Gold medal start
UD Collegiate Figure Skating Team takes gold in season's first competition
8:38 a.m., Feb. 11, 2015--The University of Delaware Collegiate Figure Skating Team (UDFS) recently traveled to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to participate in its first contest of the season, the 2015 MIT Intercollegiate Competition, and came home with the gold medal.
UDFS competed against over 15 different schools and in more than 25 different events.
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At the end of the weekend, UDFS earned 128 total team points for this competition, securing them the win. Dartmouth College came in second place with 106 points while Boston University earned the bronze medal with 88 points.
Hannah Kimberly, UDFS team president, said that winning the first competition of the season was incredible.
“I really didn’t know what to expect going into this weekend since we have such a new team and we never know what kind of teams the other schools are going to have,” Kimberly said. “However, watching all of our skaters own the ice and skate so well made me so proud to be a part of this team, winning was really just icing on the cake of a fantastic weekend.”
Freshman team member Mallory Metzner commented that this competition experience was the best she’s ever had. “I learned so much from my teammates about how they compete and I also found more confidence in my own skating with the whole team behind me to cheer me on,” Metzner said. “Because my team and my coach believed in me, I ended up believing in myself as well.”
“All of the skaters skated really well,” Kimberly said. “However there were still a lot of points that were left on the table at this competition. There was a lot of room for improvement and I know that, as a team, we will continue to work hard and improve as the season progresses.”
The intercollegiate figure skating season continues Feb. 28-March 1, when UDFS will travel to Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, to compete.
The UDFS winners for the 2015 MIT Intercollegiate Competition include:
- Amanda Chasten: first place, Low Team Maneuvers.
- Kathleen Criss: fourth place, Junior Ladies Short Program; first place, Junior Ladies Freeskate; first place, Gold Solo Dance A; third place, High Team Maneuvers.
- Laura Gettier: first place, Juvenile Ladies Freeskate Group B; first place, Low Team Maneuvers.
- Jonathan Jerothe: second place, Junior Men Short Program; first place, Junior Men Championship Freeskate.
- Beth Kalbach: second place, Novice Ladies Short Program; first place, Novice Ladies Freeskate.
- Hannah Kimberly: second place, Novice Solo Dance Group B; fourth place, Intermediate Solo Dance; first place, Senior Ladies Freeskate Group B; third place, High Team Maneuvers.
- Rex Lai: third place, Juvenile Men Freeskate.
- Amelia Ludwick: first place, Preliminary Ladies Freeskate Group B.
- Mallory Metzner: first place, Juvenile Ladies Freeskate Group A.
- Natalie Motley: first place, Junior Ladies Short Program; first place, Junior Ladies Championship Freeskate; third place, High Team Maneuvers.
- Chloe Roberts: second place, Pre-Juvenile Ladies Freeskate; first place, Low Team Maneuvers.
- Bryan Schaeffer: second place, Juvenile Men Freeskate.
- Shaun Schaeffer: first place, Juvenile Men Freeskate; first place, Senior Solo Dance; first place, Low Team Maneuvers.
- Jacob Schedl: first place, Gold Solo Dance Group B; second place, International Solo Dance; third place, High Team Maneuvers.
- Clara Sherman: first place, Preliminary Solo Dance Group B; first place, Juvenile Solo Dance.
- Rachel Stern: fourth place, Senior Ladies Freeskate Group B.
- Jessica Sugarman: fourth place, Junior Solo Dance.
- Courtney Taylor: second place, Senior Ladies Short Program; first place, Preliminary Solo Dance Group A; third place, Juvenile Solo Dance; third place, High Team Maneuvers.