raymond Schultz, CAN,
131.77, 2, 3
4. Anna Silaeva/Artur Minchuk, RUS,
126.77, 4, 5
5. Ekaterina Petaikina/Maxim Kurkuykov,
RUS, 125.39, 3, 6
6. Taylor Steele/Robert Schultz, CAN,
124.74, 7, 4
7. Kylie Duarte/Colin Grafton, USA,
113.02, 10, 7
8. Carolina Gillespie/Luca Dematté, ITA,
110.58, 9, 8
9. Margaret Purdy/Michael Marinaro,
CAN, 109.18, 8, 10
10. Jessica Calalang/Zack Sidhu, USA,
103.35, 11, 9
11. Duo Cheng/Yu Gao, CHN, 102.92,
6, 12
12. Michelle Lundberg/Richard Lundberg,
SWE, 95.15, 12, 11
13. Magdalena Jaskolka/Piotr Snopek,
POL, 90.22, 13, 13
S K AT I N G 57
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Ice dancing
Pl.-Name, Country, Points, SD, FD
1. Ekaterina Pushkash/Jonathan Guerreiro,
RUS, 136.80, 1, 1
2. Tiffany Zahorski/Alexis Miart, FRA,
127.82, 2, 2
3. Anastasia Galyeta/Alexei Shumski,
UKR, 124.14, 4, 3
4. Marina Antipova/Artem Kudashev, RUS,
123.83, 3, 4
5. Nicole Orford/Thomas Williams, CAN,
120.12, 5, 5
6. Karolina Prochazkova/Michal Ceska,
CZE, 116.32, 6, 6
7. Nikola Visnova/Lukas Csolley, SVK,
114.11, 7, 8
8. Anastasia Olson/Jordan Cowan, USA,
113.78, 9, 7
9. Gabriela Kubova/Dmitri Kiselev, CZE,
111.39, 8, 9
10. Joylyn Yan/Jean-Luc Baker, USA,
100.49, 10, 10
11. Viktoria Kavaleva/Yirii Bieliaiev, BLR,
89.28, 11, 12
12. Teressa Vellrath/Aleksandr Pirogov,
LTU, 84.78, 15, 11
13. Joanna Zajac/Damian Binkowski, POL,
83.25, 12, 13
14. Emili Arm/Luis Fenero, ESP, 79.37,
13, 16
15. Maria Der/Daniel Majer, HUN, 77.40,
16, 14
(19 teams competed)
U.S. officials: Charlie Cyr, Kitty DeLio-
LaForte
2011 SOUTHWESTERN
REGIONAL FIGURE SKATING
CHAMPIONSHIPS
BROADMOOR SC,
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.
OCT. 15-19, 2010
Competition Officials: Ann McLiney,
Candice Aylor-Morris, Carolyn
Clausius, Cassy Papajohn, Catherine
Mifsud, Cheryl Marker, Connie Becker-
Hillebrecht, David Santee, Debbie
Griffin, Edward Mann, Glennace
Cohen, Gregory Rouw, Gretchen
Wilson, Hazel Wecal, Jennifer Daniels,
John LeFevre, Judi Owens, Kathleen
Krieger, Kathy Slack, Kim Moore, Lester
Cramer, Lisa Pascoe, Marlys Larson,
Mary Hiser, Michael Fisher, Michelle
Zeles-Hahn, Nancy Yankura, Pamela
Pangle, Pine Kopka-Ross, Samuel
Auxier, Serguei Zaitsev, Sharyn Weiss
Senior ladies
Pl. TS, SP, FS
1. Agnes Zawadzki, 157.48, 1, 1
2. Alexe Gilles, 135.21, 4, 2
3. Tatyana Khazova, 114.74, 2, 7
4. Morgan Bell, 113.84, 5, 4
5. Katy Jo West, 113.79, 6, 3
6. Amy Nunn, 106.70, 1,1 5
7. Kaela Pflumm, 102.70, 12, 6
8. Alicia Warren, 100.29, 7, 9
9. Melissa Jaggers, 100.08, 8, 8
10. Marissa Secundy, 98.48, 3, 14
11. Becky Du, 94.44, 9, 11
12. Mirielle Chambers, 88.39, 10, 12
13. McKenzie Pedersen, 86.12, 14, 10
14. Jacqueline Nguyen, 81.66, 13, 13
15. Christie Reneau, 69.37, 16, 15
16. Stephanie Alvarado, 66.80, 18, 16
17. Danielle Honas, 66.67, 15, 17
18. Brittany Henry, 60.30, 17, 18
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Senior men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Brandon Mroz, 198.56, 1, 1
2. Alexander Johnson, 184.60, 2, 2
3. Roger Corvasce, 155.34, 3, 3
4. Christopher Darling, 151.25, 4, 4
Junior ladies
Pl. Name Total Score SP FS
1. Lauren Dinh, 140.42, 1, 1
2. McKinzie Daniels, 126.01, 2, 2
3. Renee Kono, 116.26, 4, 3
4. Nina Jiang, 115.86, 3, 4
5. Roxanna Schmidt, 108.61, 5, 5
6. Janae’ Sims, 94.63, 7, 6
7. Grace Lincenberg, 85.51, 8, 7
8. Sloane Scheller, 82.37, 6, 9
9. Taylor Couillard-Rodak, 77.60, 9, 8
10. Kayla Guy, 63.76, 10, 10
Junior men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Max Aaron, 195.80, 1, 1
2. Steven Evans, 151.18, 2, 2
3. Timothy Koleto, 132.84, 3, 3
4. William Littlefield, 111.80, 4, 4
Novice ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Jessica Pfund, 122.49, 1, 1
2. Mariah Bell, 111.07, 2, 2
3. Marylin Cai, 108.23, 3, 3
4. Kelsea Suarez, 103.49, 5, 5
5. Avery Kurtz, 102.74, 6, 4
6. Thy-Thy Phan, 98.70, 4, 7
7. Shyamali Moujan, 96.69, 7, 6
8. Gabbie Blount, 90.92, 8, 8
9. Jeniece Madison, 81.80, 9, 11
10. Madeleine Light, 80.98, 10, 9
11. Caitlin Fields, 79.82, 11, 12
12. Meagan Midkiff, 79.73, 13, 10
13. Elizabeth Wohlford, 72.77, 12, 14
14. Jacqueline Tr. Nguyen, 72.23, 14, 13
15. Gillian Gonzalez, 68.52, 15, 15
Novice ladies Group A (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Kelsea Suarez, 59.51, 1
2. Thy-Thy Phan, 56.68, 2
3. Madeleine Light, 50.90, 3
4. Meagan Midkiff, 48.65, 4
5. Gillian Gonzalez, 44.85, 5
6. Hannah Dowell, 44.55, 6
7. Mikayla Davis, 44.51, 7
8. Danika Burton, 42.51, 8
9. Allison Okita, 41.61, 9
10. Romilly Tsinhnahjinnie, 38.78, 10
11. Talia Nichols, 38.72, 11
12. Amy Schnicker, 37.38, 12
13. Lauren Olinger, 30.67, 13
Novice ladies Group B (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Marylin Cai, 66.09, 1
2. Avery Kurtz, 64.17, 2
3. Gabbie Blount, 57.71, 3
4. Elizabeth Wohlford, 51.36, 4
5. Jacqueline Tr. Nguyen, 51.20, 5
6. Sarah Seibold, 49.32, 6
7. Emma Jobson, 47.29, 7
8. Madison Spialek, 46.45, 8
9. Julianna Flournoy, 46.03, 9
10. Patricia Buensuceso, 45.68, 10
11. Carolyn Kies, 42.83, 11
12. Annie Luong, 41.62, 12
13. Ashley Callaway, 26.47, 13
Novice ladies Group C (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Jessica Pfund, 72.24, 1
2. Mariah Bell, 60.82, 2
3. Shyamali Moujan, 58.90, 3
4. Jeniece Madison, 54.42, 4
5. Caitlin Fields, 48.47, 5
6. Amanda Ahadizadeh, 45.61, 6
7. Rachel Lawson, 45.59, 7
8. Lydia Menscher, 42.46, 8
9. Sharayah Francisco, 41.03, 9
10. Britta Mathiowetz, 40.33, 10
11. Laura Wohlford, 36.76, 11
12. Alyssa Craig, 29.93, 12
Novice men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Lukas Kaugars, 120.63, 1, 1
2. Chase Belmontes, 117.36, 2, 2
3. BJ Conrad, 99.81, 3, 5
4. Sebastien Payannet, 97.94, 6, 3
5. Jason Garofolo, 95.95, 7, 4
6. Jason Pacini, 85.07, 5, 6
7. Andrew Mortenson, 81.84, 4, 7
Intermediate ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Emily Chan, 88.47, 1, 3
2. Anjing Fu, 88.43, 3, 1
3. Amber Glenn, 87.95, 5, 2
4. Elena Taylor, 86.20, 2, 4
5. Ayaha Chen, 81.37, 6, 6
6. Angela Huang, 80.59, 9, 5
7. Melanie Vargas, 77.61, 4, 7
8. Ashley Bratton, 74.63, 7, 9
9. Caroline Rodriguez, 73.16, 10, 8
10. Karis Nowell, 71.26, 8, 10
11. Chelsea Emery, 67.17, 11, 13
12. Carlyn Langley, 66.92, 12, 12
13. Bailey Melton, 66.78, 13, 11
14. Allison Davis, 64.53, 14, 14
15. Terri Hannig, 59.65, 15, 15
Intermediate ladies Group A (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Anjing Fu, 61.21, 1
2. Emily Chan, 58.00, 2
3. Amber Glenn, 51.10, 3
4. Allison Davis, 49.33, 4
5. Caroline Rodriguez, 49.29, 5
6. Alyxzandria Mackinaw, 39.88, 6
7. Ashlie Griffith, 38.12, 7
8. Maria DeMorat, 37.89, 8
9. Julia Grant, 33.83, 9
10. Lexi Wiesner, 33.26, 10
11. Mia Gabrielle Madera-Font, 30.27, 11
12. Rachel Goldstein, 28.69, 12
13. Heather Teague, 22.99 13
Intermediate ladies Group B (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Elena Taylor, 56.61, 1
2. Terri Hannig, 47.70, 2
3. Karis Nowell, 45.40, 3
4. Chelsea Emery, 44.65, 4
5. Bailey Melton, 42.65, 5
6. Tawney Wiltsie, 42.62, 6
7. Ana Vinson, 38.06, 7
8. Clare Untalan, 37.68, 8
9. Riley Herr, 36.22, 9
10. Lindsey Mize, 33.93, 10
11. Amanda Rayas, 33.88, 11
12. Rebecca Soo, 32.57, 12
13. Harper Lundgren, 32.35, 13
14. Sajya Singh, 28.64, 14
Intermediate ladies Group C (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Ayaha Chen, 52.56, 1
2. Ashley Bratton, 52.02, 2
3. Melanie Vargas, 50.43, 3
4. Angela Huang, 49.56, 4
5. Carlyn Langley, 44.30, 5
6. Haylie Patrick, 43.17, 6
7. Lauren Capra, 41.26, 7
8. Nicole Cuillo, 38.94, 8
9. Savannah McVoy, 37.51, 9
10. Emily Tucker, 36.61, 10
11. Shelby Hansen, 34.89, 11
12. Elly Bingaman, 32.78, 12
13. Katey Nyquist, 32.52, 13
14. Mackenzie Moore, 32.35, 14
15. Audrey Wang, 31.95, 15
Intermediate men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, TS
1. Anthony Boucher, 77.51, 1, 2
2. Chandler McGoogan, 75.02, 6, 1
3. Danny Neudecker, 72.26, 2, 3
4. Josiah Curley, 68.49, 3, 4
5. Misha Mitrofanov, 67.67, 4, 5
6. Justin Wichmann, 60.50, 5, 7
7. John Gilmore, 57.71, 7, 6
8. Tommy Wu, 50.95, 8, 8
9. Rohan Goel, 42.91, 10, 9
10. Patrick Mead, 42.44, 9, 10
Juvenile girls
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Morgan Flood, 49.07, 1
2. Elissa Fairbanks, 45.90, 2
3. Tamia Ellison, 45.32, 3
4. Ally Weber, 45.14, 4
5. Anikka Hernandez, 41.65, 5
6. Lauren Ellison, 41.49, 6
7. Kristin Park, 41.11, 7
8. Eugenia Belova, 40.65, 8
9. Caroline Le, 39.51, 9
10. Brianna De La Mora, 39.23, 10
11. Vivian Le, 38.88, 11
12. Lily Guo, 38.53, 12
13. Lexie Kwak, 37.43, 13
14. Mia Drago, 36.40, 14
15. Emily Georgia, 31.58, 15
Juvenile girls Group A (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Tamia Ellison, 46.86, 1
2. Brianna de la Mora, 42.65, 2
3. Caroline Le, 42.42, 3
4. Ally Weber, 40.48, 4
5. Morgan Flood, 38.33, 5
6. Riley Shin, 38.31, 6
7. Grace Kaplow, 36.65, 7
8. Sarah Danh, 35.79, 8
9. Cecilia Weaver, 34.55, 9
10. Macy Peterson, 30.10, 10
11. Britta Hockman, 28.53, 11
12. Alexis Fenton, 22.62, 12
13. Elsie Barry, 22.21, 13
Juvenile girls Group B (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Anikka Hernandez, 45.44, 1
2. Elissa Fairbanks, 43.73, 2
3. Emily Georgia, 40.77, 3
4. Kristin Park, 36.48, 4
5. Mia Drago, 36.09, 5
6. Haleigh Lao, 31.95, 6
7. Lydia McMullen, 31.67, 7
8. Victoria Kubyshko, 31.45, 8
9. Ashley Nicole Bechtold, 31.29, 9
10. Kristen Stamm, 29.63, 10
11. Amanda Vongphachanh, 28.24, 11
12. Dasha Chalenko, 25.78, 12
Juvenile girls Group C (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Lauren Ellison, 46.10, 1
2. Vivian Le, 42.25, 2
3. Lily Guo, 40.89, 3
4. Lexie Kwak, 40.07, 4
5. Eugenia Belova, 37.32, 5
6. Sakura Gray, 36.23, 6
7. Jocelyn Lachapelle, 29.88, 7
8. Macie Moore, 29.45, 8
9. Ashley Stewart, 29.36, 9
10. Jennifer Nguyen, 27.24, 10
11. Tiffany Tran, 26.53, 11
12. Alexandra Cagle, 25.04, 12
Juvenile boys
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Sam Anderson, 46.83, 1
2. Val Katsman, 40.84, 2
3. Jun-Hong Chen, 40.24, 3
4. Benjamin Shou, 36.75, 4
5. Thomas Schwappach, 33.58, 5
R E S U LT S
2011 SOUTH ATLANTIC
REGIONAL FIGURE
SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
TRIANGLE FSC, WAKE FOREST, N.C.
OCT. 15-19, 2010
Competition Officials: Adam Leib, Ann
Greenthal, Carole Ludlow, Carrie
Bacasa, Chip Ludlow, Cynthia Drayton,
David Freiman, David Thompson,
Deborah Hagenauer, Deborah
Weidman, Deveny Deck, Elaine
Hickman, Frances Jesel, Gregory
Cannon, Holly Cole, Jacqueline
Addis, Jane Reno, John Cole, Judith
Reiner, Julia Rey, Kerry Jennings-
Cooper, Konstantin Kostin, Lawrence
Mondschein, Marie Pearce, Miho
Yoshioka, Natalya Ponomareva,
Patricia French, Robert Wagner, Sara
Stephens, Sharon Hatcherson, Sharon
Watson, Suna Murray, Susan Keogh,
Susan Miller, Wendy Enzmann
Senior ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Melissa Bulanhagui, 130.21, 2, 1
2. Kristine Musademba, 114.09, 1, 3
3. Kelsey Traunero, 111.93, 6, 2
4. Jamie Kim, 101.70, 3, 5
5. Courtney Bibbs, 99.65, 5, 4
6. Danielle Leong, 90.86, 4, 8
7. Leslieann Alasagas, 88.80, 8, 6
8. Jennifer Ko, 84.88, 10, 7
9. Rachel Jones, 81.42, 7, 9
10. Meredith Pipkin, 77.90, 9, 10
11. Katherine Townsend, 73.43, 12, 11
Senior men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Armin Mahbanoozadeh, 175.00, 1, 1
2. Scott Dyer, 168.24, 2, 2
3. Michael Chau, 131.96, 3, 3
Junior ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Taylor Galonski, 114.21, 2, 1
2. Allison Timlen, 109.85, 4, 2
3. Haley Dunne, 107.11, 1, 3
4. Sarah Eisen, 101.12, 3, 4
5. Brenna Doherty, 97.99, 7, 6
6. Samantha Veloso, 94.55, 5, 9
7. Briley Pizzelanti, 92.80, 11, 5
8. Tianna Gallinaro, 90.54, 9, 8
9. Erynn Komes, 89.63, 8, 10
10. Rayna DeReus, 88.42, 13, 7
11. Kirsten Seagers, 84.13, 15, 11
12. Louisa Barama, 81.66, 12, 12
13. Danielle Viola, 81.51, 10, 15
14. Abby Roy, 80.07, 14, 13
15. Leigh Seitz, 77.39, 16, 16
16. Kaitlin Clear, 71.72, 19, 14
17. Bethany Ngo, 71.10, 18, 18
18. Lindsay Burdan, 67.14, 17, 19
19. Kelsey Little, 66.51, 21, 17
20. Amanda Aker, 57.39, 20, 20
21. Breese Gindlesperger, 54.43, 22, 21
Junior men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Alexander Zahradnicek, 165.44, 1, 1
2. Alexander Aiken, 164.03, 3, 2
3. Emmanuel Savary, 157.41, 2, 3
4. Timothy Dolensky, 144.43, 4, 4
5. Danny O’Shea, 125.04, 5, 5
Novice ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Jessica Hu, 102.43, 2, 1
2. Ana Draovitch, 99.97, 1, 2
3. Viviana Mathis, 94.60, 6, 3
4. Haley Mulera, 91.76, 4, 4
5. Tracy Tanovich, 89.90, 3, 9
6. Molly Crawford, 89.86, 5, 6
7. Tarah Kayne, 87.84, 11, 5
8. Melanie Chang, 86.76, 10, 7
9. Ashley Ferguson, 86.71, 8, 8
10. Taylor Hoover, 84.32, 7, 11
11. Kay Bergdolt, 82.28, 9, 13
12. Roobi Gaskins, 81.77, 12, 10
13. Irina Gonzalez-Sigler, 79.12, 14, 12
14. Brittany Lee, 72.94, 15, 14
15. McKenzie Lang, 71.72, 16, 15
16. Allison Hsu, 70.36, 13, 16
Novice ladies Group A (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Jessica Hu, 72.60, 1
2. Haley Mulera, 59.46, 2
3. Ana Draovitch, 55.78, 3
4. Tarah Kayne, 52.52, 4
5. Michelle Nguyen, 51.41, 5
6. Jessie Huang, 45.76, 6
7. Anastassia Medvedeva, 44.98, 7
8. Cassandra Shaw, 44.27, 8
9. Kaitlyn Regan, 42.61, 9
10. Michelle Fee, 41.18, 10
11. Jessica Qiu, 40.97, 11
12. Paige Carl, 40.47, 12
13. Alyssa Newberg, 39.36, 13
14. Alexis Cruz, 31.89, 14
Novice ladies Group B (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Molly Crawford, 61.27, 1
2. Roobi Gaskins, 60.32, 2
3. Irina Gonzalez-Sigler, 54.64, 3
4. McKenzie Lang, 52.23, 4
5. Ashley Brickman, 50.68, 5
6. Natalie Motley, 49.97, 6
7. Caroline Nickerson, 47.78, 7
8. Joy Sandon, 45.91, 8
9. Tian Wang, 44.09, 9
10. Jacqueline Hollander, 42.87, 10
11. Janine Bainger, 37.44, 11
12. Alison Datoc, 36.63, 12
13. Julia Hollender, 33.27, 13
14. Erin Stevens, 31.00, 14
15. Katie Maloney, 29.69, 15
Novice ladies Group C (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Ashley Ferguson, 66.58, 1
2. Viviana Mathis, 59.17, 2
3. Tracy Tanovich, 58.90, 3
4. Melanie Chang, 58.84, 4
5. Katelyn Llamas, 55.59, 5
6. Emily Williams, 55.23, 6
7. Ashlyn Gaughan, 52.67, 7
8. Sarah Yasenka, 52.28, 8
9. Elizabeth Guillot, 52.27, 9
10. Mary Lieb, 46.20, 10
11. Kristina Shah, 44.80, 11
12. Allison Kymmell, 43.66, 12
13. Kyra Szabo, 42.72, 13
14. Alexa Alpern, 41.73, 14
Novice ladies Group D (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Allison Hsu, 62.61, 1
2. Taylor Hoover, 62.58, 2
3. Brittany Lee, 55.15, 3
4. Kay Bergdolt, 54.05, 4
5. Rachel Williamson, 50.33, 5
6. AnnaLea Albright, 49.38, 6
7. Cailey Weaver, 46.69, 7
8. Julia Horwitz, 46.16, 8
9. Danielle Fanelle, 45.50, 9
10. Martine Szanto, 43.76, 10
11. Sarah Moderhack, 39.23, 11
12. Tiffany Tang, 37.67, 12
13. Nicole Miller, 31.34, 13
14. Breanna Voyce, 30.85, 14
Novice men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Jack Newberry, 116.43, 1, 1
2. Andrew Nagode, 113.47, 2, 2
3. Marcus Mimidis, 108.09, 3, 3
4. Daniel Leeds, 92.48, 4, 6
5. Conor Wagar, 90.58, 7, 4
6. Patrick Rupp, 86.66, 6, 5
7. Aaron Gunderson-Smith, 85.94, 5, 7
8. Robert Korycinski, 82.04, 8, 8
9. Jonathan Jerothe, 72.48, 9, 9
10. Kyle Smith, 69.36, 10, 10
Intermediate ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Franchesca Chiera, 96.93, 1, 1
2. McKayla O’Connell, 90.76, 4, 2
3. Madison Vinci, 84.32, 3, 3
4. Jackie Jablon, 83.58, 2, 4
5. Brianna Laxson, 79.66, 8, 5
6. Tess Terpos, 79.51, 5, 6
7. Antonina Rusetskaya, 76.98, 9, 7
8. Caitlin Henricks, 75.23, 6, 11
9. Avyane Lee, 74.62, 14, 8
10. Brynne McIsaac, 73.62, 11, 10
11. Kathryn Albaugh, 72.87, 16, 9
12. JoAnn Tinker, 71.86, 12, 12
13. Bailee Glickman, 70.82, 7, 17
14. Maria Yang, 70.30, 10, 16
15. Marcha Kiatrungrit, 69.97, 17, 13
16. Katie Curran, 69.83, 15, 15
17. Richanda Hyder, 69.68, 19, 14
18. Ivonne Lemeshev, 67.12, 18, 18
19. Kristine Levitina, 64.80, 13, 20
20. Lillian Marks, 62.37, 20, 21
21. Sarah Kim, 61.05, 22, 19
22. Julia Suarez, 56.87, 21, 22
23. Isabelle Blank, 51.09, 24, 23
24. Amanda McClure, 49.77, 23, 24
Intermediate ladies Group A (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Antonina Rusetskaya, 51.88, 1
2. Brynne McIsaac, 51.32, 2
3. Maria Yang, 49.02, 3
4. Caitlin Henricks, 46.40, 4
5. Kara Morris, 44.37, 5
6. Victoria Boinest, 39.30, 6
7. Sarah Dalton, 38.75, 7
8. Emily Tharp, 37.44, 8
9. Mackenzie Savoyski, 33.12, 9
10. Alexa Savona, 32.34, 10
11. Samantha Carr, 32.26, 11
12. Catherine Kinley, 32.16, 12
13. Alexandra Schildknecht, 30.64, 13
14. Elizabeth Kalbach, 28.41, 14
15. Meghan Coyle, 28.34, 15
Intermediate ladies Group B (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Franchesca Chiera, 59.17, 1
2. Kathryn Albaugh, 56.22, 2
3. Marcha Kiatrungrit, 48.96, 3
4. Kristine Levitina, 47.31, 4
5. Julia Whitney, 45.38, 5
6. Genavieve Federhofer, 43.90, 6
7. Grace Bloomfield, 42.15, 7
8. Emily Kragel, 38.07, 8
9. Danae Cox, 36.87, 9
10. Ebony Slaughter-Johnson, 35.64, 10
11. Anastasia Cubas, 32.80, 11
12. Alexis Rogers, 32.04, 12
13. Taylor Johnson, 26.07, 13
14. Kristina Badalamenti, 25.60, 14
15. Kealey Rose, 24.84, 15
16. Taylor Dean, 24.16, 16
Intermediate ladies Group C (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Brianna Laxson, 56.69, 1
2. JoAnn Tinker, 49.13, 2
3. Julia Suarez, 41.90, 3
4. Isabelle Blank, 40.82, 4
5. Lexi Nara-Yoshimura, 39.35, 5
6. Abigail Doyle, 39.08, 6
7. Haleigh Amend, 38.95, 7
8. Daniella Chiera, 35.32, 8
9. Victoria Suttora, 33.25, 9
10. Megan Angelucci, 30.79, 10
11. Christa Johns, 27.37, 11
12. Anna Berger, 26.67, 12
13. Phillicia Lewis, 26.38, 13
14. Katie Lipko, 26.16, 14
Intermediate ladies Group D (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. McKayla O’Connell, 54.86, 1
2. Richanda Hyder, 54.62, 2
3. Katie Curran, 44.81, 3
4. Amanda McClure, 44.09, 4
5. Briana Bennett, 42.94, 5
6. Christina Cleveland, 42.57, 6
7. Janine Eduljee, 35.34, 7
8. Jade Deschamps, 32.07, 8
9. Kyra Lowery, 31.53, 9
10. Lyndzi Aulton, 30.61, 10
11. Maya Neel, 29.54, 11
12. Jacqueline DiGirolamo, 28.13, 12
13. AnneMarie Pickett, 28.03, 13
14. Anna Tyrlik, 26.17, 14
Intermediate ladies Group E (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Bailee Glickman, 50.30, 1
2. Sarah Kim, 48.15, 2
3. Avyane Lee, 47.47, 3
4. Lillian Marks, 44.90, 4
5. Emily Boas, 40.97, 5
6. Hannah Bisbing, 39.75, 6
7. Virginia Bland, 33.98, 7
8. Sarah Lupton, 29.27, 8
9. Anna Webster, 28.28, 9
10. Lauren Guthrie, 28.08, 10
11. Jordyn Coy, 27.81, 11
12. Tiffany Martinez, 26.84, 12
13. Savannah Chester, 26.35, 13
14. Brendan Fagan, 25.05, 14
15. Veronica Musser, 24.56, 15
16. Hannah Wiepke, 20.10, 16
Intermediate ladies Group F (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Jackie Jablon, 62.01, 1
2. Tess Terpos, 54.99, 2
3. Madison Vinci, 49.83, 3
4. Ivonne Lemeshev, 45.78, 4
5. Emily Caron, 43.35, 5
6. Hannah Marie Mines, 42.51, 6
7. Grace Moyer, 39.98, 7
8. Jacquelin Zimmerman, 37.57, 8
9. Sarah Clark, 37.16, 9
10. Alice Haley Baillio, 35.55, 10
11. Ashleigh Welch, 34.29, 11
12. Victoria Williams, 28.28, 12
13. Kennedy Briggs, 26.97, 13
14. Julia Gulyayeva, 26.76, 14
15. Paloma Feliciano, 26.68, 15
Intermediate men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Tony Lu, 80.75, 3, 1
2. Graham Newberry, 80.16, 1, 2
3. Oleksiy Melnyk, 75.10, 4, 3
4. Jack Gleisberg, 69.00, 2, 4
5. Liam Thomas, 67.75, 5, 5
6. Jonah Barrett, 64.05, 6, 6
7. Sebastian Lucek, 57.68, 8, 7
8. Cory Leschel, 52.09, 7, 9
9. Noah Chinault, 47.06, 12, 8
10. John Footen, 45.28, 11, 10
11. Shiloh Judd, 45.08, 9, 11
12. Maximiliano Fernandez, 42.19, 10, 12
Juvenile girls
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Elise Romola, 49.51, 1
2. Anastasia Kortjohn, 46.77, 2
3. Sarah Wisniewski, 46.57, 3
4. Hana Chabinsky, 46.52, 4
5. Jessica Tran, 46.33, 5
6. Vanessa Feigenbaum, 45.85, 6
7. Emma Oleck, 43.28, 7
8. Stephanie Chang, 43.21, 8
9. Lindsay Rosenberg, 42.62, 9
10. Marisa Farinella, 42.48, 10
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11. Maya Carter, 41.06, 11
12. Ellie Mikawa, 40.78, 12
13. Allison Desantis, 39.85, 13
14. Jocelyn Albaugh, 39.77, 14
15. Carly Berrios, 39.63, 15
16. Samantha Steeman, 39.46, 16
17. Samantha Scott, 37.48, 17
18. Victoria Wang, 36.79, 18
19. Aurora Abraham, 36.53, 19
20. Anna Marie Seifert, 36.02, 20
21. Lourdes Madrigal, 34.20, 21
22. Meghan Perez, 34.12, 22
23. Jesse Goldstone, 26.74, 23
24. Catherine Crocker, 21.51, 24
Juvenile girls Group A (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Vanessa Feigenbaum, 45.65, 1
2. Aurora Abraham, 42.07, 2
3. Meghan Perez, 36.12, 3
4. Victoria Wang, 34.94, 4
5. Nicole Farinella, 33.55, 5
6. Ana Shimeall, 32.70, 6
7. Julia Boudreau, 32.31, 7
8. Abigail Coursey, 31.61, 8
9. Morgan Leighow, 31.06, 9
10. Tiffany Wang, 30.77, 10
11. Kaitlyn Shaw, 30.37, 11
12. Rachel Cox, 28.28, 12
13. Justice Petry-Lebo, 28.15, 13
14. Alannah Binotto, 27.53, 14
15. Michelle Lee, 25.94, 15
16. Katelyn Janci, 24.12, 16
17. Sophie Hampton, 22.49, 17
Juvenile girls Group B (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Marisa Farinella, 45.77, 1
2. Jocelyn Albaugh, 40.85, 2
3. Anna Marie Seifert, 37.53, 3
4. Lourdes Madrigal, 36.43, 4
5. Melanie Lam, 35.85, 5
6. Kathryn Wen, 35.74, 6
7. Madelyn Crawford, 34.03, 7
8. Julia Biechler, 32.78, 8
9. Ceylin Ucok, 29.34, 9
10. Madeline Plank, 28.54, 10
11. Marisol Figueroa, 28.47, 11
12. Isabel Sneider, 27.82, 12
13. Colleen Pecoraro, 27.44, 13
14. Emma Guo, 27.27, 14
15. Abigail Colvin, 26.62, 15
16. Rachel Brozina, 22.70, 16
17. Fallon Jones, 21.96, 17
Juvenile girls Group C (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Samantha Scott, 38.03, 1
2. Carly Berrios, 34.87, 2
3. Jesse Goldstone, 33.97, 3
4. Catherine Crocker, 28.70, 4
5. Sarah Fuller, 28.61, 5
6. Isabel Bueno-Presnail, 27.99, 6
7. Sooah Park, 27.78, 7
8. Julia Choi, 27.73, 8
9. Morgan Duell, 27.72, 9
10. Hyaat Aldahwi, 26.28, 10
11. Reshini Premaratne, 24.61, 11
12. Madeleine Stallworth, 23.97, 12
13. Chelsea Tyrrell, 23.90, 13
14. Riley McNamara, 23.50, 14
15. Tambra Wenger, 21.78, 15
16. Katherine Kubis, 17.76, 16
17. Caitlyn Kent, 13.23, 17
Juvenile girls Group D (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Emma Oleck, 48.01, 1
2. Sarah Wisniewski, 42.22, 2
3. Jessica Tran, 41.40, 3
4. Samantha Steeman, 39.84, 4
5. Alice Qiao, 39.65, 5
6. Sarah Godwin, 37.73, 6
7. Jasmine Chen, 37.54, 7
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8. Rachel Metzner, 34.22, 8
9. Caterina Alf, 34.03, 9
10. Isabella Gamez, 28.92, 10
11. Rachel Byrd, 28.43, 11
12. Jeannie Drago, 27.72, 12
13. Phuong Dao, 22.73, 13
14. Courtney Kreiling, 21.06, 14
15. Hannah Schlesinger, 20.57, 15
Juvenile girls Group E (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Lindsay Rosenberg, 46.06, 1
2. Maya Carter, 44.84, 2
3. Ellie Mikawa, 43.57, 3
4. Stephanie Chang, 37.21, 4
5. Cirinia Gillett, 36.91, 5
6. Alexis Lord, 36.89, 6
7. Olivia Zhang, 36.25, 7
8. Mary-Katharine Mulera, 35.45, 8
9. Marissa Sumathipala, 33.94, 9
10. Kendall Robey, 30.91, 10
11. Carmen Garcia, 27.65, 11
12. Grace Knoop, 24.83, 12
13. Nicole Altamirano-Hung, 24.36, 13
14. Tessa Kory, 21.97, 14
Juvenile girls, Group F (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Anastasia Kortjohn, 51.58, 1
2. Hana Chabinsky, 46.20, 2
3. Elise Romola, 42.83, 3
4. Allison Desantis, 41.39, 4
5. Amanda Bao, 37.83, 5
6. Whitney Miller, 37.05, 6
7. Rebecca Chan, 35.64, 7
8. Francesca Diliberto, 34.71, 8
9. Gabriella Annunziata, 33.63, 9
10. Kirsten Germroth, 33.41, 10
11. Naomi Ghebremichael, 33.19, 11
12. Elizabeth Mulder-Stoupaki, 31.88, 12
13. Lily Zhong, 28.98, 13
14. Kamayla Ko, 26.15, 14
15. Jennifer Sun, 22.75, 15
16. Carolina Rodriguez, 22.65, 16
17. Emily Zou, 20.99, 17
Juvenile boys
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Andrew Torgashev, 43.76, 1
2. Paolo Borromeo, 43.58, 2
3. Balazs Nagy, 41.43, 3
4. Eric Sjoberg, 35.97, 4
5. William Hubbart, 33.24, 5
6. John Tufts, 28.47, 6
7. Jabe Roberts, 27.27, 7
8. David Shapiro, 18.45, 8
2011 CENTRAL PACIFIC
REGIONAL FIGURE
SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
CAPITAL CITY FSC, ROSEVILLE, CALIF.
OCTOBER 15-19, 2010
Competition Officials: Alex Chang,
Alison Hershberger-Filo, Bruce Bell,
David Hopson, Elizabeth Floriani,
Felicia Beckm, Jessica Gaynor, Joan
Burns, Joyce Burden, Karen Cousineau,
Katherine Specht, Kelly Davies,
Kirsten Novak, Linda Leaver, Lisa
Erle, Margery Schleh, Mary Panyan,
Sam Singer, Scott Wendland, Sharon
Wiggins, Tiffani Shipley
Senior ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Alyona Bilash, 115.11, 1, 1
2. Kristina Struthwolf, 112.90, 2, 2
3. Laura Lipetski, 96.47, 4, 4
4. Jacquelyn Garces, 95.35, 7, 3
5. Carmen Mitchell, 94.89, 5, 5
6. Sravani Kondapavulur, 86.01, 6, 6
7. Michelle Hong, 85.40, 3, 8
8. Cheyenne Amaro, 82.14, 8, 7
9. Allison Bailey, 70.09, 9, 9
10. Tiffany Chen, 57.20, 10, 10
Junior ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Angela Wang, 130.98, 1, 2
2. Polina Edmunds, 121.59, 2, 1
3. Camille Davis, 108.19, 3, 4
4. Crystal Nguyen, 107.75, 4, 5
5. Victoria Tugolukova, 105.62, 8, 3
6. Bella Martinez, 103.75, 5, 6
7. Michelle Ito, 95.35, 7, 7
8. Laura Chavez, 95.22, 6, 9
9. AnnaMarie Pearce, 92.27, 10, 8
10. Cierra Nelson, 87.59, 9, 10
11. Jessica Duncan, 79.78, 11, 11
12. Michelle Van Camp, 72.08, 12, 14
13. Amanda So, 69.13, 14, 12
14. Emily Martey, 68.91, 13, 13
15. Ellen Wilson, 62.52, 15, 15
Novice ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Gwendolyn Prescott, 118.68 2 1
2. Katia Gorodetsky, 112.24, 3, 2
3. Jordan King, 103.37, 1, 4
4. Kayla deGroot, 98.53, 5, 3
5. Sara Billman, 90.84, 6, 5
6. Mary Peng, 89.40, 4, 6
7 Taylor Sirset, 84.20, 7, 7
8. Stephanie Manova, 81.20, 11, 8
9. Isabella Gow, 79.18, 9, 10
10. Jennifer Feldis, 78.28, 10, 9
11. Gabie Camozzi, 77.82, 8, 12
12. Katharine Anderson, 75.57, 12, 11
13. Lizzie Goetz, 69.48, 16, 13
14. Sara Marie Kish, 66.30, 14, 14
15. Erin Gonzalez, 65.17, 13, 15
16. Alexis Kinney, 63.43, 15, 16
17. Madeline White, 57.29, 18, 17
18 Megan Richardson, 55.49, 17, 18
Novice men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Kevin Shum, 119.34, 1, 1
2. Wilbur Ji, 104.77, 2, 2
3. Evan Bender, 99.66, 3, 3
4. Andrew Saelee, 72.65, 4, 4
Intermediate ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Karen Chen, 96.69, 1, 1
2. Chelsea Yim, 84.73, 2, 2
3. Amy Lin, 79.97, 8, 3
4. Rachel Crawford, 79.38, 4, 4
5. Jasmine Chen, 77.25, 5, 5
6. Casey Yee, 76.04, 6, 7
7. Shelby Baker, 75.63, 3, 9
8. Sarah Feng, 74.62, 7, 8
9. Jessica Reili Santiago, 72.93, 11, 6
10. Sarah Lyle, 71.27, 9, 10
11. Xylina Rusit, 70.93, 10, 12
12. Kaylin Yu, 66.50, 12, 11
Intermediate ladies Group A (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Karen Chen, 64.79, 1
2. Rachel Crawford, 51.61, 2
3. Sarah Lyle, 48.88, 3
4. Jessica Reili Santiago, 48.59, 4
5. Casey Yee, 46.71, 5
6. Jasmine Chen, 45.04, 6
7. Taylor Olson, 39.25, 7
8. Vanessa Perez, 37.14, 8
9. Robin Vo, 37.06, 9
10. Eleanor Judd, 36.10, 10
11. Kiley Pearl, 35.35, 11
12. Iris Wen, 33.67, 12
13. Madallena Conte Thornton, 29.72, 13
Intermediate ladies Group B (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Chelsea Yim, 56.95 1
2. Amy Lin, 55.14, 2
3. Sarah Feng, 49.63, 3
4. Kaylin Yu, 47.36, 4
5. Xylina Rusit, 46.81, 5
6. Shelby Baker, 46.69, 6
7. Diane Zhou, 45.92, 7
8. Josephine Situ, 45.76, 8
9. Siani Weston, 45.48, 9
10. Tessa Wood, 39.40, 10
11. Deanna Jade Lim, 38.22, 11
12. Victoria Anasovitch, 37.31, 12
13. Julia Feng, 36.05, 13
14. Samantha Mapes, 33.95, 14
15. Kasey Tamayo, 32.77, 15
Intermediate men
Pl. Name Total Score SP FS
1. Vincent Zhou, 102.08, 1, 1
2. Colby Judd, 67.09, 2, 3
3. Mitchell Friess, 65.03, 4, 2
4. Taki Zira, 58.91, 3, 4
5. Phong Tran, 54.08, 5, 5
Juvenile girls
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Ali Godoy, 49.20, 1
2. Cindy Zihan Yang, 44.26, 2
3. Michelle Li, 44.01, 3
4. Alice Yang, 43.75, 4
5. Camille Leoni, 42.55, 5
6. Kaysie Yu, 39.83, 6
7. Angela Case, 38.91, 7
8. Daniela Dryden, 37.60, 8
9. Allison Rundquist, 37.02, 9
10. Angela Luo, 36.06, 10
11. Abbygalle Prusinski, 33.71, 11
12. Mikaela Manoogian, 31.71, 12
Juvenile girls Group A (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Michelle Li, 47.63, 1
2. Daniela Dryden, 46.33, 2
3. Camille Leoni, 43.30, 3
4. Kaysie Yu, 41.95, 4
5. Angela Case, 40.00, 5
6. Allison Rundquist, 37.29, 6
7. Katarina Stashyn, 36.69, 7
8. Sarah Liao, 36.34, 8
9. Julianna DeContreaus, 34.07, 9
10. Elizabeth Park, 31.33, 10
11. Lauren Mendonsa, 31.16, 11
12. Amanda Betito, 27.91, 12
13. Evelyn Zhang, 25.99, 13
Juvenile girls Group B (QR)
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Alice Yang, 45.60, 1
2. Cindy Zihan Yang, 43.93, 2
3. Ali Godoy, 41.92, 3
4. Angela Luo, 38.69, 4
5. Abbygalle Prusinski, 37.25, 5
6. Mikaela Manoogian, 34.58, 6
7. Lauren Hui, 34.14, 7
8. Nancy Xu, 33.73, 8
9. Kristy Dang, 33.62, 9
10. Jasmine Zhang, 29.71, 10
11. Isabella Moro, 25.30, 11
12. Brittany Hoang, 23.34, 12
2011 EASTERN SECTIONAL
FIGURE SKATING
CHAMPIONSHIPS
ICEWORKS SC, ASTON, PA. NOV. 9-13, 2010
Competition Officials: Alexander Enzmann,
Alison Arnold, Ann Greenthal, Arthur
Bahr, Barbara Buch, Brook Tlougan, Coco
Gram Shean, Cynthia Stevenson, Dana
Graham, Deborah Weidman, Denise
Williamson, Diana Wisner, Gerald Miele,
Jacki Crugnola, Jenny Mast, Jessica
Bussgang, Julia Rey, Kate Slattery, Lucy
Brennan, Najja Bracey, Patricia French,
Robert Wagner, Sara Kastner, Scott
Cudmore, Steven Moore, Susan Johnson,
Susan Miller, Tracey Poletis, Vicki Merten,
Victoria Hildebrand, William Fitzpatrick,
William Rowe
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Senior ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Samantha Cesario, 144.34, 1, 1
2. Melissa Bulanhagui, 127.95, 4, 2
3. Kelsey Traunero, 125.90, 3, 3
4. Joelle Forte, 125.49, 2, 4
5. Raina Narita, 118.98, 5, 5
6. Kendall Wyckoff ,107.27, 7, 6
7. Jamie Kim, 102.95, 8, 7
8. Keilani-Lyn Rudderham, 102.09, 6, 8
9. Olivia Gibbons, 89.67, 9, 9
10. Courtney Bibbs, 86.11, 12, 10
11. Taryn Brandt, 82.67, 11, 11
12. Krista Bussi, 80.89, 10, 12
Senior men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Scott Dyer, 182.27, 1, 1
2. Jason Wong, 168.49, 2, 2
3. Wesley Campbell, 160.41, 4, 3
4. Lloyd Ting, 150.54, 6, 4
5. Christopher Wan, 139.82, 3, 6
6. Michael Chau, 138.19, 5, 5
7. Brad Vigorito, 123.70, 7, 7
8. Michael Quadrino, 119.36, 8, 8
Senior pairs
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Erika Smith/Nathan Bartholomay,
140.87, 1, 2
2. Chloe Katz/Joseph Lynch, 140.22, 2, 1
3. Alexa Scimeca/Ivan Dimitrov, 88.93, 3, 3
4. Gretchen Donlan/Andrew Speroff,
86.42, 4, 4
Senior ice dancing
Pl. Name Total Score SD FD
1. Ginna Hoptman/Pavel Filchenkov,
111.73, 1, 1
2. Meredith Zuber/Kyle Herring, 109.21,
2, 2
3. Katharine Zeigler/Baxter Burbank,
104.98, 3, 3
4. Katherine Pilgrim/Alexander Lorello,
82.42, 4, 4
Junior ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Allison Timlen, 125.31, 1, 2
2. Haley Dunne, 124.42, 2, 1
3. Elise Eng, 114.14, 3, 4
4. Nicole Rajic, 113.52, 5, 3
5. Taylor Galonski, 108.04, 6, 6
6. Sarah Eisen, 105.32, 7, 7
7. Courtney Taylor, 103.72, 4, 11
8. Zoe Orenstein, 102.45, 12, 5
9. Alexandria Shaughnessy, 101.98, 10, 8
10. Morgan Sowa, 101.09, 9, 9
11. Aimee Buchanan, 98.32, 11, 10
12. Christine Mozer, 97.62, 8, 12
13. Rochelle Dost, 90.48, 13, 13
Junior men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Alexander Zahradnicek, 169.89, 1, 3
2. Alexander Aiken, 169.32, 3, 1
3. Emmanuel Savary, 161.09, 4, 2
4. Harrison Choate, 158.17, 2, 4
5. Timothy Dolensky, 143.63, 5, 5
6. Danny O’Shea, 128.29, 6, 6
7. Matej Silecky, 115.60, 7, 7
8. Craig Segall, 97.55, 8, 8
9. Matthew Essigmann, 65.24, 9, 9
Junior pairs
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Morgan Sowa/David Leenen, 121.75,
1, 3
2. Kylie Duarte/Colin Grafton, 119.65, 2, 2
3. Haven Denney/Daniel Raad, 115.72, 5, 1
4. Kloe Chanel Bautista/Tyler Harris,
111.23, 3, 4
5. Caroline Knoop/Danny O’Shea,
105.47, 4, 5
Junior ice dancing
Pl. Name, TS, SD, FD
1. Lauri Bonacorsi/Travis Mager, 119.86,
2, 1
2. Anastasia Cannuscio/Colin McManus,
118.78, 1, 2
3. Danielle Gamelin/Alexander Gamelin,
106.72, 3, 3
4. Danvi Pham/Vu Pham, 93.21, 4, 4
5. Jenna Dzierzanowski/Vinny Dispenza,
77.16, 5, 5
6. Kara Vick/David Lenz, 63.56, 6, 7
7. Janine Halstead/Robert Knopf, 62.38,
7, 6
Novice ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Ana Draovitch, 103.31, 2, 2
2. Jordan Bauth, 103.19, 3, 1
3. Mia Eisenhandler, 101.40, 1, 3
4. Viviana Mathis, 97.64, 4, 5
5. Jessica Hu, 95.81, 6, 4
6. Caitlyn Nemastil, 92.94, 8, 6
7. Haley Mulera, 92.18, 9, 7
8. Helen Serafini, 89.20, 7, 8
9. Jenelle Herman, 88.05, 5, 11
10. Danielle Olney, 85.55, 10, 10
11. Sydney Jones, 83.21, 12, 9
12. Brianna Coviello, 76.97, 11, 12
Novice men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Jack Newberry, 118.39, 4, 2
2. Andrew Nagode, 116.94, 6, 1
3. Marcus Mimidis, 113.45, 3, 4
4. Alexander Bjelde, 109.56, 1, 5
5. James Schetelich, 109.02, 7, 3
6. Jimmy Ma, 103.28, 2, 7
7. Daniel Leeds, 100.91, 5, 6
8. Shiochee Liang, 87.95, 9, 8
9. Conor Wagar, 87.12, 8, 10
10. Matthew Swinton, 83.24, 11, 9
11. Alexander Strupinski, 78.87, 10, 11
12. Michael Chang, 67.93, 13, 12
13. David Cruikshank, 66.92, 12, 13
Novice pairs
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Audrey Goldberg/Joseph Dolkiewicz,
103.59, 3, 1
2. Alexandria Shaughnessy/James
Morgan, 99.73, 2, 2
3. Kay Bergdolt/Miles Addison, 97.66,
1, 3
4. Allison Smith/Craig Segall, 89.68, 4, 4
5. Danielle Viola/Peter Lindstrom, 71.67,
5, 5
6. Alexis Donahoe/James Rappold, 50.04,
6, 6
Novice ice dancing
Pl. Name, TS, P1, P2, FD
1. Rachel Parsons/Michael Parsons,
115.37, 1, 1, 1
2. Elliana Pogrebinsky/Ross Gudis,
103.94, 2, 2, 2
3. Morgan Grant/Luke Skala, 93.45, 3,
3, 4
4. Cassandra Jeandell/Damian Dodge,
93.40, 4, 4, 3
5. Anne Maheux/Matthew McAvoy, 64.15,
5, 5, 5
6. Karen Tong/Michael Chang, 52.92,
6, 6, 6
Intermediate pairs
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Caitlin Belt/Michael Johnson, 59.99, 1
2. Juliana May/Cody Dolkiewicz, 50.92, 2
Intermediate ice dancing
Pl. Name, TS, P1, P2, FD
1. Meara Lorello/William Dean, 89.99,
1, 1, 2
2. Whitney Miller/Grant Lorello, 85.23,
3, 2, 1
3. Hannah Pfeifer/Scott Dudley, 80.77,
2, 3, 3
4. Jennifer Strand/Yan Kazansky, 71.23,
4, 4, 4
Juvenile pairs
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Sara Davidson/Trent Wintermeier,
32.77, 1
2. Darbie Burke/Griffin Schwab, 29.31, 2
3. Gabriella Marvaldi/Kyle Hogeboom,
25.60, 3
4. Kirsten Vetland/Nathan Cooper, 25.21,
4 1. Shannon Wingle/Timothy McKernan,
5. Chloe Petraske/Alec Petraske, 22.95, 5
Juvenile ice dancing
Pl. Name, TS, P1, P2, FD
1. Gigi Becker/Luca Becker, 76.35, 1, 1, 1
2. Julia Biechler/Alexander Petrov, 73.43,
2, 2, 2
3. Sammi Wren/Alexey Shchepetov,
69.53, 3, 3, 4
4. Katherine Gourianova/Caleb Wein,
67.51, 4, 4, 3
5. Alexandra Hayden/Ronald Zilberberg,
56.70, 5, 5, 8
6. Britany Dowd/Bradley Lawrence,
54.09, 7, 6, 6
7. Gwen Sletten/Elliot Verburg, 52.00,
6, 7, 7
8. Rebecca Lustig/Brendan Newberry,
51.54, 8, 8, 5
9. Kathryn Constantine/Todd Gilman,
40.32, 9, 9, 10
10. Caroline Leadmon/Jacob Schedl,
36.18, 10, 10, 9
2011 MIDWESTERN
SECTIONAL FIGURE SKATING
CHAMPIONSHIPS
ANN ARBOR FSC, ANN ARBOR, MICH.
NOV. 9-13, 2010
Competition Officials: Ann Barr, Carol
Wooley, Charles Cyr, David Hamula,
Dee Pascoe, Jan Serafine, Janet
Carpenter, Jennifer Simon, Jerry Shipley,
John LeFevre, Jonathan Ige, Karen
Wolanchuk, Kristy Panos, Laura Murphy,
Libby Scanlan, Lynn Goldman, Margaret
Faulkner, Mary Anne McGivern, Mary
Karen Henderson, Michelle Zeles-Hahn,
Nancy Bizzano, Nancy Iida, Nancy
Ruedebusch, Pam Vanderzalm, Patricia
Smith, Philipp Rey, Richard Kern, Todd
Bromley, William Schneider, Yevgeny
Martynov
Senior ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Alissa Czisny, 161.45, 1, 1
2. Morgan Bell, 125.18, 2, 2
3. Katy Jo West, 116.17, 5, 4
4. Tatyana Khazova, 114.86, 3, 7
5. Kayla Grayson, 114.73, 7, 5
6. Chelsea Christopher, 113.30, 4, 8
7. Chelsea Morrow, 112.19, 12, 3
8. Amy Nunn, 110.13, 11, 6
9. Taylor Kulpa, 101.02, 8, 11
10. Samiera Abou-Nasr, 100.40, 9, 10
11. Alicia Hsu, 98.89, 10, 12
12. Amber Walczyk, 98.74, 13, 9
13. Christina-Maria Sperduto, 86.28, 6, 14
14. Mikenzie Frost, 82.95, 14, 13
Senior men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Jason Brown, 197.98, 1, 1
2. Grant Hochstein, 191.22, 3, 2
3. Parker Pennington, 176.26, 4, 4
4. Alexander Johnson, 173.49, 2, 5
5. William Brewster, 165.55, 5, 3
6. Osadolo Irowa, 138.69, 9, 6
7. Christopher Darling, 138.18, 6, 7
8. Roger Corvasce, 127.47, 7, 8
9. Justin Brachat, 97.34, 10, 9
Senior Pairs
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Molly Aaron/Daniyel Cohen, 139.10,
2, 1
2. Becky Bereswill/ Trevor Young, 136.40,
1, 2
3. Lisa Moore/Justin Gaumond, 121.77,
3, 3
Senior ice dancing
Pl. Name, TS, SD, FD
127.43, 1, 1
2. Alissandra Aronow/Zachary Donohue,
109.80, 2, 2
3. Kseniya Ponomaryova/Raphael Kelling,
70.07, 3, 3
Junior ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Lauren Dinh, 142.45, 1, 1
2. McKinzie Daniels, 132.64, 4, 2
3. Nina Jiang, 126.11, 2, 3
4. Ashley Cain, 122.36, 3, 5
5. Lexis Verhulst, 119.82, 8, 4
6. Gracie Gold, 116.07, 6, 6
7. Ashton Miller, 109.26, 7, 8
8. Katelyn Smecko, 108.53, 9, 7
9. Renee Kono, 106.54, 5, 11
10. Jaylyn Kelly, 103.12, 12, 9
11. Ola Czyzewski, 101.44, 11, 10
12. Kacie Kotnik, 92.86, 10, 12
13. Shelby Sylvester, 81.62, 13, 13
Junior men
Pl. Name Total Score SP FS
1. Steven Evans, 153.79, 3, 1
2. TJ Yang, 143.39, 1, 4
3. Timothy Koleto, 141.71, 2, 3
4. Ryan Hartley, 139.62, 7, 2
5. Garrett Kling, 134.08, 5, 5
6. Zachariah Szabo, 127.24, 4, 6
7. Brian Mueller, 116.21, 8, 7
8. William Littlefield, 112.43, 6, 8
9. Christiaan Burner, 101.41, 9, 9
Junior pairs
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Andrea Poapst/Christopher Knierim,
125.12, 2, 1
2. Cassie Andrews/Timothy LeDuc, 117.51,
1, 2
3. Olivia Oltmanns/Joshua Santillan,
107.90, 3, 3
4. Vladyslava Rybka/Matthew Blackmer,
102.08, 4, 4
Junior ice dancing
Pl. Name, TS, SD, FD
1. Anastasia Olson/Jordan Cowan,
122.09, 2, 1
2. Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton,
119.03, 1, 2
3. Heather Buckner/Nicholas Taylor,
90.49, 4, 3
4. Carina Glastris/Kevin Allison, 86.37,
5, 4
5. Katie Donaldson/Brock Jacobs, 84.34,
3, 5
Novice ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Hannah Miller, 131.24, 1, 1
2. Barbie Long, 119.96, 4, 2
3. Mariah Bell, 118.92, 2, 3
4. Jessica Pfund, 109.38, 3, 5
5. Katia Shpilband, 109.13, 6, 4
6. Kelsea Suarez, 94.64, 5, 8
7. Lili Malone, 90.63, 11, 6
8. Maggie Hausmann, 87.35, 8, 10
9. Katie McBeath, 87.25, 9, 9
10. Sara Harris, 86.92, 12, 7
11. Marylin Cai, 82.39, 7, 12
12. Meghan Koehler, 80.99, 10, 11
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Novice men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Lukas Kaugars, 127.07, 1, 1
2. Troy Tomasello, 126.78, 3, 2
3. Jordan Moeller, 125.92, 2, 3
4. Cale Ambroz, 116.80, 6, 6
5. Nicholas Vrdoljak, 111.62, 9, 4
6. Konstantin Chizhikov, 110.93, 10, 5
7. Alex Benoit, 107.51, 5, 7
8. Chase Belmontes, 101.61, 7, 8
9. BJ Conrad, 97.17, 11, 9
10. Sebastien Payannet, 96.79, 4, 11
11. Justin Highgate-Brutman, 92.64, 12, 10
12. Alexander Newman, 86.51, 8, 12
Novice pairs
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Brianna de la Mora/Taylor Wilson,
92.03, 2, 1
2. Caitlin Fields/Jason Pacini, 91.02, 1, 2
3. Stefanie Griffin/Jordan Griffin, 68.65,
3, 3
Novice ice dancing
Pl. Name, TS, P1, P2, FD
1. Kaitlin Hawayek/Michael Bramante,
104.55, 2, 1, 1
2. Holly Moore/Daniel Klaber, 102.01,
1, 3, 2
3. Jessica Mancini/Tyler Brooks, 99.03,
3, 2, 3
4. Brittany Schmucker/Adam Munday,
93.04, 5, 4, 4
5. Greta Riebe/Jacob Jaffe, 89.84, 4,
5, 5
6. Angelina Giordano/Christopher Davis,
76.45, 6, 6, 6
7. Lauren Kastner/Justin Andrus, 68.08,
7, 7, 7
Intermediate pairs
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Christina Zaitsev/Ernie Utah Stevens,
60.49, 1
2. Isabella Falsetti/Justin Highgate-
Brutman, 52.93, 2
3. Hailee Settle/Rique Newby-Estrella,
51.75, 3
4. Samantha Torrey/Brian Krentz, 49.95, 4
5. Caroline Yu/Brian Johnson, 49.62, 5
6. Madeleine Gallagher/Jonathon Horton,
46.19, 6
7. Sophia Dai/Jeffrey Fishman, 44.61, 7
8. Annabelle Schneider-Farris/Joel
Schneider-Farris, 38.70, 8
9. Gabrielle Smeenge/Michael Young,
34.29, 9
Intermediate ice dancing
Pl. Name, TS, P1, P2, FD
1. Paolina Bushur/Joseph Johnson, 85.52,
1, 2, 3
2. Sierra Chadwick/Alexander Martin,
84.97, 2, 1, 2
3. Rebekah Schneider-Farris/Joel
Schneider-Farris, 81.06, 3, 3, 1
4. Katie Shipstad/Brad Kleffman, 69.82,
4, 4, 4
5. Jessica Manahan/Alex Schachtel,
66.00, 6, 5, 5
6. Paige Schurman/Cullen Young, 63.68,
5, 6, 6
7. Brynn Suellentrop/Quinn Chambers,
59.01, 7, 7, 7
Juvenile pairs
Pl. Name, TS, FS
1. Ally Weber/Dmitry Artemov, 38.99, 1
2. Linde LaChance/Kenneth Anderson,
35.62, 2
3. Elizabeth Egbers/Jacob Simon, 33.33, 3
4. Bradie Tennell/Brandon Kozlowski,
31.14, 4
5. Devin Pascoe/Samuel Parks, 23.00, 5
6. Rachel LaLonde/George Ronan, 22.44, 6
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7. Sydney Falle/Jacob Schenten, 21.00, 7
Juvenile ice dancing
Pl. Name, TS, P1, P2, FD
1. Kimberly Berkovich/Micah Jaffe, 66.11,
1, 1, 1
2. Madison Jensen/Garrett Jensen, 61.28,
3, 2, 2
3. Annabelle Schneider-Farris/Val
Katsman, 60.78, 2, 3, 3
4. Jordyn Levinsky-Carter/Danny
Neudecker, 53.35, 4, 4, 4
5. Starina (Peggy) Giordano/Richard
Alonso, 43.42, 6, 5, 5
6. Nora Carlson/Scott Wenner, 25.14,
5, 6, 6
2011 PACIFIC COAST
SECTIONAL FIGURE SKATING
CHAMPIONSHIPS
ALL YEAR FSC, CULVER CITY, CALIF.
NOV. 9-13, 2010
Competition Officials: Alison Hershberger-
Filo, Anne Curzon, Anthony Bardin,
Brett Drury, David Hold, Dawn Eyerly,
Dorian Valles, Doug Williams, Jamie
Whyte, Janis Engel, Jessica Gaynor, Judy
Blumberg, Kanae Tagawa, Kathleen
Harmon, Kelly Davies, Kim Moore, Larry
Kriwanek, Laurie Johnson, Linda Chihara,
Richard Perez, Ronald Pfenning, Sam
Singer, Sharon Rogers, Sharon Watson,
Stefanie Mathewson, Steven Hsu, Terri
Levine, Tiffany Chin, Whitney Gaynor
Senior ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Vanessa Lam, 148.47, 1, 1
2. Danielle Kahle, 120.00, 2, 3
3. Keli Zhou, 118.82, 5, 2
4. Ellie Kawamura, 115.95, 3, 4
5. Carolyn-Ann Alba, 114.52, 4, 6
6. Kristina Struthwolf, 107.95, 8, 5
7. Karen Zhou, 105.64, 6, 7
8. Sophia Adams, 99.70, 7, 8
9. Alyona Bilash, 94.69, 10, 9
10. Samantha David, 88.82, 9, 11
11. Laura Lipetski, 88.81, 11, 10
12. Jacquelyn Garces, 80.72, 14, 12
13. Olivia Olsen, 79.58, 13, 13
14. Sarah Gonzales, 79.35, 12, 14
Senior men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Jonathan Cassar, 184.66, 1, 1
2. Christopher Caluza, 178.19, 4, 2
3. Andrew Gonzales, 178.05, 3, 3
4. Sean Rabbitt, 170.70, 5, 4
5. Austin Kanallakan, 169.14, 2, 5
6. Robert Przepioski, 108.10, 6, 6
7. Ben Blandford, 75.27, 8, 7
Junior ladies
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Courtney Hicks, 151.36, 1, 1
2. Katarina Kulgeyko, 129.75, 2, 2
3. Polina Edmunds, 125.89, 3, 3
4. Mary Beth Marley, 119.23, 4, 4
5. Angela Wang, 117.48, 6, 5
6. Leah Keiser, 113.45, 5, 6
7. Crystal Nguyen, 103.77, 10, 7
8. Shayna Moellenberg, 96.86, 9, 8
9. Savannah Hanby, 94.33, 11, 9
10. Camille Davis, 93.05, 7, 11
11. Sarah Marron, 92.99, 8, 10
12. Alison Jeffers, 74.81, 12, 12
Junior men
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS
1. Philip Warren, 159.75, 1, 1
2. David Wang, 136.70, 6, 2
3. Shotaro Omori, 130.65, 4, 3
4. Joey Millet, 126.70, 2, 6
5. Will Michael, 125.24, 7, 4
6. Jay Yostanto, 124.60, 3, 5 7, 4, 4
7. Brent Mercado, 112.20, 5, 7 5. Hannah Hunt/Nicholas Jesionek, 85.56,
8. Chadwick Phillips, 97.21, 8, 8 10, 5, 5
Junior pairs 6. Stacey Siddon/ Jared Weiss, 82.64,
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS 9, 8, 7
1. Mandy Garza/Brandon Frazier, 7. Kelsey Barnes/Jonathan Cohn, 82.14,
129.54, 2, 1 8, 10, 6
2. Jessica Noelle Calalang/Zack Sidhu, 8. Vanessa Wade/JoeBen Wilson, 81.98,
123.63, 1, 2 4, 7, 9
3. Brynn Carman/AJ Reiss, 116.90, 3, 3 9. Anna Simoni/Michael Hopkins, 81.46,
4. Christina Guterres/Justin Schumann, 5, 6, 10
103.49, 5, 4 10. Ramona Wright/Matthew Loiacono,
5. Morgan Agster/Adam Civielo, 101.67, 80.17, 6, 9, 8
6, 5 11. Lauren Leonesio/Dustin Perini, 65.18,
6. Cali Fujimoto/Nicholas Barsi-Rhyne, 11, 11, 11
101.39, 4, 6 Intermediate pairs
Junior ice dancing Pl. Name, TS, FS
Pl. Name, TS, SD, FD 1. Elise Middleton/Robert Hennings,
1. Joylyn Yang/Jean-Luc Baker, 127.11, 1, 1 55.56, 1
2. Lorraine McNamara/Quinn Carpenter, 2. Hannah Klopstock/David Botero, 45.64,
106.13, 3, 2 2
3. Madeline Heritage/Nathaniel Fast, 3. Arin de los Reyes/Darian Weiss, 36.76,
102.80, 2, 4 3
4. Natalie Wojton/Michael Soyfer, 94.93, 4. Deanna Harris/Connor Flemming,
4, 5 25.72, 4
5. Amanda Bertsch/Semen Kaplun, 94.81, Intermediate ice dancing
6, 3 Pl. Name, TS, P1, P2, FD
6. Alicia Fortin/Matt Kleffman, 92.28, 1. Chloe Rose-Lewis/Logan Bye, 81.19,
5, 6 1, 1, 1
7. Kassy Kova/Justin Ross, 78.75, 7, 7 2. Brianna Tramontano/Tyler Vollmer,
8. Chelsea Taylor/Stephen Chasman, 71.99, 2, 2, 2
64.03 8 8 3. Laura Hyde/Joshua Zulueta, 54.95,
Novice ladies 4, 3, 3
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS 4. Nicole Detrick/Cody Lithco, 52.58, 3,
1. Katia Gorodetsky, 96.25, 7, 1 4, 4
2. Alana Walker, 95.99, 2, 2 Juvenile pairs
3. Ysabel Tran, 91.73, 4, 3 Pl. Name, TS, FS
4. Amanda Hofmann, 91.72, 3, 4 1. Annaliyse Bowden/Johnathon Chang,
5. Gwendolyn Prescott, 90.71, 1, 6 31.02, 1
6. Kayla deGroot, 87.59, 8, 5 2. Paddison Lowe/Logan Bye, 29.08, 2
7. Samantha Stevens, 83.04, 5, 10 3. Amanda Goldstein/Jarred Druzynski,
8. Summer Reyna, 82.68, 6, 9 28.44, 3
9. Jordan King, 81.33, 9, 8 4. Taylor Olson/Remington Burghart,
10. Rosalie Chen, 81.16, 11, 7 26.00, 4
11. Jacqueline Martin, 77.01, 10, 11 5. Alexandria Schmainda/Jonathan
12. Soleil Roth, 72.95, 12, 12 Schultz, 21.58, 5
Novice men 6. Ananya Nandy/Aditya Nandy, 19.68, 6
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS 7. Hadley Piper/Matthew Scoralle, 17.78,
1. Nathan Chen, 140.88, 1, 1 7
2. Nix Phengsy, 127.23, 3, 2 Juvenile ice dancing
3. Spencer Howe, 119.19, 2, 3 Pl. Name, TS, P1, P2, FD
4. Cordero Zuckerman, 114.61, 5, 4 1. Sarah Feng/Anthony Ponomarenko,
5. Kevin Shum, 111.43, 4, 6 71.29, 1, 1, 1
6. Patrick Leahy, 109.39, 7, 5 2. Vivian Luo/Darrell Cheung, 62.44, 2,
7. Wilbur Ji, 100.99, 6, 8 2, 2
8. Evan Bender, 99.50, 9, 7 3. Emily Dai/Michael Valdez, 54.11, 3,
9. Jason Takahashi, 93.72, 8, 9 3, 3
10. Devin Perini, 89.43, 11, 10 4. Cassidy Klopstock/Logan Leonesio,
11. Andrew Saelee, 82.07, 12, 12 47.71, 5, 5, 4
12. Sean Sunyoto, 81.97, 10, 13 5. Samantha Ramsey/Alain Sandraz,
13. Joshua Zulueta, 80.82, 13, 11 47.04, 4, 4, 5
Novice pairs 6. Ahnalee Von Kappel/Caleb Niva,
Pl. Name, TS, SP, FS 30.56, 6, 6, 6
1. Madeline Aaron/Max Settlage, 105.19,
1, 1
2. Chelsea Liu/Devin Perini, 96.33, 2, 2
3. AnnaMarie Pearce/Craig Norris, 79.83,
3, 3
4. Janelle Unger/Robert Przepioski, 74.19,
4, 4
5. Alexandria Kinney/Brooks Ishler, 63.91,
5, 5
Novice ice dancing
Pl. Name, TS, P1, P2, FD
1. Bryna Oi/Mark Jahnke, 102.00, 1, 1, 1
2. Roxette Howe/Ryan Farmer, 96.02,
2, 2, 2
3. Jessica DeMaria/Dean Miller, 89.51,
3, 3, 3
4. Grace Deissroth/Brett Mueller, 87.43,
T ES T S PAS S E D
Senior Moves In The Field
Angela Agius – Dearborn FSC
Victoria Penske Aitchison – Penguin FSC
Jordan Alexander – Chicago FSC
Leslie Amacker – Broadmoor SC
Charmaine Mei Au – Kent Valley FSC
Janine Bainger – Washington FSC
Gabrielle Barber – Onyx–Suburban SA
Sonali Barker – University ISC of San Jose
Claire Bazalgette – Florida Everblades FSC
Emma Jean Bedford – All Year FSC
Kate Bedinger – Colonial FSC
Trevor Bergqvist – Jamestown SC
Gabrielle Biard – Shattuck – St. Mary’s
Emma Black – Knoxville FSC
Matthew Blackmer – ICES
Erica Bob – SC of Northern Virginia
Pilar Bosley – IceWorks SC
Eleni Brecht – Hollydell FSC
Kristina Briant – Eden Prairie FSC
Rachel Bryce – Washington FSC
Cami Burkhardt – Mentor FSC
Logan Bye – Broadmoor SC
Pauline Bynum – Wyandotte FSC
Marissa Camarda – San Diego FSC
Courtney Cameron – St. Clair Shores FSC
Rachel Carey – SC of Phoenix
Michelle Chan – Shattuck – St. Mary’s
Stephanie Chang – Washington FSC
Lara Cherry – Knoxville FSC
Victoria Chiappa – Individual Member
Jennifer Christie – The Gardens FSC of Maryland
Daniella Clark – Los Angeles FSC
Emily Clemente – Mentor FSC
Amelia Coakley – SC of Central New York
Megan Rose Connolly – SC of New York
Jenna Cook – Merrimack Valley SC
Zhaira Costiniano – Dallas FSC
Alyssa Craig – FSC of Omaha
Elspeth Cunningham – Pittsburgh FSC
Lauren Daly – Columbia FSC (MD)
Zoe Davidson – Shaker FSC
Victoria Dawson – Onyx–Suburban SA
Lauren De Feria – Panthers FSC
Kimberly Dodson – Glacier Falls FSC
Ashley Durand – Central Florida FSC
Quinne Everett – Kingsgate SC
Heidi Evers – Timberline SC
Brendan Fagan – Southwest Florida FSC
Abigail Fain – Tulsa FSC
Pavel Filchenkov – IceWorks SC
Megan Fitzgerald – Washington FSC
Kirsten Flores – Capital City FSC
Phoebe Flynn – Colorado SC
Allison Freeman – Onyx–Suburban SA
Sophie Fritz – Lake Minnetonka FSC
Carissa Fry – Lincoln Center FSC
Alexandria Gallager – Wisconsin Rapids FSC
Winni Gao – Winterhurst FSC
Jacqueline Gillman – Washington FSC
Brianna Gliori – Anchorage FSC
Lindsay Grajek – Ann Arbor FSC
Savannah Grey – SC of Phoenix
Aaron Gunderson–Smith – Ice World FSC
Nia Gunderson–Smith – Ice World FSC
Samantha Hammer – Woodbury FSC
Jordin Harth – St. Louis SC
Ceciliane Hartmann – Skokie Valley SC
Veronica Heitz – Port Huron FSC
Rachael Henninger – Onyx–Suburban SA
Naomi Henry – Channel Islands FSC
Justin Highgate–Brutman – St. Clair Shores FSC
Allison Hsu – University of Delaware FSC
Melinda Hu – American Academy FSC
Angela Huang – Dallas FSC
Eva Lee Huang – All Year FSC
Kristen Hughes – Onyx–Suburban SA
Katrina Hui – Tri–Cities FSC
Waverly Huston – Yellowstone Valley FSC
Ruthann Inserra – American Academy FSC
Shoko Ishida – Onyx–Suburban SA
Alyssa Izzo – SC of New York
Johanna Jan – Rye FSC
Kate Jansen – Three Rivers FSC
Jennifer Jansz – All Year FSC
Valorie Jelinek – Garfield Heights FSC
Emma Jobson – Fort Collins FSC
Brooke Johnson – Los Angeles FSC
Cailyn Johnson – Rochester FSC
Barbara Julian – New Canaan Winter Club
Sarah Kamenetz – Charter Oak FSC
Tarah Kayne – Florida Everblades FSC
Kayla Kenney – Skating Club of Boston
Brian Kim – Escondido FSC
Daniel Klaber – Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights
Katie Klappa – Lakeland FSC
Megan Patricia Koch – SC of New York
Nadia Kogeler – Knoxville FSC
Justin Kozikowski – Individual Member
Jacquelynn Kwong – Pasadena FSC
Jackie LaBarge – All Year FSC
Patrick Leahy – Los Angeles FSC
Kevin Jung–Hang Lee – FSC of Madison
Megan Lee – Skokie Valley SC
Sarah Liao – St. Moritz ISC
Mary Lieb – SC of Northern Virginia
Savannah Lilly – FSC of Billings
Yuying (Jenny) Liu – Hamden Figure Skating Assc.
Tiffanie Lovett – All Year FSC
Kyle MacMillan – Washington FSC
Kayla Major – Onyx–Suburban SA
Jenny Marsland – Capitol FSC
Maggie McGonigle – Lake Minnetonka FSC
Bailey Melton – Silver Blades FSC Inc. of Greater KC
Lydia Menscher – Broadmoor SC
Hannah Miller – Washington FSC
Sasha Minkovsky – SC of Bucks County
Anne Misey – Wisconsin FSC
Lindsey Mize – Columbine FSC
Grace Moyer – Penguin FSC
Vanessa Munn – Commonwealth FSC
Amanda Nathanson – Skokie Valley SC
Alyssa Newberg – Washington FSC
Mary Nguyen – Penguin FSC, Inc.
Pauline Nguyen – Dallas FSC, Inc.
Vanessa Leigh Niemczyk – Eagle River FSC
Emily Noon – Swan City Ice Skaters
Kya Nordstrand – Santa Rosa FSC
Courtney Norgren – Chicago FSC
Rachel O’’Connor – Strongsville SC
Douglas Ober – SC of Morris NJ
Kelsey Okuno – Rochester FSC
Mallory Pacini – Chicago FSC
Marcia Page – Rocky Mountain FSC
Amber Pardes – Hayden Recreation Centre FSC
Michael Parsons – Washington FSC
Jasmine Patrick – ICES
Julia Perminova – Arctic Blades FSC
Emily Peterson – Eagan Ice Crystal FSC
Hannah Pfeifer – IceWorks SC
Alyssa Posner – SC of Morris NJ
David Powers – Indiana World Sk Acad FSC
Rachel Primavera – SC of New York
Samantha Puhl – Wisconsin FSC
Fernanda Quezada – Silver Blades FSC Inc. of Greater KC
Alisha Raabe – Crystal Ice FSC
Elena Randazzo – St. Peters FSA
Colleen Reid – Crystal Ice FSC
Stephanie Rigley – All Year FSC
John Ripoli – SC of Greater Youngstown
Elizabeth Rivelli – SC of San Francisco
Dalia Rivkin – North Jersey FSC
Felicia Rogers – Kent Valley FSC
Michelle Rose – Essex SC of NJ
Ashley Rucha – Onyx–Suburban SA
Katrine Ryan – SC of Southern Connecticut
Sophia Salmanpour – Roseville FSC
Alex Schachtel – Shaker FSC
Amanda Schachtel – Shaker FSC
Rachel Schepke – Onyx–Suburban Skating Academy
Alexis Schmitt – Waupun FSC
Christine Schuff – SC of Brewster
Jennifer Schwab – Ann Arbor FSC
Karey Shi – Peninsula SC
Ashley Shin – Dallas FSC
Ashley Shook – North Jersey FSC
Lauren Sigl – Texas Gulf Coast FSC
Gianna Signorille – Cantiague FSC
Hannah Sigurdson – Buffalo SC
Jamie Smith – DuPage FSC
Kaiti Snell – Stars FSC of Texas
Alanna Sobel – Great Neck FSC
Kirill Solovyev – Gardens FSC of Maryland
Madison Jo Spialek – Rocky Mountain FSC
Benjamin Steinberg – Penguin FSC
Silva Stewart – Atlanta FSC
Siobhan Sullivan – Rochester FSC
Ca–Eun Sung – Desert Ice SC of Arizona
Kevin Xu Xu Tang – Ann Arbor FSC
Katlyn Tarras – Eden Prairie FSC
Corin Treat – Bemidji FSC
Sarah Trillo – SC of Morris NJ
Jessamine Turpen – FSC of Omaha
Jessica Tuzinowski – Ann Arbor FSC
Olivia Valley – Onyx–Suburban SA
Eleonora Vapheas – Essex SC of NJ
Kayla Vidmar – Southpointe FSC
Callista Vojvodich – Washington FSC
Christopher Wan – North Jersey FSC
Donna Waterman – Champlain Valley SC
Elizabeth Westerlund – Los Angeles FSC
JoeBen Wilson – Stars FSC of Texas
Charlotte Wiman – Columbine FSC
Vanessa Winter – Greater Grand Rapids FSC
Taylor Wismeg – Texas Gulf Coast FSC
Haley Yao – SC of New York
Mia Yolles – Middleton – All Year FSC
Kaitlyn Young – DuPage FSC
Serena Yu – Glacier Falls FSC
Spring Yin Yu – SC of New York
Ellie Yuen – Tri–Valley FSC
Claire Zajdel – Northern Ice SC
Rachel Zeppi – The Skating Club of Boston
Sasha Zerin – Eagan Ice Crystal FSC
Adult Gold Moves In The Field
April Jardine – The Cache Valley FSC
Andrea Wolfe – Body Zone FSC
Senior Free Skating Test
Carolyn–Ann Alba – All Year FSC
Marvin Au – St. Moritz ISC
Courtney Bibbs – Columbia FSC (MD)
Elanor Bolles – Indiana World Sk Acad FSC
Morgan Brandt – Ice House SA
Jenny Cardellini – Shaker FSC
Alexandria Collis – Santa Rosa FSC
Roger Corvasce – Broadmoor SC
Erika Craven – Fort Collins FSC
Samantha David – Yellowstone Valley FSC
Lindsay Anne–Louise Davis – All Year FSC
Brett Neustadt – Washington FSC
Jennifer Forrest – Greater Ottawa County FSA
Gabriella Gustafson – Santa Rosa FSC
Phoebe Herland – Seattle SC
Taryn Horacek – All Year FSC
Katrina Hui – Tri–Cities FSC
Maria Kalina – Starlight Ice Dance Club
Kendall LeClaire – Lilac City FSC
Veronica Mishkind – Hickory Hill FSC
Kendyl Murtaugh – Individual Member
Christy Petit – Mentor FSC
Robert Przepioski – Peninsula SC
Lauren Raudabaugh – DuPage FSC
Megan Raver – IceWorks SC
Mitzi Reveter – Florida Everblades FSC
Courtney Robbins – Space Coast Ice Plex FSC
Keilani–Lyn Rudderham – SC of Boston
Marissa Secundy – Broadmoor SC
Lauren Stockunas – University of Notre Dame
Deryck Szatkowski – Individual Member
Michalah Thorn – Fort Collins FSC
Nicolette Tomasini – North Jersey FSC
Jenelle Tschoke – SC of New York
Hannah Vertin – Farmington Hills FSC
Anna Zelina – Jamestown SC
Adult Gold Free Skating Test
Kelly Lambert – Denver FSC
Senior Pairs Test
Becky Bereswill – Detroit SC
Meredith Pipkin – University of Delaware FSC
Taylor Toth – University of Delaware FSC
Felicia Zhang – SC of New York
Gold Dance Test
Vanessa Niemczyk – Eagle River FSC
Christine Poletto – San Diego FSC
Justin Ross – San Diego FSC
Ryan Van Natten – Anchorage FSC
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www.worldskatingmuseum.org beginning Nov. 17.
For more information, please contact Zeffer Betts at
719.635.5200 (ext. 457) or zbetts@usfigureskating.org.
If you are not able to attend the Hall of Fame reception, 20 First Street
please consider donating to the Memorial Fund by visiting Colorado Springs, CO 80906
www.1961memorialfund.com. www.usfigureskating.org

$25 from each ticket sale benefits the Memorial Fund.