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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 22, March 6

                     UD skaters place at nationals
     Seven skaters at UD who competed in the 1997 National
Figure Skating Championships, held Feb. 8-16 in Nashville
earned medals. In all, 36 skaters who train at UD
participated in the competition.
     Three skaters came away with silver medals: McKenzie
Savidge for Senior Ladies Figures, Lauren Hill for Novice
Ladies' Figures and Dan Kuhn for Novice Men's Figures.
     In addition, Tiffany Scott and Philip Dulebohn
received a bronze medal and Laura Handy and Jim Peterson
received a pewter medal, both in the Junior Pairs
competition.
     "All in all, the skaters did very well," Ron
Ludington, world and Olympic figure skating coach and
director of the UD Ice Skating Science Development Center,
said.
     "I think the competition was an overall success,"
strength and conditioning coach Jeff Schneider added.
                                               -Emily Young