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Advertising Kim Saavedra


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U.S. Figure Skating Executive Director ... David Raith Board of Directors Offi cers


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The mission of SKATING magazine is to communicate information about the sport to the U.S. Figure Skating membership and fans of fi gure skating, promoting U.S. Figure Skating programs, personalities, events and trends that affect the sport.


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(Issue: Vol. 93 No. 6) is published 11 times per year in January, February, March, April, May, June/July, August/ September, October, November, Basic Skills Edition and December by U.S. Figure Skating, 20 First St., Colorado Springs, CO 80906-3697. Subscription rates: United States, one year $32.50 (U.S.); Canada, one year $42.50 (U.S.); Foreign, one year $52.50 (U.S.). Allow 6–8 weeks for delivery of the fi rst issue. Periodicals postage paid at Colorado Springs and at additional mailing offi ces. Copy- right ©2016 by United States Figure Skating, Colorado Springs, Colo. Phone: 719.635.5200. SKATING magazine assumes no responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or photographs. Postmaster: Send address corrections to SKATING, 20 First St., Colorado Springs, CO 80906-3697. Canadian return address: Station A, P.O. Box 54, Windsor, Ontario N9A 6J5. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without permission from the editor.


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To be featured in the KIDS Spotlight, email your informa- tion to rfelton@usfi gureskating.org and include action and nonskating photographs of yourself. Include in your submission your name, address, home phone number (not for publication) and U.S. Figure Skating member number. Answer as many of the questions that you see printed in the KIDS Spotlight as you want, and we might feature you.


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Flatt named to Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2016


Rachael Flatt, the 2010 U.S. ladies cham-


pion and 2010 Olympian, will be inducted into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2016. Flatt will be formal- ly inducted at the 17th annual celebration on Oct. 25 at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colo- rado Springs, Colorado. Joining Flatt as fellow inductees are Mar-


ty “The Magician” Louthan, best known as the quarterback who engineered the Air Force Academy’s football renaissance; Dan Karcher, radio voice of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox; Arlene Pieper Stine, the fi rst female marathon fi nisher in America; Dewey Reinhard, Colorado Springs Balloon Classic founder; and the 2000 Palmer High School boys basketball team that won the 5A state title. Flatt is the 2008 World Junior champion, a four-time silver medalist in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series and placed seventh at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.


Agosto relocates to Colorado The World Arena Ice Hall in Colorado


Springs, Colorado, announced in April that 2006 Olympic ice dance silver medalist Ben Agosto is joining its coaching staff in June. “I am excited to be joining the World Are-


na family, and to become part of a rink with such a long and glorious tradition in fi gure skating,” Agosto said. Agosto teamed with Tanith Belbin to cap-


ture fi ve consecutive U.S. ice dance titles from 2004 to 2008. Together they won the silver medal at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games — the highest U.S. Olympic ice dance placement ever recorded at that time and the fi rst Amer- ican medal in the discipline since 1976. They won four medals at the World Championships, placed fourth at the 2010 Olympic Games and were inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2016. Since announcing their retirement in 2010, Agosto has worked as a coach in both Lac-


ey, Washington, and Scottsdale, Arizona, in addition to lending his hand as a choreographer in productions such as Disney On Ice’s “Dare to Dream” show.


SKATING 5


World Team academic scholarship program established


U.S. Figure Skating announced in April that it will of-


fer an academic scholarship award to eligible Olympic and World Team (senior level) members. Established by The Pioneer Fund, a private family foun-


dation created by the late Helen M. McLoraine, the scholarship is intended to defray costs for student athletes pursing an undergraduate degree at an accredited secondary institu- tion.


Awards will be available for qualifi ed Olympic and World Team members from 2010 to


the present. U.S. Figure Skating will award the inaugural grants for the 2016–17 academ- ic year to current and former athletes who demonstrate fi nancial need, past and present (nonfi nancial) contributions to U.S. Figure Skating and/or involvement with other commu- nity organizations. Managed by U.S. Figure Skating, World Team academic scholarship awardees will be


determined by a three-person selection committee assigned by The Pioneer Fund and U.S. Figure Skating. Applications will be accepted annually between March and June. For more information, visit usfi gureskating.org and click “Funding” under the “Athletes ”


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