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Most of the skaters at the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy can't even drive yet, but many of them say they're already veterans when it comes to competing on the national scene... |
Photo Courtesy of ActionPhotos.com Andrew Hickey of Silver Spring poses during the free skate competition with his partner, Katherine Gourianova of Potomac, at last month's Eastern Sectionals Championships in Boston, where he and his partner qualified for the U.S. Junior National Figure Skating Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y. Hickey, 13, was competing at the national level for the first time after joining the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy two years ago. |
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by Amber Parcher, Gazette.net 12/17/2008 |
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Parsons, MacMillan reign in juvenile dance |
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| Rachel Parsons and Kyle MacMillan, who train at the Wheaton Skating Academy in Maryland, won juvenile dance gold at the 2009 U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships on their first try... |
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By Lynn Rutherford, special to icenetwork.com |
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12/13/2008 |
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INTERVIEWS: LORRAINE MCNAMARA & QUINN CARPENTER |
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| You competed in the Open Finnstep at Lake Placid, which was the first time this dance had been competed. What was this experience like for you? What made you decide to compete this compulsory, especially since it is skated by the competitors at the senior level?... |  |
2008 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Photo by Katie Weigel |
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Pham siblings lead juvenile dance field |
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Pairs from Washington FSC take three of four top spots on the day |
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11/30/2007 |
| Two by two, the skaters coached by Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak and Dmitri Ilin took to the ice and didn't come off until they had wowed the judges and audience... | |
| By Jared Eborn, special to icenetwork.com | |
Young Skating Surprise |
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| Written by Levan Reid 9-SPORTS NOW Created:10/9/2007 4:19:25 PM |
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WHEATON, Md. (WUSA) -- They glide across the ice to songs that were produced before they were born. |
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Young Skaters Begin to Figure in the National Scene |
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| Determination, hours of practice lead to U.S. Junior Championships for Wheaton Ice Skating Academy group | |
| January 17, 2007, Gazette | |
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“Quinn Carpenter, 10, of Wheaton and Lorraine McNamara, 7, of Germantown, who competed at the U.S. Figure Skating Junior Championship, perform at the ice show”. |
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| http://www.gazette.net/stories/011707/kensnew210631_32013.shtml | |
Figure-Skating Pair Wins Gold Medal |
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March 12, 2006 , Washington Post
March 12, 2006 , Washington Post Kristina Rexford, 9, and Michael Parsons, 10, won a gold medal at the South Atlantic Regionals figure skating competition in Tampa Florida... |
| http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/08/AR2006030801281.html | |
Athletes Moving on the Cutting Edge of Competition |
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March 17, 2004 , Gazette Wheaton Ice Dancing Academy instructor Alexei Kiliakov watches as Chevy Chase resident Ross Gudis practices an ice dancing move on a Friday night at Wheaton Ice Arena... |
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| ...Ice Dancing Academy offers skaters a chance to put talents on ice... | |