My error, It was October 4th, she went from 14 to 15.
The information comes from the program that my son Dean bought at the Campbell's IFSC on Oct. 1 at the Xcel Energy Center, St Paul, MN. It tells that she was born on Oct. 4, 1989 at Baltimore, MD. My fingers hit some keys that I don't want to hit at times.
I started posting on Amanda Belfiore's message board in 1997. Then I found Heather Winfield's Forum and posted some there. I think I started on this board in 3002, but some of those were lost so I guess I am listed as starting in 2003.
Back to Xcel, as we were watching Kimmie skate the lady behind me told her friend, " I think sh is 16". I did not have the program at that time but said that Kimmie was Novice Champion at 13 in 2003 and Junior Champion in 2004 at age 14, so I knew that she was either 14 or 15 depending on her birthday. At that time I did not know that she would turn 15 in 3 days.
I suppose we could have all sang a happy birthday to her at the Skate??????
I can't wait until Sunday to see how it looks on TV.
We were seated about 4 to 8 seats from the broadcast booth. I even got a couple of pictures of Terry Gannon and Dick Button. I got better pictures of them than the skaters.
Enjoy the show on Sunday,