NEWSLETTER

November 2014/ December 2014/ January 2015

MFSCH Board of Directors What’s Inside: President ~ Linda Flynn Audits/Compliance ~ Milly Chan Page 2- ~Regionals and Sectionals Test Chair ~ Lena Nguyen ~Countdown to Nationals Treasurer ~ Dale Engberg Secretary ~ Jessie Chan Page 3- ~Go Figure Membership Chair ~ Chieu Foo ~Coach’s Corner Fundraising Chair ~ Karen Rueve Members at Large ~ Jessica Zhao ~Gold Medal Toned and Pamela Munroe MFSCH Coaching Committee Page 4- ~Nov.-Jan. Birthdays Coach Representatives ~ ~International Skating Events Nicole Nichols, Roman Zaretsky Rink Representative ~ Alexey Page 5&6- ~ on Ice Gruber Newsletter Editor -In-Chief/Skater Page 7- ~HITS Representative ~ Jessie Chan Newsletter Editor ~ Mia Mayerhofer

Contact us at: [email protected] Visit our website: memorialfsch.org 1 Regionals and Countdown to Sectionals Nationals

MFSCH would like to congratulate The 2015 Prudential U.S. Figure and thank all of our members who Skating Championships (Nationals) competed in the 2015 Southwestern takes place on January 17-25 at the Regional Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Championships and the 2015 Greensboro, North Carolina. Some Midwestern Sectional of our MFSCH members have Championships! The following qualified at sectionals to compete skaters who competed did an at Nationals! MFSCH wishes the best amazing job: of luck to the following members competing:  Byrdee Darling  Byrdee Darling  Cricket Darling  Cricket Darling  Mikayla Forbes  Racer Rodriguez-Avellan  Olivia Jaschke  Rebel Rodriguez-Avellan  Racer Rodriguez-Avellan  Benjamin Shou  Rebel Rodriguez-Avellan

 Benjamin Shou

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Here are some fun facts about figure Skating requires hard work. To be the skating and the Olympics: best skater you can be, you must train

 Figure skating was the first winter both on the ice and off the ice. Here is sport included in the a workout drill that will give you the when it appeared at the 1908 muscles of an Olympian! Olympics in London. Power Skips:  The most difficult jump Area of Target: Power performed at the Olympics was a A. Step onto the right foot, bending at single axel (1.5 rotations). Her skate the ankle, knee and hip. At the same consisted of all single jumps. She won time, pull your arms back along side your gold medals in 1928, 1932, and 1936. body.

is the most decorated B. As you jump, rapidly pull both arms for- ward as in an , lifting the left figure skater in the history of the sport knee at the same time. with 9 world medals, 9 U.S. titles, and C. The movement is repeated on the 2 Olympic medals. other side. D. Be concerned with the upward move- Coach’s Corner ment-not the forward movement of the skipping. Question: How long should I warm up E. Be aware that the landing is soft, land before I get on the ice and what should toe, ball, heel and knee bend. I do in my warm-up? F. The landing is the preparation for the next jump. Answer: Your off-ice warm-up should include jogging, jump rope, some Perform three to four sets, of 8-10 skips, rest one to two minutes between each rotational jumping exercises, and set. stretching. A warm-up should take about 5-15 minutes or until you need to take your jacket off.

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November: The 2014–15 International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of senior Emily Mayerhofer~ 11/04 international figure skating competitions in the 2014–15 season, namely, , Vanessa Pham~ 11/05 , , Rostelecom Mikayla Forbes~ 11/09 Cup of , Trophee Bompard in France, and NHK Trophy in Japan. Medals were Isabel Nguyen~ 11/11 awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, , and ice dancing. Gabriela Escalona~ 11/15 Skaters earned points based on their Annabel Shen~ 11/21 placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the December: Grand Prix Final, held in , Spain. While of Japan took the men’s Brendan Siswanto~ 12/20 title and of Russia Paris Cudini~ 12/27 fought her way to gold in the ladies’ event, it was two Canadian duos that came out on January: top in the pairs and dance competitions: / and Kaitlyn Layla Munroe~ 1/6 Weaver/. The American Alexandra Szeto-Joe~ 1/8 dancers, and , won at Skate America and Caroline Harper~ 1/25 of Russia and placed second in the final. American shined brightly with Megan Ellis~ 1/30 her new free skate to the soundtrack of Olivia Jaschke~ 1/30 Moulin Rouge and pulled ahead of Russia’s and Julia Lipnitskaia and Japan’s . She earned a bronze medal for the second year in a row and proved that at 23, she remains a formidable competitor in the ladies’ field. earned bronze at Skate America and gold at NHK Trophy; however, she withdrew from the GP final due to a stress fracture in her foot. Will she get well in time for the U.S. Nationals January 17 – 25, 2015? Remember that you can register to watch all of the exciting figure skating events and get all the latest news and results on icenetwork.com!

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HITS (Houston Ice Theatre Skaters) is a junior level theatre on ice team. Theater on Ice is a form of competitive figure skating that combines the grace of figure skating with the excitement of theater and dance. Featuring skaters ranging in ages 8 to 18, HITS has been competing since 2003 in national level Theatre on Ice competitions. In the Nutcracker On Ice 2014 at Ice Skate USA, the HITS skaters performed a fantastic number entitled “Skating on a Pond”.

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