He [Jason Brown] was his HS "team captain" at the inaugural HS competition on Monday. Got lost on the way to the rink, ran in threw his skates on, got a 30 second warm up for the jumps segment AND......
hit the boards on the landing of his jump combo.
Was he OK, and did his team win?
He was fine (just a little embarassed). I believe they did win the "A" group of the competition.
Could you start a thread topic about high school skating teams? I didn't even know there was such a thing!
I'll start things off...
Here's information on how they are run in Michigan (maybe the longest-running series, starting in 1999): http://mihs.sk8stuff.com/
Turns out the high school competition in which Jason Brown participated on March 12 was Illinois' inaugural high school team competition -- see the announcement: http://skatingcouncilofillinois.org/2012IllinoisHighSchoolCompetition.pdf
The 2012 Ohio High School Team Figure Skating Competition was held on February 11-12, 2012 -- more info: http://www.shakerfsc.org/hs-competition
The New England region has a very active high school program as well - here's an announcement for a competition on May 6 in Dedham, MA: http://neicc.org/download/2012 HS Comp Announcement.pdf
Informational links via USFS:
High School Skating Clubs and Teams (brochure): http://www.usfsa.org/Content/HighSchoolClubsandTeams.pdf
"How to start a High School Program": http://www.usfsa.org/Content/Setting up a HSAC 2010-2011_.pdf
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