Various Articles - US Skaters/Nats

[adrianchew]

Gonna list stuff I can find on the lesser known names that got press in the past week or so (some of these might have been posted)...

Skating twins (Czisny's), 15, aim for 2006 Olympics (http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/sports/4935713.htm)

Margate girl (Felicia Gostisbehere) falls, but finishes strong at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-skate13jan13,0,7395159.story?coll=sfla-sports-front)

Triple Jumps Derail Rosenthal (Stephanie) (http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Jan/01182003/sports/21411.asp)

Phan (Dennis) skates to junior title (http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories/sports/1042858468.shtml)

Fort Mitchell's Brauninger (Jordan) pleased with U.S. junior men's silver medal (http://enquirer.com/editions/2003/01/18/spt_wwwsptzska18.html)

Pottenger (Steven) of Coppell, Howerton (Amy) of Rockwall take home gold (http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/topstories/stories/011903dnspoearlyskate.36d75357.html)

2+2 equals quite a pair for rising skaters (Pottenger brothers and their partners) (http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/moresports/stories/011103dnsposkatelede.642a1.html)

Note - the articles from Dallas News requires you to subscribe to their site (its free but you need to enter some info). I didn't get a chance to watch Junior pairs, but Sydney and Chris (Novice pairs) were definitely a pairs team to watch. The fours number with both Pottenger brothers and their partners in the exhibitions was on of the most memorable performances I saw at Nationals.

No doubt: Dallas skaters (Schmidt/Pottenger) capture novice pairs title (http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/topstories/stories/011303dnspodurrettearly.1c57549e.html)

Another one about Sydney/Christoper's victory, has mentions of Colin Pennington - but they get his name wrong.

Pennington (Colin) wins U.S. Novice skating title (http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=6731075&BRD=1633&PAG=461&dept_id=11612&rfi=6)

New Pennington (Colin) Champion (http://www.ctnow.com/sports/hc-usskates0114.artjan14,0,4733583.story?coll=hc-headlines-sports)

Skater (Colin Pennington) Eyeing Brother's Footsteps (http://www.ctnow.com/sports/hc-usskate0113.artjan13,0,6930718.story?coll=hc-headlines-sports)

That's it for now - I'll go look for more later.

[bbtano]

Adrian, thanks so much for posting the links...esp the articles about the Pottenger pairs. I am originally from the Dallas/Ft.Worth area and was deeply moved by their exhibition performance on Sunday, despite not knowing them personally! (It helped that I adore the song they used!) I was so thrilled for both teams to win at home! :D

[Sylvia]

Here are the Nationals-related articles on the NOVICE level skaters I've found so far that I've posted on the Unseen Skaters board:

Colin Pennington (gold medalist) (http://www.ctnow.com/sports/hc-usskates0114.artjan14,0,4733583.story?coll=hc-headlines-sports)

Colin Pennington, plus quotes by David Weintraub (2nd) & Tommy Steenberg (3rd) (http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=6731075&BRD=1633&PAG=461&dept_id=11612&rfi=6)

John Coughlin pre-competition (http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/4912581.htm)

John Coughlin post-competition (11th overall) (http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/4940079.htm)

Katy Taylor (silver medalist) (http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/sports/1734698)

Felicia Gostisbehere after the SP (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-skate13jan13,0,7395159.story?coll=sfla-sports-front)
Note: Felicia's triple combo in the SP was triple LOOP, double toe, not triple-Lutz, double-toe as mentioned in the article

Felicia Gostisbehere after the FS (4th in FS, 5th overall) (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-localskater14jan14.story)

[Sylvia]

Here are the Nationals-related articles on the JUNIOR level skaters I've found so far that I've posted on the Unseen Skaters board:

Dennis Phan after the SP (http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories/sports/1042692930.shtml)
See link above for follow-up article on his win and the article link on Jordan Brauninger's silver

Danielle Kahle, bronze medalist (http://www.insidevc.com/vcs/other_sports/article/0,1375,VCS_256_1682759,00.html)

Christine Brennan's column on 13 year olds Kimberly Meissner (Novice champ) and Danielle Kahle (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/brennan/2003-01-14-brennan-13-lucky_x.htm)

Stephanie Rosenthal Puts Pain Out of Mind to Finish 5th in SP (http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Jan/01162003/sports/20687.asp)
Stephanie's SP skate was one of the Nationals highlights for me in terms of choreography and peformance level! From the way she smiled and presented throughout her short, I had no idea she was suffering any pain from a knee injury. See above for article link re. her FS.

Megan Williams-Stewart pre-competition (she placed 13th overall) (http://www.sunspot.net/sports/olympics/bal-sp.skater15jan15,0,5438564.story?coll=bal-sports-olympics)

Matthews & Zavozin dance gold medalists (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-robbskate18jan18,0,3008948.story?coll=sfla-sports-headlines)

Appel & Harris pairs bronze medalists (http://www.ctnow.com/sports/hc-skatenotes0119.artjan19,0,737112.story?coll=hc-headlines-sports)

[Sylvia]

Here are the Nationals-related articles on the lesser-known SENIOR level skaters I've found so far that I've posted on the Unseen Skaters board:

Ryan Bradley pre-competition (he placed 9th overall) (http://www.stjoenews-press.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=36391&SectionID=143&SubSectionID=274&S=1)

Jennifer Don takes shine to pairs skating (http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/sports/1736508)

Kelsey Drewel before her senior debut in Dallas (http://tinyurl.com/4oxb)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Ladies' SP, including Drewel's skate (http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/sports/EC3C37EF0C1E7EBB86256CB100385B1F?OpenDocument&highlight=2%2CKelsey%2CDrewel&headline=Kwan+is+in+first+place%3B+area+skater+is+ 17th)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Ladies' FS, including Drewel's skate (http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columns.nsf/Kathleen+Nelson/D2C434A409F6CCE286256CB3002B2A29?OpenDocument&highlight=2%2CKelsey%2CDrewel&headline=Kwan+wins+seventh+national+championship)

[Mazurka Girl]

Article about Christian & Steven Pottenger:

Siblings dominate figure-skating competition at U.S. Championships (http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=6771859&BRD=1430&PAG=461&dept_id=185335&rfi=6)

[ddpskater]

Thanks to all those who encouraged my daughter to try out for sweeper. She ended up with her picture in the paper and had lots of fun. http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/4969381.htm -- really unseen skaters (she's not the who who ran into Michael Weiss!)

[adrianchew]

Bizarre day finishes with Peorian (Matt Savovie) 5th (http://www.pjstar.com/sports/gensports/g140743a.html)

Locals Are Banking on Success (Tommy Steenberg) (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44160-2003Jan11.html)

[spiralsrfun]

These are great...many thanks!