Emily Hughes

[FSWer]

Does anyone know if she's still competing?

[Sylvia]

Quotes by Emily Hughes from The Inside Edge blog (4/6/09): http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090406&content_id=63698&vkey=ice_news
"I've been skating at the Skating Club of Boston. I'm on the ice four or five days a week -- just getting back into it, doing show programs, getting ready for summer training when I get back from school. I'm excited to go home and start training with Bonnie."

The big question, of course, is whether Emily plans to continue competing, at the same time that she is a full-time student at Harvard.

"I definitely still want to compete, and that's what's driving me. There's nothing quite like the adrenaline of competing, and the emotion and excitement, and especially the crowd. Spokane is an amazing city. I loved the nationals I had there last time. I know I have to go through two qualifying competitions first, but you start from the bottom and go to the top!"

From Icenetwork's "Around the world of figure skating - May 11":
Harvard Time reports that Emily Hughes will take next year off from her studies to concentrate on skating, in the hopes of making the 2010 Olympic team: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC34SsX3cfM&fmt=18