Local figure skater Sarah McComb went to Fort Erie for the provincial competition over the weekend and finished seventh out of the top 12 skaters in Ontario.
“It was a good experience. She missed a couple of jumps that if she would have landed would have made her score higher,” noted her mom, Penny.
Penny McComb noted since we are in such a remote area, it is a huge accomplishment for her daughter to make it as far as she did.
“Getting down there is an excellent accomplishment,” she enthused.
She added the skaters got only three-and-a-half minutes to do their best. “You do it once, get it right, and you are rewarded,” McComb reasoned.
Meanwhile, 26 skaters from the Border Figure Skating Club travelled to the Lakehead earlier this month for the Thunder Bay Open.
Shane Katona led the way with a first-place finish in the Sr. Silver Men’s Elements and third in the Sr. Silver Men’s Free. McComb was first in the Jr. Silver Ladies Free and 12th in the Jr. Silver Ladies Elements.
Michael Sande also had an excellent showing, taking top honours in both the Pre-Preliminary Men’s Elements and Pre-Preliminary Men’s Free.
Here are the rest of the individual results:
•Athena Pirkl–1st (Preliminary Ladies Elements) and 5th (Preliminary Ladies Free);
•Kate Basaraba–1st (Jr. Bronze Ladies Free), 6th (Jr. Bronze Ladies Elements), and 8th (Sr. Ladies Interpretive);
•Tracey DeAmicis–10th (Sr. Bronze Ladies Free) and 11th (Sr. Bronze Ladies Element);
•Jenna-Rae Cousineau–4th (Preliminary Ladies Free), 6th (Pre-Bronze Ladies Artistic), and 10th (Preliminary Ladies Spins);
•Faith Armstrong–7th (Pre-Bronze Ladies Artistic) and 12th (Jr. Bronze Ladies Spins);
•Kate Bondett–4th (Sr. Ladies Interpretive), 7th (Jr. Bronze Ladies Free), and 9th (Jr. Bronze Ladies Elements);
•Jessica Wilson–9th (Jr. Bronze Ladies Elements), 11th (Jr. Bronze Ladies Free), and 13th (Jr. Bronze Ladies Spins);
•Sara Osmar-Hartlin–6th (Jr. Bronze Ladies Elements) and 12th (Jr. Bronze Ladies Free);
•Alexa Buttner–7th (Intermediate Ladies Interpretive) and 7th (Pre-Preliminary Ladies Free);
•Alyssa Larson–8th (Intermediate Ladies Interpretive) and 11th (Preliminary Ladies Free);
•Brianne Hebert–7th (Intermediate Ladies Interpretive) and 10th (Preliminary Ladies Free);
•Rylee Blasky–9th (Intermediate Ladies Interpretive) and 12th (Preliminary Ladies Free);
•Lindsay Huerd–5th (Sr. Ladies Interpretive), 9th (Preliminary Ladies Free), 9th (Preliminary Ladies Spins);
•Kendra Krause–2nd (6 Hipswingers);
•Molly Tharalson–8th (Pre-Preliminary Ladies Elements) and 10th (Pre-Preliminary Ladies Free);
•Tara Tovey–1st (Pre-Preliminary Ladies Elements) and 4th (Pre-Preliminary Ladies Free);
•Samantha Loveday–9th (Pre-Preliminary Ladies Elements) and 9th (Pre-Preliminary Ladies Free);
•Danielle Gustafson–10th (Pre-Preliminary Ladies Free) and 14th Pre-Preliminary Ladies Elements);
•Lauren Gurski–6th (Pre-Preliminary Ladies Elements);
•Kalene Krause–3rd (Pre-Preliminary Ladies Free), 9th (Pre-Preliminary Ladies Free), and 10th (Pre-Preliminary Ladies Elements);
•Joshua DeGagne–2nd (Pre-Preliminary Men’s Free) and 3rd (Pre-Preliminary Men’s Elements);
•Melanie Herr–4th (Preliminary Ladies Elements) and 4th (Preliminary Ladies Free); and
•Faith Kakeeway–12th (Pre-Preliminary Ladies Free).
< *c>Team events
•Jackson/Krause/Nordstrom/Drennan–2nd (Pre-Preliminary);
•Tovey/Tharalson/Gustafson/Loveday–2nd (Pre-Preliminary Team);
•Basaraba/Wilson/Bondett/Osmar-Hartlin–8th (Jr. Bronze); and
•Herr/Blasky/Pirkl/Cousineau–2nd (Preliminary).
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