The Champions Skating Cen- ter in Cromwell, Conn., hosted its fi rst all-adult test session on April 27. “We had 22 testers who took 26 tests,” said club mem- ber Laura Fantarella, who came up with the idea for the special session. “The energy was great, everyone was so supportive and encouraging to each other.” Fantarella reported that there were more passes than retries, and that everyone enjoyed the event.
G2C SKATERS CELEBRATE SUPER CAMP IN LAKE PLACID Eighty-fi ve skaters and more than a
dozen Olympic, World and U.S. coaches and choreographers converged on historic Lake Placid, N.Y., for the fourth annual Grassroots to Champions Super Camp, June 24–29. The Super Camp is an extended version
of the Grassroots to Champions seminars created by Olympic and World coach Audrey Weisiger and includes all aspects of training to develop an athlete. Elizabeth Hogshire, a pre-preliminary
skater from the Figure Skating Club of Bloom- ington, attended with a goal of landing her Axel.
“This is the fi rst summer I’ve really want-
ed to work on becoming a good skater,” Hogs- hire said. “This has been a great opportunity for me. It’s been amazing and a dream come true.”
Skaters participated in lessons with
guest skaters, performers, coaches and cho- reographers Sheila Thelen, Kori Ade, Laura Colsia, Pasquale Camerlengo, Trevor Laak, Tom Zakrajsek, Nick Perna, Ryan Bradley, Con- nor Garvey, Dan Joyce, Chris Conte, John Zim-
CHICAGOLAND OFFERS BASIC SKILLS SCHOLARSHIPS
The Greater Chicagoland Basic Skills
Committee is off ering skaters who com- pete at its annual championships compe- tition the opportunity to win a $100 schol- arship, which can be used toward any class program at participating Basic Skills rinks. Eleven scholarships were awarded last season, and that number is expected to grow this season.
merman, Michael Buckley, Doug Mattis, Doug Webster, Sheryl Franks, Madison Hubbell, Zachary Donohue and Weisiger. Zoya Garg, a nontest skater from the
Highland Ice Arena in Shoreline, Wash., en- joyed skating at the historic 1980 Herb Brooks Arena. “It’s just what I expected, even better than
I expected,” Garg said. “The rink was amazing. It’s where they skated in the Olympics.” Main topics covered included jumps,
off -ice jumping, alignment of body positions, proper equipment fi tting, preparing for com- petitions and creating the to- tal skating package. The G2C Super Camp
also hosted the Young Artists Showcase (YAS) fi nals. The Young Artists Showcase fos- ters and encourages young ice skating choreographers by giving them experience through a series of challenges and guidance from an expert panel of artists, skaters and
SKATERS TAKE STEP FORWARD AT DREAM CAMPS More than 200 athletes participat-
ed in a pair of U.S. Figure Skating DREAM camps for synchronized skaters this summer. The Eastern camp took place in Morristown, N.J., while the Midwestern camp was held in Dearborn, Mich. Team USA coaches and DREAM athletes served as faculty and on- and off -ice assistants for each camp. The DREAM camps are geared to- ward helping skaters improve their individual and team skills in a fun setting. The on-ice classes included skating skills and drills, fi eld moves and team skills. Zumba, performance and presentation, and team-building were some of the off -ice classes off ered. A parallel coaches’ track was conducted at both camps.
Haydenettes coach Saga Krantz works with the Heat Wave skaters at the Eastern camp.
The Midwestern Heat Wave group work on their unison at camp.
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choreographers. Former World and European ice dancer Mark Hanretty from Great Britain won the competition. “The weeklong camp format allows for
greater learning and bonding, which creates skaters who not only have competencies, but also have deep-rooted friendships that make the journey through the sport more mean- ingful,” Weisiger said. “I believe it is one thing to be accomplished, but it means nothing un- less you have people to share these celebra- tions with.”
— Joanne Vassallo Jamrosz
The G2C campers, coaches and staff spent a productive and fun- fi lled week in Lake Placid.
Paige Rydberg, 12, from Plainfi eld, Ill., won the Annette Cramer Award for the most outstanding free skate perfor- mance by an intermediate skater at the Broadmoor Open in Colorado Springs, Colo. Rydberg won the preliminary round before claiming fi rst place in the short pro- gram and free skate. She is coached by Mary Alice Antensteiner.
PHOTO BY SARAH ARNOLD
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