This Emily Hughes update article was posted in an earlier Hughes thread in this forum when it was published in mid-September: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080916&content_id=51825&vkey=ice_newsI know Emily was injured last year, does anyone know how much time she spent off the ice?
I wonder whether Emily will decide to drop out of her Grand Prix event and concentrate on nationals instead.
If she did, that would open up a spot for a second event for Alissa Czisny, especially if Alissa wins Skate Canada, which I am pretty sure she will.
she can't possibly be THAT bad.
She'd have to face Forte .....
I think Joelle Forte is a great "unsung" skater story this season. Forte last qualified for U.S. Nationals back in 2000 at the Novice level (9th place).How old is Joelle Forte? I cannot find her biography on the web.
Fourth place went to Joelle Forte (SC of New York), who had a solid free to selections from Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" opera. The 22-year-old Fordham University student opened with a triple Lutz-double toe combo, followed by a triple toe and triple Salchow. She earned 80.35 points.
"For so early in the season, it was absolutely great," Elaine Zayak, who coaches Forte with Dmitri Gromov, said. "She did the [triple] Lutz."
"I wanted to do a triple loop and a second triple toe, but I'm happy overall," Forte added.
Zayak, who won the world title in 1982, spoke about how she coaches Forte, who could be classified as an "older" competitor in a sea of teenagers.
"When I came back [to eligible competition] at age 28, I did it for myself," she said of her famous 1994 comeback. "When you coach adults, you give them the tools they need and they do it for themselves. Joelle is her own person."
chuckm, where on icenetwork are vids of Regionals? I can't find anything current- guess I'm clicking on the wrong links.