Heiss Jenkins inducted into NYU Hall of Fame


For decades, Carol Heiss Jenkins has kept her Olympic gold medal on display along with the one won by her husband, Hayes Jenkins, in a frame in their suburban Cleveland home.


But when she was told by airport


security officials that she could not bring the medals in the frame on a flight to New York City, she made a change before the trip: She broke the frame and put the medal back in its original redwood box. She then brought it along to New York, where she was inducted May 5 into the New York University Athletics Hall of Fame. Her gold medal from the Olympic


Winter Games in Squaw Valley, Calif., in 1960 was part of an impressive display arranged in the NYU Kimmel Center. In addition, she brought her 1956 Olympic silver medal, all five of her World medals and several other historical items, including a bracelet she received from NYU after the 1960 Games.


“I plan on making a new frame and putting both my Olympic gold and Olympic silver medals in it,” she said. Hayes’ medal also will be in the new frame.


Joining Heiss Jenkins in the Hall


of Fame are diving all-American Bar- on Poitier, track and field star Ira Ka- plan and Olympic fencer Marty Lang. Heiss Jenkins was dressed im-


peccably for the event in a pink-and- black jacket and black pants, and was joined by quite a fan club including her husband, their daughter, Karen, and 15-year-old grandson, Travis. Travis has been making the Hall of Fame rounds with his grandmother, having also attended her induction into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in June 2008. Also in attendance on Heiss Jenkins’ behalf was fellow Olympic skating cham-


pion Sarah Hughes (a Long Island na- tive who now lives in Manhattan) and Hughes’ mother, Amy. A native of Queens, Heiss Jenkins


was encouraged by Hayes to take classes at NYU. It wasn’t easy for her, since her main focus was to win the gold medal in skating, and she had to juggle her training demands and her course load, but NYU made it work. Her father, a baker, did not have the financial means to pay for her col- lege, skating and for the needs of her brother and sister. Heiss Jenkins’ mother died of cancer in October 1956, months after Heiss Jenkins skated in the Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. So Heiss Jenkins took the bus


and the subway from Queens to her skating practices at the old Madison Square Garden and took classes at NYU. Sometimes, she would take the train back to the rink for more prac- tices at night. “Hayes was really the one who en-


couraged me to go to college and to skate,” Heiss Jenkins said of her hus- band, who graduated from Colorado College and Harvard Law School. “NYU made it possible for me to skate and go to college. My professors were wonderful. They would wait for me to take my exams after competitions. So this Hall of Fame means a lot to me.” As part of Heiss Jenkins’ Hall of


Fame induction ceremony in New York, she was given a special plaque, and a video was played featuring highlights of her career. As the song “One Moment in Time” was played in the background, the video showed snippets of Heiss Jenkins’ programs and a TV interview and also included a photo of her from the movie, Snow White and the Three Stooges, and foot- age from her ticker tape parade in New York City.


Heiss Jenkins’


skating memora- bilia was on dis- play during the Hall


of Fame reception, and one of the most im- pressed was none other than Hughes, who was snapping


pictures and asking questions about the various items. “Isn’t this amaz-


ing?” Hughes asked as she held Heiss Jenkins’ gold medal. “It’s history.”


— Amy Rosewater


Carol Heiss Jenkins stands next to her monumental collection of skating medals and awards at her induction into the New York University Athletics Hall of Fame.


Ladwig to team with Lindsay Davis Olympic pairs skater Mark Ladwig


has found a new partner. He’ll match moves next season with 20-year-old Californian Lindsay Davis. “One of the things that struck me when Lindsay and I first discussed a try- out was the positive focus, the forward thinking,” he told icenetwork.com. “I re- ally appreciate that. It gives a fresh spin to all of our possibilities.” Ladwig, 32, spent the last 10 years


skating with Amanda Evora, who re- tired at the end of this past season. Evora and Ladwig won five U.S. medals, competed at two World Champion- ships and reached the pinnacle of their sport when they skated at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Ladwig’s love of the sport left no


doubt in his mind that he wanted to continue. Davis sat out the 2011–12 season


after former partner Themi Leftheris re- tired late last summer. Ladwig’s call came at the perfect time. The 2010 U.S. junior ladies bronze medalist spent the last eight months training in Riverside, Calif., under singles coach Tammy Gambill and was hoping to get back into pairs. “Sometimes every skater needs a break to really refresh


their skating and come back full force,” Davis said told icenet- work.com. “For me it was a good wake-up call to realize I still want to do this; I still want to go for it. And with somebody like Mark, I think that’s 100 percent possible.” Davis will relocate to Florida to continue with the part-


nership. The new team will be coached by Lyndon Johnston at


Ladwig’s longtime training home, the Ice and Sports Com- plex in Ellenton, Fla. Davis and Ladwig plan to compete at the Indy Pairs Chal-


lenge Aug. 3–5. They will also get to compete in the Grand Prix Series when they travel to Japan this fall for the NHK Trophy.


Lichtman and Copely end partnership


Ice dancers Charlotte Lichtman and Dean Copely have ended their four-year partnership. The duo, who teamed up in August 2008, are the 2011 U.S. junior champions and the 2011 World Junior bronze medalists. Both intend to find new partners.


“I hope that all of our fans had as much fun watching


our programs as we had performing them,” Copely said. “It wouldn’t have been the same without the support from the audience. I wish Charlotte great success in all of her future endeavors.”


Lichtman and Copely finished 10th at the 2012 Pruden-


tial U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Last fall, they were seventh at their first ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series event, the Cup of China. Lichtman and Copely trained in Canton, Mich., with


coaches Marina Zoueva and Igor Shpilband. “I have really enjoyed my time skating with Dean, espe-


cially having the chance to perform such unique programs with him,” Lichtman said. “I wish him the best in skating and in life. I want to thank everyone who’s supported us, including my family, our coaches, the Arctic Edge Figure Skating Club and everyone who cheered us on.”


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PHOTO BY AMY ROSEWATER


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