2016 U.S. COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
ular biology, said. “I trained for the competition and I’m happy my hard work paid off. Everyone here has great sportsmanship and it was nice to have so many skaters cheering for one another.” Godwin performed her free skate to music
from the movie Birdy. Alf, a freshman majoring in business ad-
ministration, said she enjoyed the supportive at- mosphere in making her U.S. Collegiate Cham- pionships debut. “I appreciated getting to know the other
competitors at the draw party and the more laid- back environment that collegiate skating offers,” Alf said. She performed her free skate to “Song for
the Little Sparrow” and “Te 9th Hour” from the album Kaas Chante Piaf. Kaitlin D’Agostino, a freshman studying
Sarah Godwin
have fun on the side.” Grace Moyer, a sophomore at Lehigh
Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, majoring in communications, captured the bronze medal with 113.69 points. She earned a $1,000 scholarship. “I just told myself to relax and have fun
and that’s exactly what I did,” said Moyer, who performed her mellow but happy free skate to music from the movie Black Beauty. “I wanted to relax going into jumps, so that was my main focus. Sometimes I get real- ly tense. When I relax it all feels like butter.”
Senior men Max Aaron, the U.S. silver medalist who
also attends UCCS where he’s a finance major, won the title with 228.81 points. Te college se- nior garnered a $5,000 scholarship. Aaron performed his free skate to Te Lion
King, complete with lyrics. Te lone competitor in the category, Aaron landed all 10 of his jumps and performed three Level 4 spins in the debut of his free skate. “It’s really a neat program,” Aaron said.
“It’s a cool concept. I came up with the idea a few years ago and thought this would be a good time to give it a shot. No one has really done this before. Brandon [Frazier] and Haven [Denney] did it, but without the words and I wanted to do a whole story.” Aaron said the program is a work in prog-
ress. “I really wanted to work on the choreog-
raphy and the spins, and then see the jump lay- out to see if I like it or not in competition,” he said. “I think I’m going to tweak it a little bit. Tere were a few timing things that I want to rearrange. It was fun to be here.”
Junior ladies Boston University’s Sarah Godwin edged
Fordham University’s (New York City) Caterina Alf 106.84 to 105.18 to win the title. “I felt prepared to compete,” Godwin, a freshman majoring in biochemistry and molec-
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pre-law at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut, collected the bronze medal with a score of 97.82 points. D’Agostino performed to a medley from
West Side Story and like Alf, thoroughly enjoyed the relaxed and fun surroundings.
Junior men Max Belovol, a junior majoring in history
and political science with a pre-law emphasis at Loyola University Chicago, finished a point bet- ter than Andrew Civiello, a sophomore studying industrial engineering at Scottsdale Community College, to claim top honors in the two-man race.
Belovol finished second in the short pro-
gram and won the free skate en route to an over- all score of 113.49 points. His free skate music was a mix of “Parla Piu Piano” by Vincenzo Costanzo and “Tarantella” by Fred Rovella. “I was content with my long program, but
wish I had jumped a little better in my short program,” Belovel said. Civiello basked in the experience of com-
peting with his peers. He generated 112.44 points. “If you’re in college and still skating, you
do it because you love it,” Civiello said. “It’s a very supportive environment and an enjoyable competition.”
Men’s competitors ( l-r) Andrew Civiello, Max Belovol and Max Aaron
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PHOTOS BY SARAH ARNOLD
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