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Kathy Casey Hired as Director of Athlete Performance Enhancement and Tracking for U.S. Figure Skating
By Linday DeWall // U.S. Figure Skating Association // May 30, 2007
Colorado Springs, Colo. (May 29, 2007) — U.S. Figure Skating is pleased to announce the hiring of World and Olympic figure skating coach Kathy Casey as director of athlete performance enhancement and tracking. Casey has more than 30 years of coaching experience and was awarded the 2005 USOC Sports Science Coach of the Year Award.
Casey will head up this new position as part of U.S. Figure Skating’s Athlete High Performance program directed by Mitch Moyer, senior director of athlete high performance. In her new position, Casey will manage the performance enhancement tracking program of U.S. Figure Skating’s National Team A and Team B athletes.
“Kathy brings a wealth of experience to U.S. Figure Skating,” Moyer said. “She has coached champions at all levels and is recognized for her worldwide contributions to the skating community. We are fortunate to have her on our team.”
Some of the skaters whom Casey coached throughout her career include World Junior champions Sydney Vogel and Jill Sawyer, and U.S. champion Scott Davis. Along with Lorraine Borman, she coached Olympic silver medalist Rosalynn Sumners. She also coached Scott Hamilton during his professional career.
In addition to her coaching résumé, Casey was president of the Professional Skaters Association (PSA) for six years. She holds PSA master ratings in figures, freestyle and dance, and a senior rating in pairs. She is also a highly sought-after speaker worldwide, conducting 28 seminars last year on the sport of figure skating.
- U.S. Figure Skating - U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating in the United States as recognized by the United States Olympic Committee and the International Skating Union. U.S. Figure Skating is comprised of approximately 1,450 member clubs and Basic Skills programs representing nearly 200,000 members. U.S. Figure Skating is charged with the development of the sport on all levels within the United States, including athletes, officials, sanctioning of events and exhibitions, and establishing the rules and guidelines by which the sport is governed.
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