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Carroll to assist with Team USA mentoring program U.S. Figure Skating and Frank Carroll have entered into an
agreement to provide services and support for U.S. Figure Skating’s performance enhancement and tracking program. “U.S. Figure Skating is excited to have this legendary coach
mentor and share his wealth of knowledge with U.S. Figure Skat- ing’s premier coaches and athletes,” said David Raith, executive di- rector at U.S. Figure Skating. “Frank Carroll’s expertise and services will be available to our elite athletes and coaches as they embark on the next quadrennium.” Carroll’s primary focus will be to mentor U.S. Figure Skating’s
Team USA and International Selection Pool coaches within U.S. Fig- ure Skating’s Athlete High Performance Department. Additionally, Carroll will work with Mitch Moyer, senior director of athlete high performance, on pro- viding programming, including seminars, on- and off-ice demonstrations and educational materials for these coaches and their athletes. “We are confident that, in addition to the resources we already provide to our elite
athletes, Frank Carroll’s insight will be beneficial to Team USA’s athletes and their coaches,” Moyer said. Carroll will continue to coach reigning U.S. champion Gracie Gold and Kazakhstan’s 2014 Olympic bronze medalist Denis Ten.
Single-session tickets on sale for 2015 U.S. Championships
U.S. Figure Skating announced last fall the sale
of single-session tickets for the 2015 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Tickets, starting at $10, are available at the Greensboro Coliseum Box Office, online at
www.northcarolina2015.com or by charge at 1.800.745.3000. The 2015 U.S. Championships are set for Jan.
17–25, 2015, in Greensboro, N.C. Competition and practice will be held at two rinks at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. The event will also feature a FanFest area that will include exhibits, a sheet of ice, autograph sessions and more. FanFest is free and open to the public. All-event and Championship Weekend (sessions 16–21) ticket packages are also
available. Visit
www.northcarolina2015.com or call 919.678.1651 for more information. NBC will air eight hours of live coverage from the U.S. Championships and two addi-
tional hours of the Smucker’s Skating Spectacular, an exhibition featuring the top finishers in each level and discipline. Icenetwork will broadcast live and on-demand coverage to Season Pass subscribers.
A new proposal has been submitted to the Inter-
national Olympic Committee (IOC) to consider the in- clusion of synchronized skating at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The process is largely seen as a first step, but
The Haydenettes celebrate winning their 22nd U.S. title at the 2014 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships.
could help define the requirements needed for syn- chronized skating’s full inclusion in the future. The bid, which was submitted by the ISU, proposes that “nine or 10 teams” consist-
ing of 16 skaters would compete. All would compete in the short program, with six ad- vancing to the free skate. The synchronized skating event would not replace the figure skating team event, which made its debut in Sochi, Russia, at the 2014 Games. The request is in the hands of the IOC’s executive board, which will approve the final 2018 program and athlete quotas next April.
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#WhyNotSynchro?
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