tests passed


Megan Joyce — Mt. Clemens FSC Shelby Reed — Mt. Clemens FSC Aleksandra Brittain — SC of New York Emma Henderson — SC of New York Olivia Jebrine — SC of New York Lisa Wrazin — Niagara University SC Madison Wrazin — Niagara University SC Nikolett Albrechtovics — North Jersey FSC Tessa Lytle — North Jersey FSC Emma Wright — North Star FSC Marisa Nagel — North Star FSC Katana Negley — SC of Northern Virginia Elizabeth Schaffran — Onyx-Suburban SA Hannah Roehrig — Onyx-Suburban SA Kayla Patenaude — Onyx-Suburban SA Salla Kim — Pasadena FSC Anna Kirillova — Peninsula SC Sebastian Skoblik — Red River Valley FSC Emme Corbet — Richmond FSC Kelsey Bialo — Rye FSC Kristen Tse — Rye FSC Jacqueline Weiss — San Antonio FSC Megan Taylor — San Diego FSC Joelle Faybishenko — SC of San Francisco Kristina Zaslavskaya — Shattuck-St. Mary’s Cara Singson — Skokie Valley SC


obituaries Future U.S. stars promise to continue Bauer’s


legacy. Emilia Murdock, 12, who competed at the 2015 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, learned the move at age 9. “Ina Bauer was a lady skater; I think she went


to the Olympics,” Murdock said. “My mom taught me that some skating moves – like the Axel and Sal- chow — are named after the people who invented them. I did a school report on it.” Bauer, who died in her hometown of Krefeld,


Germany, after a long illness, never competed at the Olympics, but twice placed fourth at the World Championships. In 1959, Sports Illustrated named her as a possible challenger to U.S. and World champion Carol Heiss, at least in free skating. Bauer, though, withdrew from the 1960 European Cham- pionships after the short program and joined Ice Follies. Heiss, of course, won the 1960 Olympics, as well as five World titles. Uschi Keszler, the 1965 German champion


BAUER Three-time German champion Ina Bauer


passed away on December 13, 2014, at age 73, but her legacy continues almost every time competi- tive figure skaters take the ice. In the late 1950s, Bauer invented the graceful


and commanding move that ensured her immor- tality: a variation on the spread eagle where one leg is bent deeply at the knee and the other leg traces a parallel line, on a back inside or, more rarely, out- side edge. U.S. champions from Dorothy Hamill (1974–


1976) to Rosalynn Sumners (1982–84) and Elaine Zayak (1981) to Michelle Kwan (1996, 1998–2005) and Sasha Cohen (2006) made variations of the “Ina Bauer” highlights of their programs, as did Rudy Galindo (1996) and Johnny Weir (2004–2006). The tradition continues today with Gracie Gold.


who went on to choreograph for World champions, grew up idolizing Bauer. “Ina was absolutely striking; they called her


the Brigitte Bardot of the ice,” Keszler said. “She had a great personality. My god, she held the move for the full length of the ice, with her long, red hair flowing like fire. That’s something you couldn’t do today, be- cause [the judging system] wouldn’t reward it.” Keszler, who took Bauer’s place in Ice Follies when the older skater left the show, thinks current skating programs could use some of Bauer’s flair. “After 50 years, her move is still famous, still


used,” Keszler said. “How many moves invented today will still be remembered and done 50 years from now?”


Bauer taught young skaters for many years at


the Ice Sports Club Krefeld. She is survived by her husband, four-time Hungarian champion István Szenes, who also performed with Ice Follies. A com-


petition she founded for developing skaters, the Ina Bauer Cup, is held annually in Krefeld. — Lynn Rutherford


BAXTER NEWMAN World bronze medalist


and Olympian Virginia “Gin- ny” Baxter Newman died on Dec. 18, 2014, at the age of 82.


Ginny spent most of her childhood as a figure skater from the Detroit area. She won the bronze medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships three times and captured the bronze medal at the 1952 World Figure Skating Championships. Perhaps the high point of her career was the


1952 Olympic Winter Games, where she won the free skate, placing fifth overall. After her competitive career, she was part of


Ice Capades’ 1953 show, called “Land of Lollipops.” She was an honorary member of the Detroit


Skating Club and continued to support DSC by at- tending all exhibitions and shows; she also volun- teered at Skate Detroit every year. Ginny married Robert McKendrick in 1954,


and they remained married until his death in 1988. In 1991, she married Blaise Newman, who died in 2002.


She is survived by her sons Jeffery McKend-


rick, Malcolm (Kim) McKendrick, Andrew McKend- rick and David McKendrick; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and her friend Michael Burden. Memorial tributes may be made to Detroit


Skating Club Scholarship Fund, 888 Denison Court, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302.


SKATING 47


Jen-Yuan Christine Kao — Springdale FSC Maggie Brooks — Springdale FSC Jessica Zhang — St. Moritz ISC Marin Ono — St. Moritz ISC Jinsuh Noh — Washington FSC Meghan Sweeney — FSC of Watertown Isabel Leadbeater — Windy City FSC Tori DeLillo — Yonkers FSC Adult gold moves in the field Jonathan Chausovsky — Individual Leah Phillips — Escondido FSC Yasmine Kalkstein — Hudson Valley FSC Bobbi Palczynski — Richmond FSC Brianna McIntyre — St. Paul FSC Senior supplemental moves in the field Tiana Lee — Escondido FSC Senior free skate Emma Yates — Amherst SC Miranda Berkebile — Amherst SC Sofia Hennessey — Skating Club of Boston Janine Eduljee — Central Carolina SC Sofia Capito — Detroit SC Lauren Townsend — DuPage FSC Sarah Branciforti — Hudson Valley FSC Katrina Wang — North Jersey FSC Camilla Zhang — SC of Northern Virginia


Sabina Chen — Pasadena FSC Erica Hwang — Peninsula SC Angel Sarkisova — South Bay FSC Adult gold free skating test Kathleen Westmoreland — Dallas FSC Gold dance test Audrianna Fabrizio — Individual Megan Cordle — Columbus FSC Sherry Gao — Diamond Edge FSC Erin Dingley — Essex SC of NJ Sara Rose Shawver — Louisville Skating Academy Bianca Plantamura — North Jersey FSC Rachel Oberman — North Jersey FSC Julia Lawless — Philadelphia SC & HS Ming Yi Wu — Warwick Figure Skaters Adult gold dance test Amanda Griffin — Diamond Edge FSC Senior free dance test Toni Pizzimenti — Detroit SC Nicole Zawojski — Richmond FSC Senior solo free dance Jenny Yu — Carousel Sherwood FSC Sherry Gao — Diamond Edge FSC Catherine Steele — Genesee FSC Jana Raisner — Philadelphia SC & HS


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