Busy start to 2015 for Neepawa figure skating
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- Published on Saturday, January 24, 2015
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The first competition of the season for the Neepawa Figure Skating Club was the Skate Virden Fun Skate on Jan. 3-4. Skate Canada has made changes to the StarSkate competitions.
Now Star 1-3 (formerly Pre-Preliminary and Preliminary) skaters compete against a national standard and include the exact same elements in their programs. Each skater receives either a gold, silver, bronze or merit status. In Star 4 (formerly Preliminary) and Star 5 (formerly Junior Bronze) skaters compete against the other skaters.
In Star 2, Kyla Wahoski was awarded a silver, while Cordelia Smith, Khrystyna Polyniak, Claire Tomoniko and Kiana Gunnarson-Epp received bronze status. Simone Levesseur earned merit. In Star three, Hayley Lindsay garnered merit, Karissa Ellis received bronze in Star four, while in Star five, Brooklyn Chartrand received bronze and Kara Ellis placed fifth
For the pre-introductory interpretive program, Brooklyn Chartrand earned gold, Karissa Ellis received silver and Hayley Lindsay placed fourth. At the star two team event, Cordelia Smith and Amber Wahoski were silver, while the teams of Kiana Gunnarson-Epp and Kyla Wahoski and Khrystyna Polyniak and Claire Tomoniko received a bronze merit. The coaches for Neepawa were Cynthia Chartrand and Kim Smith.
The next major event was Jan. 17, in Hazelridge, at the 2015 Skate Canada Manitoba Synchronized Skating Championship. The beginner two Ice Prec*Ice won a bronze medal. Beginner two synchro team consisted of Kiana Gunnarson-Epp, Kyla Wahoski, Amber Wahoski, Brooklyn Roe, Cordelia Smith, Katya Ivanets, Ida Holm, Claire Scheper, Khrystyna Polyniak and Taylor Jakubowski.
The Elementary Ice Prec*Ice were able to bring home a silver medal. The team consists of Allie Jakubowski, Claire Tomoniko, Kara Ellis, Simone Levasseur, Brooklyn Chartrand, Hayley Lindsay, Karissa Ellis, Cecilie Holm, Jenna Beaumont, Lara Denbow. The synchro coaches for Neepawa included head coach Cynthia Chartrand and assistants Kim Smith and Kelsey Ellis.
Samantha Salmon, Emma Salmon and Kelsey Ellis, competed as well with the Carberry Pre-Novice synchro team and won gold in their category.
