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- Feb 27, 2012
ice coverage, what is the difference between challenge skate and glacier falls? Is one competition more important than the other? just wondering...
I hope others who are a lot more knowledgeable than I am will jump in and give you better answers than I am capable of. Just my two cents:
The Glacier Falls Figure Skating Club holds The Summer Classic every year around the end of July. http://glacierfalls.com/2012-summer-classic/
Seems to be one of the most prestigious club competitions in the U.S. Includes high-quality skaters and judges.
Also one of the biggest club comps, I think. Senior, junior, novice, intermediate, juvenile, and more.
It is an open competition (as opposed to an invitational).
Almost forty junior ladies competed this year.
USFS itself holds U.S. Challenge Skate every September for novice and junior skaters. http://www.usfigureskatingclassic.com/challengeskate
Skaters must meet various entrance criteria.
A limit of twelve skaters per singles event.
Held in conjunction with the US International Classic for seniors, Challenge Skate is intended to give novice and junior skaters the "feel" of an international comp -- although it is a domestic developmental comp.
Within the context of the discussion of which U.S. junior ladies were assigned to JGPs, the "problem" with Challenge Skate is that it does not take place until midway through the JGP season. IMO, it is understandable that USFS had not given Starr a JGP assignment before Challenge Skate. Although she had a good win there, only three JGPs remain, and other junior ladies are as deserving or more deserving.
Again, others probably can give better answers than I have. If you want to hear other perspectives, maybe it would be a good idea to raise the question in the U.S. ladies thread.