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Nine U.S. Athletes To Compete in The Hague
By Scottie Bibb // U.S. FIgure Skating Association // March 7, 2008
Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 5, 2008) – Nine U.S. figure skaters will compete in the International Challenge Cup, March 6-9 in The Hague, Netherlands. The event is for novice, junior and senior skaters. The top three finishers in each discipline will be awarded medals as will the overall team winner. The event begins Thursday, March 6 with the junior compulsory dance.
The U.S. skaters competing in the Netherlands are Becky Bereswill (senior), Amanda Dobbs (junior), Brittney Rizo (junior), Andrew Gonzales (junior), Daniel O’Shea (junior), Kaylyn Patitucci and Karl Edelmann (junior), Marissa Secundy (novice) and David Wang (novice). All these skaters will be making their international debuts in the Netherlands.
LADIES
Leading the U.S. contingent is Rizo, who brought home the bronze medal as a junior at the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Saint Paul, Minn. She also won the bronze as a novice at the 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships.
MEN
Gonzales garnered bronze as a junior at this year’s U.S. championships, improving on his 11th-place finish in 2007. O’Shea is the 2008 U.S. novice champion, while Wang took home novice bronze in Saint Paul.
ICE DANCING
The ice dancing team of Patitucci and Edelmann began their partnership this year and finished 12th at the U.S. Championships.
– 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 more than 1,425 member clubs and Basic Skills Programs representing approximately 184,000 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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