Senior Skaters Finish Sixth at Budapest Cup

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Eclipsing 200 points for the second straight competition, the Miami University senior synchronized skating team finished sixth among the 13-team international field at the Budapest Cup on Sunday. One of two teams representing the United States at the event, Miami amassed a combined score of 203.47.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Posting a 133.07 for its free skate program, Miami had a clean skate and notched a technical element score of 68.45 and a program component score of 64.62. It was the sixth-best free skate score at the event.
Miami's combined score of 203.47 marked the second time in as many competitions that the RedHawks have eclipsed 200 points, recording a 205.29 at the Dr. Porter Classic in December.
Miami bested Italy's Team Fire on Ice, who finished seventh (181.57), by nearly 22 points. The RedHawks finished 8.75 points behind fifth-place Team Nexxice from Canada (141.79).
Team Les Supremes from Canada won the event with a score of 234.60 and were followed by the other U.S. Team — The Haydenettes — who notched a score of 232.73. Finland's Team Helsinki Rockettes (229.03) and Team Unique (227.90), rounded out the top four, respectively.
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.

UP NEXT
Miami's collegiate team takes the ice next weekend, competing at the Midwestern Championships on Saturday, Jan. 27. The RedHawk senior team returns to the ice at another international competition when Miami travels to Gdansk, Poland for the Hevelius Cup Feb. 2-4

Senior Skaters Finish Sixth at Budapest Cup

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