July 13, 1998
Hi everyone!
Hi, and welcome to my web page! I just came back yesterday afternoon from
the North American Challenge in Lake Placid New york. I thought that it was a
lot of fun! This type of competition was very different than any other
competition that I had ever been in. In this competion the skaters skated
representing team USA. USA and Canada were the two countries that were in this
competition, and the idea of it was to make the skaters feel like they were in
a foreign country competing in an international competition.
Some of the things that the USFSA did to make us feel like we were in an
international competition was to have us stay at the hotel with a room ate,
and not with our parents. We also did many things as a team, and not
individually. I felt that it was a lot different than a regular competition
because I wasn't skating only for myself, I was skating for team USA.
There were only six ladies competing, which was different than most other
competitions that I have been in, such as nationals when there are twelve
skaters in my group . Three of us were from USA, and three were from Canada.
There were six men, five pairs, and five dance. There were also eight junior
pairs.
Overall, USA got nine medals and Canada got six.
I competed on Friday and Saturday. I came in third in the short and second in
the long. I had a very good time at this competition, and I hope to do more
internationals in the future!