Collegiate 2016 U.S. SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Party town Its “Party in the USA” program turned into
Miami University’s 12th consecutive party atop the collegiate podium as the RedHawks skated to an easy victory. Bedecked in red, white and blue, the RedHawks earned 90.12 points and saw neu- tral or positive grades of execution on every tech- nical element. “I’m so excited, I thought they put out an ex-
cellent performance. Tey went out and attacked every single element and every single movement,” coach Carla DeGirolamo said. “Tey put their heart into and left it all on the ice.” Added senior Rebecca Sievewright, “I’ve won four championships with Miami and this one was the best. We had some results earlier that weren’t what we wanted so it was really pushing ourselves. It’s nice to see it all pay off.” Te program’s concept, which opened with
Neil Diamond’s “Coming to America” and even- tually blasted into Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA,” electrified an already enthusiastic crowd as everyone from parents to masters skaters to ju- venile athletes sang along to at least part of the program. “It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while and I thought it would fit this team well,” DeGirol- amo said of the theme. “It shows our pride for our school but also for our country. It’s something fun and something I haven’t seen too much of before.” Just two hours from their home ice in Ann
Arbor, Michigan, the University of Michigan won a second consecutive silver medal with 86.28 points. Teir Beetlejuice-inspired free skate was a party in its own right with skater Amaya Redondo noting, “Our theme is a Beetlejuice remix so it starts out with classic music then transitions to party pump-up music.”
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RedHawks rock Kalamazoo en route to their 12th consecutive title by RENEE FELTON
Coach Ashley Korn explained that the pro- gram has gone through an evolution through the season and that the team was especially keen to break the 50-point program components score mark (which it did so successfully with 50.57). “We’ve been working a lot on our program
components score and it’s slowly been increasing each competition,” Korn said. “We gave the team a program that had to evolve and they had to play a lot of characters. To see them take on the char- acter and build that, that’s been one of the biggest evolutions.” Te Metroettes, representing colleges and universities in the greater Boston area, met their
Miami University: Top row (l-r) Julianna Mori, Rebecca Sievewright, Anna Webster, Rebeca Serrano, Allyson Klovekorn, Emily Clemente, Sennett Cooke, Hailey Voss, Madison Scott; Middle row (l-r) Megan McDevitt, Anne Marie Misey, Gretchen Jaraczewski, Paige DiToppa, Cheney Lyford; Bottom row (l-r) Michelle
Parece, Linnea Barrett, Jessica Lemchuk, Emma Luckman, Olivia Ferrante
season-long goal of medaling at the U.S. Synchro- nized Championships and took home the bronze medal in a close contest. “At the beginning of the season, it was our goal to be up on the podium,” first-year coach Maikki Merilehto said. “Today, it was for them to have a good skate and really enjoy it. Tat took us to the podium so we’re really happy.” In front of their hometown crowd that in-
clude parents, university faculty, boyfriends, friends, alumni and fellow students, Western Michigan University won the pewter medal with 81.76 points, less than a point off the 82.15-point mark set by the Metroettes.
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