U.S. Figure Skating Championships at HP Paviliion

By Samantha Juda

Meryl Davis and Charlie White, Ice Dancing gold-medalists, performed during the free dance competition at the HP Pavilion last Saturday. David and White won their section of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships for the fourth year in a row, continuing their winning streak since their second place finish to Canada at the 2010 World Championships. 

Their total number of wins put them only one away from matching the five other teams who hold the U.S. record for total Ice Dance crowns.

"I really wish I could have gone  to the competition, because a lot of my friends were competing… but I watched online as much as I could," said Natalie Ganem, a Santa Clara senior, who grew up figure skating, won a Hungarian National Title, and competed with her past partner Kristof Trefil, of Hungary, in the World Junior Championships in 2008. 

Ganem now practices locally at the practice arena where the skaters in the competition this past weekend trained between shows. "It was just fun to have a lot of really competitive skaters there training, and it was just a really good atmosphere," said Ganem.

Contact Samantha Juda at sjuda@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4849.