Brianna de la Mora and Taylor Wilson took home the Gold at the United States Junior Figure Skating Championships, in Strongsville OH. They represent the Texas Gulf Coast Figure Skating Club, and are coached by Elena and Val Prudsky. We’ve been very impressed with them since we first saw them skate at the Houston Fall Invitational over Labor Day in 2009. At that time, they had only been skating together for 2-3 months. We saw them skate again at the Southwest Regional Championships in Grapevine, TX. We’re very excited about their future and glad to hear that Taylor is going to stay close to home and go the University of Houston next year. Brianna is only 10 years old and skating with fire. We couldn’t be happier for the both of them, and we are certain you’re going to be hearing more from these two!
Mandy Garza and Brandon Frazier brought home the Bronze in Novice pairs at the US Championships in Spokane. Mandy and Brandon represent the Texas Gulf Coast Figure Skating Club, but train with Dalilah Sappenfield’s group in Colorado Springs. They rose from 4th in the short program to 3rd with an impressive 2nd place finish in their Free Skate. Mandy and Brandon have only been skating together for about 8 months, and this was their first Nationals. I doubt this is the last we’ll be hearing from this pair. They plan on moving up to Juniors next year and competing in the Junior Grand Prix Circuit.
Please join us in congratulating Brianna, Taylor, Mandy, and Brandon for seeing success after a lot of hard work.
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See you on the ice!
Travis and Robin
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