Attached are the complete results for the 9th Annual California Championships held at the East West Ice Palace this weekend. Congratulations to all the skaters and many thanks to all the officials and volunteers who graciously gave their time to ensure another great LAFSC competition! Special thanks to Danny Kwan and the East West Ice Palace for allowing us to use their wonderful facility. We’ll see you at Showcase June 9 and 10, 2012!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING LAFSC HOME CLUB SKATERS WHO HAVE BEEN NAMED BY US FIGURE SKATING TO TEAM ENVELOPES!
NAMED TO TEAM C:
AMANDA GELB
SPENCER HOWE
DEVIN PERINI (W/CHELSEA LIU)
AJ REISS (W/JESSICA PFUND)
The envelope level is primarily determined by the athlete’s performance in international and U.S. Figure Skating qualifying competitions during the previous season. Congratulations to our skaters for all their hard work and for the honor of being recognized by US Figure Skating for their efforts. We wish all of you a great season ahead! As always, we’re rooting for you!
The entry deadline for the Betty Sonnhalter Memorial Award and Grant is May 23. LAFSC is proud to have had some of its skaters receive this honor. You can read more about this program and find the application form at the following web address: (Please click on link below marked Betty Sonnhalter Award Application to be directed to Application on the Southern Californbia Interclub website):
Team LAFSC brought home a total of 16 medals at the 2012 US Adult Figure Skating Championships held this past week in Bensenville, Illinois April 11-14, 2012, including 5 gold medals: Michael Rubke (1st Championship Masters Intermediate/Novice Men), Wanda Gelsebach (1st Master Ladies Light Entertainment IV-V, Rachel Reynolds (1st Silver Ladies I), and Ashley Roche (1st Adult Gold Ladies Dramatic 1). Several of our skaters had very good states in some highly competetive groups and all our skaters performed admirably and showed great Team LAFSC spirit. Congratulations to all our skaters! Great Job!
Complete Results:
Meaghan Baitel: 10th Gold Ladies I, 7th Gold Ladies Dramatic I and 6th in Gold Ladies Light Entertainment I
Vicki Busch: 7th Bronze Ladies Dramatic IV and 10th Bronze Ladies IV (Vicki’s first AN!)
Gary Correa: 4th Bronze Men Dramatic IV and 8th Bronze Men IV
Michael Cruz: 4th Gold Men III, 3rd Gold Men Dramatic III and 3rd Gold Men Light Ent. I, III, IV
Wanda Gelsebach: 1st Master Ladies Light Entertainment IV-V, 7th Master Ladies Dramatic IV-V, 10th Adult Gold Ladies IV
Julie Gidlow: 3rd Master Ladies Light Entertainment III and 4th Master Ladies Dramatic III
Kelly Morr: 13th Gold Ladies I
Keith Newcombe: 5th Championship Masters Intermediate-Novice Men
Rachel Reynolds: 1st Silver Ladies I and 2nd Silver Ladies Light Entertainment I (Rachel’s first AN!)
Michael Rubke: 1st Championship Masters Intermediate-Novice Men and 3rd Intermediate/Novice Men I-IV
Colette Scott: 6th Silver Ladies IV
Jamie Tanker: 2nd Master Ladies Novice I-II
Sharidan Williams-Sotelo: 1st Silver Ladies Dramatic II, 4th Silver Ladies Light Ent. II and 20th Silver Ladies II.
Some members of Team LAFSC gather after Wanda's Goldfinger program.
(Julie Gidlow, Michael Rubke and Jamie Tanker gather after Jamie’s freeskate)
Kelly Moor, Ashley Roche and Vicki Busch cheer on fellow skaters at AN and show some team cameraderie.
SAVE THE DATE! LAFSC SHOWCASE FOR SKATERS: JUNE 9-10, 2012. PICKWICK ICE CENTER. ANNOUNCEMENT AND DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY!
NEW THIS YEAR: A SEPARATE TOI EVENT AND TROPHY!
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE FOR THIS HISTORICALLY STELLAR EVENT HOSTED BY THE LOS ANGELES FIGURE SKATING CLUB.
Title: California Championships
Location: East West Ice Palace – Artesia, CA
Link out: Click here
Description: LAFSC’s 9th Annual California Championships
Start Date: 2012-05-19
End Date: 2012-05-20
ENTRY DEADLINE: EXTENDED TO APRIL 25, 2012!
Here is the actual announcement.
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You can now go to Entryeeze and sign up for Cal Champs! The following link will take you directly there:
Congratulations to the LAFSC skaters who performed so well at our 2012 Spring Festival of Champions! You were all terrific! Thank you, Ella Ales, Meaghan Baitel, Daphne Bogosian, Joan Bys, Lauren Campbell, Wanda Gelsebach, Catherine Giese, Gigi Goff, Alexia Hatun, Patrick Leahy, Jayka Munsayac, Shotaro Omori, Sahmaro Rockhold and Michael Rubke.
The Pacific Coast Adult Sectional Championships are over, and LAFSC’s adult skaters made us all proud with their performances. Congratulations to you all!
Championship Masters Int./Nov. Ladies
Jamie Tanker 5th
Championship Masters Int./Nov. Men
Michael Rubke 1st
Keith Newcombe 2nd
Championship Gold Ladies
Meaghan Baitel 7th
Kelly Morr 14th
Adult Gold Ladies 1
Meaghan Baitel 1st
Adult Gold Ladies IV
Wanda Gelsebach 3rd
Adult Gold Ladies Dramatic Showcase
Meaghan Baitel 2nd
Adult Gold Ladies Light Entertainment
Meaghan Baitel 4th
Masters Ladies Dramatic Showcase
Wanda Gelsebach 5th
Masters Ladies Light Entertainment
Wanda Gelsebach 5th
Here is the actual announcement.
CAChampsAnnouncement2012_rev21
You can now go to Entryeeze and sign up for Cal Champs! The following link will take you directly there:
This weekend a half dozen or so of LAFSC’s finest (and bravest) adult skaters have taken off for Provo, Utah, to compete in this year’s Pacific Coast Adult Sectional Championships. The will battle for glory with blades, sequins, and the more-than-occasional tossie, and I will be covering as much of the event as I can. Check back on this post regularly for results, photos, and other insights.
7:10 PM
Just watched LAFSCers Michael Rubke and Keith Newcombe skate amazing programs in the Championship Intermediate/Novice Men’s division. Results won’t be known for a while, but I anticipate both of them will be smiling for the rest of the evening.
I am jealous of Michael’s sit spins:
Keith executes a perfect double salchow in the final 30 seconds of his program:
Following up on earlier events, Jamie Tanker finished in 5th place in the hotly contested Championship Int/Nov Ladies event, just 0.53 points off of the podium!
In Gold Ladies IV, always upbeat Wanda Gelsebach finished in 3rd.
In all, it’s been a very fun, well-run day of competition. And now, I get to go lace up my skates and step on the ice for the first time for practice. Eep! I guess this is really happening.
4:30 PM
Adult Gold lady Meaghan Baitel got us started strong with a freeskate that placed her first in the Gold Ladies I category. Can’t ask for a better start than that! L.A. is gunna rock this house!
As I was typing this, LAFSC member Jamie Tanker skated a lovely Int/Novice freeskate:
3:00 PM
Just arrived at the rink to find they are running – to my shock and amazement – about 30 minutes ahead of schedule. Unfortunately, this means I missed the event I wanted to see, but I was able to take in the beauty of the Peaks FSC rink. They really are lucky to have such an amazing facility:
