Saturday, January 20
Budapest, Hungary
Miami University
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Budapest Cup
Photo by: Shelby Wright
RedHawks in Sixth Place After Short Program at Budapest Cup
1/20/2024 4:29:00 PM | Synchronized Skating
BUDAPEST, Hungary—One of two teams representing the United States at the Budapest Cup, the Miami University senior synchronized skating team sits in sixth place among the 13-team international field after Saturday's short program.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Miami's senior team concludes its stint at the Budapest Cup with Sunday's free skate event.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Miami had a clean skate and amassed a season-high short program score of 70.40 with a technical element score of 37.74 and a program component score of 32.66.
- The RedHawks trail fifth place Team Nexxice (70.43) from Canada by a mere 0.03 points, and are 5.91 points behind Finland's Team Unique (76.31) in fourth place. Miami leads Italy's Team Ice on Fire (60.86), who sit in seventh place, by nearly 10 points.
- Miami sits 7.51 points behind the other U.S. team—The Haydenettes—who lead the competition field. Canada's Team Les Supremes (77.72) and Finland's Helsinki Rockettes (77.30) round out the top three.
- The Budapest Cup is a Challenger Series event. The Challenger Series, which began in 2019-20, consists of up to five international competitions linked together to give adequate opportunities for synchronized skating teams to compete at the international level, earn World Standing Points and prepare for competing at the ISU Championships.
Miami's senior team concludes its stint at the Budapest Cup with Sunday's free skate event.
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