US Adult Nats: Championship Dance numbers

[skaternum]

Any thoughts as to why there were only 2 teams entered in Championship Dance this year?

2002: 5 (Ann Arbor)
2003: 5 (Ann Arbor)
2004: 10 (Lake Placid)
2005: 5 (Overland Park)
2006: 6 (Dallas)

So what's up with dance this year? Seems odd.

[phoenix]

There actually were 3, but one team withdrew after the compulsories due to injury.

I wondered if the otherwise low numbers had something to do w/ the rule change re. test levels/competition history....now you must skate Championship if you passed a certain level before a certain age (should know that, but don't off the top of my head)--making it more like a masters event now. Perhaps the other teams decided to stay w/ gold & keep it separate?

[manleywoman]

One team was injured for PacCoast Sectionals and couldn't compete (Radlick/Johnson), so that would have made 4.

[NoVa Sk8r]

There were 2 teams who withdrew from Pacific Sectionals.

And no dance teams from Easterns or Mids were represented at AN.

[silverbeetle]

Well, there may be 1 in the Mids next year... :halo:

hopefully


silverbeetle

[lovepairs]

Sort of interesting that the numbers in Dance are declining, while the number in Pairs is steadily increasing. Would be interesting to take a look at why, because I remember a time when the Dancers way out numbered the Pair teams at Adult Nationals.

[jenlyon60]

I believe that at least 1 Easterns team who might have competed was out due to injury/surgery.