I believe not a single person will call him or herself a fan of Zawadzki...and yet, she is the queen of us nationals.
I like Agnes but 'queen of us nationals'? Thats a bit of a stretch imo.
I believe not a single person will call him or herself a fan of Zawadzki...and yet, she is the queen of us nationals.
I hope so too. I can't really imagine her leaving. This has been clearly her most successful year, so it makes sense for her to stay. Plus she seems to enjoy the whole group of skaters & coaches at SC of Boston. The only disadvantage is she'll now have to get an apartment in the (expensive) Boston area as I assume she wouldn't be able to stay in student housing at Harvard.
Gao needs to decide does she go for Oly glory maybe just to skate and give up a year of school or even the first semester - within two weeks of the second semester she should know if she is going to the Olympics and or worlds so she can drop out of school if necessary. She needs to focus. All these girls want to go to the Olympics and there are lesser ones too. But of the known quantities you have Ashley, Gracie, Rachel, Mirai, Carolyn, Agnes, Christine, Alyssa and that doesn't include many other potential great skaters vying for two maybe three spots. Ashley is all but assured of one so you do the math. they need to do something special and fast.
I hope Gold & Wagner secure 3 places for the Olympics so that there will be a little more opportunity for all.
I hope Christina continues to train in Boston, though. I thought she improved a lot this year.
Christina has announced that she will take a year off from Harvard to train and hopefully make the Olympic team:
http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/sports/figure-skaters-decide-school-or-skating
I'm happy she's going to continue . . . hope it works out for her.
Xtina will continue to play second fiddle to flavors of the year.
Agnes will continue to hate her poor mom by skating terribly. It's a rebellion, I think. This girl is obviously a goth, wants to shop at hot topic, paints her nails black, pierces her nose and tongue, and her mom dared to turn her into an ice princess? Her mom didn't care to know her, so she's repaying with ****** performances one after another.
I believe not a single person will call him or herself a fan of Zawadzki...and yet, she is the queen of us nationals.
I believe Gao will go to the Olympics. She has an international look and USFS would be stupid not to send her, assuming we get 3 spots back which is a huge assumption. I think Zawadzki is done. She never truly made the transition from junior to senior. She stayed with coach Z too long and her artistic growth was forever stunted. She is a US skater through and through and I don't see here ever making the podium at a senior international championship. Besides, her packaging is all wrong and the garish makeup and costuming will never appeal to Olympic viewers.
Christina has announced that she will take a year off from Harvard to train and hopefully make the Olympic team:
http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/sports/figure-skaters-decide-school-or-skating
I'm happy she's going to continue . . . hope it works out for her.
Does anyone know if Christina is on scholarship at Harvard?