Indy Challenge a key event leading up to 2010 Olympics (for pairs figure skating)
Indy Challenge a key event leading up to 2010 Olympics
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090722/LOCAL1806/907220398/1269/LOCAL18
Posted at the Indianapolis Star, provided by Patty Hagen
Some of America’s top Olympic hopefuls in figure skating will be in Indianapolis for the Indy Challenge Pairs Competition July 31-Aug. 2. Indiana/World Skating Academy Figure Skating Club is host of the 20th annual international event at Pan American Plaza, 201 S. Capitol Ave.
The marquee event of Indy Challenge is senior (Olympic-level) pairs. The short program is 2-5 p.m. July 31. The free skate is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 1. Twenty-five senior teams have entered, including Caydee Denny and Jeremy Barrett, silver medalists at the U.S. national championships. Several Canadian teams have entered, and Russians Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov, third at the European championships, plan to skate an exhibition July 31.
Indy Challenge is one of the largest pairs skating competitions in the United States, with 66 couples in juvenile through senior levels. The competition is used by U.S. Figure Skating to choose competitors for international events. Three teams who train in Indianapolis with coach Serguei Zaitsev are entered, including Cathedral High School students Carly and David Powers (novice pairs). Also competing are Maggie Gibson and David Botero (intermediate pairs) and Christina Zaitsev and Ernie Stevens (juvenile pairs).
Tickets are $5 for a single event ($3 for children 12 and younger), $12 for a full day, and $24 for a three-day/all-event pass. The schedule can be viewed at www.iwsafsc.org.
Free for skating fans: There’s no charge to watch the pairs practice July 30 (3:15 to 8 p.m.), July 31 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.), Aug. 1 (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), and Aug. 2 (8 to 10 a.m.)
[Complete schedule, Senior and Junior pairs lines in my previous post an also at iwsafsc.org]
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