Intermediate 2016 U.S. SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Superpowers
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Te Skyliners (Te Skating Club of New
York) claimed gold, generating 65.00 points for their “Superheroes” free skate set to music from Candye Kane, Jordin Sparks and Christina Aguil- era.
Coach Pam May said the skaters have been like sponges since the first day of practice. “I feel like this season has been such a great
progression from the beginning of the year — all the changes and all the things we had to do to make the program exactly the way we wanted it by the end of the year,” May said. “Tey did a really great job of learning, and that makes you feel great as a coach.” Te energetic program was highlighted by a
Level 3 intersection and a Level 4 rotating wheel and line.
Sparks, Lucy Potter, Juliette Lipson, Alexandra Miller, Catherine Bab- cock, Kristen Tse, Alyssa Politoski. Not pictured: Nathalie Felton
“Our goal was to come here and to be close as a team, to be out there skating our best, skating the program that we love while having the best season we could have ever asked for,” skater Ange- la Mercurio said. “Tis is an amazing feeling.” Te Capital Ice Chips (Bismark FSC), skat-
ing an Olympic-themed program, took the silver medal with 61.83 points. Tey won Midwestern Sectionals, scoring 73.08 points and improved on their fourth-place finish at the 2015 U.S. Syn- chronized Skating Championships. “I think the ice seems bigger, and coming out of sectionals with that huge score,” coach Re- becca Gallion said of the added pressure at the U.S. Championships. “Tey’ve been doing great with it all week, so I think they skated really well. “Tis summer, I thought that we were go-
Caitlyn Chapey, Raven Vaz, Emma Estrada, Rachel Cortese, Elizabeth Essaid, Mackenzie Robertson, Brayleigh Keefe, Nikka Staron, Mia
Skyliners (l-r): Paige Wilkie, Lisa Asriev, Erika Sipos, Lauren Sallay, Tracy Wang, Madeline Winter, Angela Mercurio, Katelyn Coburn,
ing to have to fight for one of the spots [at U.S. Championships]. I never thought we’d be win- ning sectionals for the third year.” Team Ashburn secured the bronze medal with 60.33 points. It was the first national medal for Team Ashburn. Impressively, the Washington FSC team has
increased its score in each competition, starting with the Boston Classic held in November. Skating to music from A Chorus Line and
Follies, it rebounded for a strong end to its pro- gram after an early fall. “As they moved forward, you could see the confidence building and the facial expressions coming out,” coach Jennifer Cherry said. Teams Elite (Individual member), perform- ing for the first time in the intermediate division, garnered the pewter medal, earning 59.20 points.
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JAY ADEFF/U.S. FIGURE SKATING
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