rinkside McKenzie wins World Inline FSC title Phyllis McKenzie of the Capital Area Inline Fig-
ure Skating Club in Washington, D.C., won the gold medal in the senior ladies category at the third an- nual World Inline Figure Skating Championships on July 12–14 in Bucharest, Romania. McKenzie was one of 62 skaters to compete
under rules adopted from the International Skat- ing Union. The competitors, using Pic skates, per- formed at the Sala Polivalenta Sports Complex. Other U.S. medal winners were Lynette Carol, who claimed silver in junior ladies, and Talib Al-
eem, who secured silver in the adult men’s division. The U.S. skaters are advised by PSA master-
rated coach Nicolas Perna of Fairfax, Va. The event was sponsored by the Romanian
Skating Federation and sanctioned by the World Inline Figure Skating Association, which is head- quartered in Paris. “We are proud and happy to be part of the
new sport of inline fi gure skating,” Romanian Skat- ing Federation President professor Adrian Ciobanu said.
Phyllis McKenzie begins a layback spin.
Museum event honors ‘Skaters Who Served’ The World Figure Skating Museum and
Hall of Fame welcomed military families and invited guests for a special event Aug. 6 in cooperation with Blue Star Museums. Nearly 50 people explored the exhib-
its and then were seated for “Skaters Who Served,” a presentation focusing on fi gure skating’s history in times of war. Museum archivist Karen Cover told the
Thirteen skaters from the Colonial Skating Club of Pennsylvania took part in a weeklong camp this summer at the Flyers Skate Zone in Philadelphia. On day one, participants per- formed S.T.A.R.S. tests, skated together in a group and practiced for the end-of-the-week exhibition for their parents. On the second day, they walked a mile, lifted weights, did yoga and cut loose with some interpretive skating. They made up a dance program, worked on their leg strength by doing shoot-the-duck moves, ate some skate-shaped cookies and performed spirals on day three. On day four, there was weight training, group skating and the kids decorated the shirts that they were to wear for the parents’ exhibition. A coach also brought in scarves, skirts and tambourines for some exotic interpretive skating. The camp wrapped up on day fi ve, with the skaters practicing their group numbers. They also retook their S.T.A.R.S. tests, celebrated a birthday and performed their exhibition group programs for the parents. “I made programs for each parent with photos of their skater through the week, their S.T.A.R.S. paperwork and a survey they had fi lled out about their favorite things we did at camp,” Skating Director Amber Hartman said. “These will be memories they will cherish for a long time.”
The Cutting Edge FSC from Pleasant Prairie, Wis., won fi rst place in the nonprofi t cate- gory at the Kenosha Civic Pa- rade on July 4 in Kenosha, Wis. This year’s theme was Ameri- ca’s Wild West. The club added a spur at the end of its skate, and the judges rewarded its creativity.
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story behind the 17th century silver statue of a Dutch soldier wearing ice skates. In the Bat- tle of Ijsselmer in 1572, a small fl eet of Dutch ships was frozen solid in ice near Amsterdam. Spanish troops crossed the ice on foot to at- tack, but the Dutch slipped on their skates and easily defeated their foes. The Spanish then bought 7,000 pairs of skates and trained troops in the art of skating. Cover focused her presentation on
three U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Famers: Lloyd “Skippy” Baxter, Joan Tozzer and Ed- ward LeMaire. Baxter fought on skis with the famed 10th Mountain division in Europe. Tozzer, who lived in Hawaii during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, worked for the Army’s Women’s Air Raid Defense and the USO. Le- Maire served as a Navy fl ight instructor. Cover also shared how American Dick
Button and Canadian Barbara Ann Scott were heralded in North America after win- ning gold medals at the 1948 Olympics, the fi rst Games held since 1936. This is the second year the World Fig-
ure Skating Museum, located in Colorado Springs, has teamed with Blue Star Muse- ums to off er free admission to the nation’s active duty military and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Museum archivist Karen Cover presents a program titled “Skaters Who Served” at the World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame.
PHOTO BY TALIB ALEEM
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