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Skater of the Month

Name: Genevieve Wagnon

Age: 3

Skating Level: Snowflake 2

Private Coach: Tammy Wilke

School: Preschool, St. Mary's in Alton

Why do you like to skate? I like to skate because it’s fun and I love the ice.

What is your favorite skating move that you have learned? So far my favorite skating move is the bunny jump.

Who is/are your favorite skaters? My favorite skater is Ariel from Disney on Ice.

How long have you been skating? I have been skating for 10 months.

What are your favorite activities outside of skating? When I am not skating, I like to take gymnastics class, go to school and go hiking.

What is your goal is skating? My goal in skating is to learn how to jump really, really super high.

Any other information that you would like to include. I love skating and want to skate until I'm old.

Name: Lilian Wagnon

Age: 5

Skating Level: Snowball 1

Private Coach: Kayleigh Bosco

School: St. Mary's in Alton--Kindergarten

Why do you like to skate? I like to skate because it’s fun.

What is your favorite skating move that you have learned? My favorite skating move that I’ve learned so far is the swizzle.

Who is/are your favorite skaters? Alissa Czisny is my favorite skater.

How long have you been skating? I have been skating for 10 months.

What are your favorite activities outside of skating? When I’m not skating, I like to go to school, take gymnastics lessons, dance, swim, and play in my backyard.

What is your goal is skating? I would like to learn how to do several different ice skating jumps and twirls. I would also like to invent ice-skating for The Rockettes and become a Rockette Ice Skater.

Any other information that you would like to include. I love ice-skating and plan to skate my whole life.