Utah Figure Skating Club

Previously Featured Utah Figure Skaters of the Month

Kristina Struthwolf   Level: Senior     Coach: Kris Sherard    How I Started Skating:  After watching Kristi Yamaguchi in the Olympics at age 4, I begged my parents to let me start skating until I was 7, when I received skating lessons for my birthday.   Favorite Skater: Kristi Yamaguchi   Favorite Thing About Skating: Everything! I absolutely love to perform.   Least Favorite Thing About Skating: Injuries   Skating Goals: In competition, my goal is not to win a medal, but to skate a clean program and to do my personal best, and to have FUN!   What Else to Know About Me:  My favorite color is bright, electric blue. I collect platypuses. I have a parrot named Lenny that I have taught to do a spiral and I love to travel; I have traveled out-of-state over 100 times for both skating and family vacations and have competed in Europe three times.  I also skated in the 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremonies.

Rachel White   Level: Junior      Coach: Stephanee Grosscup, Jozef Sabovcik, Keith Munden    How I Started Skating: I went public skating with my family and absolutely loved it!  For my seventh birthday, my grandparents bought me ice skates and skating lessons.     Favorite Skater: Yevgeney Plushenko   Favorite Thing About Skating: I love the thrill of performing in front of an audience! Least Favorite Thing About Skating: Bad performances.   Skating Goals: To qualify for the US National Championships.  I also want to get the rest of my triples consistent.   What Else to Know About Me:  I am a junior at Davis High School.  I absolutely LOVE to travel! I have been to Europe twice, once to compete in Switzerland.  I have qualified for Sectionals twice and last year I was the alternate for Nationals.  I also play the piano.

Anna Sophia Rorrer Warren Level: High Free Skate   Coach: Joleen Goodfellow, Keith Munden    How I Started Skating: I started skating when I was three and a half years old in lessons with Joleen. I wanted to skate since the first time I saw Disney on Ice when I was two.   Favorite Skater: Sasha Cohen   Favorite Thing About Skating: My favorite things about skating are always learning new jumps and spins, competing because I like doing my best, my coach Joleen, and making good friends.   Least Favorite Thing About Skating: My least favorite thing about skating is when I fall really hard.   Skating Goals: My skating goals are to do my best and have fun. Also, right now I am working to get my sit spin, lutz, and camel spin and to keep my arms up while I am doing my crossovers.   What Else to Know About Me:  I enjoy reading, swimming, going to the beach, and horseback riding. I have learned how to surf, gone swimming with the dolphins, and dog sledding. I love to travel and have visited places like Maui, Jackson Hole, Disney World, and Maine.

Roberta Capron & Terri Lyn Sorenson Roberta and Terri Lyn have been selected to compete in the Special Olympics Invitational held February 25-28, 2008 in Boise, Idaho. These games are a "dress rehearsal" for the Winter World Games to be held in Idaho during 2009. Roberta Capron   Level: Special Olympics          Coach: Kathy Valburg   How I started skating: When I was in elementary school our teacher took us ice skating once a week for our P. E. class and I loved it.   Favorite skater: Kristi Yamaguchi   Favorite thing about skating: I love to wear the pretty costumes and to perform, it is so much fun.   Least favorite thing about skating: falling down   Skating goals: I want to master a waltz jump and to do my very best each time I skate.   What else to know about me: I started skating when I was 8 years old.  I have won a trip to Internationals Special Olympics in Canada.  My favorite color is pink. I love to go on trips with my family and I am taking sewing  and cooking lessons. Terri Lyn Sorenson   Level: Special OlympicsII     Coach: Jolene Goodfellow   How I started skating: Meadowbrook Elementary Special Ed classes came to the rink to learn about skating.   Favorite skater: Kristi Yamaguchi   Favorite thing about skating: I love to spin, do the lunge and meeting famous skating celebrities through Special Olympics.   Least favorite thing about skating: Practice and falling down.   Skating goals: I want to master a waltz jump.   What else to know about me:  I love to read, dance, play the piano and be with my friends.

Brianna Barmore Level: Novice         Coach: Kris Sherard   How I started skating: When I was 6 I was watching skating on TV and told my mom I wanted to be just like the girls on TV.  So I started skating with the Learn to Skate program at Acord.   Favorite skater: I don’t really know if I have a favorite.  I admire all the skaters who are involved in charity work, who use their stardom to help others. But I would have to say Scott Hamilton. I have met him a couple of times and he has been really nice. He has done so much for figure skating both on and off the ice. Even when he fought cancer he cared about other people. Recipient of the "2005 Distinguished Achievement Award" Octoberfest. Favorite thing about skating: I love doing new and different things. I like to "break out of the box." But all in all I love doing just about everything! I am learning to do Death Drops and I think they are way cool. And I love to jump!   Least favorite thing about skating: I don’t like falling, but then who does?! Oh, and moves in the field (but don’t tell Kris!)   Skating goals: To pass my junior and senior levels! (and yes the moves in the field). I would like to be a coach some day; helping to shape the lives of other people is important through hard work and dedication to whatever it is they want to be.   What else to know about me: I am a sophomore at Tooele High School. I love to read Manga books.  I love hanging with friends! I hope to go to Japan some day. I have one wall that has all Japanese stuff on it. I have 2 older brothers, an older sister & brother-in-law and 2 nephews & 1 niece.

Raylynn Edwards   Level: Pre-Juvenile            Coach: Kathy Valburg   How I started skating: My grandma and grandpa took me to the skating rink and I told them I wanted to do ice skating, and they signed me up for Learn to Skate.   Favorite skater: Where do I start? I have so many. I like Kristi Yamaguchi, Sasha Cohen, Sara Hughes, Michelle Kwan, and one of my other favorite skaters, Kristina Struthwolf. Favorite thing about skating: Everything!!!! I love skating.   Least favorite thing about skating: I love skating, but I really don't like competing. It's not my favorite thing so I don't do it too much, and injuries.   Skating goals: To try my hardest and have lots of fun and be the best I can be at skating.   What else to know about me: I love music. I play the guitar. I have an electric and two acoustic. I have two dogs and a bird. I love to go skating on the public sessions and teach the little kids how to skate.

Kelsey Stone Level: Novice   Coach: Holly Cook Tanner   How I started skating: Well, when Nationals came to Utah in 1999, my family somehow managed to get tickets to a practice ice for women's short. Seeing figure skating so close made my parents think it would be fun for us to learn how to skate. So they put us in basic skills and we all loved skating so much my parents put all of us in private lessons.   Favorite skater: I have had many favorite skaters over the years. Some of them have been Irina Slutskaya and Alexei Yagudin. I also got the special chance of flower sweeping for Alexei Yagudin when he won the gold in the Olympics in 2002.   Favorite thing about skating: Well, I love skating all around, but if I were to pick some things, I would pick jumping and performing. I love jumping and challenging myself with harder jumps, and I just love performing!   Least favorite thing about skating: Hmm... that's a hard one, but if I had to choose, it would probably be moves.   Skating goals:  I have always had the goal in skating to just have fun and never quit. But another goal I have is to finish all my tests up to gold level.   What else to know about me: Well, I attend the University of Utah, where I am majoring in Exercise and Sport Science. I also love to teach skating and Pilates.

Amy Dursteler Level: Intermediate   Coach: Kris Sherard and Tiffany Kennard   How I started skating: My sister and I both liked skating just for fun so we asked our parents if we could take group lessons. I was almost 11 when I started taking lessons at Polar Ice in Peoria, Arizona. I started taking private lessons and then competing a couple years later and I moved to Utah when I was 14. Favorite skater: I love watching skating on the television; my favorite ladies skaters to watch are Mao Asada, Yu Na Kim, and Mirai Nagasu. My favorite men’s skaters are Brian Joubert and Stephane Lambiel and my favorite ice dancers are Meryl Davis/Charlie White, Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, and Tanith Belbin/Ben Agosto.   Favorite thing about skating: I love everything about skating, but my favorite things to practice are jumps.   Least favorite thing about skating: Injuries and bad performances.   Skating goals:  To skate my best in competition and to improve as much as I can.   What else to know about me: I am a junior at Davis High School and I have a 3.9 GPA. I also love music, drawing, and playing the guitar.

Paige Hepworth Level: Intermediate   Coach: Holly Tanner   How I started skating: My sister and I both moved here from Indiana and started Learn to Skate together. She did not like it as much because her butt would be in pain. I always felt amazing and was so excited to get on the ice and so I kept going. When my first competition came I got first place and that is when I really started to love this sport and I will never forget that feeling.   Favorite skater: I love watching Kristi Yamaguchi. But I just love watching skating in general. I really don't have a favorite.    Favorite thing about skating: My favorite thing about ice skating has to be the jumps because it feels like you are flying in the air. And the feeling of landing a new jump after all the falls.   Least favorite thing about skating: Bad performances because you feel so disappointed and that you could have done better.    Skating goals:  To catch up on all my jumps and to do well in my performances.   What else to know about me: I am in eighth grade at Bountiful Junior High. I love to draw, color, and eat. The other sport that I am passionate about is volleyball. And I love hanging out with my friends. They make me laugh.

Madeline White Level: Pre Juvenile   Coach: Stephanie Grosscup & Keith Munden   How I started skating: Well, my sister, Rachel White, started because our grandma used to skate, and then after the Olympics in 2002 I finally convinced them to start me up skating. Now me and my sister, Rachel, skate almost every day.   Favorite skater: Well, I don't really know. I have too many...Well, I really like Marai Nagasu and I happen to be a huge fan of Johnny Weir.   Favorite thing about skating: Well, I really like the jumps and just getting to meet new people. I have made lots of friends from different cities and that has been awesome.   Least favorite thing about skating: Well, for one thing I really don't like falling. I know nobody does, but that is pretty much all that I don't like.    Skating goals:  Well, for every session I skate, one of my goals is to run through two programs at least and do my combo spin five times. By the end of the year I would like to have all of my doubles (not including double axel) and all of my combos. My skating goals for the future are making it to Junior Nationals or Nationals.   What else to know about me: I am going into 8th grade and I have been skating for six years. I love to sing and dance and hang out with friends.

Karen Valcarce Level: Preliminary   Coach:  Holly Tanner, Tiffany Kennard, Jozef Sabovcik, and Keith Munden   How I started skating: When I was 6, I started Learn-to-Skate while I was waiting for the soccer season to start. When it was time for soccer, I begged and begged my mom to let me keep skating.    Favorite skater: Michelle Kwan and Kimmie Meissner   Favorite thing about skating: Everything! But I really like doing jumps.   Least favorite thing about skating: Falling (of course!) and bad performances.    Skating goals:  To get all of my doubles (not including double axel) by the end of the year and to some time in the future make it to the Olympics.   What else to know about me: I am a straight A student in the Spectrum program at Valley View Elementary. I LOVE golf; my favorite golfer is Annika Sorenstam.  I enjoy reading, shopping, skiing, and snowboarding. I also have a dog named Suzzie and a cat named Floyd.

Kelsey Willden   Level: Senior   Coach:  Kris Sherard, Tiffany Kennard, Holly Tanner   How I started skating: My mom was always putting me and my brothers in classes of some sort. When I was 10 she put me into Learn-to-Skate classes at the Rec. Center. I guess it just kind of stuck. I fell in love with the sport immediately!    Favorite skater: Well, I admit I used to have the BIGGEST crush on Todd Eldredge, but then I turned 15! I have always loved and admired Michelle Kwan. No one like her will ever grace our sport again. She has shown more endurance, strength, and beauty than any other skater. I will also admit that I love Kurt Browning for his contribution of humor to our sport.   Favorite thing about skating: I love that I can completely be myself. When I perform I can show my personality, and have fun doing what I love to do! I love that skating is unique. It takes a determined and ambitious person to excel at skating! When I was at the U.S. National Collegiates, I wasn't completely prepared, but I was determined enough to skate a strong long program. I did, and I ended up getting the bronze!   Least favorite thing about skating: I always hated when I was completely prepared for a competition and I didn't perform my very best. It was always such a let down. It made me realize that I have to work that much harder and always push myself.   Skating goals:  My coaches and my family helped me get to the Senior Level in both Moves and Freestyle, and that was one big goal for me. My goals now are to keep performing in shows, and continue to coach skating. I am a staff coach at the Ogden Ice Sheet, and I love teaching my students the same sport that I have loved all my life!   What else to know about me: I was raised in Centerville, Utah. I have 6 older brothers! I am the youngest and the only girl in my family. I am currently attending Utah State University. I am a senior this year and will be graduating with a degree in Elementary Education. I love anything outdoors. I love rock climbing, boating, taking walks, hiking, and being at m y cabin. I love food! Especially Chocolate.

Kelsie Jarvis Level: Pre Preliminary   Coach:  Joleen Goodfellow, Keith Munden   How I started skating: I came to a Learn to Skate with my nephew and fell in love with skating.   Favorite skater: Kristi Yamaguchi   Favorite thing about skating: I love competing! It is lots of fun. I also love the friendships I have made. Just getting out there and doing my best and having fun, of course!   Least favorite thing about skating: Falling and bad performances   Skating goals:  To get my axel   What else to know about me: I have three nephews and one niece, three older brothers and two sisters-in-law. I like to shop and go boating. I love to go on vacation and be pampered. I am in 5th grade and I have a dog named Scooby.

Keith Munden Level: I am a coach of all disciplines!   Coach:  I was a student of Stewart and Christi Sturgeon   How I started skating: After watching the 1988 Olympics, my sister was excited about taking skating lessons. She signed up for Learn to Skate and after classes my mom and I would practice on the public sessions after her class. I began classes on the next session, skipping Basic 1 and started with Basic 2. I loved having my mom and my sister practice with me on public sessions. I was hooked and never looked back.   Favorite skater: Jozef Sabovcik, Michelle Kwan   Favorite thing about skating: I love the hard work and the feeling of accomplishment each day as I could see my hard work paying off. As a coach nothing pleases me more than to teach my students and watch them accomplish the same things I have done. It feels just as satisfying as doing it yourself.   Least favorite thing about skating: I hate the nerves before a competition or a show. I still get butterflies to this day when I am going to perform. Although it has taken awhile, this is getting better. I think I have learned to control these feelings.   Skating goals:  I am currently working on my International Dance Medal. I have 8 dances to go. I also want to finish my free dance test.   What else to know about me: I am a quadruple medalist in Moves in the Field, Freestyle, Dance, and Pairs. I was a competitor for 15 years in pairs and singles. I was a national competitor in the 2002 U.S. Championships and North American Challenge Skate International Competition. I have been in many different skating perrformances including the Opening Ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics. I am currently a full-time student at the University of Utah.

Kristin Gulley   Level: Adult Gold/ I have passed Juvenile Moves in the Field/Freestyle   Coach:  Tiffany Kennard   How I started skating: I signed up for a skating instead of gym class in 7th grade at Cottonwood Heights skating rink.   Favorite skater: Kristina Struthwolf, Tara Lipinski, Michelle Kwan   Favorite thing about skating: JUMPING! JUMPING! JUMPING! and spinning too. I also love to teach my nieces skating!   Least favorite thing about skating: Obviously the falling part! As I am getting older, I tend to fall a little harder.   Skating goals:  I would like to medal at Adult Sectionals in Las Vegas Nevada February 2009. Also, I would LOVE to be consistant on my jumps and get a double flip/ double toe loop.   What else to know about me: I am a Registered Nurse at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden. I have been an RN for over 5 years and work in Surgical Services mostly in Recovery. I have been married to my husband John (who is a firefighter/paramedic for Unified Fire Dept) for 9 years and counting. I don't have any kids yet but I have 2 weimaraner dogs, Kona and Rex. I volunteer to play piano at McKay Dee Hospital Monday mornings. I also enjoy playing the cello. I have some skating videos when I took my Juvenile Freestyle test in Aspen, Colorado when I attended Aspen Adult Skating Week 8-8-08. Go to www.youtube.com and search KGemergency! You can check out my cute dogs too!

Chloe Kelson-Packer Level: Pre-Juvenile   Coach:  Kathy Valburg   How I started skating: When I was around four, I desperately wanted to go ice skating and, finally, on my fifth birthday, my parents said they'd take me and some friends to the rink. But, when we got there, I chickened out and refused to get on the ice. As a result, my mom got mad and signed me up for lessons and literally forced me to skate!   Favorite skater: Kristi Yamaguchi   Favorite thing about skating: Jumping, I suppose. Although I have issues with some of my jumps, I think that it is still fun.   Least favorite thing about skating: Being graceful. I have a hard time making myself appear to be graceful. I think it's hard, and it's not something that comes naturally to me.   Skating goals:  I just want to get as far as I can. Just trying my hardest is enough for me.   What else to know about me: In my spare time I enjoy reading, writing, drawing, playing video games, watching movies, messing around on my computer, and hanging out with my friends. I really like traveling, and hope that someday I can tour all of Europe and visit a few select countries in Asia. I also really like music, and have played the viola for around four years now. My favorite bands are Versailles, Ali Project, and Ancafe. Oh, I guess I should mention that I am extremely fond of Japanese media in most, if not all, of its forms. I am currently in 9th grade and have lived in Utah all my life.

Emma Doenges Level: Pre-Preliminary   Coach:  Joleen Goodfellow   How I started skating: My mom wanted me to find something to do after school and she was just listing different sports and activities and when she said skating I thought that it sounded like fun.   Favorite skater: Michelle Kwan   Favorite thing about skating: The way you feel like you are flying when you step out onto the ice.   Least favorite thing about skating: Falling   Skating goals: Nationals and the Olympics would be fun, but right now I just want to get back out on the ice and get my axel.   What else to know about me: I am a straight A student. I love to sing and act and I am taking singing lessons now. I have epilepsy and I hope I can get other kids that have epilepsy to not be afraid to skate.

Katherine Deneris Level: Pre-Juvenile Coach:  Kris Sherard and Tiffany Kennard How I started skating: Well, I started out as a swimmer. When I was about six, they asked me if I wanted to join the swim team. I decided that I was through with swimming, and I wanted to start skating instead. Favorite skater: I don't really have a favorite skater..... Favorite thing about skating: Everything! (Except moves.....) Least favorite thing about skating: Falling, and moves Skating goals:  Land double flip by June and double loop before school starts next year. What else to know about me: I am 12 years old and go to Milcreek Junior High. I love to hang out with my friends at every chance I get. Some of my other hobbies are: snowboarding, golf, reading, Greek dancing, playing the viola, and the electric guitar.

Cole Kelson-Packer Level: Pre-Preliminay Coach:  Kathy Valburg and Keith Munden How I started skating: My sister skated and we were at the rink a lot. I wanted to skate when I was four, but my mom made me wait until I was six. She put me in Learn to Skate. After the first lesson I told my mom I wanted private lessons, so I started with Kathy. Favorite skater: Skating is to "do" not to watch! Favorite thing about skating: Getting off the ice when I've skated my best. Least favorite thing about skating: Getting on the ice. Skating goals:  Working on my axel and passing preliminary test.  What else to know about me: I like to build with Legos. My mom drives me nuts. I have two cats. One is very fat. I play soccer. I watch "The Colbert Report" almost every night. I'm glad school is over for the year. I like doughnuts.

Sarah Jeanne Lyle Level: Juvenile Coach:  Holly Cook Tanner How I started skating: I tried lots of different things but they didn't feel right, so my parents decided to put me in skating and I fell in love with it the moment I stepped on the ice. Favorite skater: Michelle Kwan Favorite thing about skating: Competitions, my double axel, and being able to do something I couldn't before. Least favorite thing about skating: Getting frustrated with myself and not being able to do my best. Skating goals:  To land my double axel and to make it past Regionals. What else to know about me: I am home schooled. I love to read, draw, and I really like plants. My favorite color is purple and I love to make Indian bead art.

Victoria Jones Level: Preliminary Coach:  Kris Sherard & Tiffany Kennard How I started skating: I started Learn-to-Skate when I was three, because my sister Audree was skating. Since I was at the rink with her, my mom put me in Learn-to-Skate. Favorite skater: Emily Hughes Favorite thing about skating: I like to spin and get dizzy. Least favorite thing about skating: I do not like to fall. It hurts. Skating goals:  Continue to have fun and progress. What else to know about me: I am the youngest in my family. I have two brothers and one sister. I like to go to school and be active. I like to smile, laugh, and have a good time. Summer skating is my favorite; I love ladders and stroking. The more the speed the better.

Kylie Eliason Level: Preliminary Coach:  Joleen Goodfellow & Jozef Sabovcik How I started skating: The first ice skater I saw was Belle in the Disney movie "Beauty and The Beast." I wanted to be like her and my mom put me in "Learn to Skate" when I was 3 years old.  Favorite skater: Sasha Cohen and Jumpin' Jozef Sabovcik Favorite thing about skating: Jumping as high as I can and feeling like I am flying! I also love the challenge of learning something new and then getting good at it. Least favorite thing about skating: Falling, bruises, and crying!! Skating goals:  I would love to make it to Nationals one day; but if not, at least have fun trying to get there! What else to know about me: I speak fluent French and love to visit my family members in France. I love to dance, play with my little sister Brittnie, and eat as much chocolate and ice cream as I can.

Kelli Thompson Level: Preliminary Coach:  Holly C. Tanner, Rachelle Buckner, & Keith Munden How I started skating: One New Year's Day my family went skating. I was really bad. That's when I asked for lessons.  Favorite skater: I don't really have one.  Favorite thing about skating: I love to jump!!! I also enjoy competing. Least favorite thing about skating: That I have to miss school from time to time..... Skating goals:  Get as good as I can and always have fun... What else to know about me: My favorite animal is "The Pig", as if you didn't know. I love School, Books, Fettuccini, Utah Football,and watching 24 with my Family.

MayLyn Passey Level: Pre-Preliminary Coach:  Kathy Valburg How I started skating: I started on July 24th at age 5. My interest in skating began by watching "Snowden on Ice" with Ekaterina Gordeeva. I was hooked on skating....my mom signed me up for lessons quickly and I was very happy. Favorite skater: Ekaterina Gordeeva, Kristi Yamaguchi, Oksana Baiul, Jumping Jozef, Nancy Kerrigan, Karyn Kadavy, Kimmie Meisner, Yuna Kim, Rachael White, Kristina Struthwolf, Janet Lynn, Yuka Sato, Elizabeth Manley, Katarina Witt, Sonja Henie, Dorothy Hamill, and many more  Favorite thing about skating: Everything!!! Least favorite thing about skating: Not progressing and being down on myself and seeing someone do a move that I cannot do yet. Skating goals:  Landing a triple axel and a quad jump! and becoming professional. What else to know about me: I'm a ballet dancer at Davis Dance Academy. I enjoy writing and Weird Al Yankovic and ebay. I hate school and getting up early; I'd rather ice skate. I also enjoy Vanna White and watching the Wheel of Fortune with my dad. I love taking care of handicapped children. I have two cats, Kaley and Sundayna, that I love so dearly. I love my life and I will always skate because it's my passion.

Sydnie Tucker Level: Pre-Preliminary Coach:  Tiffany Kennard How I started skating: I wanted to try something new and I thought ice skating would be fun. Favorite skater: Sasha Cohen, Michelle Kwan, Kimmie Meisner  Favorite thing about skating: That it has a lot of variety, like singles, pairs, and group performances. I like learning programs (especially spinning) and making good friends. Least favorite thing about skating: Left forward crossovers. I hate it when skaters get so competitive that they can't have fun. Skating goals:  Perfect my doughnut spin and Beilman spin. What else to know about me: I love working with little kids. I am looking forward to getting my driver's license this month. I like listening to music, reading, and animals. I love my little sister and my mom and dad.

Maddisen Daneluk Level: Pre-Preliminary Coach:  Tiffany Kennard and Kris Sherard How I started skating: My family and I went to the opening of the Salt Lake Winter Games. We saw some girls skating as ice crystals and they talked to me. They said to watch for them, so I did. Ever since, I wanted to skate. Favorite skater: Kristi Yamaguchi, Michelle Kwan, Meryl Davis and Charlie White  Favorite thing about skating: There are a lot of things I like about skating. I can't really choose one. Least favorite thing about skating: The competition. Skating goals:  to land my axel and double salchow, and keep my camel and layback spin perfect. What else to know about me: I am thirteen. I love to read and write. I also like to hang out with my friends. I was a member of the Ice Angelzz synchronized team for two years.

Josie Tucker Level: Preliminary Coach:  Tiffany Kennard How I started skating: My mom suggested that I try skating.  Favorite skater: Evan Lysacek  Favorite thing about skating: I like everything--music, performing in shows, jumps, spins!. Least favorite thing about skating: Falling, getting hurt. Skating goals:  To have fun and do the best I can do!. What else to know about me: I am the youngest in my family. I have a sister who skates, too. I enjoy soccer, cheer and playing the flute. I am in the 8th grade.

Baya Bennett Level: Preliminary Coach:  Kris Sherard  How I started skating: By watching the movie "Ice Princess". I didn't want to do any other activities because skating was all I wanted to do.   Favorite skater: Sasha Cohen  Favorite thing about skating: Shows, jumps, and spins. Least favorite thing about skating: ? Skating goals:  To work hard in everything I do. What else to know about me: I landed my axel in two practice days!

Cassandra Harris Level: Non-Test Coach:  Tiffany Kennard  How I started skating: After seeing Disney on Ice, I begged Mom for 2 years.  I started Learn to Skate and saw the synchro team practicing and knew that I wanted to do that some day.   Favorite skater: Michelle Kwan (always smiling and is so graceful) Favorite thing about skating: Tiffany Kennard, synchronized ice skating team (love you guys!), guest performing with synchro, ice shows, sit spins, and flip jumps. Least favorite thing about skating: having a bad practice session. Skating goals:  Join a college synchro team, on scholarship, and go to the World Championships What else to know about me:  I was a soprano soloist with an adult choir when I was 8.  I play the piano by ear.  I have won the Reflections Contest for my school every year since 2nd grade in dance choreography.  I am extremely friendly and I LOVE people!

Tiffany Paige Sharp Level: Non-Test Coach:  Tiffany Kennard  How I started skating: I wanted to go so bad after watching "Ice Princess" and when I finally came down my first time and LOVED IT!  I started meeting people down here at SDRC when I came down skating with my mom and I got into Learn-To-Skate. And then signed up with The Synchro team "Ice Extravaganza"! Skating is in my family and comes very natural to me, my mom skates and her cousin used to be a figure skating coach!    Favorite skater: Michelle Kwan, She is very pretty, and an awesome skater. She is someone I look up to and would like to be able to do some of the stuff she can do. Favorite thing about skating: Learning all the new moves. I love doing spins and getting really DiZzY!!!  I love meeting all of the people too, I have made alot of really good friends down here that skate! Least favorite thing about skating: When I fall down and hurt myself. Skating goals:  I want to learn how to do an axel, and I would love to one day do a solo! What else to know about me:  I am 11 years old my nickname is Tiffy Bug.  I have been skating for almost 3 years, I have done two Christmas shows, and two spring shows, and competed in the 2010 Copper Cup and we won GOLD! And we also got invited to the Accord Ice center for the Skating with the Stars show! I also love skating cause I get to wear really pretty dresses, and I love that I get going really fast out on the ice! I love animals, I have 2 dogs, Yoda (pug) and Fizzgig (pekingnese). I live in Layton and will be going into the 6th grade next year, I love spending time with all of my family and friends! And I love spending time skating!!!

Paige Preece Level: Pre-Preliminary Coach:  Tiffany Kennard  How I started skating: After I had an ice skating birthday party I begged my mom for lessons.  A year later she finally enrolled me in Learn to Skate.  I started in 2nd grade.    Favorite skater: Kristina Struthwolf.  She is always so kind to everyone and fun to watch. Favorite thing about skating: My coach and learning new things.  I also love power stroking. Least Favorite thing: I love it all! Least favorite thing about skating: I love it all! Skating goals:  To land my axel ASAP!! What else to know about me:  I am the youngest of 6 kids.  I am an aunt to 3 year old Caydence and her “soon to be” baby brother.  I love listening to music, singing, painting nails, styling hair and being with my friends.