Miami Synchronized Skating Teams Sweep Midwestern Championships
1/29/2006 12:00:00 AM | Synchronized Skating
Jan. 29, 2006
FRASER, Mich.--The Miami University senior and collegiate synchronized skating teams completed a sweep at the Midwestern Synchronized Skating Championships in Fraser, Mich., as the senior team posted the nation's highest overall score this year and the collegiate team claimed seven first-place and two second-place ordinals.
The senior team, which owned a lead of 14.13 points after the short program, dominated its competition in the long program posting a score of 104.38 - 19.13 points ahead of the second-place Crystallettes. The RedHawks combined score from the short and long program, finished ahead of the Crystallettes (134.56), Western Michigan (110.08) and Hockettes (91.36). This is the senior team's fourth straight title at the Midwestern Championships.
"Overall I am very happy with how the team performed this weekend," proclaimed head coach Vicki Korn. "I think our score really reflects the type of focus and effort our team had. It is the top score in the nation this season. One of the keys to our success this weekend came from how the team carried the character of the program and showed it to the crowd and the judges."
The collegiate team, making its firs t-ever scoring appearance at the event, was not to be outdone. The team faced off against it biggest rivals - Western Michigan and Michigan - and brought home seven first-place ordinals to wrap up first among 11 teams.
"We skated our program very well," said collegiate coach Heather Paige. "The way our team skated did the program justice. Their preparation for this event was through the roof. I can't ask for much more flash and execution than that from a program call `Vegas'.
2006 Midwestern Synchronized Championships
Senior Final Results
Jan. 29, 2006 - Fraser, Mich.
Pl. Name Short Long Total Score
1. Miami University 64.75 104.38 169.13
2. Crystallettes 50.02 84.54 134.56
3. Western Michigan 32.48 77.62 110.08
4. Hockettes 32.80 58.56 91.36
2006 Midwestern Synchronized Championships
Collegiate Results
Jan. 29, 2006 - Fraser, Mich.
Pl. Name Scores
1. Miami University 7/1
2. Western Michigan 7/2
3. University of Michigan 5/3
4. Wisconsin 6/4
5. Michigan State 5/5
6. Synergy (Univ. of Minnesota) 6/6
7. Univ. of Illinois 5/6
8. Notre Dame 7/9
9. Northwestern 6/9
10. Indiana 5/9
11. Bowling Green 9/11