Lake Superior shows growth in second competition, coach says

The Lake Superior Figure Skating Club hosted their Skate Ontario Provincial Series competition last weekend in Sault Ste Marie. More than 120 athletes from 19 provincial clubs took part, including 24 from the host team.

 There were several qualifying events for skaters hoping to make it to provincials in March, 2023. Those qualifying events included Star 5 – Gold as well as Pre Juvenile and Juvenile. The competition also included non-qualifying events for skaters from Star 2-5. The competition also included Skate Canada Special Olympics qualifying events and Skate Ontario Adult figure skating events.

This was Lake Superior's second competition of the season and head coach Kerry Bain said she was very pleased with the results. The skaters’ growth and development has been tremendous, many personal best scores were achieved and new goals set, a news release said.

Results were as follows:

• Erin Bagg – Star 2 Free SILVER, Star 2 Elements GOLD
• Jordyn Zeppa - Star 2 Free SILVER, Star 2 Elements SILVER, Creative Improve 1 SILVER
• Sibella Entwistle – Star 2 Free BRONZE, Star 2 Elements BRONZE
• Isabelle Adams - Star 2 Free BRONZE, Star 2 Elements SILVER, Creative Improve 1 SILVER
• Luca Miceli - Star 2 Free SILVER, Star 2 Elements SILVER
• Olivia Rathwell – Star 2 Free BRONZE, Star 2 Elements BRONZE
• Macy Lachapelle - Star 3 Free GOLD, Star 3 Elements GOLD, Creative Improve 2 GOLD, Star 3 Team Elements SILVER
• Leah Adams - Star 3 Free GOLD, Star 3 Elements SILVER, Star 5 Artistic 5th, Star 3 Team Elements SILVER, Creative Improve 1 SILVER
• Isabel Anstice - Star 4 U13 Free BRONZE, Star 4 Team Elements 4th, Star 5 Artistic 4th, Creative Improve 2 SILVER
• Kaitlyn Carbone - Star 4 U13 Free 4th, Star 4 Elements 5th, Creative Improve 1 GOLD, Star 4 Team Elements 4th
• Emily Arbour - Star 5 O13 Free BRONZE, Star 5 Artistic BRONZE
• Kali Montgomery - Star 5 U13 Free SILVER, Star 5 Artistic SILVER, Star 5 Elements GOLD
• Addyson Atkinson - Star 5 U13 Free GOLD, Star 5 Elements GOLD, Star 5 Artistic GOLD
• Kiera Carbone - Star 5 O13 Free 6th, Star 5 Elements 4th, Star 5 Artistic 6th, Creative Improve 2 SILVER
• Avery Pelletier - Star 5 O13 Free 9th, Star 5 Artistic BRONZE
• Madelaine Vallee - Star 5 O13 Free SILVER, Star 7 O12 Short 7th, Star 7 Artistic BRONZE, Creative Improve 3 GOLD
• Leah Johnstone - Star 6 Free 5th, Star 7 O12 Short 9th, Star 9 Artistic 4th
• Emily Coutu - Star 7 O12 Short 4th, Gold Artistic 4th
• Hailie Levesque – Star 8 Free 5th, Star 9 O14 SILVER, Gold Artistic 5th
• Elena Nelson - Pre Juvenile U13 Free SILVER, Star 5 Elements BRONZE, Star 5 Artistic GOLD
• Yvonne Barnes - Gold Elements GOLD
• Kelsey Barss – Special Olympics Level 1 Women’s Free GOLD
• Jonathan Keuhl - Adult Men’s Silver Free GOLD, Adult Men’s Silver Artistic GOLD
• Rebecca Harasym - Adult Women’s Gold Free GOLD, Adult Women’s Gold Artistic GOLD

The next Skate Ontario Provincial Series competition for the LSFSC skaters will be Thunder Bay Open March 3-5.