tour of the Broadmoor World Arena with 2010 Olympian Mark Ladwig. T ey watched Team USA members debut their new pro- grams. At the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame,
Victoria held Tara Lipinski’s Olympic gold medal from Nagano, Japan.
“I loved everything about the weekend,”
Victoria said. “I loved holding Tara’s gold med- al and watching my favorite skaters.” Victoria, a skater herself, was able to
meet and get tips from her favorite Team USA member, World silver medalist Ashley Wagner, before taking off to dinner at the Broadmoor hotel.
T e whirlwind weekend concluded with
Diane and Victoria watching more behind-the- scenes action from their favorite skaters and spending a night downtown at T e Mining Ex- change hotel. — Brent Diederich
Edmunds enjoys belated prom
U.S. silver medalist
Polina Edmunds missed her prom at Archbish- op Mitty High School in San Jose, California, on May 7. She was per- forming that night in Stars on Ice in Anaheim, California. Knowing how much she would loved to
have attended her senior prom, Stars on Ice castmates gave the 2014 Olympian a prom to remember the next night in San Jose after the tour’s last stop. “At the meet-and-greet after the show, ev-
erybody was in nice dresses and the guys were in suits,” Edmunds said. “I was in my prom dress and the cast said, ‘Let’s go to dinner.’” After dinner, World silver medalist Ash-
ley Wagner made a toast. “Polina, your prom awaits you,” Wagner announced, as Edmunds walked through a door to an adjoining room. T e entire cast joined around a decorated
table that had cakes and party favors. Everyone wished her congratulations on her prom and graduation. “T ey put some music on and we started
dancing at the restaurant,” Edmunds said. “It was really special and I was grateful to be sur- rounded by so many people who care.” Edmunds started her freshman year last
month at Santa Clara University, where she has fi ve suitemates. She’ll go to school from 8 to 10 a.m. and train the rest of each day. “I’m excited to start this new chapter in
my life,” she said. 14 OCTOBER 2016 — Troy Schwindt
Team USA participated in a cooking challenge as part of a three-night team-building competition at the Olympic Training Center. Susie Parker-Simmons, senior sport dietitian at the United States Olympic Com- mittee, created and oversaw the contest that featured seven teams of fi ve athletes each. In the preliminary round, teams were directed to use ingredients from a mystery box. Ingredients were Brazilian-themed on the fi rst night and Korean-themed on the second night. Tina Lundgren and Jenny Mast, 2018 Olympic Team managers, judged the dishes on night one, and Joy Anderson and Peter Gerbino, 2018 Olympic Team medical staff , judged the dishes on the second night. On the fi nal night, the top four teams from the preliminary round competed for the top prize. As they worked on their culinary creation, each team was handed a “dis- traction” ingredient halfway through their preparation that they had to incorporate into the fi nal dish. The winning team was composed of ice dancers Madison Hubbell, Anastasia Cannuscio, Alex Benoit, Evan Bates and Kaitlin Hawayek.
Daughter and mom
H[SHULHQFH &KDPSV &DPS U.S. Figure Skating treated the winners of the Charitybuzz Champs Camp Auction to a one-of-a-kind experience. Mother and daughter Diane and Victoria Alder of Dallas fl ew into Colorado Springs, Colorado, and immediately got to meet and hear Olympic champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White deliver the event’s keynote talk to Team USA at the Olympic Training Center. Diane and Victoria spent Sunday on a
Victoria and Diane Alder meet 2014 Olympic ice dance champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White on the fi rst night of Champs Camp.
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