Staff
Local figure skaters competed at the Thunder Bay Open on Feb. 27-March 1.
Their results were as follows:
•Keila Ford—Junior Bronze Short Program Flight 2 (4th), Junior Bronze Freeskate Flight 2 (9th), and Silver Interpretive (6th);
•Michael Nelson—Junior Silver Short Program (1st) and Junior Silver Freeskate (2nd);
•Sierra Cousineau—Preliminary Short Program Flight 1 (2nd), Junior Bronze team (3rd), Preliminary Freeskate Flight 3 (3rd), and Senior Bronze Spins (5th);
•Megan Poirier—Introductory Elements Flight 3 (7th), Introductory Freeskate Flight 3 (6th), Introductory Spins Flight 2 (1st), and Pre-Preliminary team (2nd);
•Ashley Croswell—Preliminary Short Program Flight 3 (1st), Junior Bronze team (3rd), Preliminary Freeskate Flight 1 (2nd), and Preliminary Spins Flight 2 (6th);
•Lexi Caul—Pre-Preliminary Elements Flight 2 (1st), Pre-Preliminary Freeskate Flight 1 (1st), Pre-Preliminary team Flight 2 (2nd), and Pre-Preliminary Spins Flight 1 (3rd);
•Kailey Croswell—Introductory Elements Flight 1 (1st), Pre-Preliminary team Flight 2 (2nd), Introductory Freeskate Flight 1 (3rd), and Pre-Preliminary Spins Flight 3 (2nd);
•Avery Wilson-Hands—passed Introductory Interpretive, Junior Bronze team (3rd), Preliminary Short Program Flight 2 (3rd), Preliminary Freeskate Flight 1 (1st), Preliminary Spins Flight 2 (4th), and Pre-Introductory Interpretive Flight 2 (2nd);
•Christine Cridland—Preliminary Short Program Flight 2 (4th) and Preliminary Freeskate Flight 4 (3rd);
•Alexa Kadikoff—Junior Bronze Freeskate Flight 2 (2nd) and Junior Bronze Spins Flight 1 (1st);
•Sophie Potvin-Begin—Junior Silver Freeskate (3rd);
•Joleigh Hayes—passed Introductory Interpretive, Junior Bronze Team (3rd), Preliminary Short Program Flight 4 (1st), Preliminary Freeskate Flight 3 (1st), Preliminary Spins Flight 2 (3rd), and Pre-Introductory Interpretive Flight 2 (1st);
•MacKenzie Armstrong—Pre-Preliminary Team Flight 2 (2nd) and Canskate Stage 4 Flight 1 (1st );
•Jayde Wright—Pre-Introductory Elements Flight 3 (6th), Pre-Introductory Freeskate Flight 4 (4th), and Pre-Introductory Spins Flight 4 (2nd);
•Aiden Tuillio—Canskate Stage 5 Flight 2 (1st);
•Alina Eldridge—Canskate Stage 5 Flight 2 (4th); and
•Ashley Dupuis—Canskate Stage 5 Flight (5th).
In related news, Chloe Hudson, Jillian Bobczynski, Michael Nelson, and Sophie Potvin-Begin will be off to Waterloo to represent the Northern Ontario Section at the Trillium StarSkate All-Ontario championship on March 14.