Photo ID: Front Row: Nicole Pratt, Alexandra Harten, Caitlin Sholtis, Joyce Chan, Gracie Eagan and Telar McClure. Back Row: Sheldon Gentling, Antonia Avery, Arizona Semones, Blake Letourneau, Travis Flynt, Lane Letourneau , Emma Stuessi, Alex Stuessi, Isabella Bourret. Not pictured: Aurora Wilkinson, Tatum Fuller and Murphy Kendall.
Eighteen local figure skaters competed for the Sun Valley Figure Skating Club in Jackson, Wyoming, March 10 through 12, returning with thirty three medals, four Special Awards and the “Most Outstanding Club at the 2011 Jackson Hole Invitational” trophy. Sixteen year old Nicole Pratt, a Wood River High tenth grader, won the Sherrie Fleuter Award for excellence in both artistic and freestyle skating and for representing the spirit of figure skating at the Jackson Hole Invitational. Pratt is coached and her programs choreographed by Darlin Baker. 11 year old Lane Letourneau, a Community School sixth grader, won the Stillwell Award for skating the most highly entertaining and creative showcase program. Letourneau is coached by Holly Wheeler, with her programs choreographed by Gia Guddat. Pratt also captured the Novice Ladies First Place Combined Free Skate trophy, and Joyce Chan, a Community School eighth grader, won the Intermediate Ladies First Place Combined Free Skate trophy. Chan is coached by Sonya Dunfield, with choreography by Guddat. Coaches Baker, Wheeler, Dunsfield, and Guddat accompanied the SVFSC team to competition. Multiple gold medals were won by Pratt (3) and Alexandra Harten (3) competing at the Novice Ladies level, by Joyce Chan (4) competing at the Intermediate Ladies level, Lane Letourneau (2) at the Preliminary level, and by Antonia Avery (2), competing at both the Nontest and Basic Skills Free Skate 4 levels. Gold medals were also captured by Arizona Semones competing at the Pre Juvenile level, Travis Flynt at the Preliminary level and, Alex Stuessi at the Pre-preliminary level, Tatum Fuller at the Non test level, Aurora Wilkinson in Basic Skills Free Skate 5, and Murphy Kendall in Basic Skills 3. Silver medals were won by Chan, Semones (2), L. Letourneau (2), A. Stuessi (2), and Wilkinson in additional events. Isabella Bourret won silver competing at the Preliminary level. Telar McClure won bronze at the Intermediate Ladies level, and Grace Eagan took bronze at the Open Juvenile level. Emma Stuessi won silver and bronze competing at the Preliminary level. Travis Flynt, Alex Stuessi and Antonia Avery took bronze in additional events. Caitlin Sholtis also competed in Intermediate Ladies.
The competition concluded with an event the Jackson Hole host club designed purely for entertainment, “Gong Showcase,” in which single and pairs of skaters skate zany comedy programs before costumed judges who send them packing by banging a large Gong. Alexandra Harten and Joyce Chan proudly captured First Place in “Medium Pairs Gong” with “Beware of the Blob.” Competing in “Low Gong Showcase,” Lane Letourneau and Emma Stuessi won Second Place with “Pants on the Ground/Whip Your Hair Around,” and Blake Letourneau and Alex Stuessi placed fourth with “Black Swan/White Swan.”
The Jackson Hole Figure Skating Club hosted a USFS test session preceding the competition. Sun Valley skaters Travis Flynt and Sheldon Gentling attended. Flynt passed both his Preliminary and Pre Juvenile Free Skate tests, which qualifies him to compete at the Pre Juvenile level. Gentling passed her Juvenile Moves in the Field test, the fourth of eight tests in the series.
Jackson Hole Invitational Competitive Event Results
Novice Ladies Events
Free Skate, Long: Nicole Pratt-1
Free Skate, Short: Nicole Pratt-1; Alexandra Harten-4
Artistic: Nicole Pratt-1
Interpretive Improvisation: Alexandra Harten-1
Showcase: Alexandra Harten-1; Joyce Chan-2
Intermediate Ladies Events
Free Skate, Long: Joyce Chan-1; Telar McClure-3; Caitlin Shotis-5
Free Skate, Short: Joyce Chan-1; Telar McClure-4; Caitlin Shotis-5
Artistic: Joyce Chan-1
Open Juvenile Events
Free Skate: Gracie Eagan-3
Artistic: Gracie Eagan-5
Pre Juvenile Events
Artistic: Arizona Semones-2
Showcase: Arizona Semones-1
Preliminary Events
Free Skate, Group A: Isabella Bourret-4; Emma Stuessi-5
Free Skate, Group B: Travis Flynt-3
Artistic, Group A: Lane Letourneau-2; Emma Stuessi-4
Artistic, Group B: Travis Flynt-1; Isabella Bourret-2
Showcase: Lane Letourneau-1; Emma Stuessi-3
Pre-preliminary Events
Free Skate, Group A: Blake Letourneau-4; Sheldon Gentling-5
Free Skate, Group B: Alex Stuessi-3
Artistic, Group A: Alex Stuessi-1; Blake Letourneau-4
Showcase: Alex Stuessi-2; Blake Letourneau-4
Non-Test Events
Artistic, Group B: Murphy Kendall-4
Artistic, Group C: Antonia Avery-1
Artistic, Group D: Tatum Fuller-1; Aurora Wilkinson-2
Showcase: Antonia Avery-3
Competitive Test Track Events:
Pre Juvenile Free Skate: Arizona Semones-2
Preliminary Free Skate: Lane Letourneau-2
Basic Skills Competition Events:
Basic Skills Free Skate 5
Free Skate: Aurora Wilkinson-1; Tatum Fuller-2;
Basic Skills Free Skate 4
Free Skate: Antonia Avery-1
Basic Skills Basic 3
Free Skate: Murphy Kendall-1
“Gong Showcase” Entertainment Events:
First Place, Medium Pairs: Alexandra Harten/Joyce Chan’s “Beware of The Blob”
Second Place, Low Pairs: Emma Stuessi/Lane Letourneau’s “Pants on the Ground/Whip Your Hair Around”
Fourth Place, Low Pairs: Alex Stuessi and Blake Letourneau’s “Black Swan/White Swan”
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