Skyliners win World Junior Team Selection!
By Lauren Magliola, special to icenetwork.com
(01/10/2011) – The top junior synchronized teams in the country headed to Fond du Lac, Wis., Jan. 7-8 for the World Junior Team Selection Competition. The top two finishers — the Skyliners and Team Braemar — will represent the United States March 10-12 at the Junior World Challenge Cup 2011 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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The SCNY synchronized skating teams had another fabulous weekend on January 7-9 at the Junior World Qualifier in Fond du Lac, WI, and at Colonial Classic 2011, Lowell, MA.
JUNIOR WORLD TEAM SELECTION
The Skyliners Junior won the Junior World Qualifier and will represent the United States as Team USA 1 at the Junior World Challenge Cup 2011 to be held on March 10-12 in Neuchatel, Switzerland. Based on the results in Fond du Lac below, Team Braemar will go to Junior Worlds as Team USA 2 along with Skyliners:
1. Skyliners 176.94
2. Team Braemar 157.42
3. Lexettes 143.99
4. Chicago Jazz 139.71
5. Miami University 125.77
6. Team Image 122.04
7. Evolution 122.03
8. Team Excel 111.26
9. Hockettes 108.87
10 Synchroettes 96.10
Also, the U.S. Figure Skating invited the Skyliners to perform at the exhibition to be held at the end of the U.S. Championship in Greenboro, NC, at the end of January. This is the first time that a junior team will have the honor of performing an exhibition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championship.
COLONIAL CLASSIC
Both Skyliners and Gotham City Synchro had great success at Colonials, as follows:
SKYLINERS (Novice): Silver
SKYLINERS (Intermediate): Bronze
SKYLINERS (Juvenile): Silver
GOTHAM CITY SYNCHRO (Open Adult A): Gold