UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 15, Page 9
December 16, 1993
Nationals skating send-off in Blue Ice Arena this weekend

     Gala send-offs, featuring performances by the University's top figure
skaters, who are off Jan. 1 to the Nationals, are planned for 6 p.m.,
Saturday, Dec. 18, and 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 19, at the University's Blue
Ice Arena. Tickets are on sale at the arena box office at $10 for adults
and $7 for children 12 and under.
     Competition will be keen at the Nationals to be held in Detroit, but
according to Ron Ludington, director of the University's Ice Skating
Science Development Center and coach, everyone on the team is well prepared
and anxious to go.
     The Nationals are important in the selection of the U.S. Olympic team,
which will travel in February to Norway.
     The following skaters have qualified for the Nationals:

Senior Pairs
     Karen Courtland and Todd Reynolds
     Robin Heckler and Jeff Tilley
     Aimee Offner and Brad Cox
     Tristan Vega and Joel McKeever

Junior Pairs
     Sara Ward and Paul Binnebose
     Lauren Weldon and Jim Peterson
     Nicole Bateson-Rock and Keith Tindall

Senior Dance
     Julia Bikbova and Robert Peal
     Beth Buhl and Gus Dibella
     Gailit Chait and Max Sevostianov
     Cheryl Demkowski and Sean Gales
     Yovanny Durango and Sian Matthews
     Melissa Boney and Gerald Miele

Junior Dance
     Nicole Dumonceux and John Repucci
     Celia Cohen and Shawn Jellse
     Jayna Cronin and Jonathan Nichols
     Carissa Green and Greg Maddalone

Novice Dance
     Christy Moxley and Thomas Gaasbeck
     Barbara Hanley and Charles Glaser

Senior Ladies
     Jeanna Pittman

Junior Ladies
     Chrissa Gossard

Novice Ladies
     Tara Lapinski

Senior Men
     Paul Dulebohn

Figures
     Charles Robel (novice)
     McKenzie Savidge (novice)
                                                  -Sue Swyers Moncure