The Southern Connecticut Skating team (SCSS) is off to a strong start for the 2015-16 competitive season and they continued in that trend last weekend, as the three lines won a gold and two silver medals at the Colonial Classic Open held at the Tsongas Center at University of Massachusetts in Lowell.
The three-day event hosted 141 Northeastern teams that competed across every division, from Basic Skills 1 to Senior and each program was judged on required elements, speed, challenging step sequences, and precision, as well as for style and artistic expression.
The Sprites, the SCSS team’s Basic Skills 2 line, won their second gold medal this season. In yellow dresses, the Sprites performed “Build Me Up Buttercup” to win first place against New York’s Central Park Ice who skated to Broadway play Sweet Charity’s, “If My Friends Could See Me Now.”
New Hampshire Synchro Stars’ splashy Beach Boys routine placed third, while the Icicles from Great Neck, N.Y. received fourth for their performance to Wicked’s “One Short Day.”
Pamela Foster, President of the Southern Connecticut Synchronized Skating Parent Organization and mother of two skaters on the Shimmers and Sprites, reflected on the weekend,
Caroline Ellis, Daniela Castagna and Emily Seligson. In the middle row is Sofia Gonzalez, Talia Klein, Sabrina Paris and Sarah Boside. In the front row is Jahnavi Orr, Sydni Foster, Anna Livitz and Olivia Osinovsky. Not pictured is Nicole Salanty.
“Congratulations to all three teams for a spectacular weekend,” said Pamela Foster, President of the Southern Connecticut Synchronized Skating Parent Organization and mother of two skates on the Shimmers and Sprites. “Their success is a true testament to their hard work, dedication, and teamwork.”
The Shadows, an Open Juvenile line, skated on Friday night and won second place in a grouping of eight teams.
“There’s nothing more magical than stepping off the ice, knowing you gave it your best, and worked together with people you love,” said Amanda Brea, one of the line’s 14 skaters and a junior at Greenwich High School. “We are thrilled with what we accomplished together this weekend and we are confident facing our next biggest challenge, Eastern Regionals.
Last month each of the team’s three lines won gold at the Terry Conners Open.
The SCSS Shadows and Shimmers lines compete next at the Eastern Synchronized Skating Sectional Championships, Jan. 28 to 30 in Richmond, Va.
The SCSS team consists of 44 skaters residing in Fairfield County communities such as Stamford, Greenwich, Westport, Darien, New Canaan, Norwalk and White Plains, N.Y. To learn more aout the team, visit Terryconnerssynchro.org.
