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2012 PRUDENTIAL U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS NOTEBOOK


SKATING IS FAMILY AFFAIR FOR LORELLO AND CANNUSCIO


When people find out Ian Lorello has an older brother and young- er twin siblings who also compete in ice dance, the first question is usually: How do your parents pay all the bills? “I don’t know, my dad is a miracle worker,” Lorello said with a


laugh.


Lorello, 21, and partner Isabella Cannuscio, also 21, placed ninth in senior ice dance in San Jose. Younger sister Meara and her partner, William Dean, the 2011 U.S. intermediate champions, were sixth in novice. Meara’s twin, Grant, and his partner, Whitney Miller, the 2011 U.S. intermediate silver medalists, were seventh in novice. Older brother Alexander was in San Jose cheering them on but could not compete due to knee trouble. He and partner Katherine Pil- grim hope to return next season. “My family is very artistic and we’re all very emotional,” Ian said.


CATCHING UP WITH THE BALDWINS In keeping a family tradition alive, Don Baldwin and pairs partner


Tiffany Vise made their third U.S. Championships appearance in San Jose.


Te Baldwins are the quintessential skating family. John Baldwin


Sr. earned U.S. titles in novice men, junior men and junior pairs in the late 1960s and was an alternate for the U.S. Olympic Team in 1972. His wife, Donna, competed at the novice and junior ranks as well. Te couple’s three children are all highly successful skaters in their


own right. John Jr. and Rena Inoue earned U.S. pairs titles in 2004 and 2006, as well as a berth on the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team. Younger siblings Donna Jr. and Don competed together in pairs and dance; Don also skated singles and garnered U.S. novice and junior medals in the 1990s. Even Donna Sr.’s mother, 95-year-old Dorothy Abbott, was a talented skater at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo. What are the Baldwin siblings up to now? Don has an aerospace and mechanical engineering degree from


UC Irvine. Donna Jr. has a degree in biology and is working on her master’s


in Midland, Texas. Her goal is to be a physician’s assistant. John Jr. and Rena were married in a private ceremony last fall and reside in a new home in Escondido, Calif. John has hung up his skates and is now partnered with his father in Baldwin Auto Sales. John Jr. and Rena welcomed Lilliana Miyabi Baldwin to the world on Oct. 31 and affec- tionately call their daughter “Little Pumpkin.”


— Terry Terzian FLATT LOVING “THE FARM”


While Rachael Flatt didn’t finish on the podium this season, get- ting to compete in front of her many friends from Stanford University was a thrill. Classmates from her dormitory packed one upper-level sec- tion for her short program. Flatt wore Cardinals’ attire all week long, including a Stanford ball cap in the kiss and cry. Te first quarter of the academic year, she said, was rough, but things have settled down and she’s happy as can be. Flatt’s roommate is Stanford point guard Jasmine Camp from


Georgia. Camp is a wonderful friend and roommate, Flatt said. “She’s like a sister,” said Flatt, adding they share a similar study


habits. — Troy Schwindt 28 MARCH 2012


“I feel we kind of gravitated toward skating and dance for the perfor- mance aspect, on top of the fact that we’re all very competitive. “I feel it was kind of where we were meant to be. My mom did a lot of singing; my dad was an athlete. He did sprinting, racquetball and tennis in college. It was fun to grow up in that kind of family.” It’s also a family affair for Isabella, whose younger sister Anastasia, 18, placed sixth in senior ice dance with partner Colin McManus. “A lot of people ask how we compete against each other, but we’ve been doing it for years,” Isabella said. “When we started she did pairs, I did dance and I was a level above her, until we got to novice. Last year was our one-year break [Anastasia competed as a junior]. “We support each other a whole lot. I freak out so much when


Stasia is competing. It’s hard when she and Colin compete before us, because I get so nervous, and then I have to go out and skate.” All of the teams train together at University of Delaware under Alexandr Kirsanov, Karen Ludington and Christie Moxley-Hutson. — Lynn Rutherford


SON’S FIGHTING CAREER TOUGH TO WATCH


Coach Dalilah Sappenfield gets nervous enough watching her pairs skaters compete at major competitions. But that’s nothing compared to the feeling of watching her stepson and fellow coach Larry Ibarra step into a steel cage and stand toe to toe with a beastly looking opponent wanting to do bodily harm. Tat’s what Sappenfield faced about a year and half ago when Ibar-


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