Winter 2012

Happy New Year!

I celebrated at home in New Hampshire with the third annual Passionately Pink on Ice benefit for the New Hampshire Breast Cancer Coalition and Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

This year's show was held at the Rochester Arena and the cast was AMAZING. The show is also a National Skating Month event with mini lessons for the audience after the show. To learn more about US Figure Skating's National Skating Month, please visit http://www.NationalSkatingMonth.com.

To learn more about Passionately Pink on Ice, visit our new facebook page http://www.facebook.com/PassionatelyPinkOnIce or click here for a quick video of highlights: http://youtu.be/9fv_uE5is3g

Summer 2011

It is wonderful to be back home in New England after an amazing first year at Miami. I kicked off the summer volunteering at the SONH Summer Games followed by a quick trip to NYC to workout with NBC Universal's "Healthy Week" Step-a-Thon in Times Square http://www.healthyatnbcu.com/.

Now the focus is summer training (on ice and off ice) to prepare for the 2012 Season. I am also spending time with my incredible friends, working hard and competing in Miss America local programs to earn as much scholarship money as possible. Happy Summer!

Miami Wins Historic Seventh-Straight National Championship

3/5/11 ONTARIO, Calif.--Golden Girl Betty White may be "Hot in Cleveland" these days, but Miami University's collegiate team--the "Golden Girls" of synchronized skating--have been fire on ice.

Behind a score of 96.16, Miami University's collegiate synchronized skating team made history on Saturday evening at the U.S. National Championships, winning an unprecedented seventh-straight national title and capturing gold for the 13th time in program history.

No synchronized skating team at any level has seized seven straight national titles.

Skating their program to a Brazilian Carnival theme, the RedHawks again dominated their competition, winning the national crown by an 11-point margin among a 12-team field. Miami had a clean skate with no deductions and posted a total element score of 47.13 and a program component score of 49.13. It is the second straight competition where Miami has won by a double-figure margin.

Michigan State finished in second place with a score of 85.17, followed closely by Michigan with a score of 83.96. Western Michigan placed fourth with a score of 79.11, followed by Delaware (73.61), Team Excel (70.86), New Hampshire (68.57), Minnesota (64.30), Wisconsin (62.09), Boston (58.67), Oswego State Ice Effects (56.34) and Maryland (49.19).

Miami's collegiate team completes its season winning three straight competitions.

The RedHawk senior team finished second at the U.S. National Championships later Saturday evening to earn a berth to the ISU World Championships.

http://www.muredhawks.com/sports/w-syncssk/recaps/030511aac.html

Minneapolis

The 2010 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships took place March 3-6 at Mariucci Arena on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis. The Twin Cities Figure Skating Club was the host club of this year's Nationals. Thank you to the LOC and volunteers for a wonderful competition!

Minneapolis is amazing, the Mall of America is AWESOME and the Lexettes finished third in the short and second in the long to earn a Bronze Medal. Congratulations to all of the national competitors - especially Martha, Kylie and Kelly at Miami University http://www.muredhawks.com/sports/w-syncssk/ and the gorgeous Haydenettes who delivered two spectacular performances. I can't wait to cheer them on at Worlds in Colorado Springs!

Kare11 News Clip http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=843344

1 competition + 2 shows + 5 practices = one crazy weekend

Congratulations to the Noreasters http://noreasterssynchro.webs.com/ from the North Atlantic Figure Skating Club in Falmouth, Maine who won the Gold Medal at the New England Challenge Cup at Boston University!

Get Healthy. Get Fit. Get Outdoors. Be a WinterKid!

Please join WinterKids, Ski Maine and Healthy Portland for a day of healthy winter fun on Saturday, February 13th. Don't miss the free ice skating lessons at 2p. For more information visit www.portlandwinterush.com and http://www.winterkids.org/

Glückliches Neujahr!

The first few weeks of 2010 have been amazing!

Traveling to Germany for the Cup of Berlin http://www.teamberlin-1.de/en/cup-of-berlin/2010/ was a once in a lifetime adventure. I had the honor of skating in the Opening Ceremony and The Lexettes won a bronze medal for Team USA!








Exactly one week later, skating at the Dover Arena in the "Passionately Pink on Ice" benefit show for the NH Breast Cancer Coalition.
Up next is mid-year exams, then the 2010 Eastern Sectional Championships. The top four teams advance to the National Championships in Minnesota in March.
Auf Wiedersehen! Kat