2012 PRUDENTIAL U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS E XTRAS
KAREN CHEN, VINCENT ZHOU RECEIVE COLLEDGE AWARD;
NATHAN CHEN EARNS HERSHBERGER HONOR
Karen Chen and Vincent Zhou, the novice singles champions, received the Cecilia Colledge Me- morial Fund Award, while 2012 U.S. junior men’s champion Nathan Chen garnered the Ron and Gayle Hershberger Award at the 2012 U.S. Champion- ships.
Te Colledge Award is presented annually to the
novice lady and novice man who achieve the high- est combined program components score of the U.S. Championships. Te award was established by Ms. Colledge’s estate following her death in 2008. She enjoyed a successful skating career, winning the silver medal at the 1936 Olympic Winter Games and the 1937 World title while representing Great Britain. She relocated in 1952 and joined the Skating Club of Boston’s coaching staff, where she taught until 1977. Susan Shapiro, a representative of the Colledge estate, presented Chen and Zhou with a scholarship certifi- cate.
Nathan Chen is the second recipient of the
Hershberger Award, which was created from the Ron and Gayle Hershberger Fund. Te fund was estab- lished through gifts made in tribute to Ron’s long- term service to U.S. Figure Skating and to Gayle’s support of her husband. Winners are chosen based on the combined to-
tal of their short program and free skate component marks at the U.S. Championships. Te award rotates among the four disciplines annually using the follow- ing pattern: ladies (2011), men (2012), ice dancing (2013) and pairs (2014). Hershberger served as U.S. Figure Skating presi-
dent from 2005 to 2009. He also sat on the Board of Directors from 1990 to 2010. He and Gayle pre- sented the awards in San Jose. For more information on available scholarships
and awards through U.S. Figure Skating, visit www.
usfigureskating.org/funding.
Many of U.S. Figure Skating’s greats and current stars took part in the annual Athlete Alumni Association reception at HP Pavilion. Te event is hosted each year by the Athletes Advisory Committee as a way to keep former skaters involved in U.S. Figure Skating. Olympic cham- pion Brian Boitano addressed the attendees, while chair of the Athletes Advisory Committee, Lindsey Weber, introduced U.S. Figure Skating’s DREAM Team. Te DREAM Team was developed with the goal of using the skating and leadership skills of successful junior- and senior-level athletes in all disciplines to influence the lives of developing athletes.
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Technical panel officials and judges helped to make this year’s event a great suc- cess. Pictured are (l-r) Jamie Whyte, Julia Rey, Bob Horen, Bill Rowe, Rodney Williams and Dawn Eyerly.
Rachael Wall, 10, and Carolyn Byrd, 11, are all smiles as they pose for a keepsake with World champion ice dancers Charlie White and Meryl Davis.
FRIENDS OF FIGURE SKATING BREAKFAST A BIG HIT
More than 200 Friends of Figure Skating members had their own personal podium expe- rience, as all four U.S. ice dance medalists attended the Friends of Figure Skating breakfast at Te Grille inside the HP Pavilion. U.S. champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White, silver medalists Maia Shibutani and
Alex Shibutani, bronze medalists Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, and pewter medal- ists Lynn Kriengkrairut and Logan Giulietti-Schmitt, mingled with the appreciative crowd and posed for snapshots.
Te morning after being crowned ladies champion, Ashley Wagner stopped by to wish the
Friends well and share her story of a memorable evening. Olympic champion Sarah Hughes and her sister, Olympian and 2007 U.S. silver medalist
Emily Hughes, also mingled with a very in-the-know crowd. Fan favorite Ryan Bradley, the 2011 U.S. champion, was all smiles as he thanked the
Friends for their past support. Te ice dance team of Isabella Cannuscio and Ian Lorello also spent time thanking fans.
Te Friends met some new faces in junior pairs silver medalists Britney Simpson and Matthew Blackmer.
PHOTOS BY JAY ADEFF
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