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Kiri Baga Senior Debut

February 4th, 2012

Kiri Baga made a very successful senior debut at the 2012 US Figure Skating Championships held in San Jose, CA, January 22-29, 2012.  This was also Kiri’s return to competitive ice after taking about a year off due to injury.  Despite these odds, Kiri scored 50.15 for her short program and 99.23 for her long program, resulting in a personal best with a combined score of 149.38, and finishing in the top 10 Senior Ladies in the United States.  Congratulations, Kiri!

Michelle Hedges Makes National Debut at 2012 US Junior Nationals

January 21st, 2012

 

Michelle Hedges skated in her first national competition December 10 – 14, 2011,  at the US Junior National Figure Skating Championships, which were held in Michigan.  Skating a remarkable long program in the initial round, she qualified for the final round with a score of 53.18, her highest score of the competition season.  In the championship round, Michelle scored 28.33 for her short program, placing her in 14^th, and 49.30 for 16^thplace in her long program, with an overall score of 77.63.

 

Out of 42 Intermediate ladies competing at Junior Nationals, Michelle placed 15^thoverall in the United States as an Intermediate.  Congratulations Michelle, we are so proud of you!  

New Spring Contracts

January 21st, 2012

The spring contracts for a’Xel off ice training and the ice contracts for the FSC of Bloomington have been updated and are available here in the column to the right.  All contracts are due on Monday, January 30th and the new contract period begins on Monday, February 6th, 2012.