2017 WORLD SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS


Adam Blake, choreographer with Krantz


of both the team’s programs, credited the Haydenettes for delivering in the face of adversity. “As I’ve said before, this group is the


hardest-working I’ve ever been associated with,” he said. Te Haydenettes performed their short


program to the song “Now We Are Free” from Gladiator. Unfortunately, they got off to a rough start, with two skaters falling in the angled intersection. Te team, however, held it together, showcasing its fierce, warriorlike moves while finishing technically sound en route to 63.90 points and a fifth-place stand- ing. Tey were one of only two teams (the other being Paradise) to receive the highest technical calls. “Our short has actually grown a lot


emotionally,” Haydenette Tessa Hedges said. “I think we really showed that tonight, despite


Well-executed lifts helped the Crystallettes finish in the top 10 at Worlds. The Crystallettes in the kiss and cry


in a car accident, and one came down with mononucleosis. Tis series of misfortunes forced Krantz to change her skaters’ positions within the program at the last minute. Still, she said, the team met the chal-


lenge.


“I believe I have a strong team, and that within the team everybody does everything, so when you have to take somebody out five days before you compete, you need to believe and trust that you’ve done the training all season long and that skater can step up to it,” Krantz said.


16 MAY 2017


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