The best ever! First of all we had the most competitors that we have ever had from Ellenton.
Haven Denney and Daniel Raad competed in the Novice Pairs event. They had only been paired together for less than 7 months and they skated to a silver medal. Placing 2nd in the short program, they could no overcome the first place team even though they won the long program.
Tracy Tanovich and Michael Chau were competing in the Junior Pairs event and were entering the competition as the favorites, as they were 2nd last year. Even though they had a major slip on one of the elements, they were clearly the class of the field. They placed 3rd in the short program, only 1.5 points behind the leaders. Friday night, they were determined to show that they were the best in the country, and that they were, performing like they have never done before. The audience was standing on their feet before they finished. They knew they had just witnessed the Junior Champions! They were the only pair in their event to get a standing ovation.
Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig, the veterans, skated very well with a well balanced mature program, but had a slight bobble on the side by side jump and found themselves in 6th place after the short program.
Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett skated right after Amanda and Mark and skated a program of their life! Every element was executed one at a time, just like clockwork. Before they knew it, the marks came up and they found themselves in the lead with only two pairs left.
Saturday came and the hunt was on. Our teams were focused and hungry. Amanda and Mark were the first of the two to skate. They knew what they had to do to move on to the podium. With 5 strong teams ahead, the performance of their year was necessary. And they did not disapoint. Element for element, they have the strongest and most difficult lifts in the competition. Five teams skated between Amanda and Mark and Caydee and Jeremy, who skated last of the 19 teams, so they had to sit and wait...
Just as they had done in the short program, Caydee and Jeremy executed the program one element at a time without fault. For them, it was just another clean program. Their strong lifts and power throws made the audience rise to their feet once again! The only other program that got a standing ovation in the Senior Pairs was once again from Ellenton, Amanda and Mark.
In fact, there were 3 standing ovations in the pairs events and all 3 came from Ellenton, Florida!
Congratulations to all. We are all so proud of you!
Lyndon Johnston
Figure Skating Director
Haven Denney and Daniel Raad competed in the Novice Pairs event. They had only been paired together for less than 7 months and they skated to a silver medal. Placing 2nd in the short program, they could no overcome the first place team even though they won the long program.
Tracy Tanovich and Michael Chau were competing in the Junior Pairs event and were entering the competition as the favorites, as they were 2nd last year. Even though they had a major slip on one of the elements, they were clearly the class of the field. They placed 3rd in the short program, only 1.5 points behind the leaders. Friday night, they were determined to show that they were the best in the country, and that they were, performing like they have never done before. The audience was standing on their feet before they finished. They knew they had just witnessed the Junior Champions! They were the only pair in their event to get a standing ovation.
Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig, the veterans, skated very well with a well balanced mature program, but had a slight bobble on the side by side jump and found themselves in 6th place after the short program.
Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett skated right after Amanda and Mark and skated a program of their life! Every element was executed one at a time, just like clockwork. Before they knew it, the marks came up and they found themselves in the lead with only two pairs left.
Saturday came and the hunt was on. Our teams were focused and hungry. Amanda and Mark were the first of the two to skate. They knew what they had to do to move on to the podium. With 5 strong teams ahead, the performance of their year was necessary. And they did not disapoint. Element for element, they have the strongest and most difficult lifts in the competition. Five teams skated between Amanda and Mark and Caydee and Jeremy, who skated last of the 19 teams, so they had to sit and wait...
Just as they had done in the short program, Caydee and Jeremy executed the program one element at a time without fault. For them, it was just another clean program. Their strong lifts and power throws made the audience rise to their feet once again! The only other program that got a standing ovation in the Senior Pairs was once again from Ellenton, Amanda and Mark.
In fact, there were 3 standing ovations in the pairs events and all 3 came from Ellenton, Florida!
Congratulations to all. We are all so proud of you!
Lyndon Johnston
Figure Skating Director
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