2016 U.S. ADULT CHAMPIONSHIPS
CHAMPIONSHIP MASTERS INTERMEDIATE-NOVICE LADIES
Championship masters intermediate-novice ladies podium (l-r) Rachel Reynolds, Rebecca Musick, Charlene Mills, Karissa Williams
No regrets for titlist Musick
by COLETTE HOUSE Rebecca Musick (individual member) claimed
gold after delivering an elegant and heartfelt perfor- mance to “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” from the soundtrack to Evita. “It was a great skate today,” said Musick, who
trains under Jeff Crandell in California. “I went in for a few lessons and he said, ‘You should try for adult nationals, it’d be so fun.’ I’ve been hooked ever since.”
Musick netted 46.03 points for a program that
included two single toe combos: an Axel-toe and a double Salchow-single toe combination. “I try not to leave the ice with any regrets,”
Musick said. “I’ve skated this program sick and ev- ery time I try to make it clean run-throughs.” Musick splits her time between Twin Falls, Ida-
ho, and Fresno, California. When she’s near a rink, she coaches skating. She is also mother to two chil- dren, Dutch, 4, and Daphne, 20 months, who both skate.
Rachel Reynolds (Los Angeles FSC) secured
the silver medal, fewer than five points behind Mu- sick. Reynolds completed five double jumps and an Axel-loop-loop combination, en route to 41.18 points. “I wanted to dedicate my program to a friend
that passed away earlier in the year,” said Reynolds, who skated to Scheherazade. Charlene Mills (Salt Lake Figure Skating) was
happy with her bronze-medal skate. Mills lives too far away from the rinks in Salt Lake City to train with a coach full time, but that didn’t stop her from wanting to participate in the U.S. Adult Champion- ships. Instead, she studied the International Judging System (IJS) and trained herself. Her dedication to being her own coach paid
off with a score of 39.95 and a program that includ- ed two single Axels, one in combination with a toe loop, and three double jumps, including a double toe-single toe combination. “I love feeling like I’m flying on the ice,” said
Mills, who skates five to six times a week in Utah. Karissa Williams (Arctic FSC) won the pewter
REBECCA Musick
JAY ADEFF/U.S. FIGURE SKATING
medal with 36.84 points. She completed two dou- ble Salchows, one in combination with a single toe, during her “Great African Moments” and “Coming to America” routine.
“I like the fact that I get to see so many people
that I haven’t seen in so many years,” said Williams, whose last Adult Championships was in 2011 when her now-husband proposed to her in the kiss and cry. “It’s good to see old friends.”
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