You are invited to attend a send-off celebration honoring the skaters that will be representing
the Coyotes Skating Club of Arizona at the 2009 US Junior Figure Skating Championships being held
December 10th - 13th in Lake Placid, New York. The club is proud to have skaters competing in both
singles and pairs events at this year's championship.
The festivities will begin at 5:45pm on Wednesday,
December 3, 2008 in the lobby of the Alltel Ice Den. All club members, family and coaches are encouraged
to stop by the rink on Wednesday to pass along your well wishes to all of the skaters and join in the
send-off celebration!
Please join us for a "FUN-RAISER" night at Scottsdale Pavillions Sweet Tomatoes,
Thursday, December 18, 2008, between 5pm and 8pm!! Print the
attached flyer and bring it with you to participate - purchase a beverage with each meal, and
Sweet Tomatoes will donate 15% of the event proceeds back to the Coyotes Skating
Club of Arizona! Give flyers to all your family, friends, and co-workers and
invite everyone to take a break from the holiday rush, enjoy a great meal, and
benefit the club at the same time! Your support is greatly appreciated and we
hope to see you there!!
Thank you to all the club members who helped make this event a success. Without the
help of so many members we never could have made it happen.
Congratulations to our club members who made it through
sectionals and will now go on to both Junior Nationals and Nationals.
| National Competitors |
Pacific Coast Sectionals Results |
| Douglas Razzano |
2nd Senior Men |
| Chelsi Guillen & Danny Curzon |
Awarded bye to Nationals in Senior Pairs |
| Megan Gueli & Grant Marron |
1st Junior Pairs |
| Emily Glassberg & Gabe Woodruff |
2nd Junior Pairs |
| Molly Aaron & Daniyel Cohen |
3rd Junior Pairs |
| Morgan Agster & Adam Civiello |
4th Novice Pairs |
We also want to congratulate
local training partners Tiffany Vise & Derek
Trent who were awarded a bye to Nationals in Senior
Pairs.
And congratulations and good luck to Katlynn McNab as she
moves on to Nationals with her 3rd place finish in
Novice Ladies at Pacific Coast Sectionals.
| Junior National Competitors |
Qualification |
| Elena Pulkinen |
5th Juvenile Girls at SWP |
| Max Settlage |
4th Intermediate Men at SWP |
| Caitlin Fields & Max Settlage |
1st Intermediate Pairs at Pacific Coast |
| Alexis Gagnon & Michael Petropulos |
3rd Juvenile Pairs at Pacific Coast |
The Junior Board will be having a pizza party at the Windgate
Ranch Clubhouse on Saturday, November 8th to elect officers for the
2008-2009 term. All club members ages 10-17 are welcome. Click
here for all the details!
Club members Molly Aaron and partner Daniyel
Cohen placed 8th out of 11 teams in the pairs events at
the JGP Mexico Cup in Mexico City on October 9th. They were
amongst some of the top junior pairs teams in the world. They
are off to JGP J. Curry Memorial in Great Britain on October 15th. We wish
you all the best!!
Our skaters turned in many great performances. Many made it to their
final rounds. Congratulations to Max Settlage (fourth in Intermediate Men)
and Elena Pulkenin (fifth in Juvenile Girls) on making it to Junior Nationals.
Good luck to both of them at Lake Placid.
Also performing well were the following skaters who competed in the final rounds of their
events – no small feat for ladies at SWP:
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Meghan Speranzo |
Junior Ladies,
3rd in QR, 8th in final |
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Andriana Henson |
Junior Ladies, 6th
in QR, 12th in final |
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Shayna Moellenberg |
Novice Ladies,
3rd in QR, 11th in final |
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Heather Kutz |
Novice Ladies, 5th
in QR, 13th in final |
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Stephanie Casey |
Novice Ladies, 5th
in QR, 15th in final |
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Alyssa Hightchew |
Intermediate Ladies,
2nd in QR, 7th in
final |
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Elena Pulkinen |
Juvenile Girls, 1st
in QR, 5th in final |
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Lauren Leonesio |
Juvenile Girls, 1st
in QR, 9th in final |
Congrats to all of our Regional Team for their efforts.
Five of our skaters recently competed at the 2008 National Showcase competition in Rochester, MN.
They qualified for this unique competition by medaling in at least one artistic event during the
prior year. Denae Raught placed 5th in Novice Extemporaneous and also competed in Novice Dramatic.
Liana Sherman placed 3rd in both Juvenile Light and Juvenile Dramatic. Tianna Raught placed 3rd
in Pre-Juvenile Extemporaneous and also competed in Pre-Juvenile Light. Alexandra Fardelos placed
5th in Pre-Juvenile Light B and also performed in a Duet with SC Phoenix member Katherine Nichols.
Katy Krupinsky placed 3rd in Preliminary Dramatic A, 4th in the Final and also competed in Preliminary
Extemporaneous. Congrats to all! For more on this purely artistic competition, visit
http://www.rochsports.org/showcase/.
U.S. Figure Skating has named Club members Caitlin Fields and Max Settlage to the
2008-09 Developmental Team.
Earlier this year, Douglas Razzano, Chelsi Guillen, and Danny Curzon were named to Team USA (Team C).
Ice Den training mates Tiffany Vise & Derek Trent were also named to Team USA (Team B).
Congratulations to all of these skaters!
Results for the 2008 Cactus Classic are now available on the
Cactus Classic page.
Congratulations to everyone who participated, and we look forward to seeing you
again next year!
The Coyotes Synchronized Skating Team and Coyotes Ice Ensemble are currently looking for
new members. If you are looking for a place to share your love of the sport and create
wonderful friendships, be sure and visit with the teams during their free clinic on
Saturday, August 9th. An on-ice session will be held from 4:30 to 6:00 PM with a parent
informational meeting from 4:30 to 5:00 PM. Skaters interested in the Synchronized Team
must have passed Basic Skills FreeSkate Level 1 to participate. Coyotes Ice Ensemble
members are required, at a minimum, to have passed the USFS Pre-Preliminary MIF test or
Adult Pre-Bronze MIF test. Please email CoyotesSynchro@cox.net
or CoyotesIceEnsemble@cox.net to attend the clinic.
Team on-ice rehearsals begin September 3rd and are held on alternating Wednesdays
from 5:30 - 6:15 PM. Click here for more information about the clinic.
Event schedule (new!) and group listings have been posted for USFS and Basic Skills events. Please visit
the
Cactus Classic page to check them out.
The Coyotes Ice Ensemble is off to Burlington, Vermont, for the 2008 National/International
Theatre on Ice competition June 27 – 29. Following a final preparatory exhibition at 4:45 pm,
Saturday, June 21, we will be holding a send-off for the team at the Alltel Ice Den.
Please join us Saturday to support the team and wish them good luck!
Each May at US Figure Skating’s Governing Council meeting, delegates from all
Clubs meet to vote on changes to the rules of figure skating. Most of this
year’s changes will go into effect September 1, but a few are effective immediately.
To see which ones might affect you, check out the
Combined Report of Action on the US
Figure Skating web site.
Not many people reach the rank of National Judge, and fewer still gain this
distinction while pursuing medical school and a pre-residency research
appointment. Congratulations to Brook for his recent promotion to National
Judge in singles and pairs. We look forward to seeing him on judging panels
at Nationals for many years to come. In July, he will be moving to New York
to begin his residency in pediatric dermatology at NYU. We wish him good
luck on this new venture.
We hope you will join us for the 2008 Cactus Classic competition, July 18 – 20,
at the Alltel Ice Den in Scottsdale, AZ. US Figure Skating and Basic Skills
events will be offered for all levels of skaters. Entries are due June 2. Visit our
Cactus Classic page and download
the complete announcement and entry forms.
Our good friend, club member, and skating parent Russ Kuhn passed away this past
weekend following a tough illness. In addition to wife, Barbara, and skating
daughter Maddie, Russ leaves three sons, Brenton, Bradley, and Todd. Services
will be held Monday, April 14, at 10 am at the St. Patrick Church,
10815 N. 84th St, Scottsdale. Visitation will be Sunday, April 13, 5 – 8 pm,
at the Wessinger Mortuary, 8555 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, with lunch following
the services. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that friends who wish to
contribute do so to Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong Foundation in Russ’s memory.
Congratulations to Shayna Moellenberg for finishing 4th in Novice Ladies at the
Gletscher Cup competition in Grindelwald, Switzerland, March 14 – 16, 2008!
Club members Chelsi Guillen and Danny Curzon placed 10th out of 20 teams in the pairs events at
the 2008 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, February 25 – March 2.
Each of their two programs scored a “season’s best” among their international outings
this season. Chelsi and Danny are happy to have represented the Club, Arizona,
and the U.S. this year and are grateful for everyone’s support. Kudos to them and
also to Jill Kinsley for her never-ending send-off posters and enthusiasm!
The Coyotes Ice Ensemble will be holding its "Annual Used Dress/Equipment Sale"
on February 26th, 28th, 29th and March 1st. This sale will be promoted to the
Alltel "Learn to Skate" classes. The team will be gathering inventory beginning
February 18th. It's a great time to clear out those closets and recoup a few dollars!
Click here for details.
The Coyotes Skating Club of Arizona had a big presence at the 2008 US Figure Skating Championships,
both on and off the ice. The Chief Referee and Chief Accountant were our very own Hal Marron and
Sue Magalnick.
Our on-ice team brought home medals and memories of this exciting event held
January 21 – 27 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Highlights included a bronze medal in Junior Pairs
for Chelsi Guillen and Danny Curzon, who have been named to the Junior World team. In addition,
local training mates Tiffany Vise and Derek Trent won the pewter medal in Senior Pairs and were
named to the Four Continents Championships team as well as first alternate to the World Team.
Congratulations to our entire team and their coaches.
- Tiffany Vise & Derek Trent, 4th in Senior Pairs
- Douglas Razzano, 16th in Senior Men
- Chelsi Guillen & Danny Curzon, 3rd in Junior Pairs
- Megan Gueli & Grant Marron, 9th in Junior Pairs
- Max Aaron, 13th in Junior Men
- Shannon Wingle & Ryan Devereaux, 5th in Junior Dance
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