UD Collegiate Figure Skating Team captures 2011 title

8:41 a.m., April 5, 2011--The University of Delaware Collegiate Figure Skating Team won the 2011 U.S. Intercollegiate Team Figure Skating national championships by besting its top competitors, Dartmouth College and Boston University, March 19-20 in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Although the team has not placed below third at any Intercollegiate National Championship, this is its first win since 2002.

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The team’s president, Krista Brockway, described the squad and how it was able to reach the podium’s top spot.

“It has been nine years since the team has been able to claim the title of national champions and it is no surprise that we were finally able to do it now, with this team,” Brockway said. “This group of skaters is the most dedicated, motivated, talented, and selfless group of skaters I have ever seen. Not only did each skater train tirelessly to make themselves better, but they were always there to support each other, which made the team better as a whole. It is that combination that made this long-awaited win possible.”

The UD Collegiate Figure Skating Team also won the two competitions earlier this season that qualified it for the Intercollegiate National Championships. 

The UD students who medaled at the 2011 Intercollegiate National Championships are as follows: 

• Lauren Wlazelek -- Senior Dance, 1st. 
• Samantha Riddle -- Novice Dance, 5th, and Intermediate Short, 3rd. 
• Michelle Colucci -- Intermediate Short, 1st, and Intermediate Long, 1st.
• Jana Raisner -- Prejuvenile Freestyle, 2nd. 
• Dana Sivak -- Senior Ladies Championship, 1st, and Senior Ladies Short, 1st. 
• Lindsay Cohen -- Senior Dance, 2nd, and Gold Dance, 2nd.
• Marissa Marschall -- Gold Dance, 1st, and International Dance, 2nd. 
• Julie Lapatka -- Senior Test Track, 2nd.
• Jillian Jastrzembski -- Juvenile Freestyle, 2nd.
• Julianne Dimura -- Junior Ladies Short, 1st.
• Christina Kievet -- Junior Ladies Championship, 5th.
• Megan Marschall -- Junior Dance, 1st; Novice Short, 2nd; and Junior Ladies Championship, 3rd.
• Christopher Fernandez -- Junior Men Short, 1st, and Junior Men Championship, 1st.
• Brittany Sullivan -- Novice Dance, 1st; Novice Long, 2nd; and Intermediate Short, 3rd .
• Allanah Barbour -- Junior Long Test Track, 3rd.
• Rachel Diehm -- Junior Ladies Championship, 1st, and Junior Ladies Short, 2nd.

Also, Medium Team Maneuvers, 1st, and High Team Maneuvers, 5th. 

Article by Kristin Zinsmeister