Four BVS skaters medaled- including three Seaholm underclassmen- at the January 8th District competition. Ninth grader Stephanie Rosin, and tenth graders Sophia Fabiunke and Molly Matice received both bronze and silver medals.
Rosin received two bronze medals in both combination jump and spiral and a silver medal in sit spin. Matice also received two bronze medals in the 1/2 flip jump and moves in the field pattern. Fabiunke received a bronze medal in the toe-loop jump and a silver medal in the two foot spin.
“I’m not sure if they were expecting it or not, but it doesn’t take away from any of it, they still did a great job,” senior Jillian Spina said.
At the January 8th competition, which was held at The Detroit Skating Club on Friday, The Birmingham Varsity Skating A team placed ninth overall (out of nine), the B team tied for eighth overall, while the C team placed third overall.
To qualify for the state competition, the team needs to rank third in the district. The A level is currently ranked eighth out of nine in the district, and the B level is tied for eighth out of ten teams. The C level presently holds third place out of five teams , though the C level teams do not advance onto the state championships. At the end of the season, they will however, be recognized for the final district placement.
“I really want us to go to states this year,” junior Kaitlyn Krizanic said. “Right now we are placed 5th and the top three teams go each year so we need to work hard to move ourselves up.”
“Even if the team does not qualify for States, many of our skaters will compete at the State Championship competition in individual events,” BVS coach, Sarah Feldt said. “Last season we had 11 skaters compete and three took home a top five finish.”
The team is led by four captains: from Seaholm, senior Jillian Spina and junior Kaitlyn Krizanic and from Groves seniors Tali Jenson and Jennifer Johnson.
The team has twenty-one skaters in total including fifteen girls from Seaholm, five girls from Groves and one from International Academy.
“I really like the team aspect of it [BVS],” junior Darcy Hackert said. “Skating is such an individual sport so usually you don’t have such a large group of girls together.”
The team’s next event is February 24th at the Troy Sports Center.
