Photos of Anne Calder | Daphne Backman
The 2025 U.S. National Falter Skating Championship was held in Intrust Bank Arena, Wichoto, Kansas, from January 21st to 26th.
In the second consecutive season, the top five novice Ice Dance Teams in the Ice Dance Finals are qualified to participate in the championship.
On Tuesday, the team danced in Westminster Waltz and Tango patterns, and dance free of charge the next day.
Grace Fischer & Luke Fischer (46.34) ranked first with these two models at the end of the first day, followed by Marian Carhart & Denis & Denis Bledsoe (45.34) & Simon Mintz (40.40), Clara Fugate & Warre. n fugate (38.63).
After the free dance, the novice podium includes: Marian Carhart & Denis BLEDSOE (GOLD), Grace Fischer & Luke Fischer (Silver), Sophia Feige and Wiles Middlekauff (Bronze) and Clara Fugate & WARRN Fug ATE & Warren Fugate (Pewter).
After Idc was free to dance, I talked with the team.
- Marian Carhart believes that this is an excellent opportunity for skating plan, especially because she has never participated in such a big stage. Denis Bledsoe believes that skating is cool on the big stage!
- Grace Fischer is accustomed to competing in the space with less eyes in her eyes [with the audience]Essence “Today, I tried to perform to everyone.” Luke Fischer believed that this was a great experience and thanked the national skating very much.
- Sophia Feige really likes the whole experience. Wiles Middlekauff wants to enter the citizens, this is just another game. “When I arrived here, I think, maybe this is a bit more than ordinary games.”
- Clara Fugate and Warren Fugate won the 2024 championship as a novice. Warren said that this experience provided them with help because they knew what would happen. Clara added that she felt calm this year. “Last year like life and death. If you mess up, you will die. This year, not so much.”
- 2024-2025 music of Marian Carhart & Denis Bledsoe jacket It was their first skating folk dance.
- SOPHIA Feige & Wiles Middlekauff, which cooperates in April 2024, will move to a junior in the 2025-2026 season.
- Since September 2023, Annie Huang & Simon Mintz has been a partner and has been trained in Boxboro and Marlboro in Massachusetts.
- Clara Fugate and Warren Fugate are twins, and they will move to junior students in the 2025-2026 season.
- Grace Fischer and Luke Fischer, six months ago, moved from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Michigan, Michigan. IGOR SPHILBAND team training together. The team’s first coach Katherine Hill and Ben Agosto occasionally cooperate with them, mainly in the game. The inspiration of brothers and sisters is to watch the new elderly teammates doing their actions they are learning. The interaction with experienced dancers enhance their training courses. Luke Fischer is sick before the event, but skate like a well -trained athlete. Unfortunately, he missed the awards ceremony.
