“She’s improved her skating skills and is
even more graceful,” coach Artem Torgashev said. “We need to improve the technical difficulty in her program, but whatever she
doing as of today, she did perfectly.” Chouinard, who trains in Coral Springs,
Florida, alongside 2015 U.S. junior champion Andrew Torgashev, received all positive grades of execution on her nine elements, which didn’t in- clude any triple jumps.
“I was pleased that I did everything that I
could and performed up to what I can possibly do,” Chouinard said. Alyssa Rich (Dallas FSC), 11th after the short program but less than four points behind
Alysa Liu was capable of
Joseph Kang
the leader, won the free skate and finished as the bronze medalist with a score of 108.96. Her performance included two triple Sal-
chows, one in combination, two double Axels, one in combination, and two Level 4 spins. “I really believed she could do this and it’s a
great experience for her to pull from,” coach Ann Brumbaugh said. “She will always know that any- thing is possible when you go out there every day and take it one day at a time. We just tried to tell her to keep her head up and go out and do what she could do today and it would get her the results she was looking for.” Angelina Huang (St. Peters FSA) claimed
the bronze with 108.18 points. She had the top technical score of the free skate.
MEN By Renee Felton Newly minted champion Joseph Kang has a
thoughtful approach to his craft. Kang (Univer- sity of Delaware FSC) is confident in his ability, but acknowledges the time and financial commit- ments that come with the sport. And those factors drive him to train hard and dictate his decisions as an athlete.
“I may or may not be looking for a career SKATING 57
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