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IceStars synchronized skating team wins national good sportsmanship contest The IceStars synchronized skating
teams from the Cutting Edge Figure Skating Club won the Liberty Mutual Play Positive autumn pledge contest. For
this achievement, IceStars received a $2,500 grant. The Liberty Mutual Insurance Play Positive program is commit-
ted to promoting good sportsmanship in youth sports, so that chil- dren have the fun and positive experience they deserve. During each pledge period, youth sports teams from around
the country compete to rally their supporters to pledge to promote good sportsmanship. At the end of the period, the fi ve large division teams and the fi ve small division teams with the most pledges each earn $2,500 to help support their team. The IceStars from Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, were one of the
fi ve small division teams, and the only synchronized skating team to win.
The teams rallied the support of their community, including
their local baseball team, the Kenosha Kingfi sh, to promote positive sportsmanship and collect pledges. The funds will be used to pay for
IceStars coach Chelsea Goessi gives her Beginner 2 team instructions during practice.
travel expenses this season. The Play Positive winners gallery can be found here:
www.playpositive.com/pledge/winners-gallery
Precisely Right teams walk to beat breast cancer Members of the Precisely Right synchronized skating teams from Morristown, New Jersey,
participated in a 5K Making Strides walk to raise money and awareness for breast cancer, a disease that has aff ected many of the girls indirectly. Precisely Right (in honor of two of the girls’ mothers, Gina and Mira) fi nished 182nd out of
408 teams. There were many fun activities at the event, including games, live performances and raffl es; the walk raised almost $500,000. “The girls had a great time making strides for breast cancer and making a diff erence in their
community for such an important cause,” open juvenile team member Jenna Luciano said. To support Precisely Right skaters’ eff orts to fi nd a cure for breast cancer and spread awareness, you can donate at
makingstrides.acsevents.org.
Schwartz honored for promoting adult skating Rhea Schwartz was inducted into the Great-
er Washington Jewish Sports Hall of Fame on Nov. 22 for her eff orts to advance adult skating in the United States and internationally. The induction took place at the Jewish Com-
munity Center of Greater Washington’s Dinner of Champions in Rockville, Maryland. She is the fi rst person from the skating com-
munity to be inducted into the Greater Washing- ton Jewish Sports Ha ll of Fame.
Several renowned coaches and 175 skaters took part in the Jacksonville Skate Festival in late Novem- ber at the Jacksonville Ice and Sportsplex. Skaters learned some of the basics at two free skating clin- ics from top coaches including Ilia Kulik, Elena Leonova and Andrei Khvalko. Snowplow Sam joined both sessions. Earlier in the day, Olympic champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White, Brian Boitano and Evan Lysacek stopped by the rink for a visit.
Members of Team USA joined in the grand opening of the Acacia Park outdoor skating rink in downtown Colo- rado Springs, Colorado, on Nov. 14. The pairs teams of Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim, and Madeline Aaron and Max Settlage attend- ed the event, which included a ribbon-cut- ting ceremony led by Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach.
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