SKATING Editor


Troy Schwindt


Assistant Editor Mimi McKinnis


Advertising Kim Saavedra


Art Director Andrea Morrison


Printing Quad/Graphics, West Allis, Wis.


SKATING is the official publication of U.S. Figure Skating.


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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 figure skating, promoting U.S. Figure Skating programs, personalities, events and trends that affect the sport.


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Skating community rallies around Barrett family


The skating community came together


in a remarkable way last April in support of Lucy and Jeremy Barrett. Lucy, who wed Jeremy in May 2016, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia while seven months pregnant with the couple’s first child.


Following the diagnosis, a Go Fund


Me page was created with the original goal of raising $5,000 to help offset the couple’s medical expenses. Within the first 10 days, more than $22,000 had been donated to support the Barrett family. In addition to donations through the


site, the skating community has developed other events to raise funds, including a ben- efit show created by coach Audrey Weisiger, set for July 11 in Fort Collins, Colorado, as part of the G2C Supercamp. One of Jeremy’s students is selling T-shirts with proceeds being donated to the Barrett family (con- tact kjdrury@gmail.com to order) and the couple’s previous home rink of Pines Ice Arena in Pembroke Pines, Florida, donated all freestyle session fees collected on May 5 to the Barretts, with other rinks in the area following suit. Lucy is being treated at the Moffitt


Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. Barrett, a 2010 Olympian with pairs partner Caydee Denney, coaches at Florida Hospital Center Ice, in Wesley Chapel, Florida, alongside Silvia Fontana and John Zimmerman.


The seventh annual U.S. Figure Skating National Program Components Camp took place April 21–23 in Strongsville, Ohio, with the support of the Greater Cleveland Council of FSC and OBM Ice Arena. This fun weekend featured on- and off-ice class- es designed to help competitive skaters develop skills and excel in the five program components: skating skills, interpretation of music, composition, transitions and performance. The theme of the camp was “Passport to the Podium.” Each group repre- sented a country and performed to music of their country at the end of the camp. The camp kicked off with an athlete welcome, including a video highlighting this year’s faculty and Team USA athletes as well as a keynote speech by 2016 U.S. champion Adam Rippon. The athletes were inspired after hearing Rippon’s speech and were


Lucy began the first of eight chemo-


therapy cycles in April; updates on her condition are being posted to the Facebook page “Barrett Strong- Teamjl.” Donations can be made on the Go Fund Me page “Help Lucy Fight Leukemia.” “We are taking it day to day, but Lucy is the most positive person,” Jeremy told icenetwork. “Even though she is in extreme pain, she still has a smile on her face. … I wish I could go through this for her instead of watching her in pain, but I have been sleeping at the hospital with her and will not leave her there until we can go home together.”


Instructor Pilar Bosley teaches skating skills at the camp.


enthusiastic about the weekend ahead of them. Other programming included a S.T.A.R.S. combine, IJS educational coaches track, and parents education.


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