Gold at Cornell
UD Collegiate Figure Skating Team opens 2015-16 season with win
8:41 a.m., Dec. 2, 2015--The University of Delaware Collegiate Figure Skating Team (UDFS) traveled to Cornell University before Thanksgiving break to participate in its first competition of the season and came home with the gold medal.
UDFS competed against 24 other schools, including rivals Boston University and Dartmouth University, in over 15 events.
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USFS totaled 137 points, with Boston earning 128 for second place and Dartmouth in third with 109 points.
UD senior Jessica Sugarman described the team’s first competition of the season, saying, “What I loved was how supportive everyone was for their fellow teammates. The UD cheering section is most definitely the loudest, and encouraged me to persevere during my routines.”
UDFS President Beth Kalbach spoke about the Cornell competition, as well. “The first competition of the season always comes with the variables of competing with a new team, and against new freshmen from other schools,” she said. “I was incredibly pleased with how well all of our members skated throughout the weekend, but I was especially proud of our new members who handled the pressure exceptionally well and played a large role in team morale throughout the competition.”
Freshman Aubrie Roszell was excited for her first colligate competition, saying, “Cornell was different from other competitions and I could feel the support from all my teammates which pushed me to compete to the best of my ability.”
Vice President Hannah Kimberly spoke of how close the final point totals were in this competition compared to others and how this will drive UDFS to work even harder this season. “BU and Dartmouth have both gotten much stronger and I feel that how close this competition was will push us more as we prepare for the rest of our season,” she said.
The intercollegiate figure skating season continues Feb. 27-28 when UDFS will travel to Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, to compete.
The UDFS winners for the 2015 Cornell Intercollegiate Competition include:
• Taylor Aruanno: first place, high team maneuvers; first place, junior ladies short; first place, junior ladies championship; second place, preliminary dance group C.
• Amanda Chasten: first place, low team maneuvers.
• Kathleen Criss: first place, high team maneuvers; second place, junior ladies short; second place; junior ladies championship; first place, international dance; fourth place, gold dance.
• Allison Fortney: third place, medium team maneuvers; second place, junior ladies freeskate group B; fifth place novice ladies short.
• Cassandra Jeandell: third place, senior dance group B.
• Jonathan Jerothe: second place, junior men short program; second place, junior men championship freeskate.
• Beth Kalbach: third place, medium team maneuvers; second place, novice ladies freeskate group B; first place, novice ladies freeskate.
• Kayla Nodecker: first place, high team maneuvers; first place, novice dance; fourth place, intermediate dance.
• Rex Lai: second place, juvenile men freeskate.
• Becky Lisac: first place, low team maneuvers; second place, juvenile ladies group C.
• Aubrie Roszell: second place, junior ladies freeskate group A.
• Chloe Roberts: first place, pre-juvenile ladies freeskate; third place, juvenile dance.
• Regina Rubino: first place, low team maneuvers; first place, juvenile ladies group B.
• Janelle Skaden: third place, medium team maneuvers; third place, novice ladies freeskate group A; second place, novice ladies short group B.
• Jessica Sugarman: second place, senior dance group A; first place, junior dance; fifth place, senior ladies test track.
• Courtney Taylor: first place, high team maneuvers; first place, senior ladies short program group B; first place, senior ladies championship; first place, preliminary dance group B; fourth place, juvenile solo dance.
• Kameron Wong: first place, low team maneuvers; second place, gold dance group B.
• Emily Young: first place, low team maneuvers; second place, juvenile ladies group D.
Article by Amelia Ludwick