2016 U.S. SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Senior
2016 World Team: Front row (l-r) Miami’s Sage Kelner, Libby Brooks, Brittan Mariage, Stephanie Fukui, Nicole Vitale, Jamie Sordo; Haydenettes’ Leah Gens, Eliana Roth, Sarah Bayless, Ashley Tomich, Lindsay Grajek, Abigail Goslin; middle row (l-r) Haydenettes’ Eliana Marostica, Amanda Kennedy, Samantha Pearsall, Tessa Hedges, Devin Wang, Sharon Neff, Jordan Alexander; Miami’s Tori Alexander, Callista Vojvodich, Madison Shipman, Jamie Carder, Selena Morris, Sasha Schneider, Erica Steinel; back row (l-r) Miami’s Marié Yamada-Killilea, Lauren Leonesio, Alana Christie, Alyssa Nowak, Lindsey Maynard, Jillian Christie, Cristy Plahy; Haydenettes’ Katey Nyquist, Sarah Checkosky, Whitney Flansburg, Andi Gottfried, Hannah Stodola, River Kynoch, Allison Bailey
pionships. “We’re going to continue to work on our technical elements and make sure we’re getting all the calls,” coach Carla DeGirolamo said. “We need to continue to increase speed and beef up the performance even more.” Te Skyliners (SC of New York) were fourth heading into the free skate, but jumped the Crys- tallettes with a strong program set to music from
Te Mission. Earning 115.65 points in their free skate,
the Skyliners took the bronze medal for the sec- ond straight year, finishing with 169.47 points. “We missed a couple of key things we have
been working on but that’s part of sport,” coach Josh Babb said. “Te overall performance was there tonight so I was excited about that.” Skater Jillian Longo was proud of how far
the team has come this season. “Tis week we accomplished two clean
skates, which we haven’t done all season,” Longo said. “Coming into this competition, we wanted to focus on ourselves and have the best skates we could have. What matters is the feeling that we get when we hit our ending pose.” Te Crystallettes (Dearborn FSC) took
fourth place with 166.96 points. SKATING 19
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